Hearth Summit Aegean
Impact Hub Athens, in collaboration with the Wellbeing Project
A 2.5-day immersive gathering exploring regeneration, wellbeing, and ecological belonging through the living landscape of Santorini and the wider Aegean.
As part of RESONANCE, MATI Santorini joins the creation of Hearth Summit Aegean 2026, a place-based gathering exploring how regeneration and wellbeing can be practiced in real places, here and now.
Hearth Summit Aegean 2026, hosted by Impact Hub Athens in collaboration with the Wellbeing Project, brings together people, ideas and practices in Santorini to explore how places and communities can thrive through ecological, social and economic regeneration.
Engaging the wider Aegean bioregion as a living system, the Summit approaches Santorini not as a backdrop, but as a place shaped by volcanic land, water scarcity, tourism, climate pressure, ancient knowledge, Cycladic culture and diverse communities.
Hearth Summit Aegean is inspired by the living action already taking place within island communities: people protecting the natural environment, activating local communities, creating new forms of collaboration and opening pathways towards more sustainable and inclusive island futures.
For this reason, selected participants from the Aegean islands will have the opportunity to join the Summit with a free ticket, bringing their voice, experience and local knowledge into the heart of the conversation.
A living system in transition
Taking the Hearth Summit to Santorini is an intentional act.
Overtourism, water scarcity, ecosystem fragility, biodiversity loss, rural communities and cultural strain are not abstract challenges here. They are daily realities shaping how communities live, adapt, and survive.
The Summit enters this landscape to explore what these realities can teach us about resilience, ecological belonging and place-based regeneration, and where new possibilities for living, working and caring for place may emerge.
A living ecosystem of voices
Local communities of Santorini, Cyclades and the Aegean coastal areas and islands
Residents, farmers, fishers, winemakers, tourism professionals, local businesses, cultural actors and civic organizations.
Policymakers & public sector representatives
Local, regional and national authorities, public administration representatives and institutional actors.
Researchers, startups, networks & professionals
Innovation ecosystem practitioners working across regeneration, tourism, innovation, circularity and sustainability.
Entrepreneurs, investors, business owners
Who creates a new kind of business, where economy and impact intertwine.
Artists & creative practitioners
Musicians, designers, curators and cultural practitioners working with place, ecology, heritage and community.
Civil society organization and philanthropic institutions representatives
Organizations and institutions working on regeneration, environmental restoration, placemaking, participation and community empowerment.
The Hearth Summit Aegean 2026 will unfold across a selection of places in Santorini, bringing participants into different landscapes, communities and spaces connected to the island.
The Summit will take place at:
