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OCT 22 — 24 · 2026 · 152 DAYS UNTIL DOORS OPEN
OSAKA · JAPAN · — : — JST
PROTOCOL/26
An AI × design conference for designers, engineers and founders shaping what comes after the screen. No keynotes recycled from last year's blog post — only people actively building.
[01] ATTENDEES
1,200
Designers · builders · founders
[02] SPEAKERS
20
Hand-curated · no panels
[03] WORKSHOPS
12
90-min · seats limited to 40
[04] DAYS
3
+ 2 satellite events in Kyoto
[01] THEMESHow AI is reshaping
How AI is reshaping
creativity.
THEME 01 / 03→
Fluid Systems
Interfaces that adapt to humans, not the other way around. We're tearing down the workflow-as-a-pipeline mental model.
THEME 02 / 03→
Beyond the Screen
Spatial, voice, ambient — design's new substrates. The screen is becoming the legacy interface.
THEME 03 / 03→
Human × AI
Collaboration patterns for the next generation of tools. The cursor is dead. Long live the cursor.
[02] SPEAKERS20 voices.
20 voices.
One conversation.
[01] KEYNOTE
Naoko Ishida
Founder · Liminal Lab
[02] WORKSHOP
Marcus Vale
Design Director · Helia
[03] FIRESIDE
Priya Khanna
Head of AI · Mirror
[04] PANEL
Lin Yueting
Researcher · Tokyo U
[05] KEYNOTE
Theo Brooks
CTO · Quanta AI
[06] WORKSHOP
Sara Almeida
VP Design · Loop
[07] FIRESIDE
Hiroshi Tan
Founder · Pace Robotics
[08] CLOSING
Iris Werner
Researcher · MIT Media
[03] SCHEDULEThree days,
Three days,
one rhythm.
— DAY 01 · OCT 22 OPENING · 09:00 — 22:00
09:30
Opening keynote: After the screen.
Naoko Ishida · Founder, Liminal Lab
60 MIN
11:00
Fluid systems in production.
Marcus Vale · Sara Almeida
90 MIN
14:00
Workshop: AI-native interfaces.
Priya Khanna · Mirror
120 MIN
— DAY 02 · OCT 23 DEEP DIVES · 09:00 — 23:00
10:00
The collaboration loop: human × machine.
Lin Yueting · Theo Brooks
75 MIN
14:30
From product to environment.
Hiroshi Tan · Pace Robotics
60 MIN
— DAY 03 · OCT 24 SYNTHESIS · 09:00 — 18:00
10:00
Closing: What we learned.
Iris Werner + full speaker panel
90 MIN
[04] TICKETS
Reserve your seat.
EARLY_BIRD
Limited 250 · 92 remaining
¥48,000/pass
- 3-day access
- Main stage + workshops
- Recordings · 12 months
- Welcome dinner
STANDARD
★ MOST POPULAR · 412 remaining
¥98,000/pass
- 3-day access
- VIP seating
- Curated dinner · twice
- Speaker meetups
- Recordings · transcripts
- Workshop priority
VIP
25 seats only · 14 remaining
¥240,000/pass
- All access
- Speaker dinner — invite
- 1-on-1 sessions × 3
- Private studio tour
- Catered green room
[05] LOCATION
Osaka, Japan.
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PROTOCOL/26 takes over Grand Front Osaka Tower B — the city's most-loved conference space, 8 minutes from Shin-Osaka Station and 45 minutes from KIX airport. We bought out the whole tower so the conversations don't stop when the sessions do.
VENUEGrand Front Osaka · Tower B
ADDRESS4-1 Ofuka-chō, Kita-ku
STATIONShin-Osaka · 8 min walk
AIRPORTKIX · 45 min train
HOTELSBlock rate · 6 partners
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