The Center for Consciousness Studies

The Science of Consciousness (TSC) conferences are the pre-eminent world gatherings on all approaches to the profound and fundamental question of how the brain produces conscious experience, a question which addresses who we are, the nature of reality and our place in the universe.

TSC conferences have been held in Tucson since 1994, (every 2 years) and are recognized around the world.

TSC International held its first conference in 1995 and continues in alternate years.

Videos-

Channel 1: The Science of Consciousness Conferences and Special Programs: TSC 2010 - 2022

Channel 2: UofA Consciousness

additional 2012

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Hold the date: TSC TUCSON 2024 - 30th Annual - April 21 - 28, 2024 - Loews Ventana Canyon Resort

(Call for Abstracts in September 2023)

Upcoming: TSC 2023 Taormina, Sicily, Italy - May 22-28, 2023

The Science of Consciousness Conference

TSC 2023 Taormina, Sicily, Italy - May 22-28, 2023

Contact in Italy - Anna Lucentini - tsc2023@bisazzagangi.it

Italian Team Website for Conference Registration and details (2/28 Reg Deadline)

https://tsc2023-taormina.it/

Website for Abstract submission:

Notifications: JAN 9 -23. 2023

Contact at CCS - Abi Behar Montefiore - center@arizona.edu

www.consciousness.arizona.edu

Center for Consciousness Studies, UArizona

The Science of Consciousness Conferences | since 1994

The Science of Consciousness (TSC) conferences have been held annually since 1994, alternating yearly between Tucson, Arizona in even-numbered years, and other locations around the world in odd-numbered years. TSC locations have included Italy, Denmark, Japan, Sweden, Czech Republic, Hungary, Hong Kong, India, California, Switzerland, and Finland.

The 29th annual TSC will return to Italy, to beautiful Taormina, on the island of Sicily, May 22-28, 2023, organized by Italian professors Riccardo Manzotti (IULM U), Antonio Chella (U Palermo) and Pietro Perconti (U Messina). TSC 2023 Taormina will be co-sponsored by the Center for Consciousness Studies, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Stuart Hameroff, Director. The first overseas TSC Conference in 1995 was on the island of Ischia, near Naples, Italy, organized by Cloe Taddei-Ferretti. We are excited to be returning to Italy.

Abstracts may be submitted for oral concurrent talks, or posters.

Plenary Program - TSC 2023 - Program Themes and Speakers will include:

Neuroscience and Consciousness

Keynote: Christof Koch

Plenary: Nicholas Humphrey - Lucia Melloni - Jay Sanguinetti - Orli Dahan

AI and Consciousness

Keynote: David Chalmers

Plenary:

Manuel & Lenore Blum - Michael Graziano - Owen Holland - Susan Schneider

Consciousness and Hallucinations

Alex Byrne - Riccardo Manzotti - Fiona Macpherson - Heather Logue

E-M and Resonance Theories

Johnjoe McFadden - Tam Hunt - Michael Levin - Anirban Bandyopadhyay

Quantum Brain Biology

Stuart Hameroff - Jim Al Khalili - Aristide Dogariu - Travis Craddock

Intentionality

Tim Crane - Alberto Voltolini - Uriah Kriegel - Pietro Perconti

Free Will

Sir Roger Penrose - Keith Frankish - Mario de Caro

Non-Human Consciousness

Frans de Waal - Giorgio Vallortigara -

Committee:

Riccardo Manzotti, Philosopher, Psychologist, and AI expert, Researcher and Author, Ph.D. in Robotics, Chair of Theoretical Philosophy, IULM University, Milan.

Antonio Chella, Professor of Robotics, University of Palermo, Italy

Pietro Perconti, Professor of Philosophy, University of Messina, Italy

Stuart R Hameroff, MD, Anesthesiology, UArizona Banner Medical, Director, Center for Consciousness Studies, Anesthesiologist, Quantum Consciousness Theorist & Researcher

Harald Atmanspacher, Turing Center, ETH, Zürich - Society for Mind-Matter Research

TSC TUCSON 2024

April 21 - 28, 2024 - Loews Ventana Canyon Resort

reservation code to be provided

Videos

The Science of Consciousness YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Videos/Trailers/Sessions

Channel 1: Science of Consciousness Conferences and Special Programs on YouTube: 2010 - 2022

Channel 2: UofA Consciousness: extra sessions from 2012

THE SCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Science of Consciousness Conference 2022 - Tucson - Hybrid

2022 TSC Apr 18-22, 2022

SESSION VIDEOS UPLOADED - TSC-CCS YouTube Channel

Program Book & Abstracts TSC 2022 - View | Download .pdf

Guest Interviews - TSC 2022 - Conscious Pictures

We held a 'hybrid' conference with both in-person, and remote online presentation and audience, live streamed. The live sessions and remote headquarters were held at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, Tucson, Arizona

Science and Roger Penrose -celebrating his 90th birthday and

Nobel Prize in Physics (2020)

August 3-6, 2021

A 4-day online webinar with Sir Roger Penrose and guest speakers

About the Webinar & Background links

Videos (Day 1, 2, 3, 4) - YouTube

Speaker Bios & Abstracts

Program Schedule

Intro Reel - Celebration Trailer - highlights

Roger Penrose for the 4-day Symposium

hosted by the Center for Consciousness Studies - 2021

THE SCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Covid Consciousness - Remote - Online MST

Sept 14-18, 2020

The Science of Consciousness Online - Conference Sessions

TSC 2020 - TSC Tucson Online Program | Abstracts

VIDEOS - CCS-TSC YouTube VIDEO CHANNEL

Opening "Welcome" Reel for Tucson Online 2020

Retro Mix - TSC Over the Years...(Abi’s) 2020

Online

Sessions, Abstracts:

https://eagle.sbs.arizona.edu/sc/abs_report_bysession.php?p=PL - Plenary

https://eagle.sbs.arizona.edu/sc/abs_report_bysession.php?p=C - Concurrents

https://eagle.sbs.arizona.edu/sc/abs_report_bysession.php?p=P - Posters

https://eagle.sbs.arizona.edu/sc/abs_report_bysession.php?p=A - Art | Tech

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2019 - TSC - Interlaken Switzerland

TSC 2019 - Interlaken Program Abstracts

TSC 2019 - Consciousness Central - Interviews

TSC 2019 - VIDEOS

THE SCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS

2018 - The Science of Consciousness - Tucson

2018 Conference Themes:

Are We Living in a Matrix-like Simulation? - Artificial Intelligence/Machine Consciousness

Consciousness, Pain and Addiction - Gene Editing and Consciousness

Binding, Integration and Synthesis of Consciousness - Brain Mapping and the Connectome

Anterior and Posterior Cortex: What's 'Hot' and What's Not? - Anesthetic and Psychoactive Drugs

Language and Consciousness - Non-Invasive Brain Modulation

Origin and Evolution of Life and Consciousness - Panpsychism, Idealism and Spacetime Geometry

Quantum Brain Biology - Time, Free Will and Consciousness

Early Center Videos/Podcasts through 2016

apple itunes podcasts are being uploaded to our YouTube Channel

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2017 TSC - The Science of Consciousness - San Diego

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JUNE 5-10, 2017

Hyatt Regency Hotel - La Jolla

San Diego, California

Updated Program (June 1, 2017)

Book of Abstracts (May 12. 2017)

2017 Plenary Sessions Science of Consciousness San Diego Conference
and Additional Workshops.

PL 1 Can Machines Be Conscious ?

Roger Penrose, Joscha Bach, Harmut Neven

PL 2 Language and Consciousness

Thomas Bever, Michael Spivey, Noam Chomsky

PL 3 Biophysics 1 - Memory Spin Anesthesia

Matthew Fisher, Travis Craddock

PL 4 Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation

Vince Clark, John Allen, Marvin Berman, Michael Rohan

PL 5 Physics, Cosmology and Consciousness

Ivette Fuentes, Brian Keating, James Tagg

PL 6 Music and the Brain

Elaine Chew, Scott Makeig

PL 7 Neuroscience and Consciousness 1

Stephen Grossberg, Georg Northoff, Philip Low

PL 8 Neuroscience and Consciousness 2 - Anomalies

Daniel Sheehan, Peter Fenwick, Lakhmir Chawla

PL 9 Biophysics Memristors in the Brain?

Leon Chua, Jack Tuszynski

PL 10 Neuroscience and Consciousness 3

Gentry Patrick, VS Ramachandran, Charles Stevens

PL 11 Vibrations, Resonance and Consciousness

Anirban Bandyopadhyay, Jonathan Schooler, Erick Viirre

PL 12 Eastern Philosophy

Xu Yingjin, Deepak Chopra*

PL 13 Origin and Evolution of Life and Consciousness

Bruce Damer, Alysson Muotri, Stuart Hameroff

Additional Workshops:

*Deepak Chopra - How We Create the Human Universe - June 6, 2017

*Dayalbagh Educational Institute DEI East West Forum - June 5, 2017

TSC 2017 Vision Talk Prof. PS Satsangi.mp4

Prof. PS Satsangi (You Tube)

Integrated DEI East-West Forum - Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, India

workshop and exchange with Science of Consciousness Conference, San Diego

(June 5, 2017) Panel Discussion.mp4

Panel Discussion (You Tube)

Interviews:

Consciousness Central - The Daily Show Interviews with Speakers and Guests

New Interviews Posted - NOAM CHOMSKY,

HARMUT NEVEN, ROGER PENROSE and more.

Photos:

*Conference Photos - A Collection of Daily Folders

Brad Buhr and Noah Buhr, Photographers

Thank you to our sponsor Alvin J. Clark Foundation for support in making these videos available to the general public.

2017 Plenary Session Videos from San Diego

2017 Noam Chomsky, Hartmut Neven, Roger Penrose and more

2017 Deepak Chopra - How We Create the Human Universe

2017 Integrated DEI East-West Forum Vision Talk Prof. PS Satsangi

2017 Conference Photos

2017 Updated Program Sheet (Program Updates June 1, 2017)

2017 Final Book of Abstracts (Abstracts, Program Book May 12. 2017)

You Tube

Additional Video with Speakers and Guests

Consciousness Central - The Daily Show -

Interviews with Speakers and Guests

Workshops - Videos

1. Deepak Chopra - How We Create the Human Universe

2. Integrated DEI East-West Forum

3. TSC 2017 Vision Talk Prof. PS Satsangi

2017 Conference Photos - A Collection of Daily Folders - credit: Brad Buhr

facebook@scienceofconsciousnessconferences

THE SCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS

2016 Tucson ARIZONA

The Science of Consciousness, April 25-30, 2016 - Tucson

2016 Plenary Videos (youtube)

2016 Plenary Videos (iTunes)

2016 Science of Consciousness (book of Abstracts)

Plenary PL1-PL12 - Bios

2016 Science of Consciousness - Program Book

YouTube-2016 Plenary Videos

2016 Co-Sponsors

Stuart Hameroff, Center for Consciousness Studies, Tucson

George Mashour, Center for Consciousness Science, Ann Arbor

Conference Director, Abi Behar Montefiore

Center for Consciousness Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson

2016 Program Book Final Version

2016 -TSC April Tucson

Consciousness Chronicles

Consciousness Central TV

The Deeper You Go: The Interviews

2016-archives

2016 CONFERENCE MEDIA FILES

Conference Trailer - Video

YouTube-2016 Plenary Videos

2016 Program Book Final Version

Conference Flyer PDF-Final

Conference Release 1

Conference Flyer 2

Registration Brochure/Order Form and Cancellation Policy

JPEG artwork-flyer

Final Announcement March 31, 2016

"The Science of Consciousness Asks Big Questions" April 12, 2016

Program Book

2016 Abstracts

Conference Trailer 2016

Consciousness Central TV

TSC Playlist
Daily round up-

Nick Day, Host

TSC 2016 IN THE NEWS

NEW YORK TIMES
Science of Consciousness Conference

Is Carnival of the Mind
by George Johnson

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
"Dispatch from the Desert of Consciousness Research" Part 1
"Dispatch from the Desert of Consciousness Research" Part 2
"Dispatch from the Desert of Consciousness Research" Part 3
"Dispatch from the Desert of Consciousness Research" Part 4
by John Horgan

JOURNAL OF CONSCIOUSNESS STUDIES

JCS Vol. 23, No. 9-10, September/October 2016 ...

2016/Conference Report. 226, All Roads Lead to Consciousness:

The Science of Consciousness, Tucson 2016. Logan T. Trujillo ...

2016-archives

Science of Consciousness TSC, Loews Ventana Canyon Hotel Tucson, Tucson -

April 25-30, 2016

2016 Plenary Bios

2016 TSC "The Science of Consciousness" - Book of Abstracts and Program

2016 Plenary Videos (youtube)

2016 Plenary Videos (iTunes)

2016 TSC 2016 Feature for 2016 TSC Tucson

2016 Consciousness Chronicles-Videos

2016 Consciousness Central - The Daily Show from TSC Tucson

2016 Consciousness Central 2016 Tucson

Consciousness Chronicles

2016 - TSC -Media files

Conference Trailer - Video

YouTube-2016 Plenary Videos

Program Book Final Version 2016

Conference Flyer PDF-Final

Conference Release 1

Conference Flyer 2

Registration Brochure/Order Form and Cancellation Policy

JPEG artwork-flyer

Final Announcement March 31, 2016
"The Science of Consciousness Asks Big Questions" April 12, 2016 AHSC Memo
2016 Abstracts Program Book
Consciousness Central TV Conference Trailer 2016
TSC Playlist Consciousness Central TV
Nick Day, Host Daily round up

2014 20th Anniversary

It was 20 years ago today

Toward a Science of Consciousness, Tucson AZ

Conscious Chronicles 4 Interview with Sir Roger Penrose and Stuart Hameroff

TSC 2014 Videos - YouTube

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2014, Toward a Science of Consciousness-20th Anniversary,

"Tucson X1" - April 21-26, 2014, Marriott - University Park

University of Arizona, co-chaired by

Stuart Hameroff and David Chalmers

Abi Behar Montefiore, Conference Manager

Toward a Science of Consciousness

Organized & Hosted by the Center for Consciousness Studies

2014 Program, Schedule

2014 Book of Abstracts / pdf

Plenary & Keynote Speakers Bios and Photos

Concurrents

Posters

Art-Tech Health Demos

Pre-Con Workshops

Can Science Become Enlightened? Deepak Chopra

Brain Mapping Symposium

Consciousness Central TV Daily Roundup

TSC2014 Archive Conference Web Pages

Pre-Con WORKSHOPS POSTER ABSTRACTS

Consciousness Central TV Daily Roundup

ADDITIONAL MEDIA FILES 2008-2014

2014 Abstract Journal - Sample

2014 Consciousness Central TV

daily roundup with speakers and guests

2014 Program/Abstract Book

2014 The Deeper You Go: The Interviews

Brain Mapping Symposium

UA College of Medicine Auditorium

Sponsored by The Center for Consciousness Studies

Henry Markram, Christof Koch, Anirban Bandyopadhyay held 4/24/14

University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, UMC Duval Auditorium

The 1st Bhaumik Prize in Consciousness Studies was awarded to

Sir Roger Penrose at the TSC 2014 Conference for significant

research toward understanding consciousness............more

war of world views

Deepak Chopra

Leonard Mlodinow

Sue Blackmore

https://youtu.be/VZxVDHfi_YI

Consciousness Central Daily roundup of events

www.ustream.tv/channel/consciousness-central-tv

interviews with TSC 2014 Plenary Speakers

See CCS TSC YouTube Channel for Plenary Session Videos

iTunes - disabled

ADDITIONAL MEDIA FILES 2008-2014

ARCHIVES

ADDITIONAL MEDIA FILES 2008-2014

Tucson Vintage - Photo Archive-early days 1994-2007

Clippings

Co-Sponsored Conferences

Poetry Slam/Zombie Blues

Consciousness Bulletins

1996 Tucson Conference video

2008-2015-Film Video Interviews

ADDITIONAL MEDIA FILES 2008-2014

Tucson Vintage - Archive-early days 1994-2007

Vimeo Selections:

https://vimeo.com/103844731
https://vimeo.com/104437953
https://vimeo.com/104630953
https://vimeo.com/103148100

The Tucson Conferences - Biennial

Since 1994, the biennial series "Toward a Science of Consciousness" conferences are a landmark of international, interdisciplinary events sponsored by the University of Arizona devoted entirely to unlocking the mysteries of consciousness. They have explored the whole spectrum of approaches from philosophy of mind and cognitive science, to neurobiology, pharmacology, and molecular dynamics, phenomenological accounts, and physics. The aim is to lay a sound scientific foundation for future research.

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