# Event Details - **Event Name**: LEDx: Destruction and Creation (D+C) - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 22 Oct, 2025 at 08:00 am – Wed, 22 Oct, 2025 at 04:30 pm - **Event Description**: LEDx: Destruction & Creation explores cognitive warfare, challenging leaders to rethink mental models and thrive in complex conflicts.About this Event https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/12fb7870-743e-11f0-994e-1dce379af11a-rimg-w1200-h630-dcffffff-gmir.jpg The Air University Innovation Accelerator (AUiX) presents LEDx: Destruction and Creation—a timely and provocative event exploring the emerging battlespace of Cognitive Warfare. Drawing inspiration from Colonel John Boyd’s seminal essay Destruction and Creation, this LEDx challenges participants to confront the reality that in modern conflict, the mind itself is the terrain. Thought leaders from across the Department of Defense, academia, and industry will come together to examine how adversaries target human orientation—our mental models, narratives, and decision-making processes—as a deliberate act of warfare.LEDx: Destruction and Creation offers a dynamic blend of experiences, including visionary keynotes, thought-provoking panel discussions, and immersive breakout sessions. Attendees will explore topics such as narrative disruption, information overload, memetic influence, and the strategic implications of perception manipulation in the age of algorithmic warfare. Sessions will emphasize the need for mental agility, institutional adaptability, and the continual destruction and reconstruction of outdated paradigms—principles at the heart of Boyd’s thinking.The event’s “Destruction and Creation” theme evokes Boyd’s dialectic engine, a process of unlearning and synthesis vital for cognitive survival in contested information environments. As Boyd argued, orientation—not firepower—is the decisive domain in fast-moving, uncertain conflicts. This LEDx will embrace that insight, offering practical and philosophical tools to help leaders, educators, and strategists navigate ambiguity, resist manipulation, and build resilient cognitive architectures in themselves and their organizations.Whether confronting disinformation threats, reimagining strategic decision-making, or engaging in Boydian war-gaming for the mind, attendees will emerge with fresh perspectives on how to thrive in complexity. This event is an invitation to embrace intellectual maneuver warfare—by destroying what no longer serves, and creating what the future demands.Join us at LEDx: Destruction and Creation and be part of the conversation shaping the future of strategic cognition and leadership in an era of invisible conflict.For more information on the event, visit us at auix.org. For any additional questions, please email DeVanté Snell, Chief of Events & Public Outreach at devante@auix.org.PARKING DETAILS: Please park in the dedicated parking garage - City of Montgomery Municpal Parking Facility (35 Monroe Street). Once you recieve your parking ticket, please bring it inside and a member of The Eagle Institute will validate your parking free of charge. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/13eeb210-743e-11f0-a6ac-b798ba085dc1-rimg-w555-h740-dc92918d-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/144313a0-743e-11f0-a6ac-b798ba085dc1-rimg-w570-h740-dca5a5a5-gmir.jpg Agenda?: 08:00 AM - 08:30 AMCoffee Networking Social and Check-inInfo: No-Host Coffee Social at Prevail Union (Same Building—39 Dexter Ave)?: 08:30 AM - 08:45 AMWelcome & IntroductionsInfo: Dr. Bill DeMarco, Director at AUiX and Mo Barrett, Emcee?: 08:45 AM - 09:45 AMOpening Session: Intro to Boyd and ConceptsInfo: Mark McGrath and Brian “Ponch” Rivera (AGLX)?: 09:45 AM - 10:45 AMSession 2: Cognitive WarfareInfo: Sarah Kernion, Founder at Saturday’s Story?: 10:45 AM - 11:00 AMBREAK?: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMSession 3: Flying Camelot: The F15, F-16, and Weaponization of Fighter PilotsInfo: Dr. Michael Hankins, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum ?: 12:00 PM - 01:15 PMLUNCH?: 01:15 PM - 03:15 PMBreakout SessionInfo: Military Track: SMSgt Jen Thurman, Cognitive Warfare and China | Ray Powell, Gordon Knot Center for National Security at Stanford University | Nathan Fry, Cognition Under Fire | Leadership Track: Andy Christiansen, Tenacity | Future Cain, Flow Research Collective?: 03:15 PM - 03:30 PMBREAK ?: 03:30 PM - 04:30 PMClosing Keynote SpeakerInfo: Lieutenant General David A. Harris, Deputy Chief of Staff, Air Force Futures, Headquarters, United States Air Force, Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/montgomery/ledx-destruction-and-creation-dc/100001553351599449 - **Event Categories**: art, fine-arts, business - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fledx-destruction-and-creation-dc-tickets-1553351599449 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Montgomery - **state**: AL - **country**: United States - **location**: The Eagle Institute, Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, AL, USA - **lat**: 32.3778754 - **long**: -86.30815849999999 - **full address**: The Eagle Institute, Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, AL, USA, United States ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: AUiX + LeMay Center (https://allevents.in/org/auix-lemay-center/23644248) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/121f35f49efe2568f8fa0046a583afbeecaa84605bd4d30f340373fae7cc2c6b-rimg-w554-h380-dc676161-gmir.jpg?v=1754647051 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/060681578418504b0347ada3871b656ccf763d626b13fc3398fb09454968b8fa-rimg-w400-h400-dc676161-gmir.jpg?v=1754647050 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Wed, 22 Oct, 2025 at 08:00 am - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** The Eagle Institute, Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, AL, USA, United States - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 0 up to 0 USD - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** AUiX + LeMay Center - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** art, fine-arts, business - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about LEDx: Destruction and Creation (D+C) ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "LEDx: Destruction and Creation (D+C)", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/121f35f49efe2568f8fa0046a583afbeecaa84605bd4d30f340373fae7cc2c6b-rimg-w554-h380-dc676161-gmir.jpg?v=1754647051", "startDate": "2025-10-22", "endDate": "2025-10-22", "url": "https://allevents.in/montgomery/ledx-destruction-and-creation-dc/100001553351599449", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "The Eagle Institute, Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, AL, USA", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "39 Dexter Avenue", "postalCode": "36104", "addressLocality": "Montgomery", "addressRegion": "AL", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "32.3778754", "longitude": "-86.30815849999999" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "LEDx: Destruction & Creation explores cognitive warfare, challenging leaders to rethink mental models and thrive in complex conflicts.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-03", "availabilityEnds": "2025-10-22", "validFrom": "2026-04-03", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/montgomery/ledx-destruction-and-creation-dc/100001553351599449" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-03", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-03", "url": "https://allevents.in/montgomery/ledx-destruction-and-creation-dc/100001553351599449", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "AUiX LeMay Center", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/auix-lemay-center/23644248" } ] } ] ```