Confirmed 2026 speakers include Rem Koolhaas, Architect; Wael Shawky, Artist and Artistic Director of Fire Station, Doha and of Art Basel Qatar; Samir Bantal, Director, AMO; Aaron Cezar, Founding Director, Delfina Foundation; Alicia Hansen, CEO & Founder, NYC Salt; Karim Rashid, Designer; Sheikha Reem Al Thani, Deputy CEO of AL RIWAQ, Public Art & Rubaiya Qatar, Qatar Museums, among many other exciting creative minds.
Takashi Arai
Photographer and Visual Artist
Bouthayna M. Baltaji
Director of Museography and Heritage Museums Development, Qatar Museums
Susanne Bier
Filmmaker
Tony Cragg
Sculptor
Sofia Crespo
Artist
Gary Gautier Bernat
General Director, Casa Batlló, Barcelona
Carsten Höller
Artist
Kiluanji Kia Henda
Artist
Nora Lawrence
Executive Director, Storm King Art Center
Tim Marlow
Director and C.E.O., Design Museum, London
Ibrahim Mahama
Artist and Founder, Savannah Center for Contemporary Art
Otobong Nkanga
Visual Artist
Wim Pijbes
Art Historian and Director, Droom en Daad
Adama Sanneh
Co-Founder and C.E.O., Moleskine Foundation
