A space for dialogue.
Three days for the future.
A global platform connecting Nobel leadership, AI pioneers, scientists, philosophers, policymakers, civil society and young people to shape trustworthy AI for human dignity, democratic resilience and sustainable peace.
Programme being updated: times, titles and venues may change. Rome time.
2WednesdayDecember 2026
Day 1 · Main Programme
Opening & Frames
Venue · Auditorium della Conciliazione
The opening day establishes the Summit’s moral and intellectual frame.
“Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together.”
Leo XIV, Magnifica Humanitas (2026), n. 1
- 10:00
Flag of Peace flash mob
Largo Pio XII · Auditorium della Conciliazione
- From 10:00
Registration
- 11:30 – 12:15
Opening ceremony
- 12:20 – 12:40
Interlude
- 12:40 – 12:55
Peace Telling
Agency, Peace and Moral Imagination
- 13:00 – 14:00
Networking lunch
- 14:00 – 15:15
Plenary
Peace and AI
- 15:15 – 15:30
Interlude
- 15:30 – 15:45
Peace Telling
The Courage to Choose Dialogue
- 15:30 – 17:00
Sparkling Discussion (invitation only)
Beyond the Dashboard: AI, SDGs and Interdependence
- 15:45 – 17:10
Thematic Track
AI, Culture and Human Creativity
- 17:00 – 17:15
Interlude
- 17:15 – 18:15
Thematic Track
AI, Transparency and Rule of Law
- 18:15 – 18:30
Reflection
Daily Reflection · Peace as the Practice of Choice
Collective synthesis by the rapporteurs, with Nobel and youth voices
- All day
Youth Programme
Youth delegates join the Main Programme at the Auditorium della Conciliazione.
3ThursdayDecember 2026
Day 2 · Main Programme
Dialogues & Bridges
Venue · Auditorium della Conciliazione
The central day moves from framing to depth. The programme combines common plenary moments with Thematic Tracks and Sparkling Discussions as distinct working environments.
“We cannot condone naïve enthusiasms, nor fuel unfounded fears.”
Leo XIV, Magnifica Humanitas (2026), n. 14
- 09:00 – 09:15
Opening of Day 2
Welcome and synthesis of Day 1
- 09:30 – 10:45
Plenary
Morning Plenary · Governing Uncertainty
- 10:30 – 12:00
Sparkling Discussion (invitation only)
AI as a Global Public Good?
- 10:45 – 11:00
Interlude
- 11:00 – 11:15
Peace Telling
Peace and Civic Courage
- 11:15 – 11:30
Interlude
- 11:30 – 12:45
Thematic Track
AI, Global Governance & Security
- 13:00 – 14:00
Networking lunch
- 13:45 – 14:00
Interlude
- 14:00 – 15:00
Plenary
Afternoon Plenary · Human Discernment
- 15:15 – 15:30
Peace Telling
Information Integrity, Democratic Resilience and Courage
- 15:30 – 17:00
Sparkling Discussion (invitation only)
Fairness Across Generations
- 15:45 – 17:40
Thematic Track
AI, Civic Tech & Democratic Participation
- 17:00 – 17:15
Interlude
- 17:15 – 18:30
Thematic Track
T2 · AI, Transparency & Rule of Law
- 18:40 – 19:00
Reflection
Daily Reflection
Synthesis by the session rapporteurs and young delegates, with a closing Nobel voice
Youth Programme
Leading by Example
Venue · LUISS University, Rome
Alongside the Summit, the Youth Programme runs at LUISS University with workshops, encounters with Nobel Peace Laureates and the drafting of the Final Youth Declaration, presented at the Auditorium della Conciliazione on 4 December.
- 09:00 – 09:50
Meditation hour
with the Brahma Kumaris Meditation Center
- 14:30 – 15:45
Workshops and lectures
with Nobel Peace Laureates and Laureate Organisations
- 14:30 – 15:45
Nobel Laureates meet youth
Aula Magna · for students invited by the Italian Ministry of Education
- 15:45 – 16:00
Coffee break
- 16:00 – 17:15
Workshop
Final Youth Declaration Workshop
Aula Magna · selected youth delegates
4FridayDecember 2026
Day 3 · Main Programme
Legacy & Launch
Venue · Auditorium della Conciliazione
The final day moves from principles to application and legacy.
“Let us not be afraid to get our hands dirty on the ‘construction site’ of our time.”
Leo XIV, Magnifica Humanitas (2026), n. 16
- 09:00 – 09:15
Opening of Day 3
Welcome and synthesis of Days 1 and 2
- 09:15 – 10:30
Plenary
Morning Plenary · Safeguarding the Human
- 10:30 – 10:45
Coffee break · Interlude
- 10:30 – 12:00
Sparkling Discussion (invitation only)
Truth, Trust and the Information Commons
- 10:45 – 11:45
Thematic Track
AI, Work and Economic Justice
- 12:00 – 13:00
Thematic Track
Care, Compassion & AI in Healthcare
- 13:00 – 14:15
Networking lunch
- 14:15 – 15:30
Thematic Track
AI, Integral Human Development & Education
- 15:30 – 15:45
Interlude
- 15:45 – 17:45
Ceremony
Closing Ceremony · Final Declaration on AI
Public presentation of the Final Declaration on AI; rapporteurs, reflections of the Nobel Peace Laureates and closing address
- 17:45 – 18:15
Youth Programme
Youth Declaration & Awards Presentation
Presentation of the Final Youth Declaration on AI and Youth Programme awards
- 18:15 – 18:30
Interlude
- 18:30 – 19:00
Ceremony
Official Close
Closing remarks, final reflections and group photo
- All day
Youth Programme
Youth delegates join the Main Programme at the Auditorium della Conciliazione.
Youth Programme
Leading by Example
Venue · LUISS University, Rome
Alongside the Summit, the Youth Programme runs at LUISS University with workshops, encounters with Nobel Peace Laureates and the drafting of the Final Youth Declaration, presented at the Auditorium della Conciliazione on 4 December.
- 09:00 – 09:50
Meditation hour
with the Brahma Kumaris Meditation Center
- 10:00 – 13:00
Final Youth Declaration Workshop
Selected youth delegates
- 17:45 – 18:15
Youth Declaration & Awards
Auditorium della Conciliazione
This Summit begins from a simple conviction. Peace in the age of artificial intelligence depends far more on us than on our machines: on the quality of attention, judgement and care that human beings are willing to bring to the technology they build. Nobel Laureates sit alongside scientists, philosophers, technologists, policymakers, artists and young people to ask what it means to remain fully human as our tools grow more capable, and how we keep human judgement awake at the threshold where human agency and machine capability meet.
One thread runs through the whole programme: agency, the human capacity to choose with awareness and conscience, to engage where engagement serves life and to hold back where it does not. The three days move from framing, to dialogue, to legacy, converging on the Final Declaration on AI and on a wider body of Calls to Action and the Summit Book.
How the programme works
The Plenary opens up complexity. The Thematic Track investigates it. The Sparkling Discussion works through it. The Peace Telling brings it back to lived experience.
- Plenary
- An open, high-level conversation among several voices from different fields, guided by an external moderator.
- Thematic Track
- A focused conversation chaired by a Nobel Laureate, in which two or three complementary experts address one precise question.
- Art & Peace
- Short artistic interventions and installations placed between sessions, making the relation between human and machine perceptible.
- Peace Telling
- A short solo moment in which a Nobel Peace Laureate begins with something real, an object, a person, a place or a memory, and closes by handing the audience one responsibility to carry forward.
- Sparkling Discussion
- An invitation-only working session: one precise question, short provocations, a facilitated expert discussion and a final Call to Action.
- Youth Programme
- Leading by Example: the intergenerational strand of the Summit, with workshops, encounters with Nobel Laureates and the Final Youth Declaration.