2026-06-14 –, Hauptbühne (Saal 1)
Tatiana Bazzichelli and Jonas Frankki (Disruption Network Lab) will speak about the Disruption Network Institute: Investigating the Kill Cloud - a unique hub that enables whistleblowers, investigative journalists and artists to investigate the future of war, autonomous weapons and A.I.
Founded in 2014 in Berlin, Disruption Network Lab builds networks of trust to expose systems of power and injustice through research, conferences and collective discussions. Whistleblowers have been crucial to the public understanding of how wars are being waged, and what the consequences are for civilians around the world. The increasing military reliance on remote warfare and drone strikes, and the available global surveillance apparatus - The Kill Cloud - is merging the military cloud with the civilian one.
The Disruption Network Institute builds on a decade of networking by the Disruption Network Lab, in connecting whistleblowers, researchers, journalists, artists & activists through conferences and publications, creating a much-needed space for whistleblowers and others to build on their knowledge and experiences.
The second round of fellowships (2025-2026) focuses on AI, Big Tech & Militarisation. Bazzichelli and Frankki will share the background of the Institute and give more details on the ongoing investigations.
Tatiana Bazzichelli is the founder and director of Disruption Network Lab, a Berlin-based nonprofit organisation that exposes the misconduct and wrongdoing of the powerful, and of the Disruption Network Institute, a hub of investigations on the impacts of data-driven technologies on warfare. For the past twelve years, Disruption Network Lab has organised almost forty conferences and over sixty meetups, accessible to global audiences and local communities, bringing together urgent topics, diverse points of view and in-depth knowledge from around the world. Bazzichelli holds a PhD degree in Information and Media Studies and has published several books, including Whistleblowing for Change (2021). She was previously Programme Curator at transmediale festival, and has served on many award and funding juries including Hauptstadtkulturfonds, KulturLichter and Transparency International's Anti-Corruption Award.
Jonas is a cultural producer, graphic designer and art director with over a decade of experience in communication for non-profits, and has shaped Disruption Network Lab’s communication since its founding. Since 2014 Jonas has designed and animated the visual identity of the Disruption Network Lab and each conference, and additionally researches speakers, networks and topics for future events. In 2023 he was also Press Manager, communicating the conference contents to journalists, developing media partnerships and PR, expanding the reach of the Disruption Network Lab and its activities. Jonas was born in Sweden, studied Marketing, International Relations and Culture Management in Gothenburg. He was part of sinnwerkstatt for 10 years, one of the first media agencies dedicated to the common good, and it’s offshoot animation agency Sinnema, producing and designing campaigns for German and International NGOs. Before relocating to Berlin in the mid 2000’s he was part of the Swedish Attac movement, helping to communicate issues around fair world trade, and co-founded the media watchdog Mediekritik.nu, an early platform for crowdsourced fact checking of Swedish mainstream media.