7pm Thursday, June 4, 2026 Cognitive Warfare: The Brain is the new Battlefield (talk, free for everyone) 12pm - 8pm Friday, June 5, 2026 12pm - 8pm Saturday, June 6, 2026 Cognitive Warfare: Design your own Neuroweapon (workshop, with registration) If the public sphere has mutated into a landscape of psyops (psychological operations) how do we navigate the transition from passive targets to active architects of cognitive influence? Cognitive Warfare: Design your own Neuroweapon is a two-day intensive workshop led by the researcher Filippo Rosati that moves from theory to speculative practice, challenging participants to conceptualize and "prototype" their own neuroweapons. Participants will be embedded into two opposing units: the Red Cell (Offense) and the Blue Cell (Defense). Following an initial deep dive into cognitive warfare and its tactics, each division will respond to a strategic brief and will be tasked with designing a speculative neuroweapon. Guided by the antidisciplinary...