Where frontier tech meets a human-centered economy
About Black Swan Summit Australia
About the Black Swan Summit Australia
Perth-born and globally connected, Black Swan Summit 2026 brings together visionary builders in Quantum, AI, Tokenisation and Green Infrastructure with industry partners, talent, policymakers, thought leaders and capital to build a human-centred, planet-positive and secure digital economy.

From Western Australia, we strategically bridge the Indo-Pacific for trusted, investable adoption - ready to scale
Why You Should Be Here

Attendees & Community: Hear it First
- Hear what you won’t find in reports - straight from the people building the future and setting the agenda.
- Join intimate dialogues, hands-on workshops, and behind-the-scenes innovation tours
- Connect with a network of leaders shaping the next economy, together

Builders & Tech: Show, Pilot, Scale
- Bring your prototypes and products to the table - where industry partners and policymakers are ready to engage
- Co-design pilots with forward-thinking enterprises and public agencies
- Walk away with real-world use cases, talent connections, and partners ready to scale with you

Industry Leaders: Buy What Works
- Discover ready-to-deploy solutions built for your sector - and stay ahead of the curve
- Test your resilience against real-world disruption - from cyber and PQC to supply chain and regulation - and see what inaction could truly cost
- Get hands-on in hackathons and pilot rooms to turn R&D into scalable, compliant action

Finance, FinTech, Investors: Back What Scales
- Source investable pilots and co-fund high-potential scale-ups
- Work with regulators to stress-test models across market, risk, compliance, and post-quantum readiness
- Tap into Australia–Indo-Pacific deal flow from Perth’s strategic bridge to the region

Policymakers & Regulators: Shape Standards Safely
- Shape emerging standards with innovators, industry leaders, and financiers at the same table
- Design and run sandbox pathways that strike the right balance between innovation and risk
- Access unpublished insights to brief cabinets, boards, and decision-makers with confidence

Visionaries, Thought Leaders & Experimental Artists: Set the Direction
- Provoke and inspire, bring new perspectives, challenge the status quo, and push the boundaries
- Make tech human-centered: ethics, inclusion, diversity & First Nations knowledge
- Create experiential proof: immersive sound and visual experience, proof of humanity
Who Is It For?
- Policymakers & Regulators
- Energy/Resources/Data-centre operators
- Defence Sector & Cybersecurity departments
- University/R&D leaders
- Tech Innovators in Quantum, AI, DLT Tokenisation, Web3, & Green Data Centre Infrastructure
- Thought leaders, futurists, experimental artists
- CEOs & Founders
- CTO/CIO/COO
- FinTechs
- Banks & DFIs
- Asset Managers & VCs
- Ethicists, activists and community leaders
- First Nations knowledge holders and cultural stewards