Events across the village.
Talks, dinners, hackathons and gatherings throughout the month, many open to the wider Chiang Mai community.
Keynote: How will AI impact Chiang Mai?
Ian Borders leads the AI for Chiang Mai track and the Claude Impact Labs Hackathon. A keynote on what AI actually does to a city this size, from someone spending the month finding out.
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Keynote: I Planted the Seeds of a Community. It Emerged, Just Like My Rice.
Yidan Xiong on planting a community the way she plants rice: prepare the ground, put the seeds in, and let what comes up be more than what you built.
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Keynote: Future of Work
Daniel Schlagwein coined the academic study of digital nomadism, advised on Thailand’s DTV visa, and co-authored the study of what nomads actually do to Chiang Mai. A keynote on where work is going, from the researcher governments call.
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Workshop: Between Us, Beyond Our Stories
Nomads and locals can share the same cafes for months and never get past the surface script. Yeji Cheon of Seoul Nooks and Jaem Prueangwet of RealThailander host a hands-on session on Nonviolent Communication, Thai communication norms, and meeting people past the story you arrive with.
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Keynote: Life Is Easy, Sustainable Living and Saving Seeds
Two months of work a year for a year of rice. Three months to build a house, with no debt. Jon Jandai, founder of Pun Pun, went back to his village to test whether life had to be as hard as Bangkok told him it was, and came back with numbers. A keynote on self reliance, seed saving, and what convenience actually costs.
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Keynote: Still Human, What AI Can’t Replace in a One-Person Business
AI made it easy for anyone to look good, but if everyone looks good, trust gets harder to earn. Benjamin Hies, a German solopreneur running multiple businesses from Bangkok with no employees, opens up his one-person operating system: where AI works in his business every day, and the exact points where it stops.
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Keynote: F*ck Ups, Face & the Thai Way of Doing Business
Most founders’ advice skips the part where everything goes wrong, Aim doesn’t 👀 If you’ve ever sat through a startup panel and wondered why everyone sounds like they’ve only ever won, you’re not alone. The failure rate, the near-misses, the deals that fell apart because someone lost face in a meeting, the cultural landmines that […]
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Keynote: What AI keeps getting wrong about culture & consciousness, and what Chiang Mai can teach it
AI keeps treating culture like training data and consciousness like a benchmark to pass. Both framings miss the point. In this keynote, George “Siosi” Samuels, a “digital wayfinder” who has spent 15 years at the frontier of every major technological transition (social media, blockchain, AI), argues that the 30% failure rate in AI projects is […]
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Solopreneur Show & Tell
Residency participants showcase what they built. Then the floor opens for pitching, judging, and prizes across three categories. Hosted at Cult Caffeine in Wat Ket.
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AI for Chiang Mai Hackathon
Two days. Real problems. Local solutions. Thai developers, entrepreneurs, and global nomads building AI tools for genuine Chiang Mai challenges.
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Cosmo Local Pot Luck
An evening of food and stories. Small tables of 4 to 6 guests, half Cosmo and half Local, each bringing a dish and the story behind it.
View detailsHandover Party
The closing night of Main Week and of the month. Monday, September 28, from 18:00.
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The last full day, with the agenda set by the people in the room. Monday, September 28, 10:00 to 16:00.
View detailsExcursions & Wellness Day
A day out of town on the Sunday: waterfalls, a cacao farm, an eco-farm or a mushroom foray. Each runs at an additional cost and spots are limited.
View detailsVIP Dinner
A seated dinner on the Thursday night of Main Week. Guest list and venue are still being arranged.
View detailsWelcome Party
The opening night of Main Week. Wednesday, September 23, from 18:00.
View detailsMain Week Orientation
How the week works, who is in the room, and how to get something out of it. Wednesday afternoon, September 23.
View detailsMain Week Registration
Collect your pass and get your bearings before the programme starts. Wednesday morning, September 23.
View detailsNomad Futures Lab Panel: Daniel Schlagwein, Sam Chua, Ajirapa Pradit
Saturday’s talks close with the Nomad Futures Lab panel: Daniel Schlagwein, Sam Chua and Ajirapa Pradit. The topic is still being confirmed.
View detailsFuture of Work Panel: Shivek and Ian Borders
Shivek and Ian Borders pick up where the Future of Work keynote leaves off. The topic is still being confirmed.
View detailsTalk: Ajirapa Pradit
Ajirapa Pradit opens Saturday morning at Cult Caffeine. The topic is still being confirmed.
View detailsPanel: Yeji Cheon, Jaem Prueangwet, John Ho
Friday’s talks close with Yeji Cheon, Jaem Prueangwet and John Ho on stage together. The topic is still being confirmed.
View detailsPanel: George “Siosi” Samuels, Benjamin Hies, Jon Jandai
Thursday’s three speakers come back on stage together to take questions. The topic is still being confirmed.
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