Main Week Conference
September 23-28, 2026
What is the Main Week?
Where the whole month comes together
For three weeks (Sept 1 to 22), four coliving tracks live and build side by side in Wat Ket, Chiang Mai's riverside creative district. It all leads to the fourth and final week: Main Week, six days of keynotes, workshops, demos, and shared meals, open to everyone.
You don't need to join a coliving program to be here. Come to meet people, trade ideas, and see what a month of global-meets-local collaboration actually produces.
Keynotes
Big ideas from people building at the edges of technology, culture, and business, across three days (Sept 24 to 26). Come with questions.
Benjamin Hies
Company of One: Building a Business Without Building a Team
George “Siosi” Samuels
Conscious AI: What Machines Miss About Culture and Consciousness
Amarit “Aim” Charoenphan
F*ck Ups, Face & the Thai Way of Doing Business
Jon Jandai
Life Is Easy: Sustainable Living and Saving Seeds
More speakers to be announced.
Special events
A few gatherings big enough to stand on their own. Each has its own page. Tap in for the full story.
Sept 26 and 27 · Movenpick Hotel
AI for Chiang Mai Hackathon
Two days. Real problems. Local solutions. Thai developers, entrepreneurs, and global nomads build AI tools for genuine Chiang Mai challenges.
Sept 24, evening · Old Chiang Mai Cultural Center
Cosmo Local Pot Luck
An evening of food and the stories behind it. Small tables, half local and half visitor, everyone bringing a dish and a story to share.
Sept 26, 2 to 5 PM · Cult Caffeine, Wat Ket
Solopreneur Show & Tell
Residents present what they built over the month, then the floor opens for pitching, feedback, and prizes across three categories.
Date and venue to be confirmed
Nomad Futures Lab Exhibition
The Nomad Futures Lab track puts its ideas on show: concrete proposals for turning Wat Ket into a Nomad Friendly District. Come see what it would take to make it real. Details coming soon.
Workshops
Hands-on, small-group sessions led by residents and local experts. Roughly two hours, 20 to 30 people per room.
Three to four workshops run in parallel on Sept 24 and 25, so you'll choose the one that pulls you. Seats are limited and RSVP is required. Reserve your spot in the app.
AI Chiang Mai
AI Foundations (Entry-Level)
New to AI? Get comfortable with the essential tools and simple prompting you can use the very next day.
Sept 24 or 25 · Host: TBC
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AI Chiang Mai
AI in Practice (Advanced)
Already using AI? Go deeper into real workflows, automation, and building with it. Runs alongside the entry-level session, pick your level.
Sept 24 or 25 · Host: TBC
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Solopreneur
Building a Sales Funnel
Map and build a funnel that actually converts, from first touch to close.
Sept 24 or 25 · Host: TBC
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Food
Bean-to-Bar Chocolate
Make chocolate by hand with the team at Siamaya Chocolate.
Sept 24 or 25 · Host: Siamaya Chocolate (offsite)
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AI Chiang Mai
Vibe Coding
Ship a working prototype without being a developer. Build something real by vibe coding your way through it.
Sept 24 or 25 · Host: TBC
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Nomad Lab
Building Relationships
Learn the basics of Nonviolent Communication and practice connecting across difference.
Sept 24 or 25 · Host: Yeji Cheon
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Food
Mushrooms & Tea
Explore functional mushrooms and tea, and how they fit into everyday wellbeing.
Sept 24 or 25 · Host: Potent
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Solopreneur
Design Thinking
A fast, practical intro to design thinking for solving real problems. (Tentative)
Sept 24 or 25 · Host: TBC
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The two AI workshops run in the same time slot, so attendees pick their level. Days, hosts, and the final line-up will be confirmed closer to the date.
Get your Main Week pass
One pass. Six days. Full access to every keynote, workshop, and shared event across Main Week. Choose the pass that fits.
Side events
The floor is yours
On Sept 28, the floor is yours. Side Events are participant-led: if you've got something to teach or share, we'll give you a free venue and basic support, and you run the session.
Skill shares, talks, jam sessions, hands-on workshops, whatever you want to lead. It's the community teaching the community, on the final day of Main Week.
Want to host one, or find a session to join? Set it up and sign up in the app.
Excursions
Out of the city, into nature
On Sept 27, we head out of town. Choose from a curated set of day trips to some of the most beautiful and interesting spots within two hours of the city.
Think sticky waterfalls you can actually climb, a working cacao farm, a regenerative eco-farm, a guided mushroom-identification foray, and more. Each runs at an additional cost and spots are limited. Book your excursion in the app.