AGI Global Summit - Portland

Portland AGI Mini-Summit: Rethinking Civilization in an Intelligent Age

Event Description

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is no longer a futuristic idea—it’s a rapidly advancing scientific reality. But while most conversations focus on AI as a technology, this event takes a radically different approach.

What if AGI transforms the foundations of our civilization?
What happens when cognition—once scarce and exclusively human—can be mass-produced?

This Mini-Summit brings together experts from economics, law, neuroethics, and intelligence research to explore how AGI will challenge the core systems that govern society: the economy, the rule of law, and models of governance.

We’ll ask questions that mainstream AI events avoid:

Will capitalism survive when human cognition is no longer scarce?

If democracy relies on scarcity-based economies, does governance collapse when AGI arrives?

Has mechanized law made society less human—and could AGI reverse that?

Can AGI provide a path to a more equitable civilization, or will it entrench power even further?

Featured Speakers:

Joe Cortright – Economist & Chair of Oregon’s Governmental Advisory Council

Professor Fabrice Jotterand – Director of Neuroethics, OHSU

Professor Tung Yin – Constitutional Law Scholar, Lewis & Clark

Mounir Shita – Founder of EraNova; author of Science of Intelligence and Politics of Superintelligence

Why this Meetup is Different
This is not a technical AI meetup. It’s a cross-disciplinary summit—philosophers, economists, legal scholars, and scientists exploring civilization-scale questions that AGI forces us to confront.

It’s also the first in a global series of events designed to prepare for the 2026 AGI Global Summit here in Portland.

Whether you're deeply involved in AI or simply curious about how intelligent systems will reshape society, this is the place to join the conversation.

Event Format

10–15 minute talks from each speaker

Moderated panel debate

Live audience Q&A

Networking and discussion (separate experience for ticket tiers)