Catenaa, Friday, February 13, 2026-Leaders in AI, digital identity, and enterprise trust will convene in Napa Valley on February 23 for Human-Authorized: The Summit on Human Agency, focused on ensuring autonomous AI systems remain accountable to human authority.
Hosted by H2H, Affinidi, Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust, and the Advanced AI Society, the event aims to address key questions in AI deployment, including agent representation, authorization, accountability, and distinguishing humans from machines online.
The summit targets developers, enterprise leaders, regulators, and legal professionals responsible for deploying or overseeing AI agents.
Attendees will explore trust and identity solutions that maintain privacy while giving humans control over AI interactions.
A highlight will be the “H2H Connect” prototype app, built by Affinidi under the First Person Project framework, enabling participants to experiment with secure, privacy-preserving professional connections.
Organizers say this infrastructure could extend to AI agents, allowing delegated authority while preserving verifiable human oversight.
Speakers include bestselling author Clay Shirky, Linux Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin, privacy expert Michelle Dennedy, comedian and podcast host Baratunde Thurston, blockchain pioneer Scott Stornetta, Yubico founder Stina Ehrensvard, Affinidi CEO Glenn Gore, digital rights lawyer Wendy Seltzer, and Coinbase’s Erik Reppel. Discussions will cover privacy-preserving AI delegation, open-source standards, and interoperable identity frameworks.
The summit aligns with broader efforts by the Linux Foundation and its Agentic AI Foundation project to promote transparent, auditable, and interoperable agentic AI systems, emphasizing human intent, authority, and accountability as central to scaling autonomous AI safely.
