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Speakers Welcome Reception

    • Date
    7 July 2026
    Timeframe
    19:30 - 22:30
    Duration
    3 hours

      We are delighted to host our distinguished speakers at the Speakers Welcome Reception – an evening dedicated to celebrating and honouring your important contributions to this global movement. Enjoy a warm and elegant gathering alongside fellow thought leaders, innovators, and change-makers driving positive impact through AI.

      Bionic and the Wires transforms the hidden electrical activity of plants and fungi into live music and movement, revealing the intelligence and responsiveness of the natural world. Using custom‑engineered bionic arms and biosonification devices, they convert subtle fluctuations in bio‑electrical conductivity into musical expression.
      Their work challenges the assumption that creativity is an exclusively human domain. Recent research shows that plants and fungi exhibit forms of decision‑making, memory, and communication. By giving these organisms “hands” and instruments, they make their internal processes visible and audible, inviting audiences to reconsider what intelligence and creativity can look like beyond the human.
      In this keynote demonstration, BATW will showcase how living organisms generate real‑time musical and visual output on stage. The performance bridges art, science, and technology, offering a poetic yet scientifically grounded exploration of bioelectricity, plant cognition, and post‑humanist ideas.
      Bionic and the Wires has performed internationally, including at Berlin Fashion Week, the UN Biodiversity Conference, and the Deutsches Museum. They have over 150 thousand followers across all platforms and their videos have been viewed millions of times. Their work aims to inspire curiosity, spark dialogue, and expand public understanding of the living world at a moment when rethinking our relationship with nature and technology is more urgent than ever.
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