Join the Workday Foundation and human connection experts for an invitation-only event to address the escalating crisis of social isolation and disconnection in the AI era.
Loneliness and social isolation are at an all-time high. AI is poised to pull us even further apart if we aren’t intentional about investing in human connection and thinking deeply about when AI (and AI companions) might enhance, or harm, our human flourishing.
This summit is a crucial, cross-sector convening of prosocial tech founders, nonprofit innovators growing IRL movements on the ground in community, and academics, researchers and thought leaders studying AI’s impact on relationships, behavior, and trust. What will human connectedness at school, home, work and at the community-level look like in the age of AI?
The Summit’s ultimate goal is to elevate human connection as an urgent societal cause- worthy of sustained attention, intentional policies, and ongoing investment.
Where: Terra Gallery, San Francisco
When: 8:30am-6:30 pm, May 27th, 2026
Full Agenda Coming Soon.
Some of our featured speakers:
Dr. Vivek Murthy- Former U.S. Surgeon General Founder, The Together Project
Dr. Sherry Turkle- Professor, MIT
Baratunde Thurston- Storyteller, Producer, Thought-Leader
Julia Freeland Fischer- Director, Education Research The Christensen Institute
Jillian Racoosin Kornmeier- Executive Director, Foundation for Social Connection
Aneel Bhusri, Co-Founder & CEO, Workday
Alison Lee- Chief R&D Officer, The Rithm Project
Anil Soni - CEO, WHO Foundation
Josh Nesbit- Founder, Relational Tech Project
Carrie Varoquiers- Chief Impact Officer, Workday
Aaron Hurst- Founder, US Chamber of Connection
Justin Steele- Co-founder, Outdoor Rithm Collective and Outdoor Rithm
Jared Joiner- Founder, Oakland Joiners
Saumya Gupta - Co-Founder, Build IRL
Colton Heward-Mills - Co-Founder, Build IRL
