# Keynote: Nature Speaks. Can AI Help Us Listen?

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**Date:** March 16, 2026 · 10:00 PM  
**Location:** Hilton Austin Downtown / Hilton Grand Ballroom (Salon HJK)  
**Format:** Keynote  
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## Speakers

- **Aza Raskin** — Co - Founder

More than 8 million species share our planet. Until now, we’ve only understood the language of one. In this keynote, Aza Raskin, Co-founder of Earth Species Project, explores how AI is being used to decode the languages of other species—revealing complex, learned communication across the animal kingdom. For the first time in history, we can truly listen. The question isn’t if we’ll break the interspecies barrier. It’s whether we’ll do it in time to change everything.

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