MULTICOP OPENING CEREMONY: LIVE FROM BELÉM, LONDON AND DOURADOS

Location: UCL London – Gordon Street (22), G.12

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Join us as we launch MultiCOP from London, Belém, and Dourados, with introductions from Guarani and Kaiowá elders, Fabi Fernandes, Raffaella Fryer-Moreira, Jerome Lewis, Scott Hill and special guests from Quantum Lab at UEMS. The event begins and ends with a live transmission from Guarani and Kaiowá territories in Brazil, where indigenous elders perform a sacred chanting ritual to initiate proceedings and promote productive dialogues and positive outcomes to COP30 climate talks and its associated events.

COP HIP-HOP: INDIGENOUS HIP-HOP MEETS FAVELA RAP & LONDON BEATBOX​

Location: Online

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Can hip-hop be a tool for climate dialogue and cultural exchange? Indigenous rap, favela freestyle and urban beatbox meet in this hybrid jam Can hip hop be a form of climate action? Join pioneering Indigenous rap collective Bro MC’s (Kelvin Mbarete, Bruno Veron, Clemerson Batista, Kelvin Peixoto, Charlie Peixoto), Rap Battle Coordinators from the Santo Amaro favela in Rio de Janeiro, and London’s beatbox maestro Danny Ladwa for a dynamic evening exploring the power of rhythm, rhyme, and voice as tools for cultural empowerment and social resistance. Live performances, short videos and discussion will connect Brazil and the UK to ask how hip hop and spoken word can channel community experience, reclaim public voice, and inspire environmental action. Moderated by Fabiana Fernandes (UEMS) and Raffaella Fryer-Moreira (UCL MAL), this hybrid event highlights how music, language, and movement can create new forms of planetary solidarity and response. 

 

The panel discussion will take place between 6pm and 8pm, and will be followed by a live improvised experiment: We invite participants to conclude the panel with a hybrid jam, bringing together live beatbox and a freestyle rap battle that bridges London, Rio and Dourados - with a few surprise special guests.

AI, BIODIVERSITY MONITORING & INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE RESEARCH PANEL

Location: Online 

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What role can AI play in biodiversity monitoring? This panel introduces two projects in Brazil for discussion. The first project, led by Professor Marlon Maynart at SENAC SP / Grupo SIGMA, presents an interactive study on how generative AI can transform vast regulatory datasets from Brazilian agencies such as CETESB and INEA into intelligible visual information for climate response and citizen participation. The second project introduces a recent pilot study developed by researchers at UCL in partnership with UEMS and Indigenous communities in Brazil, which explores how traditional ecological knowledge could inform the training and classification process of the AI models used to monitor and classify biodiversity data.

The discussion will explore how these projects contribute to global debates on decolonising data, environmental literacy, and Indigenous participation in digital science, considering the challenges and opportunities of AI in fostering equitable climate futures.

PULSE OF UNITY: THE FUTURE OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC IN TIMES OF CLIMATE CRISIS 

Location: Online

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What is the future of electronic music industries in a context of climate crisis? This panel discussion brings together music venues, record labels, indigenous artists, event organisers and cultural producers from across the electronic music industry to discuss the future of the scene. 

 

Ana Crowther AKA DJ Nuky introduces the Pulse of Unity project, discussing how the electronic music industry can support the inclusion and participation of Indigenous artists and musicians. Indigenous DJ Scott Hill joins us remotely to who share his experiences using electronic music to creatively express his ancestral heritage. Representatives of electronic music venues and events from London, Brazil and India discuss how we can adapt in times of planetary uncertainty.

ARTIST RESIDENCY: CREATIVE PRODUCTION

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WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? 

Location: UCL Foster Court, B29 Public Cluster

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Where Do We Go From Here? is an interactive, one-day exhibition which transforms an ordinary UCL computer lab into a live experiment — a collective interface where visitors explore the intersections of technology, ecology, and the future of practice. Over fifty networked screens invite audiences to participate in a creative interrogation of our shared planetary condition. The installation asks what it means to respond — not just to look — in an age of accelerating climate collapse and technological transformation. Conceived as a live experiment within the MultiCOP programme, the work will be built collaboratively on Saturday by collaborating artists and researchers, using images, texts, sounds and other multimodal data produced as part of UCL MAL's ongoing collaboration with Indigenous communities in Brazil. On Sunday, the public is invited to enter, interact, and leave their mark — every keystroke, gesture, or reflection feeding into a growing digital archive of collective thought.

MULTICOP CINEMA: INDIGENOUS FILM IN FOCUS

Location: One Pool Street - Cinema Auditorium

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Selection of short and feature films highlighting the diverse perspectives of indigenous directors from across Brazil.

WORKING GROUP: THE FUTURE OF AI WITH INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES

Location: TBC

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Artificial Intelligence is rapidly reshaping how knowledge is created, shared, and governed — yet Indigenous communities are rarely present in these conversations. This working group brings together researchers, artists, technologists, and Indigenous collaborators to imagine alternative futures for AI.​ 

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INDIGENOUS XR SHOWCASE & INDUSTRY FEEDBACK

Location: One Pool Street - Cinema Auditorium

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Showcase of Indigenous-led XR projects highlights the unique ontologies of the virtual that they mobilise. Industry leaders are invited to respond, and share their take on the future of XR.

DECOLONISING THE ZOOLOGY MUSEUM: A CONSERVATION RITUAL

Location: UCL Grant Museum of Zoology

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​How can zoology collections be reimagined from the perspectives of indigenous communities in Brazil? Last year, UCL Multimedia Anthropology Lab invited Guarani and Kaiowá elders to visit the Grant Museum of Zoology, and share their knowledge on natural history and its curation, narration, and display. In response, the elders performed sacred chanting rituals — a technique to reestablish relations with the animal specimens on display. Elders emphasised that this must be performed every year to ensure that these relations are conserved. Now, we are hosting this year's chanting ceremony, live-streamed from indigenous territories in Brazil. By taking our indigenous consultants and their strategies for collection management seriously, this event interrogates the colonial assumptions that underlie many natural history museums today.

WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? THE FUTURE OF COP

Location: Online

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Indigenous leaders reflect on the COP30 debates and evaluate whether the COP is fit for purpose. 
Can this format of climate talks achieve its intended results? We invite indigenous leaders to propose alternative models for developing climate strategies and effective global action.

CLOSING SESSION: MANIFISTOS FOR THE FUTURE
Location: UCL Main Building, Gustav Tuck Lecture Theatre

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Closing Session: Manifestos for the Future. Jerome Lewis presents the Flourishing Diversity Manifesto, while researchers at UCL MAL reflect on MULTICOP and consider paths ahead. The MULTICOP summit concludes with a closing ritual performed by Guarani and Kaiowa elders, live from their ceremonial house in Brazil.