On Saturday, November 7, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., the Swiss association Qubic AGI Lab is organizing “Decentralized AGI on Qubic” in Basel, a free day dedicated to decentralized artificial intelligence built on the Qubic network. Lectures, a live demonstration, workshops limited to 12 places and a closing panel take place at the Escape Bar, Gasstrasse 1, in English and German, with registration required by October 31 according to the official event page. Qubic Senior Technology Manager Joetom will be in attendance, giving attendees direct access to the person who manages the network’s core technology.
In Brief
- Saturday November 7, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., doors open at 9:30 a.m., Escape Bar, Gasstrasse 1, 4056 Basel.
- Free entry: the association covers the costs; Registration closes October 31.
- Joetom, Senior Technology Manager of Qubic, will be present, alongside as yet unannounced speakers.
- On the program: a keynote on Qubic, Aigarth and AGI, proof of useful work (UPoW), ecosystem tools, workshops for 12 places and a panel.
- Organizer: Qubic AGI Lab, a non-profit association based in Effingen (Aargau), independent of the Qubic network according to its statutes.
What is “Decentralized AGI on Qubic” in Basel?
It’s a day of conferences and workshops on decentralized general artificial intelligencethat is, AI trained by an open network of computers rather than a single company’s data centers. It is organized by Qubic AGI Laba Swiss association governed by articles 60 et seq. of the Swiss Civil Code, whose mission is to promote research, training and public debate on this subject, relying on the Qubic open source network.
The association describes itself as legally, financially and organizationally independent from the Qubic network, whose model for valuing each CPU cycle in real value has already been covered by Tremplin.io. A day like this works like an open workshop: you see the tools and the people who use them, not just the window.
Open to all: community, developers, researchers and anyone curious.
Qubic AGI Lab, official event page
Who will be present?
The main name confirmed so far is Qubic Senior Technology Manager Joetom. He was the one who guided the community through the technical architecture of Qubic’s Dogecoin mining launch during a live AMA in March 2026, as recounted in the official report of this session. For developers and miners, Basel Day is a rare opportunity to directly ask questions about the core of the network to your technical manager, in person rather than on Discord.
The rest of the list of speakers has not yet been published by the organizer. The event is open to the Qubic community, developers, researchers and newcomers, with no specified prerequisites.
What is the program?
The program, still provisional, follows a simple trajectory: vision in the morning, practical work in the afternoon. The times published by the organizer are as follows.
| Hourly | Session | Announced content |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30 | Arrival | Doors opening, cafe |
| 10:00 | Welcome | Opening of the day |
| 10:15 | Keynote | Qubic, Aigarth and AGI |
| 10:55 | Conference | UPoW and mining |
| 11:40 | Conference | Tools and ecosystem |
| 12:05 | Lightning Talks | Short presentations |
| 12:35 | Lunch | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Presentation and demo | Live demonstration |
| 2:00 p.m. | Workshops and debate | Workshops for a maximum of 12 people, open debate in parallel |
| 3:30 p.m. | Panel | Closing panel, followed by an aperitif |
The afternoon workshops function like a chef’s table: few seats, but everyone can speak with the chef. The registration form asks if you would like to join a workshop as well as your preferred presentation language.
Topics covered: Aigarth, UPoW and Neuraxon
Three concepts run through the program. There Useful Proof of Work (UPoW) means putting the computing power of miners at the service of a useful task, here AI training, rather than operations whose sole purpose is to secure the network; our guide to useful proof of work explains this mechanism. Classic mining is like a treadmill: a lot of energy spent staying in place; useful mining connects the mat to a generator.
Aigarth, according to Qubic documentationis the project that puts these computing resources to work on AI problems using evolutionary algorithms. Neuraxon, the newest branch of research, scored 0.38 on the ARC-AGI-3 reasoning benchmark, up from 0.13, on regular CPUs and without a language model, according to the report of the Qubic general meeting of September 17, 2026. This is a result presented by the project, which the Basel day will allow us to question live.
How to register and who should participate?
Registration is done on the event page: name, email address, organization, language of presentation and interest in the workshops. It’s free and closes on October 31, 2026; the association indicates that it covers the costs. The day is aimed at the Qubic community, developers, researchers and the curious.
Basel is easily accessible by train from Zurich, Mulhouse or Freiburg im Breisgau, and the Escape Bar is located at Gasstrasse 1. Membership in the association will open at the end of October 2026, according to its website.
The next deadline is October 31, the closing date for registrations; the full list of speakers, yet to be announced, will reveal who is giving the keynote and participating on the panel alongside Joetom. On November 7, we will have to observe what the demonstration actually shows about the training of AI by the network, and whether the figures reported by Neuraxon hold up in the face of questions from the public. To place Qubic in the events calendar, read our report on its presence at Paris Blockchain Week 2026.
Free entry, registrations open until October 31: reserve your place on the event page.
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