Human+Tech Week · Thursday anchor

Thursday, May 14 — San Francisco

HTW 2026 runs May 11 to 15 · 2026. This page centers the May 14 program block: Opening Panel plus Guild Lab.

Human+Tech Week holds the convening layer; SuperGuild formation and implementation happen in-room; HUMN supplies platform rails architects can carry into prototypes after—not a substitute for HTW’s audience or program voice.

Opening Panel Guild Lab (same day)

Opening Panel · Thursday, May 14 · 3:35 PM

Pre-workshop · HTW main stage

New Rails for Civic Wealth and Talent — the Opening Panel is the pre-workshop that maps how convening, community, platform, and finance align before the Guild Lab implementation block.

  • Moderator: Jonathan Cropper — Lewis Latimer Fellowship and the Edison Awards
  • Convening layer: Nichol Bradford — Human+Tech Week
  • Platform layer: Karla Ballard — HUMN
  • Alternative finance: Marquesa Finch — Pyrium
  • Community-driven economic mobility: Kristina Francis — Kin & Commons

Together the panel traces convening → community economics → platform rails → financing pathways so funders and operators see shared language heading into implementation.

Same-day Guild Lab

Opening Panel

Thursday · 3:35 PM · May 14

Frames the week’s stakes and aligns convening, community, platform, and finance voices before tactical build time.

Guild Lab

Implementation lab · ninety minutes

Hands-on formation of SuperGuild architectures with HUMN substrate where exchanges need rails—distinct from panels. Full choreography on the Guild Lab page.

Week context

May 11–15 · San Francisco

Thursday is the implementation spine inside the broader HTW room; rails and prototypes remain legible afterward through HUMN Work CoLabs and partner follow-through documented in Activation.