Welcome to DARK PRAGUE 2026!
SYSTEMS TRACK / STAGE
Focus: Systems, structures, and the politics of infrastructure
Tone: Strategic, theoretical, and disruptive
● Crypto Beyond Capital (DAOs, decentralized finance, resistance economies)
● Protocol vs Platform (open protocols, Fediverse, uncensorable comms, anti-corporate tech)
● Governance is Dead (non-state coordination, shadow decision-making)
● Autonomy in Adversarial Environments (offline tools, mesh, censorship circumvention)
BIOS TRACK / STAGE
Focus: Biology, embodied systems, and technological transgression
Tone: Scientific, taboo-breaking, and visionary
● Hacking Biology (CRISPR, synthetic biology, body-mod, DIY bio)
● Cybernetic Flesh (BCIs, implants, neurotech, transhuman agency)
● Entropy & the Organism (climate tech, survival biohacks, longevity)
● Dark Ecology (fungal futures, biopunk resilience, post-anthropocene labs)
EXILE TRACK / STAGE
Focus: Operational autonomy, tools for resistance, and tactical disobedience
Tone: Practical, subversive, and off-grid
● Operational Privacy - Encryption, anti-forensics, hardware countermeasures, air-gapped strategies, secure comms, burner tools
● Off-Grid Infrastructure - Mesh networks, solar nodes, manual backups, decentralized energy & comms, field devices for collapse
● Sovereign Practices - Identity obfuscation, pseudonymity workflows, borderless logistics, exit strategies from legal & financial systems
● Tactical Aesthetics - Zines, encrypted art, steganography, symbolic resistance, and the use of culture as camouflage