Neo-Cypherpunk Summit unites movements, thinkers & activists powered by the joy of a new techno-socio-political act.
Spend a day exploring the entanglements between human rights, open-source development, and decentralized technology. From practical activism to mutual care, the summit tackles the defining tensions of our time: polarization, monopoly power over tech, and the urgent need for new coordination models. This isn’t a conference about the future in the abstract — it’s a gathering of people actively building it.
Value-driven curation recognizing that many tech events are an echo chamber of siloed communities. Pluralism & unity can lead to heal polarisation & tribalism towards collaboration.
Directions of change
- Practical anti-authoritarian tech-tools & habits from Iran to Ukraine
- Decentralisation of power dynamics
- Human-centric AI that respects individual privacy
- Free software sustainability
- Practicing stack independence from Eurostack to Indianstack
- Accessible tech & cryptography for the people
Only together we can build a healthy democracy
Speakers include:
- Ramy Raoof Halim, Privacy Researcher, ex-Tor, Amnesty International, Open Technology Fund
- Isabela Fernandes, Executive Director, Tor
- Marek Tuszynski, Executive Director & Co-Founder, Tactical Tech
- Geert Lovink, Professor, Institute of Network Cultures
- Juan Benet, Founder, Protocol Labs
- Xavier Damman, Co-Founder, Open Collective
- Tatiana Bazzichelli, Curator & Researcher, Disruption Network Lab
- Denis “Jaromil” Roio, Ethical Hacker & Applied Cryptographer, Dyne
- Matthias Kirschner, President, Free Software Foundation Europe
- Jaya Klara Brekke, Researcher, Nym
- Robin Berjon, Web Governance Thinker, IPFS Foundation
- Jarrad Hope, Founder, Logos
- Marina Markezic, Policy Advocate, EUCI
- Florian Glatz, Blockchain Lawyer, Freedom Browser, EUCI
- Brett Scott, Author
- Paul Dylan-Ennis, Scholar, University College Dublin
- Julio Linares, Author, Poetic Technologies
- Tara Merk, Governance Researcher, BlockchainGov, Metagov
- Amir Taaki, Founder, DarkFi
- Migle Rakitaite, Ecosystem Organizer, Swarm Foundation, WinPrivacy
- Shayan Eskandari, Researcher, MOAV: Mother Of All VPNs
- Will Scott, Network Researcher, Protocol Labs, Snowstorm
- Andrea Leiter, International Law Scholar, Amsterdam Center for International Law
- Cade Diehm, Researcher, New Design Congress
- Alessandro Longo, Founder, Reincantamento
- Sebastian Vogelsang, Founder, Eurosky
- Simone Robutti, Organizer, Tech Workers Coalition, Cables Of Resistance
- Mario Havel, Researcher, Ethereum Foundation
- Lefteris Karapetsas, Technologist, rotki
- Rachel-Rose O’Leary, Hacktivist, DarkFi
- Ahmed Ghappour, Lawyer-Technologist, Flashbots
- Mate Soos, Cryptography Researcher, Argot Collective
- Eslem Demirel, Organizer, No Tech for Apartheid
- Tobi, Organizer, No Tech for Apartheid
- Kate Stapleton, Hacktivist, Fhenix
- Dr. Joachim Schwerin, Principal Economist
- Laura Lotti, Researcher, Other Internet Research Institute
- Nick Almond, Governance Thinker, Jito
- Josh Dávila, Co-operative Technologist, Bread Coop
- Calle, Developer, Bitchat, Cashu
- Adam Burns, Connectivity Builder, free2air, Dyne
- Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Scholar, UCL Centre for Capitalism Studies
- Eleftherios, Builder, Radicle, Drips
- Arturo Filastò, Researcher, OONI
- Max Hampshire, Developer Relations, Nym
- Daniel Calderon, Independent Researcher
- Bradley Clark Royes, Researcher, Forensic Institute
- Jake Hartnell, Builder, Layer
- Sarah Drinkwater, Ecosystem Builder, Common Magic
- Una Wang, Researcher, ETH Zurich
- Zimt, Builder, BlockchainGov
- Liz Steininger, Security Expert, Least Authority, Private Storage
✨ This event is part of the Blockchain Week Berlin 2026
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