By invitation only · Seventy-five seats
PENDING CONFIRMATION
An evening on technology, art & philanthropy
NXT offers glimpses of the tomorrow we want to inspire and inform the leaders of today.
What does the future we want actually look like? Moving the world forward means remembering what we’re fighting for: a tech-enabled, equitable, and abundant future.
Date & time
Thursday, October 22, 2026
6:00–10:00 PM · New York time
Place
World Trade Center
Silver Art · New York City
Invitation only. Seats confirmed on a rolling basis.
A question worth an evening
What happens if we get this right?
The global conversation around AI has moved almost exclusively to what can go wrong: existential risk, job displacement, and climate concerns. Those conversations matter. So do the safeguards they are producing.
But humanity also needs to picture what becomes possible: climate solutions that move as fast as the crisis, personalized care from Manhattan to rural Mozambique, and artists and machines unlocking new forms of creativity.
Welcome to the future of co-intelligence. NXT is an evening built to make that future concrete enough to inspire and inform.
Different vantage points. One shared conviction.
The room where it happens
Seventy-five leaders, each handpicked, in a room small enough for everyone to be heard. A thriving, just, and equitable future is available if enough of the right people decide to build it.
Foundation Leaders & Impact Investors
Founders & AI Leaders
Climate & Community Researchers
Nonprofit Executive Directors
Artists & Cultural Figures
Technologists & Visionaries
October 22 · 6:00–10:00 PM
An evening built for possibility
6:00–7:00 PM
Reception
Cocktails, cutting-edge work on display, and a guest list assembled so that every conversation is worth having.
7:00–8:00 PM
The program
Darian Rodriguez Heyman and Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky) facilitate short presentations from leaders and artists. Vivid examples from art, medicine, climate, access, and creativity reveal what becomes possible if we get this right.
8:00–8:45 PM
The room takes over
A facilitated exchange on one question: where should this effort point next, and what can we do together that none of us can do alone?
8:45–10:00 PM
Open networking
The part where the real work starts.
This is the first convening. Whoever shows up will be on the ground floor of what NXT becomes—and the direction set that evening will shape what comes next.
Silver Art · World Trade Center · New York City
A place to imagine
what comes next.
We gather at the World Trade Center, just weeks after the 25th anniversary of September 11. A place shaped by rebuilding offers a powerful setting for a conversation about possibility.
Hosted by Silver Art, the artist residency program at the World Trade Center, the evening connects technology, art, and philanthropy in a setting designed to inspire New Yorkers—and the world.
Co-convened by
Capital, culture, and code
in the same conversation.
Helping People Help
Darian Rodriguez Heyman
Founder of the social impact consultancy Helping People Help, bestselling AI for Nonprofits author, UN SDG advisor, and former Craigslist Foundation Executive Director.
Paul D. Miller
DJ Spooky
Fulbright Specialist, MIT Press author, and inaugural artist-in-residence for The Met Reframed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Silver Art
At the World Trade Center
The artist residency program at the World Trade Center, supported by Silverstein Properties.
RSVP required · By invitation only
The future needs
the right people in the room.
Seats are limited to 75 and confirmed on a rolling basis. RSVP to ensure participation, or contact Darian Rodriguez Heyman with questions.
RSVP by emailDarian Rodriguez Heyman · CEO & Founder, Helping People Help
Confirmed participants and the full invitation circle are shared upon request.
Supported by
Silverstein Properties & The Otterhound
The Otterhound · Simone Joy Friedman, Founder and Editor · Launching October 2026
NXT Summit · Rethinking capital, culture and code