How can we ensure that the emerging brain commons remains open, accountable and governed in the public interest?
Commercial brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are rapidly moving beyond research laboratories into consumer markets, workplaces, healthcare, education and entertainment. The decisions made today about how these technologies are designed, governed and deployed will influence whether they become open tools that expand human agency or closed infrastructures that concentrate power over our cognitive lives.
Part of The Tech We Want initiative by the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN), this event brings together researchers, developers, policymakers, journalists, civil society and industry to explore how openness can help shape a future in which neurotechnology remains transparent, accountable and aligned with democratic values.
Our discussions will examine how openness in hardware, software, data and governance can strengthen existing protections, foster innovation, enable public oversight and preserve individual autonomy.