07-Dec-2026 | TU Delft Aula (Frans van Hasseltzaal) Sign up here
The symposium is organised by the Cognitive Futures Lab as part of 4TU.NIRICT Community Funding support. For inquiries about the symposium, please reach out to: Christina Schneegass: c.schneegass@tudelft.nl and Dimitra Dritsa: d.dritsa@tudelft.nl
About the event
Advances in consumer neurotechnology are making it increasingly possible to sense and interpret cognitive and affective states outside the laboratory. Technologies such as wearable EEG and fNIRS are opening new possibilities for applications in areas including learning, productivity, attention management, health and wellbeing. At the same time, important challenges remain: cognitive signals are noisy and highly individual, their interpretation is context-dependent, and the resulting data can be difficult for people to understand, trust, and meaningfully engage with.
These possibilities and challenges raise important questions:
- How do we imagine a future where cognitive data tracking will be a part of everyday life?
- How do we design interactions with cognitive data that invite responsible engagement and reflection, while also acknowledging data subjectivity and interindividual differences?
- How should we process data to allow the extraction of meaningful metrics for everyday users, while also preserving their privacy?
This symposium brings together researchers, practitioners, and industry partners working across consumer neurotechnology, cognitive sensing, HCI, signal processing, data visualisation, design, and related fields. The aim is to create connections across disciplines that often address different parts of the same problem: from sensing and modelling cognitive signals to representing, explaining, and interacting with cognitive data. Through talks, discussions, and opportunities for exchange, we aim to identify shared challenges, explore opportunities for collaboration, and contribute to a growing interdisciplinary community around consumer neurotechnology and cognition-aware systems.
Please see the event website for more information about participation which is free but registration is required. https://www.aanmelder.nl/cognitivefutures/home
Program Dec 7, 2026
Registration 12:30 - 13:00
Introduction and Keynote 13:00 - 14:00
Panel on Cognitive Data-Enabled Futures 14:00 - 15:00
Poster session, Industry demos & Networking 15:00 - 16:30
Poster Award & Wrap up 16:30 - 17:00