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Exploring of how humane technology can support human flourishing.

Exploring of how humane technology can support human flourishing.

Exploring of how humane technology can support human flourishing.

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10-11 April 2026

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10-11 April 2026

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Every Few Generations

Every Few Generations

a new set of tools changes how humans experience consciousness

a new set of tools changes how humans experience consciousness

Fire

Language

Writing

Psychedelics

Computers

Each one didn't just expand what we could do, it changed what we are. They rewired attention. Restructured the self. And altered the felt sense of being human. 

Each one didn't just expand what we could do, it changed what we are. They rewired attention. Restructured the self. And altered the felt sense of being human. 

Each one didn't just expand what we could do, it changed what we are. They rewired attention. Restructured the self. And altered the felt sense of being human. 

Now with AI the stakes are higher.

As technology keeps shaping perception, meaning, and identity, the real question is no longer what these tools can do.

It’s what kind of humans we’re becoming through them.

It’s what kind of humans we’re becoming through them.

It’s what kind of humans we’re becoming through them.

If every system is shaping you, what would it look like if we realign our design incentives? At the Cyberdelic Summit, that question becomes central. 

If every system is shaping you, what would it look like if we realign our design incentives? At the Cyberdelic Summit, that question becomes central. 

If every system is shaping you, what would it look like if we realign our design incentives? At the Cyberdelic Summit, that question becomes central. 

Speakers

Speakers

Speakers

  • Jason Silva

    Artist | Speaker Shots of Awe || BrainGames || Flow

  • Andres Gomez Emilson

    President Director of Research Board of Directors QRI • HEART

  • Daniel Fraga

    Author |  Speaker | Entrepreneur & Designer

  • Maria Kimatica

    Creative Director of Kimatica Studio

  • Robin Arnott

    Founder and CEO of SoundSelf

  • Leonardo Christov-Moore

    Experiential Neuroscientist | Co-Investigator, Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies and Research Director, Sensoria Research

  • Joakim Vindenes

    Philosopher | PhD | Founder at Matrise

  • Carl H. Smith

    Cognitive Scientist | Professor of Media (UEL) | Co-founder Cyberdelic Nexus

  • Melissa Warner

    multidisciplinary researcher, educator, technologist, and artist | Co-Director Cyberdelic Nexus

  • Jose Montemayor Alba

    Creative Producer, Immersive Experience Designer | CEO & Co-founder Cyberdelic Nexus

  • Heather Hargraves

    Resident Scientist Divergence Neuro Clinical and Rehabilitation Psychologist

  • Jason Silva

    Artist | Speaker Shots of Awe || BrainGames || Flow

  • Andres Gomez Emilson

    President Director of Research Board of Directors QRI • HEART

  • Daniel Fraga

    Author |  Speaker | Entrepreneur & Designer

  • Maria Kimatica

    Creative Director of Kimatica Studio

  • Robin Arnott

    Founder and CEO of SoundSelf

  • Leonardo Christov-Moore

    Experiential Neuroscientist | Co-Investigator, Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies and Research Director, Sensoria Research

  • Joakim Vindenes

    Philosopher | PhD | Founder at Matrise

  • Carl H. Smith

    Cognitive Scientist | Professor of Media (UEL) | Co-founder Cyberdelic Nexus

  • Melissa Warner

    multidisciplinary researcher, educator, technologist, and artist | Co-Director Cyberdelic Nexus

  • Jose Montemayor Alba

    Creative Producer, Immersive Experience Designer | CEO & Co-founder Cyberdelic Nexus

  • Heather Hargraves

    Resident Scientist Divergence Neuro Clinical and Rehabilitation Psychologist

  • Fred Galstaun

    CEO & Founder SENSIKS

  • Sara Phinn

    Artist | Author | DreamSeed_VR

  • Jakob la Cour

    Performing Artist & Director

  • Merlot Meyer

    Interactive Media Artist

  • Alex "Kaos" Cuthbertson

    Inventropeneur | ZENSPECS

  • David Lobser

    Creative Developer | Light Clinic | Brain Candy

  • Mariana Pinzon

    experience designer | Transformational Coach

  • Anestis Lalidis Mateo

    Research Assistant in Computer Science at University of Applied Sciences and Arts Bielefeld, Germany

  • Ibrahim Gabriel

    Researcher + Podcaster | M.A. IN SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

  • Adam Malone

    Company Director - IMRSR / Wyrd Interactive

  • Michael Thomas

    Artist | Creative Coder

  • Daniel Mirante

    Artist, teacher and researcher

  • Fred Galstaun

    CEO & Founder SENSIKS

  • Sara Phinn

    Artist | Author | DreamSeed_VR

  • Jakob la Cour

    Performing Artist & Director

  • Merlot Meyer

    Interactive Media Artist

  • Alex "Kaos" Cuthbertson

    Inventropeneur | ZENSPECS

  • David Lobser

    Creative Developer | Light Clinic | Brain Candy

  • Mariana Pinzon

    experience designer | Transformational Coach

  • Anestis Lalidis Mateo

    Research Assistant in Computer Science at University of Applied Sciences and Arts Bielefeld, Germany

  • Ibrahim Gabriel

    Researcher + Podcaster | M.A. IN SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

  • Adam Malone

    Company Director - IMRSR / Wyrd Interactive

  • Michael Thomas

    Artist | Creative Coder

  • Daniel Mirante

    Artist, teacher and researcher

The Topia Experience

The Topia Experience

The Topia Experience

The entire summit takes place inside Topia, an immersive virtual world built for meaning making. Explore themed zones between sessions:

🎤 Main Stage

Keynotes, panels, and talks streamed live

🎤 Main Stage

Keynotes, panels, and talks streamed live

🎨 Artist Activation Zones

Interactive installations, generative art, and sound experiences

🎨 Artist Activation Zones

Interactive installations, generative art, and sound experiences

🛋️ Networking Lounge

A living cyberdelic virtual world of interactive art, live talks, and open spaces built for collective meaning making.

🛋️ Networking Lounge

A living cyberdelic virtual world of interactive art, live talks, and open spaces built for collective meaning making.

Program

Day 1 :

Mapping the Cyberdelic Landscape

Day 1 :

Mapping the Cyberdelic Landscape

  • 13:30 CST

  • 14:30 CDT

  • 20:30 BST

  • 21:30 CEST

  • 05:30 AEST (+1)

Opening Ceremony

Opening Ceremony

Opening Ceremony

Join hosts Jose and Carl as they welcome the community and set the intention for the Cyberdelic Summit 2026.

Join hosts Jose and Carl as they welcome the community and set the intention for the Cyberdelic Summit 2026.

Jose Montemayor Alba

Navigating The Reality Gap

Carl H. Smith

Context Engineering: Shaping Traits through States

  • 13:50 CST

  • 14:50 CDT

  • 20:50 BST

  • 21:50 CEST

  • 05:50 AEST (+1)

Key Note

Exploring the frontiers of art, technology, science and consciousness

Exploring the frontiers of art, technology, science and consciousness

Jason Silva

Talk Tile TBA

  • 14:20 CST

  • 15:20 CDT

  • 21:20 BST

  • 22:20 CEST

  • 06:20 AEST (+1)

Break

Break

Break

Find your tribe. Hackers, Artists, Researchers, and Enthusiasts connect and form hybrid teams around shared vision and complementary skills.

  • 14:30 CST

  • 15:30 CDT

  • 21:30 BST

  • 22:30 CEST

  • 06:30 AEST (+1)

Lightning Talks

Lightning Talks

Lightning Talks

Find your tribe. Hackers, Artists, Researchers, and Enthusiasts connect and form hybrid teams around shared vision and complementary skills.

Andres Gomez Emilson

Parametrized Dynamic Phenomenology

Robin Arnott

Talk Tile TBA

Leonardo Christov-Moore

Navigating State and Trait Space : frameworks, promises, and Pitfalls.

  • 15:10 CST

  • 16:10 CDT

  • 22:10 BST

  • 23:10 CEST

  • 07:10 AEST (+1)

Panel: The Science of Cyberdelics

Panel: The Science of Cyberdelics

Panel: The Science of Cyberdelics

Catch up with fellow attendees over coffee before diving into another exciting day of learning.

Catch up with fellow attendees over coffee before diving into another exciting day of learning.

Leonardo Christov-Moore

Leonardo Christov-Moore

Robin Arnott

Robin Arnott

Andres Gomez Emilson

Andres Gomez Emilson

Sara Phinn

Sara Phinn

Chaired by Carl H. Smith

Chaired by Carl H. Smith

  • 15:30 CST

  • 16:30 CDT

  • 22:30 BST

  • 23:30 CEST

  • 07:30 AEST (+1)

Break

Break

Break

Explore Topia zones and artist activations.

  • 15:40 CST

  • 16:40 CDT

  • 22:40 BST

  • 23:40 CEST

  • 07:40 AEST (+1)

Open Stage: Community Introductions

Open Stage: Community Introductions

Open Stage: Community Introductions

Teams share progress on GitHub and the collaborative Miro board. Quick showcase of what's emerging.

David Lobser

Brain Candy: Rhythmic Simulation For Altered States in VR

Fred Galstaun

Sensory Reality

Adam Malone

Consciousness Tech and the Future of Digital Interactivity

Alexx "Kaos" Cuthbertson

The State of the Science on Flicker Light Therapeutics

Anestis Lalidis Mateo

Viscereality: A Bio-responsive VR System for Breath-Based Interactions and Coupled Oscillator Dynamics to Augment Altered States of Consciousness

Michael Thomas

Creating immersive audio-visual 360° stereo videos

Ibrahim Gabriell

Glitch Gnoseologics: The Glitches Calculator.

Sara Phinn

New Instruments for Inner Space: a Cyberdelic Practice

MC - Jose Montemayor, Oliver Lavender & Tirso Molina

MC - Jose Montemayor, Oliver Lavender & Tirso Molina

  • 16:20 CST

  • 17:20 CDT

  • 23:20 BST

  • 00:20 CEST

  • 08:20 AEST (+1)

Break

Break

Break

Explore the Topia world and visit the demo gallery.

  • 16:30 CST

  • 17:30 CDT

  • 23:30 BST

  • 00:30 CEST

  • 08:30 AEST (+1)

Talk

Anthropocentrism to Interbeing: Overcoming Barriers to Ecological Awareness Through Immersive Experience

  • 16:50 CST

  • 17:50 CDT

  • 23:50 BST

  • 00:50 CEST

  • 08:50 AEST (+1)

Day 1 : Closing Reflection

Day 1 : Closing Reflection

Day 1 : Closing Reflection

An integration circle with Jose, Carl, and Melissa — a recap of the day and a preview of what's ahead.

Carl H. Smith

Carl H. Smith

Jose Montemayor Alba

Jose Montemayor Alba

Melissa Warner

Melissa Warner

  • 17:00 CST

  • 18:00 CDT

  • 00:00 BST

  • 01:00 CEST

  • 09:00 AEST (+1)

Topia Exploration

Topia Exploration

Topia Exploration

Open networking with live visuals, artist activations, music, and casual conversations across the Topia world.

Day 2 :

Application, Community & Action

Day 2 :

Application, Community & Action

  • 13:30 CST

  • 14:30 CDT

  • 20:30 BST

  • 21:30 CEST

  • 05:30 AEST (+1)

Day 2 Opening

Day 2 Opening

Day 2 Opening

Start the day centered. Grounding group activity and teams check in

Carl H. Smith

Carl H. Smith

Jose Montemayor Alba

Jose Montemayor Alba

  • 13:40 CST

  • 14:40 CDT

  • 20:40 BST

  • 21:40 CEST

  • 05:40 AEST (+1)

Keynote : Daniel Fraga

Keynote : Daniel Fraga

Keynote : Daniel Fraga

A visionary keynote on the power of ontological design

Daniel Fraga

Ontological Design, AI and the Soul.

  • 14:20 CST

  • 15:20 CDT

  • 21:20 BST

  • 22:20 CEST

  • 06:20 AEST (+1)

Lightning Talks

Lightning Talks

Lightning Talks

Rapid-fire presentations spotlighting diverse voices in the cyberdelic space.

Rapid-fire presentations spotlighting diverse voices in the cyberdelic space.

Joakim Vindenes

When Self Becomes Other: Inversion and Synchronization in Cyberdelics

Heather Hargraves

The Signal Between Us: Biofeedback as Relational Technology

Jakob la Cour

Sensory Situations for State Shift

Maria Almena

Transcendence Research & Ritual Performance Design

Marlot Meyer

Talk Tile TBA

Mariana Pinzon

MythOS: From Technocracy to Technomancy - A Reality Hacking GameManual desguised as a Myth

Daniel Mirante

Oblatio - Expanding Mythic Media into Immersion

Benjamin Outram

Squingle: A psychedelic VR puzzle game

MC - Jose Montemayor, Oliver Lavender & Tirso Molina

MC - Jose Montemayor, Oliver Lavender & Tirso Molina

  • 15:40 CST

  • 16:40 CDT

  • 22:40 BST

  • 23:40 CEST

  • 07:40 AEST (+1)

Break

Break

Break

Explore the Topia world and visit the demo gallery.

  • 15:55 CST

  • 16:55 CDT

  • 22:40 BST

  • 23:55 CEST

  • 07:55 AEST (+1)

Panel: Designing Meaningful Experiences

Panel: Designing Meaningful Experiences

Panel: Designing Meaningful Experiences

A conversation on crafting meaningful and immersive experiences

A conversation on crafting meaningful and immersive experiences

Jakob

Jakob

Maria Almena

Maria Almena

Marlot

Marlot

Mariana

Mariana

Chaired by Jose Montemayor

Chaired by Jose Montemayor

  • 16:15 CST

  • 17:15 CDT

  • 23:15 BST

  • 00:15 CEST (+1)

  • 08:15 AEST (+1)

Break

Break

Break

Explore the Topia world and visit the demo gallery.

  • 16:25 CST

  • 17:25 CDT

  • 23:25 BST

  • 00:25 CEST (+1)

  • 08:25 AEST (+1)

Co-Creating a Cyberdelic Dojo

Co-Creating a Cyberdelic Dojo

Co-Creating a Cyberdelic Dojo

An intimate conversation with Melissa, Jose, and Carl on the vision and future of the Cyberdelic Dojo.

An intimate conversation with Melissa, Jose, and Carl on the vision and future of the Cyberdelic Dojo.

Carl H. Smith

Carl H. Smith

Jose Montemayor Alba

Jose Montemayor Alba

Melissa Warner

Melissa Warner

  • 16:45 CST

  • 17:45 CDT

  • 23:45 BST

  • 00:45 CEST (+1)

  • 08:45 AEST (+1)

Closing Ceremony

Closing Ceremony

Closing Ceremony

An intimate conversation with Melissa, Jose, and Carl on the vision and future of the Cyberdelic Dojo.

An intimate conversation with Melissa, Jose, and Carl on the vision and future of the Cyberdelic Dojo.

All Cyberdelic Nexus Core Team Members

A collective call to action, community commitments and what’s next for Cyberdelic Nexus.

All Cyberdelic Nexus Core Team Members

A collective call to action, community commitments and what’s next for Cyberdelic Nexus.

  • 17:00 CST

  • 18:00 CDT

  • 00:00 BST

  • 01:00 CEST (+1)

  • 09:00 AEST (+1)

Topia Closing Celebration

Topia Closing Celebration

Topia Closing Celebration

A closing party with live DJ sets from EMOM and DJ Interbeing, live visuals, artist activations, and an open farewell gathering.

A closing party with live DJ sets from EMOM and DJ Interbeing, live visuals, artist activations, and an open farewell gathering.

DJ Interbeing

A collective call to action, community commitments and what’s next for Cyberdelic Nexus.

DJ Interbeing

A collective call to action, community commitments and what’s next for Cyberdelic Nexus.

EMOM

EMOM is an inclusive and dynamic event that provides a stage for electronic music creators of all levels. Whether you're an established artist or a bedroom experimentalist, EMOM welcomes you to share your ideas and music in a supportive and engaging environment.

EMOM

EMOM is an inclusive and dynamic event that provides a stage for electronic music creators of all levels. Whether you're an established artist or a bedroom experimentalist, EMOM welcomes you to share your ideas and music in a supportive and engaging environment.

This virtual gathering will showcase cutting-edge research, applications, and visions for how cyberdelics can shape human flourishing.

This virtual gathering will showcase cutting-edge research, applications, and visions for how cyberdelics can shape human flourishing.

This virtual gathering will showcase cutting-edge research, applications, and visions for how cyberdelics can shape human flourishing.

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