Synapse conclave returns

Synapse, a thought-provoking science, technology, and society conference is back. Founded by renowned journalist Shoma Chaudhury, SYNAPSE CONCLAVE 2026 promises two days of mind-expanding, life-altering conversations.

Science and tech are the new ‘hand of god’ in our lives - rehsaping everything. From geopolitics to genes, war to work, markets to materials. Energy, emotions, entertainment. Life and death itself. No one can afford not to engage, understand, celebrate, debate.

SYNAPSE offers a unique 360-degree lens on this fast-changing world and unpacks the civilisational frontiers shaping our collective future — from artificial intelligence to neuroscience, gene editing to longevity research, robotics to quantum, the race for autonomous weapons to the race for superhumanity and the humanoids who will replace humans.

Globally acclaimed for its depth and cutting-edge ideas, SYNAPSE has drawn praise from some of the world’s most respected thinkers. Pulitzer Prize–winning author Thomas Friedman calls it “brilliant.” Ex-cyber chief, Israel, Yigal Unna called it “mindblowing”. Former Google Asia Head Rajan Anandan has described it as “first-of-its-kind.”  Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel has called it “mindbending” . UN Co-Chair on AI Carme Artigas has termed it “extraordinary” and a “vision that needs to be shared with the world.

This year, SYNAPSE brings together an unparalleled constellation of global voices — including pioneers who are actively shaping the future we are about to inhabit.

From the Godfather of modern AI to a NASA scientist who has ‘touched the sun’, from the strategist behind Palantir’s war machines to a rare window into China’s rise from a man on the inside, a neuroscientist recreating human brains in a lab to the geneticist behind the world’s first personalised CRISPR therapy for a baby, a marine biologist using AI to crack the language of whales, an architect building cities on the Moon and Mars, and the unveiling of the ‘world’s first’ robot debate. Synapse Conclave 2026 is where the boldest and brightest of our times converge.

Headlining Speakers Include

Yann LeCun — Turing Award winner and Godfather of AI

Stuart Russell — AI safety pioneer and TIME 100 Most Influential Leaders in AI

Sergiu Pașca — Neuroscientist reverse-engineering the human brain

Daniel Barcay — Tech philosopher and AI conscience-keeper

David Spirk — Palantir strategist behind modern war technologies

Ishaan Khatter — Surging star of Hindi cinema and Hollywood

David Gruber — Frontier marine biologist using AI to speak with whales

Emil Kendziorra — Cryonics pioneer and longevity entrepreneur

Karandeep Anand — CEO, Character.AI; architect of Relational AI

Nour Rawafi — NASA astrophysicist who has ‘touched the sun’

Parag Khanna — Global affairs strategist and bestselling author

Andrew Newberg  — Neuroscientist mapping God in the brain

Shankar Mahadevan - Grammy-winning musical maestro

(Full speaker lineup available at https://synapseconclave.com/speakers )

EVENT DETAILS

Dates: 21–22 February 2026
Venue: Le Méridien, Gurugram