Videogames are powerful tools for testing possible futures. They create rules, roles, feedback loops and emotional states. In this session, Roel Heremans uses videogame culture as a way to understand the ethical questions emerging around neurotechnology and AI.

The talk explores how brain-computer interfaces, biometric systems and AI-driven environments may change our relationship to attention, behaviour and mental privacy. What happens when inner states become measurable? Who owns neurological data? How can artists, designers, researchers and organisations create more responsible forms of interaction?

Grounded in Roel’s work with interactive installations and public participation, this session connects speculative thinking with concrete artistic case studies. It offers a vivid way to think about neuroethics, human-AI interaction and the social consequences of technologies that move closer to the body and the mind.

Preferred format: keynote, conference talk, lecture or panel contribution.

Preferred duration: 30 to 45 minutes. Can be adapted to a 60-minute lecture with Q&A.

Target audience: AI conferences, game culture events, digital ethics programmes, innovation teams, universities, cultural institutions and public technology events.

Technical requirements: projector or large screen, HDMI connection, sound system and microphone.

This session works well for events connecting technology, ethics, games, culture, AI, neurotechnology and public imagination.

Available in English, Dutch and French.