Nexus Harbor Summit Series
Transatlantic Collaboration for Health and AI Innovation
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center | November 4–5, 2026
About the Summit
Now in its third year, the Nexus Harbor Summit convenes cross-sector leaders from the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia to address shared governance challenges at the intersection of health, technology, and community capacity. The Summit is the annual flagship gathering for a growing transatlantic network built through the Archer Lab's partnerships with civic innovation leaders across the United States, health technology ecosystems in the Baltic states, and digital health practitioners across Sub-Saharan Africa, and allied work with collaborators in Asia and beyond.
Three Years of Building
2024 | Policy for Open Sustainability
The inaugural Summit established frameworks for transparent, participatory governance in complex systems and laid the foundation for a transatlantic network of leaders committed to integrating environmental stewardship with accountable, collaborative decision-making.
2025 | Veterans for the Future
The second Summit mobilized innovation, policy, and community networks to expand opportunities for veterans and service members in emerging fields, exploring how technology, workforce development, and cross-sector partnerships can strengthen resilience and economic opportunity.
2026 | Transatlantic Collaboration for Health and AI Innovation
This year's Summit asks how artificial intelligence, civic technology, and digital health infrastructure can be mobilized across continents to improve public health, strengthen environmental quality, and build community capacity for local decision-making.
2026 Program Themes
AI for Public Good. Mental health, health equity, and environmental monitoring across U.S., European, and African contexts.
Transatlantic Data Governance. Privacy frameworks, interoperability standards, and lessons from GDPR, U.S. federal policy, and African data sovereignty initiatives.
Civic Autonomy. Tools and trust for local decision-making in a technology-driven age.
Cross-Sector Activation. Models of collaboration between government, academia, and startups spanning the Atlantic.
Resilience Pilots. Case studies from the Washington–Baltimore corridor, the Baltic states, Sub-Saharan Africa, and partner regions.
The Network
The 2026 program draws on parallel momentum across four regions.
In the United States, federal AI governance and civic innovation programs anchored in the Baltimore–Washington corridor provide the domestic foundation, with deep roots in community-based health equity and open-source technology development.
In the European Union, digital health regulation and innovation ecosystems across the Baltic states offer emerging models for cross-border health technology collaboration and data governance.
Across Sub-Saharan Africa, digital public goods movements and health system strengthening initiatives represent dynamic laboratories for scalable, community-owned innovation.
Partner efforts across Asia add comparative perspective on population-scale digital health, cross-border data collaboration, and civic technology in fast-growing cities and health systems.
These regional networks converge at the Summit to co-design resilient, equitable, and scalable systems that center community ownership and measurable impact.
Core Questions
- How does responsible autonomy in health, housing, and crisis response take shape when regulatory frameworks differ across continents?
- How can AI and sensing technologies support climate-adaptive neighborhoods, and what can communities across regions learn from one another?
- Which federal, EU, and multilateral mechanisms already exist to fund community technology, and what interoperable frameworks still need to be created?
- How do we ensure communities are co-owners of digital innovation, not only endpoints of systems designed elsewhere?
Audience
The Summit is structured around three registration tracks. Final attendance and cohort size will be confirmed when registration opens.
General Admission
Health-system leaders, innovators, researchers, and practitioners working at the intersection of technology, policy, and community health.
Investor Track
Impact investors, venture capital, and institutional funders exploring transatlantic health technology and civic innovation opportunities.
VIP Track
C-suite executives, senior government officials, and institutional leaders in curated roundtables and networking sessions.
Partners
