The WES Calendar · 2026 — 2027

The year, in motion.

A year of summits, island retreats, and tables that leave no record — lined up across the seasons. Three kinds of gathering, one standard for the room.

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The First Ceremony · Confirmed

The WES AI Excellence Awards — Amsterdam.

The first time the Awards are conferred. Not in a hall, but on the closing evening of World AI Week — among the leaders who spent the week at our tables, in a room that already knows itself.

Thursday 8 October 2026

Amsterdam, Netherlands

First ceremony · among peers

World AI Week & the ceremony →The Awards conferred that night →

Amsterdam · 5–9 October 2026

A week at World AI Week.

World Exec Summit runs the closed programme alongside World AI Week: four roundtables across the week, and the first Awards ceremony on the Thursday evening.

Mon 5 – Thu 8 October

Four roundtables

One table each day, twelve seats including the moderator. Two cross-industry, two single-sector.

Thursday 8 October

The first ceremony

The WES AI Excellence Awards conferred for the first time, on the closing evening of the week.

The Flagship · 2027

Then Marina Bay, Singapore.

The Singapore convening moves to 2027 — a single intensive day at Marina Bay, building to the evening the intelligent economy's leaders are recognised among peers. The date will be announced.

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Across the Seasons

What lies ahead.

Spring 2026

The year opens quietly.

RetreatSpring 2026 By Selection

The Founders' Retreat

Bali, Indonesia

An island opening to the year — a small cohort of founders trading the noise of the raise for unhurried days, candid counsel, and the friendships that outlast a cycle.

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AfterhoursSpring 2026 By Selection

An Afterhours Roundtable

Location by invitation

A late table for a handful of people who already know each other — or are about to. No stage, no record. You'll know if you're invited.

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Summer 2026

The conversation widens.

SummitSummer 2026Announcing Soon

The Future of Services

Host city announcing soon

Where the service economy is headed when intelligence does the routine — and people are freed for the work that actually compounds. One day, one room of operators.

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RetreatSummer 2026 By Selection

The Operators' Sanctuary

Koh Samui, Thailand

For leaders running businesses at scale. A retreat that privileges restoration as much as rigour — time to step out of the churn, look up, and grow alongside peers who carry the same weight.

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Autumn 2026

The year reaches its height — in Amsterdam.

Summit8 October 2026Confirmed

The WES AI Excellence Awards

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The first ceremony. Conferred on the closing evening of World AI Week, among the leaders who spent the week at our tables — not in a hall, but in a room that already knows itself.

First ceremony · conferred among peers

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Afterhours5–8 October 2026Confirmed

Roundtables at World AI Week

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Four closed tables of twelve, one on each day of the week — two cross-industry, two single-sector. Seats are assigned on seniority and relevance, never sold.

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Winter 2026

Closing the circle.

SummitWinter 2026Announcing Soon

Frontiers of Technology

Host city announcing soon

Where the technology industry is actually moving — beyond the hype cycle. The builders and allocators charting what comes next, in a room small enough for the truth.

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AfterhoursWinter 2026 By Selection

An Afterhours Roundtable

Location by invitation

Another table, somewhere. Extended by someone already seated at it — never requested, never bought.

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Spring 2027

A new year begins.

SummitSpring 2027Announcing Soon

Industry Innovation

Host city announcing soon

Innovation read across industries at once — what the leaders rewriting their sectors can learn from one another when the walls between fields come down for a day.

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