Chiang Mai · Wat Ket
Hosted by Bangkok Digital Nomads
CosmoLocal CNX Main Week brings six days of AI workshops, keynotes, demos and local collaboration to Wat Ket, Chiang Mai, from 23–28 September 2026. Set in the city’s riverside creative district, Main Week is the public culmination of four coliving tracks whose participants have spent three weeks living and building alongside one another. Expect a global-meets-local programme where independent founders, AI practitioners, remote workers and Chiang Mai’s Thai founders, makers, farmers and students can exchange ideas, share meals and see new work in progress. Keynotes and practical workshops Keynotes running from 24–26 September will examine the human and cultural questions surrounding entrepreneurship and technology. Benjamin Hies will discuss what AI cannot replace in a one-person business; George Siosi Samuels will explore what AI gets wrong about culture and consciousness; Amarit Charoenphan will address failure, face and the Thai way of doing business; and Pun Pun’s Jon Jandai will speak about sustainable living and seed saving. Small-group, hands-on workshops on 24–25 September cover a broad mix of technical, business and locally rooted subjects, including: - AI foundations and practical AI applications - Building Claude agents and vibe coding - Problem-to-prototype development, design thinking and sales funnels - Money management and relationship building - Bean-to-bar chocolate, Northern Thai coffee, Thai medicine and herbs, mushrooms and tea Build, demonstrate and collaborate The Claude Impact Labs Hackathon, held at Mövenpick Hotel on 26–27 September, gives participants two days to build applied AI projects serving Chiang Mai’s civic and creative communities. Solo founders can also take part in the Solopreneur Show & Tell at Cult Caffeine on 26 September, sharing what they are building, what works and what does not, with no pitches.… Register for this event
