At EDS, you do not come to just listen and learn. You come to challenge ideas, build relationships and leave changed. The people in this room are shaping how the world experiences culture, hospitality, public spaces, brands, tourism, luxury and immersive storytelling. Five days with them will give you something no panel session or keynote ever could – genuine proximity to how the best minds in experience design actually think.
You will leave with perspectives that shift the way you see your own work. With relationships built on trust rather than business cards. With conversations that have already started becoming collaborations. With a sharper sense of where experience design is headed and more importantly, where you need to position yourself within it. And if you let it, something quieter too – a reminder of why you create what you create.
01
New
Thinking
Fresh perspectives on experience design across culture, hospitality, public spaces, brands, tourism, luxury and immersive storytelling.
02
Global
Access
Rare proximity to world-leading designers, creators, architects, storytellers and thinkers shaping the experience economy.
03
Meaningful Relationships
Conversations that move beyond networking, built around trust, collaboration and long-term opportunity.
04
Real Collaborations
Ideas that can become projects, partnerships, ventures and future-defining work.
05
Strategic Clarity
A sharper understanding of where experience design is headed and where you must position yourself next.
06
Personal Renewal
Time to reflect, reset
and reconnect with why
you create what you create.
Founders.
Architects.
Experience Designers.
Cultural Curators.
Luxury Hospitality Leaders.
Marketers.
Event Creators.
Storytellers.
Destination Developers.
Brand Builders.
Creative Strategists.
Innovation Thinkers.
Bridging eras through melody
With Julian Lennon & Friends
An Exclusive EDS 2026 Experience
LOVE YOURSELF. LOVE EACH OTHER. LOVE THE PLANET.
It is an exciting new animated family television series bringing together extraordinary characters, music, mindfulness, and adventures with some of the world’s most inspiring Indigenous and creative voices to celebrate our beautiful planet.
Series creator, writer and director Jean-Paul Mertinez and Producer Meena Khera bring Love The Earth for its exclusive India debut at EDS 2026.
Set against the spectacular backdrop of Mundota Fort & Palace in Jaipur, this special 30-minute Opening Night Experience showcases the series unique DNA through exclusive animated previews, cultural conversations and live music performances, bringing Love The Earth to life through a rich storytelling style multi-generational audiences can enjoy together.
Jean-Paul is joined by Indian music’s star duo Maati Baani , known for their vibrant fusion of traditional and contemporary sounds, and whose seismic performances have garnered tens of millions of views worldwide, and Indigenous elder Poonacha , who will share knowledge and wisdom from his Coorg heritage in South India. The session will be moderated by Samit Garg , Co-Founder and MD of E-Factor Experiences Ltd .
Featuring exciting announcements about the series and its creative journey, the evening culminates in an interactive Tree of Promises , inviting guests to become part of a new, positive story for the planet.
More than an animated series, Love The Earth is a global storytelling platform with a simple yet powerful message: LOVE YOURSELF. LOVE EACH OTHER, and LOVE THE EARTH.
