• Tenerife & La Palma · 17-22 October 2026
Program
STARMUS VIII · The Search for Truth
Explore the full Science Camp programme on our dedicated page.
• Saturday
17 October
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
12:00-18:00
STARMUS SCIENCE CAMP
Plaza de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Open to everyone.
19:30
Stephen Hawking Medal & Jane Goodall Earth Medal CEREMONY
‘The Symphony of Stars’ Opening Concert
Plaza de España, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Note: 5-minute walk from the Science Camp
• Sunday
18 October
Tenerife / Playa de las Américas
12:00-18:00
STARMUS SCIENCE CAMP
Plaza de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Open to everyone.
20:00
World Premiere: ‘Echoes from Black Holes’ with Rick Wakeman and a chamber ensemble of strings, flute, and oboe
Pirámide de Arona, Playa de las Américas.
21:30
WELCOME COCKTAIL
Pirámide de Arona.
• Monday
19 October
Pirámide de Arona · STARMUS Conference Day 1
10:30-19:30
STARMUS SCIENCE CAMP
Plaza de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Open to everyone.
14:05
Panel: ‘The Search for Truth’
Geoffrey Hinton, Steven Pinker, Christiana Figueres
14:50
The Long Look
Christiana Figueres
15:10
Keynote Address
Steven Pinker
16:30
Building the Future of Space Together
Kam Ghaffarian
17:10
Evidence-Based Research in the Age of AI
Sabina Leonelli
17:30
Panel: ‘The Universe Is Waiting’
Andreas Kaufer, Bethany Ehlmann, Matt Mountain (Moderated by Eva Villaver)
• Tuesday
20 October
Pirámide de Arona & Parque Eólico (ITER). STARMUS Conference Day 2
16:00-19:30
STARMUS SCIENCE CAMP
Plaza de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Open to everyone.
14:00
Panel: Can Machines Understand the World?
Geoffrey Hinton, Bernhard Schölkopf, Philip Torr
14:50
Making Alien Beings
Geoffrey Hinton
15:10
The Future of Healthcare
Ferenc Krausz
16:30
Panel: ‘Science Under Pressure’
Christiana Figueres, Jane Lubchenco, Jacqueline Miller Holt, Anselmo Pestana
17:20
The Pulse of the Future
Donna Strickland
17:40
A Future for the Fabric of Life on Earth?
Sandra Díaz
18:00
Panel: ‘Space for Everyone?’
Julie Payette, Jannicke Mikkelsen, Sian Proctor
21:30–01:30
STARMUS STAR PARTY (Parque Eólico ITER)
Cocktails, stargazing with premium telescopes, live music with Rusanda Panfili and Johannes Winkler.
• Wednesday
21 October
Pirámide de Arona · STARMUS Conference Day 3
A Map in Motion: How the Brain Sweeps Through Space
May-Britt Moser
14:20
Quantum Entanglement and the Nature of Reality
Serge Haroche
14:40
Computing with the Laws of Quantum Physics
Ignacio Cirac
15:00
Humanity Will Not Migrate to an Earth Twin
Michel Mayor
16:20
From Paper to Satellites to Quantum:
New Eyes on Chimpanzees and OuRselves
Lilian Pintea
16:40
Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World
Helen Czerski
17:00
Imagine That! A Bold New Treaty for the High Seas
Jane Lubchenco
17:20
The Evolving Understanding of the
Human–Earth Relationship
Katherine Richardson
17:40
The Energy of Life — How Electric Membranes
Shaped Our Origins and Even Consciousness
Nick Lane
18:00
What We Own in Common:
Science, Culture, and the Commoning of Outer Space
Michela Massimi
• Thursday
Los Llanos de Aridane, La Palma
20:00
STARMUS VIII CLOSING CONCERT
Featuring ILAN ESHKERI · Open to everyone · General Public
