# Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Presents: Who Owns the Future?

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Presents: Who Owns the Future? at Newspeak House, Thursday 5 November 2026, 18:30.

- Venue: Newspeak House, Bethnal Green Road 133-135, E2 7DG London
- With: Max Gershfield, John Evans, Edward Saperia
- Go to page: https://luma.com/hy2btyee

![Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Presents: Who Owns the Future?](https://noky.io/images/b3e8990cafdb2b3b88cc7413b4b23bce65a7d84d909bf4ca4ebd991ed67918d3-1200.webp)

An evening event titled 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Presents: Who Owns the Future?' about how local AI, community-owned computing and decentralised systems could put power back into people's hands. It is hosted by Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, with Max Gershfield, John Evans and Edward Saperia listed as hosts, and presented by Newspeak House, the London College of Political Technology. The evening features live technology demonstrations, local and conversational AI, community compute, and decentralised democracy, plus conversations over food and drinks. No specialist technical knowledge is required, just an interest in the future and who gets to shape it.

## Dates

- Thursday 5 November 18:30 — Newspeak House

Written by a model, sources: [luma.com](https://luma.com/hy2btyee)

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