A look back
HATCH returned to Paolo Soleri's living experiment in the Arizona high desert for a summit devoted to the future of place, community, and regenerative design.
Arcosanti's iconic vaults and apses framed dialogues that moved fluidly from urbanism to art, spirituality to systems change.
139
Catalysts
4
Days
27
Countries
83
Sessions
What unfolded
Moments from the summit.
Mainstage
Vision talks on the questions this moment demands — from climate and AI to democracy and the sacred.
Labs & Dialogues
Small-group co-creation circles where alumni turned questions into collaborations.
Rituals & Nights
Long-table dinners, live music, and moments of quiet that made the community stick.
Voices in the room
A few of the catalysts.
Butterscotch _
Musician, Producer / Butterscotch Music / Sacramento CA
Barnet Bain
Director, Producer, Writer, Teacher / Barnet Bain Films / Agoura Hills CA
Josiah Cain
CEO / Design Ecology / Sebastopol CA
Aurelia Anne Cohen
Artist / Flam Chen/ Barn Swallows / Bisbee AZ
Paola de Almeida
Food and Agriculture Operating Advisor, Pegasus Capital Advisors and Senior Advisor and Corporate Affairs head, Amazon Investor Coalition / Pegasus Capital Advisors / Bloomsbury NJ
Radhika Fox
Executive in Residence / PolicyLink / Bethesda MD
Jenni Graff
Executive Director / Early Stage MT / Bozeman Montana
Katie Joseff
Policy lead of Integrity & Authenticity, US/CA / TikTok / New York NY
Josh Lynn
CEO/Co-Founder / RepresentUs / Haydenville MA
Michael McAfee
President and CEO / PolicyLink / Oakland CA
Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri
Founder, Filmmaker, Artist, Impact Innovator, Movement Mobilizer, Lecturer / Shakti Regeneration Institute, Open Origin, Science Summit at the United Nations, Princeton University / Stafford VA
Italo Ribeiro Alves
Co-founder / TODXS / Brasilia DF
Tom Silverman
Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships / buildOn / San Francisco CA
Austin Thompson
Executive Director / CDX / Redmond WA
Benjamin Von Wong
Artist / Von wong / Brooklyn NY
Todd Youngblood
Founding Member and Information Technologist / Roots Cooperative Trust / Arvada Colorado
Bob Carpenter
President / Big Bang Fireworks, Inc / Prescott / AZ
mark goerner
Founder - Designer / Eqogo / Santa Barbara / CA
