COSM is a premier national summit on the technologies remaking the world as we know it. The mission of the conference is to stimulate debate and deliberation among industry leaders to reveal practical insights into the dynamic forces that are shaping the future. Register now to save your spot and $700: November 18-20 at the Westin Kierland in Scottsdale, Arizona .
An Invitation from George Gilder
As Albert Einstein famously warned in an Oxford speech in 1933, “Propositions arrived at by purely logical means are completely empty as regards to reality.” COSM 2026 is a gathering grounded in reality — yet open to the fullest horizons of human purpose, creativity, and innovation.
The future meets here. Come join us.
Why Attend?
Meet the Future
This is no everyday tech conference. COSM is a sneak peek at the future. Stay ahead, engaging directly with the visionaries shaping the technologies that will define the next decade.
Be In the Know
In a time of rapid change, be equipped to interpret the signals, seize the upside, and navigate what’s next.
Free Your Mind
We gather speakers and panelists who challenge conventional narratives and surface ideas you won’t hear anywhere else.
Network with Technology Peers
Connect around the table and in the COSM Lounge with a rare mix of bold thinkers, top execs, and breakthrough researchers and technologists.
A Taste of COSM
2026 Speakers
Designed by famed technology futurist, George Gilder, COSM boasts an astounding array of speakers. Keynotes have included Peter Thiel, Cathie Wood, Newt Gingrich, Stephen Wolfram, Jim Tour, Kai-Fu Lee, Stephen C. Meyer, Michael Shellenberger, Bob Metcalfe, Eric Schmidt, Ray Kurzweil, Michael Milken, Larry Sanger, and Federico Faggin, among others. Every year, Kyoto Prize winner Carver Mead crowns the discussion with his sage reflections.
George Gilder
Author, Futurist, Venture Capitalist, and Cofounder of Discovery Institute
Joshua Achiam
Chief Futurist, OpenAI
Pat Gelsinger
Former CEO, Intel
Sandra Watson
President & CEO, Arizona Commerce Authority
John Tamny
Editor at RealClearMarkets, President of Parkview Institute, and author of The Deficit Delusion
Bob Metcalfe
Inventor of Ethernet and Turing Award Winner (2022)
Keri Ingraham
Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute and Program Director, American Center for Transforming Education
Gaurav Suri
Neuroscientist; Author, The Emergent Mind
David Bahnsen
Managing Partner & CIO, The Bahnsen Group
Touraj Parang
President & COO, Serve Robotics
Steve Forbes
Editor-in-Chief, Forbes
David Margines
Product Management Director, Waymo
Cole Smead
CEO and Portfolio Manager, Smead Capital Management
Taylor Black
Director of AI and Venture Ecosystems, Microsoft
Steve Buri
President, Discovery Institute
Richard Cartledge
Thoracic Surgeon and Inventor
Bruce Chapman
Founder and Board Chair, Discovery Institute
Robert Cucin
Entrepreneur and CEO, Biosculpture Technologies
Jonathan Hurst
Co-Founder & Chief Robot Officer, Agility Robotics
Bob Kelly
Value Accelerator and Advisor
David Kim
Head of Legal and Compliance, ASML
Thomas Lehrman
Managing Partner, Teamworthy Ventures
David McCann
Senior VP, Chief of Staff, Business Unit, Amkor Technology
Matt McIlwain
Managing Director, Madrona Venture Group
Christine Mackay
President & CEO, Greater Phoenix Economic Council
Ken MacWilliams
President, Multibeam Corporation
Robert J. Marks II
Director, Senior Fellow, Walter Bradley Center for Natural & Artificial Intelligence
Andrew Mayne
Founder, Interdimensional AI; Researcher; Prompt Engineer, OpenAI
Carver Mead
Gordon and Betty Moore Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology
Bryan Mistele
CEO, INRIX
Walter Myers III
Principal Engineering Manager, Microsoft
Nathan Jacobson
Director of Media & Brand, Discovery Institute and Art Director, COSM
Casey Luskin
Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute
Ron Price
President & CEO, Visit Phoenix
Jay Richards
Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute and VP of Social and Domestic Policy at Heritage Foundation
Sponsors
Thanks to our sponsors and partners for bringing the good vibrations to Arizona, setting the stage for cosmopolitan and prescient conversations about the shifting sands of technological progress.
Kelly Advisory, Dan and Cindi Mader, Byron and Joanne Nutley,
Billy Rose Foundation, Dick and Kristina Greiling, Richard and Pat Lawson, Walter and Tammy Myers