2019
Lisbon · The beginnings
The first gathering brought together more than 400 participants and created a space where people from different sectors, generations and lived realities could meet around human dignity and justice.
The Summit / Our journey
From gathering
to global governance.
The Humanity Summit brought people together. Today, the Alliance governs the platform that connects those conversations with research and shared commitments.
2023
Portugal · The Pact takes shape
Dialogues in Faro, Lisbon and Lagos helped transform the Summit’s purpose into a shared Pact shaped by contributors across 45 countries.
2024
Rio de Janeiro · A wider global stage
The Humanity Summit joined the G20 Social ecosystem. The Pact was presented in Rio and the conversation expanded across policy, culture, justice and the African diaspora.
2025
South Africa · Policy contributions
The Think Tank developed a connected collection for the G20 cycle: the Humanity Index, Measuring Hope, Digital Sovereignty and Epistemic Pluralism, and Justice as Efficiency.
2026
United States · The Alliance
An independent institutional home was created to sustain the Pact, build the Humanity Index, reactivate the Think Tank and connect year-round dialogue with implementation.
2027
California · The next Summit
Humanity Summit 2027 will bring the Alliance’s connected architecture into a shared global gathering in November.
Humanity Summit · Rio de Janeiro · 2024
Rio, in photographs.
Panels, audiences and collective moments from Humanity Summit and G20 Social in Rio.
Photographs from the organiser’s Rio and G20 Social albums, 2024. Select a photograph to view it larger.
What continues
The Summit was never only an event. It was a way of bringing worlds into the same room.
The Alliance preserves the Summit’s capacity to convene across difference while adding the structures required for work between gatherings.
Humanity Talks keeps the public conversation alive. The Think Tank turns questions into policy and practice. The Humanity Index connects measurement to lived experience. The Pact provides a shared framework. The Summit becomes the place where these strands meet, are challenged and move forward.
Explore the archive
Conversations, speakers and moments from the journey.
Follow the Humanity Summit channels while the Alliance’s independent archive is being consolidated.
Video archive
Keynotes, panels and conversations from previous Humanity Summit gatherings.
Explore YouTubeUpdates and community
Follow the latest work, public conversations and announcements across the Summit channels.
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