Protocols (Conference)

"Discovering and codifying the best protocols for human-tech alignment"

Overview

Protocols is an annual interdisciplinary summit hosted by MICI that convenes a global cohort of technologists, policymakers, entrepreneurs, researchers, students, artists, and wellness practitioners to explore the most urgent question of our time:

What are the best protocols — ethical, technical, spiritual — for building a future where technology and humanity thrive together?

What it is

Protocols is not a traditional conference but a hybrid experience:

• Academic seminars + political roundtables
• Technological showcases + spiritual ceremonies
• Performance art + music + immersive theater
• Wellness retreats + sacred space

Imagine: TED meets Burning Man meets the World Economic Forum.

Why it matters

In the AI age, the most important intellectual property is not algorithms — it is protocols. Which rules govern AI behavior. Which values are encoded into the source code. Which decisions an autonomous system is allowed to make on its own.

Protocols (the conference) is where those questions get worked out across disciplines. Engineers need ethicists in the room. Ethicists need engineers. Both need artists, healers, and the people who will actually live alongside these systems. Protocols is the room.