Jaromil Roio
Dyne.org
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Neo-cypherpunk summit on cryptography as civic infrastructure, resistance networks, and digital sovereignty in Berlin.
Without privacy there is no democracy.
Gathering at Berlin’s historic Funkhaus, the Neo-Cypherpunk Summit brings together a global network of hacktivists, researchers, technologists, whistleblowers, philosophers, lawyers, policy-makers, artists, organizers and builders.
From defending resistance networks under political duress to scaling cryptography as civic infrastructure, the summit explores how open protocols and privacy tools can become a resilient shared foundation for digital autonomy, free assembly and accountability.
The summit focuses on activist culture, digital rights, free software sustainability, privacy-preserving technology and the collective practice of privacy.
Neocypherpunk extends the original cypherpunk idea beyond the sovereign individual. Privacy is framed here as a collective practice: encryption, open protocols and decentralized infrastructure as shared resources maintained and defended by communities.
Gathering at Berlin’s historic Funkhaus, the Neo-Cypherpunk Summit brings together a global network of hacktivists, researchers, technologists, whistleblowers, philosophers, lawyers, policy-makers, artists, organizers and builders.
From defending resistance networks under political duress to scaling cryptography as civic infrastructure, the summit explores how open protocols and privacy tools can become a resilient shared foundation for digital autonomy, free assembly and accountability.
The summit focuses on activist culture, digital rights, free software sustainability, privacy-preserving technology and the collective practice of privacy.
Neocypherpunk extends the original cypherpunk idea beyond the sovereign individual. Privacy is framed here as a collective practice: encryption, open protocols and decentralized infrastructure as shared resources maintained and defended by communities.
Juan Benet
Protocol Labs
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Xavier Damman
Open Collective
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Isabela Fernandes
Tor Project
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Marek Tuszynski
Tactical Tech
Executive Director and co-founder of Tactical Tech
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Geert Lovink
Institute of Network Cultures
Media theorist, professor at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, author of Platform Brutality.
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Tatiana Bazzichelli
Disruption Network Lab
Curator and researcher on information technology, network culture, hacktivism and whistleblowing.
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Matthias Kirschner
Free Software Foundation Europe
Helps organisations, companies and governments understand how they can benefit from Free Software.
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Jarrad Hope
Logos
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Eleftherios
Radicle / Drips
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Dialogue
Discourse to identify and bridge gaps in knowledge, alignment, values and vision.
Knowledge Exchange
Develop skills, strategies and intuition for hacking, organizing and advocacy.
Rituals
Activations and participatory programming inviting exploration through creativity and play.
Field Building
Nourish a cross-disciplinary community of practice exploring how privacy mediates power.
Showcases
Discover bold ideas, meet the makers, and explore innovations shaping the future.
Debates
World-class leaders go head-to-head, rethinking the systems and norms that shape our world.
- 10:00 - 10:10Opening Words from Web3Privacy & ComradesPiergiorgio Catti De Gasperi, Mykola Siusko, Chris Haug, Beth McCarthy, Susanna Davies-Crook
- 10:15 - 10:30The Adversary Is Always Watching: What Can We Learn From Communities Living Under SurveillanceRamy Raoof Halim
- 10:35 - 10:55Investigating the Kill CloudTatiana Bazzichelli, Jonas Frankki
- 11:00 - 11:15Privacy vs 'Progress' - The Case of Cashless SocietyBrett Scott
- 11:20 - 11:50Roots of Trust: Sovereign Tech as the Last Bastion Against AI Totalitarianismml_sudo, Zaki Manian, Cameron Colby Thomson, David Dashyan, Riley Wong
- 11:55 - 12:05The Politics of Privacy: Autonomy and Power in the Digital Age - Book Series PresentationPiergiorgio Catti De Gasperi
- 12:10 - 12:25Politics of Gen AIMarek Tuszynski
- 12:30 - 13:00Deviant Slop: Power and Control in AIJaya Klara Brekke, Alessandro Longo, Alistair Alexander, Susanna Davies-Crook
- 13:00 - 14:00Lunch break
- 14:05 - 14:15Decentralization TheatreMigle Rakitaite
- 14:15 - 14:45The Decentralization Stack: Where Are We Still Lying to Ourselves?Viktor Tron, Mario Havel, Kyle den Hartog, Meinhard Benn, Migle Rakitaite
- 14:50 - 15:20Building the Stack: Self-Hosted, Mesh and Decentralized Infrastructure in PracticeAdam Burns, Bradley Clark Royes, Liz Steininger, Calle, Beth McCarthy
- 15:25 - 15:40Once in a LifetimeCade Diehm
- 15:45 - 16:00From Platform Brutality to Streaming AlternativesGeert Lovink
- 16:05 - 16:35Stewarding Resilient, Free & Open Digital InfrastructuresXavier Damman, Matthias Kirschner, Tara Merk, Joshua Dávila, Florian Glatz
- 16:40 - 17:05Holding Volatility: Exocapitalism and Web3Laura Lotti, Andrea Leiter, Beth McCarthy
- 17:10 - 17:2520 years of the Tor Project: How an anonymity tool became public interest infrastructureIsabela Fernandes
- 17:30 - 18:00Power, Protocols and Public Interests in Governing the Decentralized WebSebastian Vogelsang, Caroline Paulick-Thiel, paksoy, Rose Regina Lawrence, Will Scott
- 18:05 - 18:30Perspectives on Neocypherpunkpolar, lunar_mining
- 18:30 - 18:40Hauptbühne Closing WordsWeb3Privacy Team
- 18:55 - 19:55The Plural Monolith: A Collective Livecoding Music Experiment
- 10:45 - 10:55Volksbühne Opening WordsRobert de Groot
- 11:00 - 11:25Naming the Harm: A Privacy Threat Vocabulary for CypherpunksMate Soos, Daniel Calderon
- 11:30 - 11:45From standardizing Messaging Layer Security (MLS) to building Air, a new private messengerRaphael Robert
- 11:50 - 12:05We Promised Decentralization, but Forgot to Build the Infrastructure.Shayan Eskandari
- 12:10 - 12:25No Longer Just Concrete: the Collapse of Private SpaceUna Wang
- 12:30 - 13:00Plural Events - Privacy, and Real and Local Collective ActionsBastin Jafari, Kris Decoodt, Koss, Nikoline, Piergiorgio Catti De Gasperi
- 13:00 - 14:00Lunch break
- 14:05 - 14:10Intro to State of Privacy in Web3Kate Stapleton
- 14:15 - 15:15State of Privacy in Web3: Where We Are, Where We're Goingpolymutex, Igor Mandrigin, Connor O'Hara, Marina Markezic, Kimmo Sirén, Kate Stapleton, Max Hampshire
- 15:20 - 15:50CROPS or Bust! Towards an Open Source, Censorship Resistant, Private and Secure EthereumBinji Pande, Nick Almond, Lefteris Karapetsas
- 15:55 - 16:10Privacy Without Surveillance: Deploying Anonymous Verification in Real SystemsNicole Yeh
- 16:15 - 16:30Self-sovereign genomics: turning biology cypherpunkPéter Szilágyi
- 16:35 - 16:50RojavaNet: People, revolution & free internetserinko
- 17:00 - 17:10The Revolution Will Be Archived: Decentralized Preservation for Accountability and SovereigntyRose Regina Lawrence
- 17:15 - 17:40Resistance and Political Organization in the Shadow of Big TechYonatan, Josephine Shen, Rainer Rehak
- 17:45 - 18:00Measuring the Internet to fight censorshipArturo Filastò
- 18:05 - 18:30No Tech for ApartheidEslem Demirel, Tobi, Jaya Klara Brekke
- 18:35 - 18:50Building for Epistemic Accountability and Human Judgement in the Age of AIJustin Shenk
- 18:55 - 19:05Symbients: An Alternative Intelligence NarrativeJake Hartnell
- 19:10 - 19:20Programmable Cryptography and the Art of Selling Your FaceMoistCryptography
- 19:20 - 19:25Volksbühne Closing WordsRobert de Groot
- 10:30 - 10:35Intro to Dept of Decentralization Workshop RoomRaul, Martin, Peter
- 10:35 - 12:05Open ended introduction to GrapheneOSRaul, Spring Onion
- 12:10 - 13:25FOSSify yourself for privacy and securityMario Havel
- 13:00 - 14:00Lunch Break
- 14:30 - 16:00The Walkaway Test: from Everyday Apps to AI agents (Fileverse)Vijay Krishnavanshi
- 16:05 - 17:20Fighting the Right Battles: A Cypherpunk Strategy Session Hosted/facilitated by ZimtZimt
- 17:25 - 17:30Closing remarks to DoD Workshop RoomRaul, Martin, Peter
- 10:30 - 10:40Introduction to Bread Coop ZoneJoshua Dávila, Gilberto Morishaw
- 10:40 - 11:15Democracy and TechnologyTara Merk, Joshua Dávila, Andreas Arnold, Ela Kagel, Anna Thieser
- 11:15 - 11:45Bread Cooperative: Community Savings Tools Stacks ShowcaseFrancisco
- 11:45 - 12:25Lightning Rounds: Kohaku , Gas Killer , Threshold homomorphic private votingKassandra, Bagelface, Luis Bezzenberger
- 12:25 - 12:40On CryptoleftismPhakin (Kin) Nimmannorrawong
- 12:40 - 13:00Freedom Browser WorkshopFlorian Glatz
- 13:00 - 14:00Lunch break
- 13:30 - 14:00Creative Jam: Co-creation and the ArtsGilberto Morishaw, Unai, Guil Mauler
- 14:00 - 14:20Introduction to Practical Political OrganizingMiho Soon, Simone Robutti
- 14:20 - 15:20The Good, The Just, and The GodlyAlessandro Longo, Gilberto Morishaw
- 14:50 - 15:00Traditional Dream FactoryPaul McCloud
- 15:05 - 16:05Creativity in the Age of AIGuil Mauler, Unai, Gilberto Morishaw
- 16:00 - 16:10Decolonizing Money: The Promise of Abolishing the US Dollar Book TalkJulio Linares
- 16:15 - 16:45Economies at a Crossroads: Latin AmericaJulio Linares, Gianmarco Christofari, Francisco, Gilberto Morishaw
- 16:45 - 17:00Exploring our Relationship with LaborGilberto Morishaw, Joshua Dávila
- 17:10 - 17:40Chat with Laura Lotti and Andrea Leiter on ExocapitalismJoshua Dávila, Andrea Leiter, Laura Lotti
- 17:40 - 18:10From Robo-Gandhi to Cyber-Martin Luther KingUnai, Gilberto Morishaw
MYKOLA SIUSKO@nicksvyaznoy
BETH MCCARTHY@ontologymachine
PG@PG_CDG
COINMANDEER@KeenOfCoin
TERESA@Design
ROBERT@Community
FEDERICO@BabyBitProd
JENSEI@jensei_
DANI@Operations
