Patagonia road under starlit mountains

For thousands of years,
the Original Peoples of the Earth
have foretold of the times 
we are in 
now

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A time when the people of the North 
— of mind, of structure, of technology —
would sit at the same fire as the people of the South 
— of heart, of spirit, of land.

That time has arrived.

Aniwa

Aniwa Summit
for Changemakers

OCTOBER 23–25, 2026

Northern California

Private · By invitation only

— A single fire

Today's leaders don't need another retreat.
We need the truth that will guide us.

So we are bringing

100

PLANETARY LEADERS

The builders

Founders, investors, scientists, and the operators building the future.

The keepers

Wisdom keepers and lineage carriers of ancestral knowledge.

Two paradigms weaving the Way.

THREE DAYS · ONE DESTINY

The circle is forming
Visionaries Aligning A Shared Mission:
Vivien Vilela

Vivien Vilela

Founder & CEO, Aniwa

D

Dakai

To be announced

T

Tenzin

To be announced

Jane Woodward

Jane Woodward

Stanford · WovenEarth Ventures

Mona Polacca

Mona Polacca

Chair, International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers

Deven Raut

Deven Raut

Founder, Kaiteki.AI · ex-Google Stadia

Kumu Ramsay Taum

Kumu Ramsay Taum

Star of Oceania · Hoʻoponopono master

Denise Roberson

Denise Roberson

Chief Purpose Officer, Omnicom

Nana Amalia Tum Xinico

Nana Amalia Tum Xinico

Maya Kaqchikel Cultural Practitioner

Ren Menon

Ren Menon

Co-Founder & CEO, OrthoFX

Matzuwa Oscar

Matzuwa Oscar

Co-Founder Director, Huya Aniwa Foundation

Angela Katragadda

Angela Katragadda

Heritage Modern Design · Trustee, Huya Aniwa

Oona Chaplin

Oona Chaplin

Host of the Summit · Avatar: Fire and Ash

Will Cady

Will Cady

Reddit · Author, Which Way Is North

Mitch Kirsch

Mitch Kirsch

Founder, Planet Events · 13 Olympics

Ruslan Gafarov

Ruslan Gafarov

Founder, Silicon Valley Camp 1440

Why now
A rare convergence.
△

AI accelerating

At unprecedented pace, with shrinking wisdom about consequence.

✿

Indigenous recognition

2026 Niwano Peace Prize awarded to Benki Piyãko, Aniwa's spiritual mentor.

○

Founders asking deeper

The most powerful builders are mid-life and reaching for meaning.

✕

A 10-year foundation

Aniwa has spent a decade earning the trust now ready to bridge worlds.

These forces have never aligned before.
They will not align this way again soon.

The Power in the Circle

The combined track record already in this room.

Companies Built & Scaled

$2.5B

Deployed across natural gas, wind, solar, and storage by MAP Energy — exit to Global Infrastructure Partners, 2020.

Jane Woodward · MAP Energy · Stanford

Also Built From Inside This Circle

Google Stadia

CiiNOW → Google Stadia. Also: OrthoFX, Kaiteki.AI, Prisma SASE (Palo Alto Networks).

Deven Raut · Ren Menon

Global Stages Produced

13

OLYMPIC
GAMES

+ 6 Super Bowls, 3 FIFA World Cups, 3 Rugby World Cups. 32 years · 30 countries.

Mitch Kirsch · Planet Events

Brands Counseled From Inside the Room

Google
Apple
Disney
Netflix
Adobe
Amazon
PepsiCo
McDonald's
Nat Geo
Reddit
Stanford

By Denise Roberson · Will Cady · Deven Raut — and others in the circle

Indigenous Leadership in the Circle

2026

Niwano Peace Prize

Awarded to Benki Piyãko, Aniwa's spiritual mentor. Past laureates: Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama, Bartholomew I.

Mona Polacca · Kumu Ramsay Taum · Matzuwa Oscar

The Cultural Bridge

Avatar: Fire and Ash

Hosted by Oona Chaplin — Mapuche heritage, granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin. Plays Varang in James Cameron's Avatar saga.

Oona Chaplin · Will Cady (Emmy) · Ruslan Gafarov (TEDx, Forbes)

What aniwa has already built
This is not a new idea.
It is the next step.
14+

years of partnership

with Indigenous communities across the Americas and the Pacific

$6M+

mobilized

for Indigenous causes, land protection, and cultural preservation

40+

elders

in trusted, ongoing relationship

6

regions

across the Americas and the Pacific

Aniwa Summit is the next chapter in work that has been quietly unfolding for a decade.
The arc
Three days. One journey.
Aniwa Summit is not a schedule. It is a passage through three stages of the gathering — arrival, dialogue, commitment.
Day 01 — Arrival & Listening [DRAFT]

Day 01 · October 23

Arrival & Listening [DRAFT]

Roles unwound. Phones surrendered. Each guest introduces themselves not by what they do, but by one story they carry. The elders speak. The world-changers receive — a deliberate asymmetry placing the architects of tomorrow in the position of students.

Day 02 — Dialogue [DRAFT]

Day 02 · October 24

Dialogue [DRAFT]

The exchange begins. What does AI bring to this table? What does Western longevity science offer the medicine traditions of the South? What do the elders see in our future that we have missed?

Day 03 — Commitment [DRAFT]

Day 03 · October 25

Commitment [DRAFT]

The fire convenes. Each participant formulates one personal commitment — written, witnessed, signed. The Aniwa Declaration is drafted. You leave not with photos. You leave with covenant.

What we explore
Four elements.
One fire.
The conversation is held inside the oldest framework on Earth — the elements that make us. Each theme is one element. At the center, they converge.
△01

AIR

Ancestral intelligence in the age of artificial intelligence.

▢02

EARTH

Personal wellness and the evolution of consciousness.

△03

FIRE

Regenerative economies and nature finance.

▽04

WATER

Indigenous spirituality and the planetary polycrisis.

Air, Earth, Fire, Water — woven into a single fire.
What to expect
Three days. Your mind, your body, your place in the living world.
You won't find an hour-by-hour schedule here, and that's deliberate. The full agenda reaches you once you're confirmed. Part of what you're saying yes to is the room to be surprised. What we'll tell you now is what you'll move through.
Aniwa gathering photo — Mind

Mind

The hardest questions of this moment, asked out loud — alongside the people actually shaping the answers.

  • Keynotes
  • Panel discussions
  • Breakout sessions
  • The kind of long, unhurried conversation that rarely survives an ordinary conference.
Aniwa gathering photo — Body

Body

Wisdom you don't just listen to. You eat it, walk it, plant it.

  • Movement and practice
  • Tree planting
  • Farm-to-table meals from regenerative land
  • Three days and nights living on the land itself.
Aniwa gathering photo — Planet

Planet

What forms between people who would never otherwise share a fire — and what it sends back into the world.

  • Purpose-driven gatherings
  • Alliances that outlast the three days
  • Music, art, and cross-pollination between worlds that rarely meet.
You arrive knowing a handful of names. You leave with practices, alliances, and questions you'll carry far longer than three days.
Northern California ranchland at golden hour
The land
A private estate
in Northern California.
Twenty acres carried into Oona Chaplin's family
through Charlie Chaplin and Eugene O'Neill,
held now under her stewardship
and through her Mapuche heritage.
A place where stories have always been told.
Exact location shared only with confirmed guests.
Reciprocity
Where the money goes.
Aniwa Summit is a nonprofit initiative under the Huya Aniwa Foundation. A significant portion of every Founder Circle contribution returns directly to Indigenous communities and the lands they protect.
01

Clean water

Water systems and eco-sanitation in partner villages.

02

Reforestation

Land protection and tree-planting on ancestral land. 3M+ trees planted by Aniwa partners.

03

Elder dignity

Travel, lodging, and dignified compensation for elders.

04

Youth futures

Education programs in elder communities.

05

Land back

Conservation acquisitions returning land to Indigenous stewardship.

Aniwa has mobilized $6M+ for these initiatives over a decade.
"Founders are not customers.
They are benefactors."
In their words
What changes for the people who walk this path.

"Aniwa helped me step outside of constant pressure and achievement-driven thinking, and look deeper at what actually creates strong communities, meaningful relationships, and sustainable growth. What I respect most is that they are building a real global community centered around human connection, responsibility, respect for nature, and long-term thinking."

Ruslan Gafarov

Founder, Silicon Valley Camp 1440

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Partner community

The founder circle
Thirty founding members.
Not buying access. Helping create the room.
A small group of founding members helps create the room before it opens to the world — shaping the field, nominating aligned guests, and setting the culture from the start.
FOUNDER CIRCLE

Seven seats filled · Twenty-three remain

By private invitation

Founder Circle details — contribution, what is included, and how to join — are shared in a separate one-pager on request.

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How to step in
Apply to attend.
By invitation and application only.
Two paths: apply to attend, or apply to speak. Both begin the same way.
  1. 01Personal invitation or nomination
  2. 02Application to attend or to speak
  3. 03Private alignment conversation
  4. 04Confirmation and entry into the guest channel
  5. 05Pre-event onboarding and reading list
  6. 06Arrival at the land — October 23
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"Selection is not based on capital. It is based on alignment, maturity, respect for privacy, and contribution to the room."
This is the first ceremony.
Aniwa
Where the Earth
and the future
meet.
The prophecy is 500 years old.
The work is now.
We will see you at the fire.
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