Events

May 11-15, 2026

Human + Tech Week 2026

CSTF will be presenting at Human Tech Week.

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TBD, 2026

Speaker Series: Marcello Ienca

Marcello Ienca is Professor of Ethics of AI and Neuroscience at the TUM School of Medicine and Health. He works on the ethically sustainable development of AI systems and neurotechnologies.

Marcello Ienca's Website

Apr 26, 2026

Agents in the Wild Workshop @ ICLR 2026

CSTF will be presenting our paper, Position: AI Research Should Prioritize Cognitive Security, at the International Conference for Learning Representations in Rio de Janeiro.

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Apr 15-17, 2026

Neuroethics 2026

CSTF will be presenting our poster at Neuroethics 2026, the annual meeting of the International Neuroethics Society (INS) and Società Italiana di Neuroetica (SINe).

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Apr 14, 2026

Speaker Series: Renée DiResta

Renée DiResta is an Associate Research Professor at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy. Her work examines adversarial abuse online, including rumors, propaganda, scams, and other forms of manipulation across digital and media networks.

Renée DiResta's Website

Apr 10, 2026

Speaker Series: Brett Frischmann

Brett Frischmann is the Charles Widger Endowed University Professor in Law, Business and Economics at Villanova University. His research interests span infrastructure, knowledge commons, and techno-social engineering of humans.

Brett Frischmann's Website

Apr 3, 2026

CSTF attends the Neuroprivacy in Arts and Culture Symposium

An evening symposium centering artists working with biosensors, developers building neural interfaces, and researchers studying cognitive liberty.

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Mar 13, 2026

Speaker Series: Sam Liccardo

Congressman Sam Liccardo represents California's 16th Congressional District and was formerly the Mayor of San Jose. He is Chair of the New Democratic Coalition's Innovation & Technology Working Group.

Sam Liccardo's Website

Feb 27, 2026

Speaker Series: Kristen Mathews

Kristen Mathews is a Partner at Cooley and is at the forefront of complex privacy and cybersecurity issues, advising clients on compliance with data privacy laws at the state, federal and international levels.

Kristen Mathews' Website

Feb 25, 2026

Dinner: Recipe for Mindreading

One question: what does it take to read (and write) a human mind? ​A dinner with the Stanford HAI Cognitive Security Task Force and: ​Professor Russ Poldrack, one of the leading cognitive neuroscientists studying how the brain gives rise to the mind, and author of The New Mind Readers: What Neuroimaging Can and Cannot Reveal about Our Thoughts ​Avery Krieger, cofounder of Constellation (whole-brain foundation models) ​Anita Jwa, postdoctoral scholar researching the ethics of mindreading, neurotechnologies, and brain data privacy ​Craig Mermel: Chief Product Officer, Precision Neuroscience

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Feb 20, 2026

Speaker Series: Noah Goodman

Noah Goodman is Associate Professor of Psychology and Computer Science, and Linguistics (by courtesy), at Stanford University. His research focuses on the intersection of machine learning and cognitive science.

Noah Goodman's Website

Feb 13, 2026

Speaker Series: Walter Johnson

Dr. Walter G. Johnson is a Fellow at the Center for Law and the Biosciences at Stanford Law School. His research examines the legal implications of and responses to emerging technologies.

Walter Johnson's Website

Jan 20, 2026

Speaker Series: Tanna Krewson

Dr. Tanna Krewson is one of the leading global authorities on cognitive warfare and the architect of NATO's Cognitive Warfare Concept. As a sociocultural psychologist specializing in the psychology of influence and strategic communications, she helps organizations and governments understand why societies are vulnerable to malign influence and how these dynamics shape our nations.

Tanna Krewson's Website

Jan 13, 2026

Speaker Series: Jennifer Pan

Jennifer Pan is a political scientist at Stanford University whose research focuses on political communication, digital media, and authoritarian politics. She is the Sir Robert Ho Tung Professor of Chinese Studies, Professor of Communication and (by courtesy) Political Science and Sociology, and a Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute.

Jennifer Pan's Website