Barcelona · September 16–18, 2026
Resilient, collaborative systems.
The challenges facing us are systemic – no one discipline or perspective can solve them alone. ECOSYSTEM exists to enable leading practitioners and global leaders to come together and turn fragmented innovation into shared infrastructure.
A carefully curated, limited-capacity gathering of leaders, executives, investors, entrepreneurs, certification bodies, policy-makers and researchers working at the intersection of AI, ownership and trust, ECOSYSTEM brings together three successful events:
AI for Development and Impact (AI4D)
The Ownership Economy Summit
Trusted Commerce (formerly Sustainability, AI and Innovation Summit).
Register for a single day or, better still, register for the full summit. The deepest value will be created in the space where AI, ownership and trusted commerce converge. Bringing together a diversity of expertise is what this Summit is all about!
High-interaction format · In-person attendance strictly limited to 120 per day.
Hosted by
Hosted by DevelopMetrics and CommonShare.
The organizing hosts behind ECOSYSTEM.
Three days · one ecosystem
A summit designed for connection between domains.
Each day has its own center of gravity. The connective tissue is what matters: shared systems, accountable infrastructure, incentives, voice, and trust.
AI for International Development
How can AI move from novelty to leverage — improving decisions, accelerating work, and expanding human capacity?
→The Ownership Economy
How can ownership, incentives, and governance distribute value more fairly — and make shared upside durable?
→Trusted Commerce
How can markets prove what matters — origin, quality, impact, and accountability — without adding friction?
→Selection of previous attendees
Leaders and practioners across development, finance, policy, climate, impact, and ownership.
The room is designed to bring together organizations that normally touch the same systems from different angles.
African Development Bank
Agence Française de Développement
Asian Development Bank
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
BICBRAC
CARE
CGIAR
European Investment Bank
Ford Foundation
Gavi
GIZ
Global Affairs Canada
Global Environment Facility
The Global Fund
Global Partnership for Education
Green Climate Fund
IFADIIED
Innovations for Poverty Action
International Labour Organization
International Monetary Fund
International Rescue Committee
Islamic Development BankJ-PAL
JICAKfW
Mastercard Foundation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
New Development BankOpen Society Foundations
Oxfam
The Rockefeller Foundation
Sida
Stockholm Environment Institute
UK International Development
UN Women
UNDPUNFPA
UNHCR
UNICEF
Wellcome
World Bank GroupWorld Food Programme
World Health Organization
Tools → Tribe → Trust
From fragmented innovation to shared infrastructure.
ECOSYSTEM is built for the space between sectors: where builders, institutions, investors, standards bodies, certification bodies and policy actors need to coordinate around systems that no single actor can own alone.
Inside the room
A working room, not just a stage.
Panels, workshops, hosted conversations and rooftop connections create the space where insight can become shared infrastructure.
Norrsken · Barcelona
A beachfront venue built for serious work and sea-air conversations.
Norrsken House Barcelona gives the summit a coastal setting: working rooms, rooftop space, water views, and direct access to the rhythm of the beach.
Join us in Barcelona
Three days. One ecosystem.
Register for the whole summit. The deepest value is in the connection between the days — where AI, ownership, trusted commerce, incentives, standards and infrastructure converge.
