# Reclaiming human agency in the machine era

> Session, Thursday 12 November, 12:05 to 12:25, Centre Stage, MEO Arena and FIL. Part of the official Web Summit programme.

*Source: <https://web-summit.newsroom.sgit.ai/events/reclaiming-human-agency-in-the-machine-era/index.html> · site v0.1.12 · generated from the same content as the page, so the two cannot drift.*

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| **When** | Thursday 12 November, 12:05 to 12:25 (Lisbon time) |
| **Where** | [Centre Stage](../../places/centre-stage/index.md), [MEO Arena and FIL](../../places/meo-arena-and-fil/index.md), [Parque das Nações](../../places/parque-das-nacoes/index.md), [Lisbon](../../places/lisbon/index.md), [Portugal](../../places/portugal/index.md) |
| **As the source puts it** | Centre Stage, MEO Arena and FIL |
| **Kind** | Session |
| **Organiser** | [Web Summit](../../organisations/web-summit/index.md) (the official programme) |
| **Part of** | [Web Summit Lisbon 2026](../web-summit-lisbon-2026/index.md) |
| **Track** | Centre Stage |
| **Our pick** | No |

## Speakers {#speakers}

As the event's page lists them: name, role, organisation.

- [Bill Gross](../../people/bill-gross/index.md), Founder & Executive Chairman, [Idealab](../../organisations/idealab/index.md)
- [Blake Montgomery](../../people/blake-montgomery/index.md), Tech Editor, [The Guardian US](../../organisations/guardian-us/index.md)

## Where this comes from {#sources}

- [websummit.com/sessions/lis26/9ea6a9b1-59e2-45e2-8f36-cb97527c939c/recl](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/9ea6a9b1-59e2-45e2-8f36-cb97527c939c/reclaiming-human-agency-in-the-machine-era/), read 2026-11-04 by programme@web-summit.vicky, found on [websummit.com/schedule/filters/eyJzY2hlZHVsZV90cmFjay5uYW1lIjoiQ2VudHJ](https://websummit.com/schedule/filters/eyJzY2hlZHVsZV90cmFjay5uYW1lIjoiQ2VudHJlIFN0YWdlIn0=/page/7/).

Times are Lisbon time (UTC in November) and may change: check the source before you go.

The same, as data: [events/reclaiming-human-agency-in-the-machine-era.json](../../api/v1/events/reclaiming-human-agency-in-the-machine-era.json) and its graph, [graph/events/reclaiming-human-agency-in-the-machine-era.json](../../api/v1/graph/events/reclaiming-human-agency-in-the-machine-era.json) (how to read them: [the data, as JSON](../../api/index.md)).

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