The Cognitive Frontier: Who Owns Your Mind?
One evening at the edge of mind and machine.
The Cognitive Security Task Force at Stanford HAI presents an evening with the people shaping human attention, perception, memory, judgment, and decision-making.
Part salon, part night market, part open studio field trip—we're kickstarting conversations across AI, neuroscience, media, health, business, and policy to discuss what emerging technologies mean for cognitive security and liberty.
Featuring:
Lightning talks and panels with innovators and researchers from neurotech and BCI companies, consumer health startups, and frontier AI labs, including:
Emma Zhou - Cofounder & Director of BCI Research, Science
Andreas Tolias - Director, The Enigma Project, Stanford Medicine
Jonathan Xu - CEO, Alljoined
Alex Feerst - Chief Legal Officer, Science
Julie Cachia - Cofounder, Flourish Science
Nathalie Gouailhardou - Cofounder, Neurode
Walter Johnson - Fellow, Stanford Center for Law and the Biosciences
John Kreindler - President & Cofounder at Receptivi
Mylea Charvat - Clinical Neuroscientist & Entrepreneur-in-Residence, DigitalDx Ventures
Interactive demos and booths, including wearable brain-computer interfaces and persuasion tools you can talk to, including:
Neural decoding demo by Jonathan Xu - CEO, Alljoined
AI persuasion demo by Batu El - Stanford Computational and Mathematical Engineering
Collective action/choice architecture adjustment demo by Jonathan Braunstein - Founder, Spartacus
Conflicts in international neurotech law by Walter Johnson - Fellow, Stanford Center for Law and the Biosciences
Media Content Atlas interactive from the Screenomics Lab at Stanford
And more—full lineup dropping soon.
Come curious. Art and light refreshments included.
Part of Human+Tech Week 2026.
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