What AI can’t fix. Join us in Lisbon.
Three 45-minute sessions and an evening for founders and investors.A short walk from Web Summit.Choose one or come to all. Each has its own registration.
Four ways to join us.
Sixt Research Centre, Parque das Nações. Times are Lisbon time. Every request is approved by hand.
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15:00 to 15:45
Session 1 · 30 places
H2H 2.0: how AI’s biggest threat isn’t what you think
A keynote on why fast AI adoption is eroding trust at work, and the three shifts that keep leaders valuable as AI advances.
Bryan KramerFounder of the Human-to-Human (H2H) movement and CEO of PureMatter
Session details
Many companies have adopted AI at speed, and the cost is showing: employees working longer hours, and leaders who project the most confidence often trusted the least.
This keynote argues that AI did not create a new problem. It exposed one that was already there: leadership that is performed instead of practised.
Bryan presents three shifts that separate the leaders AI could replace from those it makes more valuable.
His examples include hospitals that disclosed their mistakes and roughly halved lawsuits, a Dutch town that removed every traffic signal at its busiest junction, and an airline captain with 208 seconds to act against what his computers advised.
What you take away
- Three shifts that separate leaders AI may replace from those it makes irreplaceable
- A new lens for every tool you adopt, every meeting you attend and every decision you make
- Why judgement, depth and presence are becoming the differentiators
About Bryan
Founder of the Human-to-Human (H2H) movement and author of H2H: Human-to-Human and Shareology.
Three-time CEO from Silicon Valley, now CEO of PureMatter.
He has advised executives at Netflix, Mastercard, Expedia, Sony and Hyatt, and given more than 250 keynotes in over 30 countries, including TED.
Based in Lisbon.
Keynote of 45 minutes. Limited to 30 places. A private event: every request is approved by hand.
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16:00 to 16:45
Session 2 · 30 places
How to align your leadership team when AI moves faster than people
For venture-backed founders and CEOs, C-suite executives and investors: why leadership teams still take weeks to agree when the tools take seconds, and what to change.
Dr Sven MulfingerFounding Partner, Kuma Partners
Session details
AI tools speed up work, but they do not fix a leadership team that cannot agree. Teams arrive with conflicting AI-generated plans and decisions stall.
This private briefing is for leaders who want to change that.
Agenda
- 15 minutes. Speed paradox and decision governance. Why AI can increase friction, and how executive teams redesign decision ownership.
- 15 minutes. Non-linear founder dynamics. The strengths of divergent thinkers, where teams lose alignment, and the operating rhythms that protect speed.
- 15 minutes. Executive sparring. An off-the-record discussion under the Chatham House rule on the live leadership and board challenges you bring.
What you take away
- Why fast AI tools on top of unclear decision rights create decision drag
- The governance changes that let a leadership team move quickly in practice
- Concrete operating rules to keep visionary leaders and execution teams aligned
Who it is for
Venture-backed founders and CEOs (Seed to Series C), C-suite executives and managing directors, and VC general partners and portfolio operating partners.
Limited to 30 places to keep the room senior.
About Sven
Dr Sven Mulfinger is Founding Partner at Kuma Partners and an executive adviser.
His research with IESE and IE Business School looks at non-linear cognition and decision systems in leadership.
He helps scaling founders and boards reduce leadership drag and resolve co-founder deadlocks.
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17:00 to 17:45
Session 3 · 30 places
The AI spam problem: how founders win clients in 2027
How founders stand out when every inbox is full of automated outreach.
Speaker to be announcedRegistration opens shortly
Session details
Speaker and full description to be announced. Limited to 30 places. Registration opens shortly. Check back here or write to contact@kuma.partners to be told when it opens.
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18:00 to 21:00
The evening · 100 places
Frontier Founders & VCs Soirée
Drinks and snacks with founders of frontier and deep tech companies and the VCs and angels who back them.
No pitches. Topics range from AI and deep tech to space, climate and health tech. Come after the sessions or on its own.
Hosted by Lu Li (Content Gym), Vincent Azé and Dr Sven Mulfinger, with Kuma Partners.
Evening details
A curated evening for founders building at the frontier and the investors who back them: AI, deep tech, space, Web3, climate, health tech and other hard technical fields.
No pitches, just focused conversations about building hard technology and where the next opportunities are.
Format
Informal networking from 18:00, ending by 21:00. Drinks and snacks throughout. 100 places. You can come after the sessions or on its own.
Who comes
Founders of frontier and deep tech companies, and the VCs and angel investors who actively back them.
Hosts
Lu Li of Content Gym, Vincent Azé and Dr Sven Mulfinger of Kuma Partners.
Venue
SIXT Hub, Parque das Nações, about a 7-minute walk from the Web Summit venue. The exact address is sent when your request is approved.
Peers, not pitches.
Requests are approved by hand to keep the room useful for everyone who comes.
- Venture-backed founders and CEOs, Seed to Series C
- C-suite executives and managing directors
- VC general partners and portfolio operating partners
Sixt Research Centre
Av. Dom João II 49, Arts Hotel & Business Centre, Block A, 8th floor
1990-085 Parque das Nações, Lisbon
About a 7-minute walk from the Web Summit venue. Full access details are sent when your request is approved.
Hosted by Kuma Partners and SIXT.
Hosted by SIXTHome of the SIXT Research Centre and SIXT Hub in Parque das Nações, our venue for the day.
Kuma Partners is an executive advisory firm based in Barcelona. Former CEOs and operators work inside scale-stage leadership teams to restore decision speed. About Kuma Partners