GatherVerse & Just Verify

Trust Summit

  • Date: May 12-13, 2026

  • Format: High-level keynotes, roundtables and firesides

  • Attendance: Open

  • A focused summit on trust, safety, accountability, verification and human impact across AI, blockchain, robotics, XR, and emerging technologies.

  • Mission:
    Trust is now the deciding factor. Customers, regulators, employers, educators, investors, they all demand proof that emerging technology is safe, secure, compliant, and aligned with human well-being. The Gatherverse & Just Verify Trust Summit brings leaders together to define what “trusted technology” actually means in practice, and how to deliver it.

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Why This Summit Exists

Technology has outrun public confidence.

  • AI systems are making decisions that affect health, finance, employment, and education.

  • Blockchain systems are being asked to prove provenance, identity, audit trails, and accountability, not just hype.

  • Robotics is moving from controlled industrial floors into hospitals, care, logistics, even homes.

  • XR is moving into training, classrooms, and workforces, raising serious questions about identity, presence, consent, and data ownership.

  • Businesses are under pressure to adopt fast and scale fast, without breaking laws or losing public trust in the process.

This summit asks, and answers, the core question:
How do we build systems people will trust with their money, their data, their safety, and their future?

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Core Pillars

AI Trust & Verification

AI Trust & Verification

How do we verify AI outputs for accuracy, bias, safety, and compliance?

Topics:

  • AI governance and auditability
  • Model accountability and traceability
  • “Show me the evidence”: proof of safety, not promises
  • Aligning AI behaviour with policy, ethics, and regulation

Outcome: Defining what “trusted AI” means for enterprises, governments, and the public.

Blockchain, Proof & Audit Trails

Blockchain, Proof & Audit Trails

How do we prove where data came from, who touched it, and whether it was altered?

Topics:

  • On-chain verification of AI decisions
  • Decentralized identity and consent
  • Regulatory-grade audit logs
  • Transparency vs privacy

Outcome: Where blockchain stops being hype and starts being infrastructure for trust.

Robotics, Autonomy & Safety

Robotics, Autonomy & Safety

How do we trust the machines that act in the physical world?

Topics:

  • Safety in human-robot collaboration
  • Robotics in healthcare, logistics, defense, and care work
  • Liability, compliance, and responsibility when autonomy fails
  • “Kill switch”: control, override, and escalation

Outcome: Practical safety expectations for deploying autonomous systems in society.

XR, Presence & Human Experience

XR, Presence & Human Experience

What does “trust” mean in immersive environments?

Topics:

  • Identity and authenticity (who are you speaking to, really?)
  • Psychological safety and emotional manipulation in immersive spaces
  • Children, education, and training in XR
  • Data extraction from presence, gaze, biometrics, movement

Outcome: A shared baseline for ethical, responsible immersive experiences.

Technology & Society (Customers / Citizens / Businesses)

Technology & Society (Customers / Citizens / Businesses)

Who is impacted, who benefits, and who gets left out?

Topics:

  • Regulatory pressure (EU AI Act, global AI policy, consumer protection)
  • Workforce impact, displacement, and augmentation
  • Inclusion, accessibility, and digital rights
  • Brand trust: selling technology in a climate of skepticism

Outcome: A responsible adoption playbook for leadership teams.

Who Will Be in the Room

This is an open attendance conference, so it will include professionals & leaders such as:

  • C-suite and senior execs (CIO, CISO, CDO, CPO, CTO)

  • Policy, safety, compliance, and ethics leads

  • Heads of AI / data / innovation / trust / risk

  • Enterprise buyers under pressure to adopt AI and automation responsibly

  • Founders and technologists building trust-first products

  • Educators and civic leaders shaping digital policy and inclusion

  • Researchers and standards bodies

Format & Flow

Panels

Curated multi-voice discussions that compare approaches, expose trade-offs, and surface practical next steps across AI, blockchain, robotics, XR, and policy.

Firesides

One-to-one or one-to-few conversations with operators and policymakers. Candid lessons, decision frameworks, and what they would do differently next time.

Keynotes

Short, high-signal talks that set the agenda. Clear definitions, credible roadmaps, and concrete guidance leaders can act on now.

Videos

On-demand highlight reels, session recaps, and explainer clips for internal sharing, stakeholder briefings, and post-event training.

Date

May 12-13, 2026

Time

8:00 AM PST

Location

Virtual Event

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Strategic Objectives of the Summit

  • Define “trust” as an operational requirement, not just a marketing word.

  • Connect industry, policy, society and builders so we aren’t solving this in silos.

  • Produce an initial shared guidance/position that can be referenced after the summit.

  • Establish Just Verify and GatherVerse as a global hub for responsible technology deployment, across AI, blockchain, robotics, and immersive tech, with humans at the center.