The Science of Consciousness Conference

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The science of consciousness since 1994

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The Science of Consciousness (‘TSC’) conference is the world’s longest running inter-disciplinary conference on rigorous approaches to all aspects of the study and understanding off consciousness, the nature of existence and our place in the universe. TSC emphasizes broad and rigorous approaches to all aspects of the study and understanding of consciousness. Topical areas include neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, biology, quantum physics, cosmology, meditation and altered states, AI/machine consciousness, culture and experiential phenomenology

TSC has alternated yearly since 1994 between Tucson, Arizona USA and elsewhere including Italy, Denmark, Japan, Sweden, Czech Republic, Hungary, Hong Kong, India, California, Switzerland, Finland, and Taormina, on the island of Sicily. TSC 2025 will be in Barcelona, Spain (July 6-11) preceding and in conjunction with The Festival of Consciousness (July 11-13).

We face a crossroads in the age-old study of consciousness. Over the past thirty years approaches to understanding consciousness have diverged along two distinct paths: 1) ‘neurocomputational’ views of the brain as a complex computer of simple neurons, a view compatible with AI systems becoming conscious, and 2) ‘funda-mental’ views in which consciousness is intrinsic to the universe, connected to the brain through quantum biology. Exploring the funda-mental view, TSC embraces neuroscience biology far more rigorously than AI-compatible simple neurons. Ironically, conscious AI may be most likely to occur in biomimetic quantum computers. Save the date: TSC 2026 Tucson Arizona - April 6-11

The Science of Consciousness 2025 BARCELONA

BARCELONA July 6-11 31st Annual TSC Conference

Venue: AC Forum Marriott - Barcelona, Passeig Taulat 278

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Barcelona TSC and Festival of Consciousness

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Venue

Hotel Venue Website : AC Forum Marriott - Barcelona, Passeig Taulat 278 There are rooms available but the block rate is full.

Additional Hotel across the street from the Venue:

Princess Barcelona code TSCC2025 for a 10% discount on standard rates

TSC Conference - Purchase Tickets/Registration- All presenters and general registrants must purchase a registration. Receipts will be auto-sent. Name Badges will be required and will be waiting at the conference registration desk. Conference Registration Fees: Standard $600 Student $350 (includes festival pass) Sessions: Workshops, Plenaries, Posters, Concurrents, Exhibits, Demos, Social, Poetry Slam

The Festival of Consciousness 2025 Barcelona July 11–13 Music, Art, Experiential, Inspiration, Spirituality, Education, Business, Evolution followed by the 4th Annual FoC-25 - Location adjacent to hotel venue: AC Forum Marriott Barcelona- Plaza Leonardo da Vinci, 08019, Barcelona, España - A Festival Pass- children under 16: 5 € - VAT incl; Standard: ( July 11-13 2025) | 110 € - VAT Incl - A festival pass is included with a TSC Conference ticket. (info@fundaciohumanitas.org)

Conference Program Outline

Pre-Conference Workshops:
Sun July 6 - morning 9 am-1 pm, afternoon 2-6 pm and evening sessions 7:00-10:00 pm
Plenary: Mon July 7 - Fri July 11
Concurrents: Mon July 7- Thurs July 10 - 5:00 -7:30 pm
Poster Sessions: Mon July 7 to Wed July 9- 7:30-10:00 pm -1m wide x 2m high / 3 ft wide x 6 ft high Tape only - no pins.
Exhibitors: Daily - Coffee/Refreshments: Daily tba
Morning Experiential Sessions July 7-11- 7:00-8:15 am
Meditation - Deepak Chopra
Poetry Slam/End of Consciousness Thurs July 10- 8:00 pm - xxx

Poster Dimensions - 1m wide x 2m high / 3 ft wide x 6 ft high - these are zig-zag poster boards. Posters must be applied with tape (not thumbtacks or pins) tape available

Concurrent Talks - 20 min. per speaker plus 5 min for Q&A

Pre-Conference WORKSHOPS - SUNDAY - JULY 6

Morning Sessions (Rooms TBA)

WK-1 9:00 am – 1:00 pm - Consciousness in Indian Knowledge Systems and Megahertz Brain Waves - Martin Fleming, Ricardo Silvestre, Omduth Coceal, Kunal Mooley, Laxmidhar Behera, Hide Seagusa

WK-2 9:00 pm – 1:00 pm - Women in Consciousness Studies - Marjorie Woollacott; Joan Walton; Marina Weiler; Mona Sobhani; Allison Paradise, Laurel Waterman

WK-3 9:00 am – 1:00 pm - Quantum Biology -Travis Craddock, Philip Kurian, Javier Martin-Torres, Mike Wiest, Marco Cavaglia - Main Hall

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Break

Afternoon Sessions

WK-4 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm - Nonlocal Consciousness and Extrasensory Perception - David del Rosario. Irene Vigué, Alex Escolá. Marina Weiler. Toper Taylor, Mike Zeleznick

WK-5 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm - Is Consciousness Funda-Mental? -Nassim Haramein, William Brown, Suzanne Gildert, Nestor Mercado, Don Hoffman (R), Thomas Brophy. sponsored by ISF, Nirvanic Technologies, IONS - Main Hall

WK-6 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm - Working Session on Taxonomy of Consciousness - Paavo Pylkkanen, Robert Lawrence Kuhn (R), Brian Lord

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Food, Drinks

Evening Session

WK-7 7:00 pm -10:00 pm - The Varieties of BCI - Brain Computer Interfaces - Ana Maiques, Giulio Ruffini, Tim Mullen, Jay Sanguinetti, Arnaud Delorme, Anirban Bandyopadhyay, Santosh Helekar, Brian Lord. sponsored by Neuroelectrics, Starlab, PuzzleX, DDG, SEMA Lab, Sanmei) - Main Hall

Early Morning Experiential Sessions

Monday

Suren Shrestha. Clouds of Sound Singing Bowls and Meditation. Join Atma Buti® creator and Master Teacher, Suren Shrestha, as he leads the sound bath relaxation, accompanied by Himalayan singing bowls, bells and more.

Tuesday

Christine Marie Maison. Awake and Expand, breath and movement

Wednesday

Katarina Baliova. Ceremony of the elements. Earth, Water, Air and Fire

Join Katarina for a sound Journey with ancestral frequencies of Fujara flute (traditional Slovakian flute), guitar, drum and kora, presenting folkloric music and vibrations through melodies

Thursday

Jill Purce. Voice Healing and Inherited Family Patterns

This experiential session will explore how sound and the voice have been understood and used in different traditions as one of the most effective ways to balance and bring order and form into the mind and body.

Friday

Deepak Chopra. Early morning meditation with Deepak Chopra

PLENARY SESSIONS July 7-July 11

Monday July 7 PL-1 - PL-3

PL-1 - 8:30 am - 10:40 am -'AI, LLMs and Biomimetic Quantum Computing'

Farhan Lakhany, Assessing the Delta: LLMs & Unified Agency

Suzanne Gildert, Experimental Design and Testing of a Quantum Consciousness Algorithm for AI and Robotics Running on an Adiabatic Quantum Computer

Anirban Bandyopadhyay, "Dodecanogram: A Novel Instrument for Detecting Microtubule Resonance in Anesthetic States"

PL- 2 11:10 am – 12:35 pm - 'Brain Modulation'

Giulio Ruffini, From Kolmogorov Theory to Computational Modeling of Structured Experience

Jay Sanguinetti, From States to Traits: How Noninvasive Neuromodulation with Mindfulness Training Can Help Shift Consciousness Toward Lasting Wellbeing

PL-3 2:00 pm - 4:10 pm 'Consciousness and Reality'

Sir Roger Penrose (R)

William Brown, Instantaneous Memory Accession via Quantum Geometrodynamic Networks

Avshalom Elitzur, Qualia, Violation of Conservation Laws, and the Quanta of Pan-Psychism

Tuesday July 8 PL-4 - PL-6

PL-4 8:30 am - 10:40 am - 'Anesthesia, Psychedelics and Consciousness'

Michael Wiest, Old theory, new evidence: microtubules are the biological substrate of quantum consciousness

Pär Halje, How consciousness may rely on brain cells acting collectively – evidence from psychedelic research on rats

Jennifer Penberthy, Psilocybin and Prolonged Grief Disorder: Role of Subjective Experience on Outcomes

PL-5 11:10 am – 12:35 pm- 'Non-Local Consciousness and Extrasensory Perception'

David del Rosario, Evidence for Non-Local Consciousness and Extrasensory Perception

Laxmidhar Behera, IKS Approaches for holistic understanding of Mind, Brain, and Consciousness

PL-6 2:00 pm – 4:10 pm - 'Theories of Consciousness'

Robert Lawrence Kuhn (R), A Landscape of Consciousness: Toward a Taxonomy of Explanations and Implications

Naotsugu Tsuchiya, Establishing standards for (realist) theories of consciousness/qualia: structural constraints from relationships among qualia

Stuart Hameroff, Correlates of qualia in microtubule ‘time crystal’ dynamics

Wednesday July 9 PL-7 - PL-9

PL-7 8:30 am - 10:40 am - 'Consciousness and Quantum Measurement'

Ivette Fuentes, Can Gravity Collapse the Wavefunction? Bose-Einstein Condensates as a Testing Ground

Thomas Brophy, Ontological Frameworks that Work

Santosh Helekar, Sentiometry – Measuring Peri-somatic Modulation of Diffracted Light by Consciousness and Characterizing the Underlying Physicochemical Mechanisms

PL-8 11:10 am – 12:35 pm - 'Consciousness and Vibrations in Spacetime Geometry'

Nassim Haramein, Scaling from Quantum Vacuum Fluctuations to the Brain

Anirban Bandyopadhyay, Self-operating mathematical universe, SOMU: Why do we need a non-physical reality to explain a physical system?

PL-9 2:00 pm – 4:10 pm - 'Brain Oscillations, Waves and Attention'

Earl K Miller (R), Cognition emerges from neural dynamics

Matthew Larkum, The dendritic decoupling hypothesis of anesthesia

Sabine Kastner, Neural Dynamics of the Primate Attention Network

Thursday July 10 PL-10 - PL-12

PL-10 8:30 am - 10:40 am - 'Quantum Biology and Superradiance'

Philip Kurian, Computational capacity of life in relation to the universe

Dante Lauretta (R), The Science of Quantum Biology and Its Implications for Consciousness

Anita Goel, Does Physics need a revolution to understand life, living systems and consciousness? What can Quantum NanoBioPhysics Teach us here?

PL-11 11:10 am – 12:35 pm - 'Energy, Information and Consciousness in the Universe'

Dean Radin (R), Evidence for worldwide modulation of physical randomness correlated with coherent consciousness during New Year's Eve celebrations.

Rupert Sheldrake, Morphic Resonance and the Memory of Nature

PL-12 2:00 pm – 4:10 pm - 'End-of-Life Brain Activity'

Marjorie Woollacott, New clues to Terminal Lucidity in mentally-impaired adults

Alex Gomez-Marin, If consciousness survives, materialism dies: re-appraising the “permissive brain” hypothesis at the edges of consciousness

Jimo Borjigin, Potential neural signatures of near-death consciousness in humans

Friday July 11 PL-13 - PL-14

PL-13 9:00 am - 11:10 am - 'Prospects for Extraterrestrial Consciousness'

Ross Coulthart, Investigating the Psionic Interface: Alleged Non-Human Interactions with Human Consciousness in Covert UAP Programs.

Brannon Wheeler, How do non-human intelligences communicate with humans?

PL-14 11:40 am – 13:00 pm - 'Quantum Fields and Consciousness'

Donald Hoffman (R), Physics of Spacetime from Traces of Consciousness

Deepak Chopra, Consciousness is the Ontological Primitive of the Universe

Federico Faggin, Consciousness and Free Will are Quantum Properties of Being

Concurrent Sessions

5:00 - 7:30 PM (Mon, Tues, Wed, Thur) TSC 2025 Barcelona - Rooms TBA - Concurrent Talks - 20 min. per speaker plus 5 min for Q&A

MONDAY Concurrent Sessions

JULY 7 (C-1 - C-6) 5:00 - 7:30 PM

C-1 Can AI be Conscious?

Adam M. Curry - T2: A Novel Test for Assessing Latent Awareness in AI

Aneil Mallavarapu - The End of the Imitation Game: Why digital computers can’t be conscious

Sean Webb - We Gave Emotional Intelligence and Compassion to an LLM, and What It Exposes About Artificial Consciousness

Paul Mithun - Are LLMs Capable of Achieving Consciousness and In turn Artificial General Intelligence?

Chris Percy - Why the phenomenal binding problem limits digital computer consciousness to mind dust

Julian Yocum - Towards Strong Emergence: Non-Computability and Infinity

C2 Brain Models of Consciousness 1

Jan Treur - Multilevel Causality Reification as a Basis for Higher-Order Self-Representation: A Dynamic, Interactive, Adaptive, and Evolutionary Perspective

Silvia Paddock - Flip-Book Idealism (FBI): A discrete idealistic approach to consciousness

Justin Riddle - Consciousness is slow at the top: investigating the electric fields at the apex of the hierarchical brain

Aramis Valverde - Consciousness as Iterative Global State Evaluation and Integration: A Process-Based, Neurocognitive Approach to Understanding Phenomenal Dynamics

Konstantin Anokhin - Cognitome: cellular encoding of subjective experience in neural hypernetworks

Jonathan Schooler - The kite of consciousness and other metaphors of the mind

C-3 Philosophy 1

Peter Ells - Metaphors are valuable in summarizing solutions to the mind-body problem. Two are considered here: “inside versus outside” and “first-person versus third-person”

Harald Walach –Why consciousness is primary: A Leibnizian reminder

John Sanfey - Consciousness is the observational reference frame for invariance through time

Andrei Buckareff - The Boundary Problem: Why Constitutive Panpsychists Should Endorse a Powerful Qualities Theory of Properties

Yoshiyuki Ohmura - What is volition?

Jiawei Xu - Relational Realism of the Self: The Self as Pre-Cognitive Alignment between Brain and Environment

C 4 Eastern and Global Approaches

Ranjit 'Raja' Choudhury - The Transformative Power of Tantric Mantra: Altered States of Consciousness for Wellness, Clarity, and Bliss

Gleb Sharygin - The strategy of resolving the mind-body problem in early Buddhism in the light of J. Searle's philosophy of mind and language

Alejandro Callara - Central and peripheral neural correlates of analytical and concentrative meditation in Tibetan Buddhism

Venkatesh H. Chembrolu –Perception and Reality in a Consciousness-First Framework

VS Rakenduvadhana - Scientific inquiry the substrate if experientiality and precarious triumvirate Code

Hidehiko Saegusa - Consciousness Meter for Awakening Non-locality of consciousness

C-5 Evolution and Origin of Life

Deepavalli Arumuganainar – Evolution of plants: A perspective based on information vortex theory

Michael Cremo - Darwin, evolution, and consciousness: A Vedic perspective

Colin Morrison - 1 5 3 God Made Me: The Amazing Hidden Structures in the Genetic Code

Asier Arias Dominguez - Interoception and the evolution of consciousness

Marc van Duijn - Neuro-Topological Constraints on The Early Evolution of Consciousness: Bow-Tie Sensorimotor Architecture as a Prerequisite for Sentience

Michael W. Barry - Path of Least Action and Consciousness

C-6 Mental Health 1: Sound, Ultrasound and TMS *

Tony Crescenzo - PeakNeuro Audio Entrainment: Improving Neural Plasticity, Cognitive Performance, and Adaptive Readiness.

Handan Yaman - Investigation of the Effects of Long-Term Binaural Beats Application on Tinnitus Patients

Sebastian Ehmann - Enhancing Meditative Development with Transcranial Focused Ultrasound: A Mixed-Methods Phenomenological Study of Neuromodulation in Expert Practitioners During a Ten-Day Retreat

Florine Riedinger - From Perception to Awareness: The use of auditory roughness to overcome inattentional deafness in cockpit alarm detection

Alix Noël-Guéry - Mindful sound energy therapy, fractals, and alexithymia (emotional embodied intelligence

Arie T. Greenleaf - The Dynamis Theory Unveiled: Mea. suring Consciousness Across Brains, Plants, and Silicon

TUESDAY Concurrent Sessions

JULY 8 (C-7 - C-12) 5:00-7:30 PM

Concurrent Talks - 20 min. per speaker plus 5 min for Q&A

C-7 Can AI be Conscious? 2

Salvatore Scozzari - It's still me: extended robotic-self through deep temporal models and Mirror Self Recognition

Paul Skokowski - Androids then and now

Richard Ebstein - Synaptic Plasticity, Information Capacity, and Experiential Consciousness

Soo Hong Chew - Intelligence: Attention and Consciousness in Decision Making under Situation Uncertainty

Patrick Schotanus - The Market Mind; An Economic Angle on Consciousness

Sandra Estok - Quantum Singularity ...Cybersecurity

C-8 Conscious Perception

Peter Moddel - Consciousness and the Perception of Color: A breakthrough in the understanding of color and color formation brings new tools to the study of consciousness.

Brent Allsop - Physicists Don’t Yet Understand Color Qualities

Michal Polák - Vividness – content-invariant property of experience

Piotr Podlipniak - Musical Pitch and Rhythm Qualia as the Primordial Source of Complex Conceptual Consciousness

Maria Giovanna Corrado - Auditory Perceptual Experience of Forceful Interactions

Violetta Kostka - Conceptual Associations while Listening to Paweł Szymański’s ‘Two Studies’ for Piano

C-9 Near Death Experiences, Reincarnation

Donna M. Thomas - "My Mind is not in my brain!": Investigating near death experiences and consciousness with children in a paediatric ICU ward

Marina Weiler - Out-of-Body Experiences and the Quest for Extra-Sensory Perception: An Examination of Methodologies and Findings

Barbara With - Experiential Inquiry into the Phenomenology of Afterlife: Exploring the Nature of Reality through Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness

Jennifer K Penberthy - Impact of Communications from Deceased: After Death Communications and Grief

Imants Baruss - After-Death Communication with Cell Phones

Rafael Tedesqui - Investigating reincarnation as a missing piece in the “origins of talent” puzzle: A pilot study

C-10 Philosophy 2

Xiangqun Chen - Solving mind-brain problem: do we need reductive or non-reductive neurophilosophy?

Michael Remler - Abstraction and the Explanatory Gap

Cosmin Visan - Introduction to Self-Reference

Uzi Awret - Brain Coherence and Loss of Which Way Information

Andre LeBlanc - Joseph Delbœuf and William James on the Problem of Free Will

Ana Bárbara Brito - Searle, Libet and Non-determinism: An Analysis of Free Will in the Philosophy of Mind

C-11 Quantum Biology (Main Hall) *

Travis Craddock - Exploring Quantum Effects in the Brain: Linking Theory to Experiments

Javier Martin-Torres - The Persistence of Quantum Coherence in Biological Systems

Marco Cavaglià MD, PhD - A Multiscale Resonance Model of Consciousness: From Lipid Membranes to Global Brain Fields

Seungju Ahn - Analysis of Helical Pathway of Microtuble under the Surface Code framework

Chiara Mascarello - Reflexivity and Luminosity of Mind: Insights from Indo-Tibetan Buddhism

Andrew Cote - Unified Conscious Field Theory and the Biophysics of Visualization

C-12 Brain Models of Consciousness 2

Mel Slater - VR- Consciousness in Virtual Reality and the Interface Theory of Perception: An Experimental Study

Akihiro Nishiyama - Quantum Brain Dynamics and Virtual Reality

Paavo Pylkkanen - Quantum Dennett

Tam Hunt - Ephaptic fields forever: The "field code" and the "neuroscience of tomorrow"

Francesco Tormen – A Buddhist Perspective on Artificial Consciousness

WEDNESDAY Concurrent Sessions

JULY 9 (C-13 - C-18) 5:00-7:30 PM

Concurrent Talks - 20 min. per speaker plus 5 min for Q&A

C-13 AI, Brain and the World 1

Poonacha Machaiah - Exploring Consciousness Studies: An Integrated Framework of AI, Distributed Agents, Blockchain, and Advanced Technologies

Ken Mogi - The role of consciousness in AI alignment.

Daniel Sheehan - Quantum AI and the Sheehan-Cyrus Turing Test

Nikolaos Koutsis - Ethical Implications and Academic Impact of Developing Conscious AI: Evaluating Large Language Models Through Prominent Theories of Consciousness

Gergely Csépány - The Shared Consciousness of Humans and Artificial Intelligence: A New Dimension of Reflection

Ron Chrisley - Do current AI models have mental imagery?

C 14 Monitoring Consciousness

Katja Seeliger - Modeling states of consciousness during clinical sedation with stochastic differential equations

Benjamin Stucky - We are the sensors of consciousness! A review and analysis on how awakenings during sleep influence dream recall.

Marte Roel Lesur - Researching body perception: towards an integration of quantitative and qualitative interdisciplinary approaches to address the multiplicity of bodily experiences

Tim Mullen - Decoding Depth of Meditation: Electroencephalography Insights From Expert Vipassana Practitioners

Maurizio Barbeschi - (c)Consciousness, Body/Mind, Diseases, Photobiomodulation and Integrative Medicine: does the systemic integration of the quantum approach matter?

Lorena Chanes - From the Dual Origin Hypothesis of the Neocortex to the Limbic Workspace: A Whole-Cortex Organization for Conscious Experience

C 15 Organoids and Quantum Biology

James Tagg- The Large Brain Model

Rachel Potter - Frontiers in Neuronal Networks: Cerebral Organoid Sensory and Motor Interfacing

Roumiana Tsenkova - Non-invasive Aquaphotomics Study For Understanding the Effect of Body Psychotherapy Through Real Time Measurement of the Body Water Molecular Matrix

Marilu Chiofalo Quantum Toolbox for Neurobiology Sensory Systems

Nancy Woolf - Quantum biology: The way the brain connects

Federico Bisiacchi – MAN AS A PRISM: The Interrelation between Consciousness, DNA, Amino Acids and Universal Code

C-16 Funda-Mental/Quantum Approaches

Marko T. Manninen (Matti Pitakanen)- How subjective memories are realized in TGD inspired theory of consciousness?

Nestor Mercado - Time, Space and the Persistence of Memory

Maurice Goodman - A physics foundation for quantum biology.

Peter Lugten - How Entropy Explains the Emergence of Consciousness

Nicole Johnson - Putting It Altogether: Criticality, Multiscale Competency & The Panpsychist Combination Problem

Bernd Binder - Bringing to Life Quaternion and Octonion Pairs Entangled by Symmetry in Discrete-Time

C-17 Psychedelics and Cannabinoids

Etzel Cardeña - Bringing Order to Disarray: A Consensus Taxonomy of Non-Ordinary (Altered) States of Consciousness

Keith G. Heinzerling - Application of psychedelics for modern spiritual activation and initiation

Pascal Immanuel Michael - The Widening Gyre: Challenging Existential and Ontological Psychedelic Experiences and their Neural Correlates

June Russell - On the computational properties of DMT-altered consciousness

Eleni Kroupi - The Effect of low LSD doses on EEG Complexity

Anass Fidni - Making the Unconscious Empirical: Psychedelics as a Tool for Scientific Inquiry

C-18 Extra-Sensory Perception

Helané Wahbeh - Beyond the Veil: A Systematic Investigation of Trance Channeling within UAP Research

Jyotiranjan Beuria - Neural Signatures of Non-Vision Visual Perception: An Empirical Investigation

Ulf Holmberg - Mapping the Mind: A Bayesian Framework for Mind-Matter Interaction

Álex Escolà-Gascón - Sensing the future through a quantum-like implicit learning mechanism in nonlocal consciousness

Anatoly Goldstein - Toward Understanding the Mechanisms of Extra Sensory Perception

Gabriel Guerrer - The Case of Anomalous Psycho-Physical Interactions: Investigating an Unconventional Hypothesis Within a Methodologically Rigorous Framework

THURSDAY Concurrent Sessions

JULY 10 (C-19 - C-24) 5:00-7:30 PM

Concurrent Talks - 20 min. per speaker plus 5 min for Q&A

C-19 AI, Brain and the World 2

Michael Ye - When AI Takes a Deep Breath: Examining Embodied Cues in Large Language Models for Enhanced Reasoning, Performance, and Creativity

James Driessen - "Cogitare Facile," Nonlocality, Qualia, and Generative Pre-trained Transformers

Maja Gutman Mušič - From Oracles to Algorithms: Ancient Dream Knowledge in the Ai Paradigm

Ouri Wolfson - The Mathematical Formulation of a Mechanism that Detects Consciousness in AI agents

Andrew Knight - Why the Brain Cannot Be a Digital Computer: History-Dependence and the Computational Limits of Consciousness

Jeffrey Dunne - Consciousness, Telekinesis, and Artificial Intelligence

C-20 Brain Models of Consciousness

Hardik Chadda - Oscillatory Signatures of Creative Cognition Stages: Neural Dynamics of Idea Generation, Evolution and Evaluation

Austin Cooper - Dynamic Reorganization in Mediation - Altered Relationship of Neural Timescales and Scale-Freeness

Madeleine Gross - Expanding the Aperture of Awareness: Salience Processing and the Creative Mind

Molly Hermiller The Putative Role of Slow and Fast Theta Rhythms in Internal and External Representations Along the Hippocampal Longitudinal Axis

Chuong Ngo – Neural Dynamics of Meditative Deep States: Alpha Suppression, Gamma Synchronization, and Infraslow Wave Activity in Expert Practitioners

Deepak Ranade - Role of the Default Mode Network in genesis of consciousness and the sense of Self using fMRI BOLD sequences.

C-21 Mental Health 1: Photobiomodulation, Lucid Dreaming and Meditation

Lew Lim - Photobiomodulation, High-Frequency Brain Oscillations, and Quantum Coherence: Toward a New Paradigm for Enhancing Cognition and Consciousness

Sanjay Manchanda - Supporting Meditation with Photobiomodulation in Experienced Meditators: A Randomized Controlled EEG Study

Reza Zomorrodi - Significant Shifts in Meditation States Triggered by Photobiomodulation Frequency Switching: Evidence from a Double-Blind Randomized Controlled EEG Study

Antonia Di Francesco - Photobiomodulation (PBM) and consciousness

Garret Yount - Decreased PTSD Symptoms Following a Lucid Dreaming Workshop: A Randomized Controlled Study

Mihir Nath - Heartbeat-Evoked Potentials Track Depth of Meditation (Reggente, N.)

C-22 Extra-Sensory Perception and Extraterrestrial Consciousness

Arnaud Delorme - Examining the Effects of Biofield Therapy Through Simultaneous Assessment of Electrophysiological and Cellular Outcomes

Konstantin Korotkov - Remote effects of meditation and intentions. Experimental approach with GDV Bio-Well technology

Toper Taylor - The Human Performance Intention Experiment

Raul Valverde - Medical biometrics based on Gas Discharge. Visualization technology approach to survival research: A case study

Maria Balaet - A neuroscientific perspective on studying extraterrestrial intelligence

Andrea Signorelli -Virtual Reality: A Game-Changer in Lucid Dream Induction?

C-23 Education in Consciousness Studies

Laurel Waterman - Teaching with Consciousness: Findings from my doctoral research, a narrative inquiry into scholars' experiences teaching about consciousness beyond the brain.

Joan Walton - Expanding the idea of a world-centered education to include new ideas about consciousness: A response to Biesta’s question: “What shall we do with the children?”

Jeff Sugar - Consciousness and Psychiatric Practice

Milena Braticevic - Consciousness Science in Worker Health and Safety

Niha Sinha - Enhancing Intuitive Consciousness Through Educational Interventions

Srishti Rajeev, Samantha Hanus, Maya Leonard, Tau Schimmel, Andrew Charles, University of Arizona Consciousness Curriculum

C-24 Fine Arts in Consciousness Studies (Main Hall)

Ana Iribas-Rudín - Painting still-lives with dyschromatopsia: A case study

David Keplinger - The Yakutia Ice Bodies and the Trauma Response of "Freeze:" - A Poetry Reading from David Keplinger's "Ice"

Alicia Campos - The Möbius Soul. Marguerite Porete's Earthy Consciousness

Manuel Baez - interactive Diluvio: Teatro delle Ombre (Deluge: Theatre of Shadows)

Suren Shrestha - Resonating in a Modern World: Himalayan Singing Bowls and Vibrational Healing

Sylvie Herrouet - Art and the problem of Consciousness with the concept of "Infrathin" of Marcel Duchamp: The interface between two worlds, an analogy of the decoherence phenomenon.

Partners

Instituto de Neurociencia Avanzada de Barcelona (INAB) - The Festival of Consciousness - University of Arizona Astrobiology Center - University of Arizona Center for Consciousness Studies - University of Arizona SEMA Lab - DDG - The Consciousness Foundation - IONS - Nirvanic Technologies - Neuroelectrics Barcelona - Sanmei - PeakNeuro - StarLab Living Science - International Space Federation - Tiny Blue Dot Foundation - VieLight - IOMED.it - Puzzle X - Atma Buti - NOW N ZEN

Table Exhibitors

Vielight (2)
PeakNeuro (2)

3. University of Arizona SEMA Lab / Sanmei (2)

4. IOMED.it (2)

5. Nirvanic Technologies - AI

6. Neuroelectrics Barcelona

7. DDG - Dodecanogram

8. Institute of Noetic Sciences IONS

9. Mel Slater, Institut de Neurociències Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain - Institute of Biomedical Research

10. IIT - Mandi

Art-Tech Health Exhibits:

11. Atma Buti / NOW N ZEN

12. Jiyun Park, Exploring the Intersection of the Diamond Model and Circle Consciousness – A Meta-Morphic Approach to Expanding Awareness

13. Ana E Iribas, Talking jewels with AI: glamour and aberration

14. Suren Shrestha, Resonating in a Modern World: Himalayan Singing Bowls and Vibrational Healing

15. Sylvie Herrouet, Art and the problem of Consciousness with the concept of "Infrathin" of Marcel Duchamp:

Poster Session 1 - PO-1

Mon. July 7 - 7:30-10:00 pm

Poster Dimensions - 1m wide x 2m high / 3 ft wide x 6 ft high - these are zig-zag poster boards. Posters must be applied with tape (not thumbtacks or pins) tape available

1.0 Philosophy

Robert Bishop, Contextual Emergence and Consciousness
Michael Gulley, Is light sentient - recent experiments showing it being affected by anaesthetics show that it could be
Angus Nisbet, Process Physics - Three Inter-related Theorems:
Matthew Williams, What Can Imagination tell Us About Attention's Role in Consciousness?
Rhonda Reliford, Consciousness Unbound: Bridging Science, Metaphysics, and the Continuity of Being
Miltiadis Argianis Karakitsos, Magnetoencephalography Reveals Brain Network Imbalance in Mild Cognitive Impairment Patients During a Delayed Matching Task
Luiza Araujo, A Critical Examination of Consent and Alienation in the Context of Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs)
Anubhab Chakraborty, Mapping the Symphony of Consciousness
Diana Ciubotaru, A Coherence Model of Selfhood – From Fragmentation to Integration
Alfredo Parra-Hinojosa, Ontological diversity in fundamental physics and its significance for consciousness research
John Stuller, The Light of Consciousness
Edward J. Gorzelanczyk, The role of cortico-subcortical loops in the generation of conscious experiences of speech and music
2.0 Neuroscience
Ariadna Sandoval, Factor Analysis of Neurocognitive Symptoms Experienced by Individuals with Myalgic Encephalopmyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC)
3.0 Cognitive Science and Psychology
Lukasz Kurowski, The case of Phineas Gage and the Global Neuronal Workspace theory of consciousness.
Na Pan, Neural Mechanisms of Conscious and Unconscious Color Discrimination: Evidence from Intracranial stereo-electroencephalography
Pascal Immanuel Michael, The Widening Gyre: Challenging Existential and Ontological Psychedelic Experiences and their Neural Correlates
Andrea Signorelli, Virtual Reality: A Game-Changer in Lucid Dream Induction?
Dan McAran, The Cosmology of Consciousness
4.0 Physical and Biological Sciences
Steve Gunther, A novel model to help conceptualize propagation of light and other quantum field phenomena with ramifications regarding ephaptic signaling, physics of thoughts, and related fields.
Guruprasad Kadam, Quantum measurement problem, brain as a measurement device, and subjective experience
Flavio Burgarella, Casina Briga Foundation and the Quantum Interpretation of Consciousness
Wojciech Krzykwa, The Geometric Theory of Consciousness: Resolving Fundamental Paradoxes Through Five-Dimensional Framework
Arunvel Thangamani, Information encoding in nucleic acid sequences: A perspective based on bio-information field vortices
Arzhang Kamarei, Proving Penrose: Introducing Consciousness Logic for Determined Indeterminacy
Natalia Sánchez, The NDE as a cosmological compass
5.0 Experiential Approaches
Jennifer Penberthy, Impact of Meditation versus Exercise on Psychological Characteristics, Paranormal Experiences, and Beliefs: Randomized Trial
Dan Boland, The Integration of Science and Spirituality
Alba Carod, Arquetypal Coaching. Creating Synergies Through Astrology and Dream-Work.
Patrick Dunn, UFOs, Simulation Theory, and the Nature of Consciousness
Odd Ness, Transduality: A Post-Dualist Framework For Human-AI alignment
6.0 Culture and Humanities
Ana E. Iribas, Art-Tech-Health Exhibitor, Talking jewels with AI: glamour and aberration
Noukká Divin Mresad, Tidal-Drift Communication: Inertia and Entropy in Adaptive Multi-Layered Networks

Poster Session 2

PO-2 Tuesday July 8: 7:30-10:00 pm

Poster Dimensions - 1m wide x 2m high / 3 ft wide x 6 ft high - these are zig-zag poster boards. Posters must be applied with tape (not thumbtacks or pins) tape available

1.0 Philosophy

Dragana Favre, Cosmic Cycles of Consciousness: Entropy, Archetypes, and the Primordial Superconsciousness
Ulf Holmberg, Quantifying Consciousness: A Bayesian Framework for assessing the Impact on Random Number Generators
Ivanna Montoya, Beyond the Brain: How Body and Environment Shape Conscious Experience
Ankur Chaturvedi, IIT 2.0: A New Paradigm for Artificial Intelligence, Consciousness, Free Will and Machine Autonomy
Luis Mazas, R. L. Kuhn's Fundamental Questions About Consciousness: Is there another philosophical way to ask them?
Tib Roibu, The Polynon: A Geometry of Consciousness
Pooja Soni, Who is afraid of Emotion? Situating Emotion in Perception
Andrew Proulx, Disambiguating Consciousness: A Framework for Classifying Conscious Systems (2.0)
Benjamin Liljedahl, The Substance of Experience: An Exploration of Ontology
Jeff Sugar, Consciousness and Psychiatric Practice
Raluca Ioana Cibu Buzac, Consciousness, Nature, and the Twist of Innovation
Alan Scheurman, Hypercognizance as a Trainable Framework for Navigating AI, Quantum Reality, and the Future of Human Consciousness
Madeline Fauss, Emergent Relational Intelligence: A Framework for Exploring Consciousness as a Reciprocal, Open, and Interactive Process
Frank Högemann, The Physical World as a Virtual Reality Simulation Computed by Consciousness
Xinyan Zhang, Triple Definition or Explanation of Consciousness
2.0 Neuroscience
Mihály Rámpay, Investigation of Quantum Entanglement through AI-Enhanced Analysis of Spontaneous Neuronal Population Activity In Vitro
Yimu Chen, Unified Consciousness-Physics Theory: A Multi-Layered Approach to Mind-Matter Interactions
Gitāna Dāvidsone, The Relationship Between Beliefs About Consciousness and Reality and Measures of Psychological Functioning.
Ye Ren, Magnetoencephalography Reveals Brain Network Imbalance in Mild Cognitive Impairment Patients During a Delayed Matching Task
Xiaotong Yang, Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) Targeting the Right Precuneus on Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Pilot Study
3.0 Cognitive Science and Psychology
Gary Blaise, Inter-Spatial Abstraction - a new theory of mind
Anatol Bragin, Subconscious foreseeing a sound click during mind wandering state. Study from the first person’s perspective.
Carolina Czizek, Electromagnetic field theories of consciousness and neurophenomenology of N,N-Dimetyltryptamine (DMT): How can they inform each other?
Navaneethan Nindulan, Mind-Wandering and meta-awareness: How often do we notice it?
Reidar Wasenius, The Rigorous Formalization of Memetics: A New Lens on the Patterns of Consciousness
Xiaotong Yang - Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) Targeting the Right Precuneus on Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Pilot Study
4.0 Physical and Biological Sciences
James Beran, Quantum Chips, IIT, and Bespoke Consciousness
Thomas Klepach, Quantum Coherence in Consciousness: The Potential Role of Glycoconjugates, Membrane Microdomains, and Aqueous Solvent Dynamics
Charles Ernst, Spirals of Mass, Life, and Light
Lea van Dellen, Spectral Compatibility and Analytical Constraints in Quantum Marginal Problems
Robert Trandafir, What our brain can teach us about building the next generation of quantum computers
Mustafa Erol, Resolution of Brain-Based Consciousness as a Quantum Information Field
Jocene Vallack, Soliloquy Methodology – A solo approach to research using the strengths of both one’s conscious and unconscious minds.
5.0 Experiential Approaches
Bil Bungay, The Quantum Consciousness Effect: Manifestation, Feedback Loops, and the Engineering of Each and Every Reality.
Luis Miguel Gallardo, Unlocking the Hidden Light: How Hypnotherapy is Bridging the Subconscious Mind with Global Consciousness
Mark Valladares, FLOW
Caroline Griggs, Orgasmic Meditation and The Mystical State: A Case Study
Andréa Oddos, Exploring the neurophysiological and subjective correlates of well-being in non-ordinary states of consciousness
Rosa Gil, Can artificial intelligence dream of real sheep?
6.0 Culture and Humanities
James Bard, The Extra-Terrestrial Birth
Laura "LD" Deutsch, Technomythology
Monica Herrera-Cendales, Aesthetic Consciousness as an Emergent Phenomenon: A Complex Systems Approach
Tracy Shew, Quantum Fiction as a response to Cultural Pressure following advances in Quantum Perception and Artificial Intelligence
Daniel Montoya, Talking to the Gods: Finding Traces of Bicameral Mentality in Mayan Oral Literature

Poster Session 3

PO - 3 Wednesday July 9: 7:30-10:00 pm

Poster Dimensions - 1m wide x 2m high / 3 ft wide x 6 ft high - these are zig-zag poster boards. Posters must be applied with tape (not thumbtacks or pins) tape available

1.0 Philosophy

Hiroki Yamada, On ethical perspective in studying consciousness
Daniele Fanelli, Consciousness as Metaknowledge - the processing of information about information
Matti Kangaskoski, Clarifying the Hard Problem
Pooja Gupta, Exploring Consciousness and Mind through Vedanta philosophy
Marta Sananes, Superluminal Conjectures About Consciousness
Jeffrey Beck, Metaparadigms: Ontologies with Capacity to Unify Science and Consciousness
Arie Greenleaf, The Dynamis Field Theory: A New Philosophical Framework for Consciousness Science
Sohom Chakrabarty, Consciousness and Qualia due to Proximity of the Conscious Agent and Primordial
Edward Porter, Qualities of Conscious Awareness are Qualities of Awareness in Equations
Johannes Wagemann, Connecting first-person research on mental agency and transclassical logics for participatory and funda-mental reality formation
Mario Boido, Beyond the Hard Problem: Rethinking Consciousness as the Phenomenology of the Human Experience of Time
Ananth Ranga, Realistic Panpsychism: Determinism Meets Consciousness
Gary Comstock, When was the first conscious animal born?
Merve Koyuncu Albayrak, Does Plasticity Provide a New Possibility for the Grounding of Free Will?
Tetsuya Ogasawara – Approaches to Phenomenal Consciousness through “Mono-KOTO thought” and “Dialogue Ring Model” Toward Unraveling the Hard Problem of Consciousness
2.0 Neuroscience
Julio Alcántara, On Pure Consciousness of Autopoietic Machines. From Minimal Phenomenal Selfhood to Minimal Phenomenal Experience
Federico Bisiacchi, The Amino Acid Communication Model redefines DNA as a dynamic system that records individual experiences and bridges biological and energetic dimensions.
3.0 CogScience-Psychology
Robin Zebrowski, Emotion-As-Value: Enactive Challenges for Machine Consciousness
Austin Nafe, Hyperdimensional Computing as a Framework to explore the Binding Problem
Zéphir Lorne, Inducing Altered States of Consciousness through Respiratory-Interactive Art: A Pilot Study
Bettina Wichers, Are there similarities between dementia and spiritual awakening? The phenomenology of the dissolution of the self in dementia and in spiritually transformative experiences
4.0 Physical and Biological Sciences
Vasileios Basios, The Visibility of the Invisible: An Operational Probabilistic Theory (OTP)-inspired Approach to the Contextuality and the Intentionality of Complex Biotic Systems.
Bosco Bellinghausen, Quantum Consciousness Theory: A Framework for Multi-State Consciousness and Endocannabinoid System Modulation
Nicola Galvanetto, Searching for objective fingerprints of subjective experience, down to biomolecules
Santh Prasad, Tracing the Origin of Vibration: A Physics-Based Inquiry into Dhara as the Foundational String of Consciousness
5.0 Experiential
Kennedy Robertson, Exploring Meaningful Interactions with Imaginal Others via Lucid Dreaming
Tina Lindhard, The Theory of the Six Main Levels of Consciousness: Rewinding our surface Consciousness
Diggai Jain, The Consciousness Path Integral: A Quantum Geometric Approach to Self-AwarenessTina Lindhard
Cassy Liu, On a Heuristic Viewpoint Concerning the Revolution and Transformation of Consciousness
Anil Maheshwari, Consciousness-based Architecture for Enhanced Creativity and Well-being
Sophi Anderberg, Beyond Mind: A Direct Exploration of Expanded States of Consciousness
Kyle Hankee, INSIGHT Project: Interoceptive Awareness, Altered States, and the Structures of Consciousness
Diana Jackson, Marriage Between An Incarnate and Discarnate Human and the Implications for Humanity
Christophe Novak, Musicopoiesis and the Co-Enactive Resonance Loop (CERL): Modeling the Self-Organizing Mind through the Phenomenology of Music Improvisation
Christine Mason, Wired to Switch: Ancient Wisdom and Scientific Pathways to Altered States of Consciousness
6.0 Culture & Humanities
Leslie Deere, The Embodied Instrument: Cognition through Movement, Real-time Sound Making, and Visual Feedback in VR Dance Improvisation
Marianne Neill, The Case of Storytelling in a Tensor as a Question for Science of Consciousness

Poster Sessions

Poster Dimensions - 1m wide x 2m high / 3 ft wide x 6 ft high - these are zig-zag poster boards. Posters must be applied with tape (not thumbtacks or pins) tape available

local printers:

https://vibeimpressio.com/
https://www.graficcentre.com/en/ they print scientific posters. 25 min in public transport from Hotel AC Forum. Free shipping for purchases over 60€
https://lagranimpressio.com/

There is no printer at the Venue. The majority of presenters are bringing their own posters.

ABSTRACTS 2025 TSC - LINK

Taxonomy-2025.docx

2025 Partners

Instituto de Neurociencia Avanzada de Barcelona (INAB) - The Festival of Consciousness - University of Arizona Astrobiology Center - University of Arizona Center for Consciousness Studies - University of Arizona SEMA Lab- DDG Dodecanogram - IONS - Nirvanic Technologies - The Consciousness Foundation - Neuroelectrics Barcelona - Sanmei - PeakNeuro - StarLab Living Science - International Space Federation - Tiny Blue Dot Foundation - VieLight - IOMED.it - Puzzle X - Atma Buti - NOW N ZEN

DDG Dodecanogram

Exhibitors - Daily

Exhibit-Table.docx

7:30-10:00 pm (Mon, Tues, Wed) and Daily between sessions

Nivanic Technologies - PeakNeuro - NE Neuroelectrics/Star Lab - Vielight - Sema-Sanmei - IIT Mandi - IONS - International Space Federation - DDG - IOMED.it - Atma Buti/Serenity Tibet

Researchers: M. Slater, A. Bandyopadhyay. (DDG) - J. Sanguinetti (SEMA + (Sanmei)

Art/Tech/Health: S. Shreshan, A. Rudin, S. Herrouet, J. Park

TRAVEL

As of March 2025, U.S. citizens will not need a visa to visit Spain for short-term stays (up to 90 days) but will need to obtain an ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorization System) travel authorization before traveling, which is expected to launch in the last quarter of 2026. Please check with your local Travel Agent, Embassy, or the links belowThe Entry/Exit System (EES) expected to launch in 2026 - The Entry/Exit System (EES) is an automated IT system for registering non-EU nationals traveling for a short stay, each time they cross the external borders of any of the following European countries using the system: ADDITIONAL HELP -CIBTvisas is a private global company that is authorized to process visa applications and expedite passports at consulate and passport agencies for a fee. This might be a helpful option to explore. https://cibtvisas.com/worldwide-offices

Alternative hotel options

Princess Barcelona
Enter promotional code TSCC2025 for a 10% discount on standard rate - directly across from the AC Forum Barcelona Marriott

Hilton Diagonal Mar

Distance from airport

There is only one international airport in Barcelona which is 13 km outside of the city center. The name of this airport is called Aeroport de Barcelona-El Prat, Aeroport de Barcelona (Catalan) or Aeropuerto de Barcelona (Spanish) and has the initials BCN.

Taxi - The fastest way to arrive from the airport to the hotel is by taxi (30 minutes approx. 40-50 € approx.

Public Transport - There is also the option of using public transport (+1h) taking bus or Train to the city centre and change to metro or tram lines. Find out more information on this link

Executive Committee 2025:

Stuart Hameroff - Dante Lauretta - Jay Sanguinetti - Brian Lord - Thomas Brophy - Claudia Weiss - Xavi Ginesta - Abi Behar Montefiore

General Program Committee 2025:

Thomas Bever - Robert Lawrence Kuhn - Adrienne Vancura - Alain Morin - Erika Cook - Justin Riddle - David del Rosario - Gina Poe - Zena Cinker - Paavo Pylkkanen - Travis Craddock - Abi Behar

Contact/Info: center@arizona.edu

Credits - Revised Graphic: Gaudi's Brain - credit: Hugo Barbera

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SAVE THE DATE - TSC 2026 - TUCSON, ARIZONA

The Science of Consciousness | April 6-11, 2026

Loews Resort - Hotel Room Block for TSC Registrants Now Open

Conference Registration Link (Eventbrite)

Abstract Submission - Call for Abstracts: Fall, 2025 - Link TBA

Workshop Submissions - Proposals: Fall, 2025 - TBA

INFO: center@arizona.edu

Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, Tucson Arizona USA

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telephone: 520-247-5785
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Stuart Hameroff, Director - hameroff.arizona.edu

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upcoming: The Summer of '25

JUNE 17-20 2025 - Rome, Italy

Faith, Science, Mysticism - Rome ITALY - June 17-20 2025

Faith and Science Conference
Rome, Italy, Tuesday-Friday, June 17-20, 2025, The Jubilee Year
Conference Theme: A Journey into God’s Mystical Love - Fondazione Pro Musica e Arte Sacra, Via Paolo VI n. 29 (Piazza S. Pietro) Roma – Italia

S. Hameroff, MD "Consciousness and Free Will" - Dr. Hameroff Is professor and director of the Center for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona. With Oxford Nobel Laureate, Sir Roger Penrose, he has proposed consciousness depends on quantum processes in microtubules, protein polymers inside brain neurons, connected to fluctuations in the fine scale structure of the universe. Hameroff has speculated consciousness precedes and persists after life, entangled in spacetime geometry.

Promoters

Press-Release-F-S-Conference-June-17-20-Rome-924.pdf

Summer of ‘25

https://url.usb.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/WucVCGwNLJTWPrXnlCKfRfB3xmZ?domain=google.com

Quantum Mysteries, Consciousness I New Frontiers Ep. 7 - YouTube

YouTube

... Stuart Hameroff to discuss his profound theory of quantum consciousness. World's Fastest Electron Microscope The Guinness World Record for .. Nova PBS

Announcement

2025 Berggruen Prize Essay Competition "Consciousness"

Spring of '25

Quantum Consciousness and the Origin of Life

Apr 25, 2025 Stuart Hameroff, an anesthesiologist at the University of Arizona. Back in the 1990's ... | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS. NOVA PBS Official• ...YouTube · AZPM · m.youtube.com › watch 13:58

Physics of Consciousness

James Tagg, Stuart Hameroff, Joscha Bach, Suzanne Gildert

Tuesday, April 1

Deep Tech Week - Physics of Consciousness

303 Brooklyn Navy Yard - Kings County, New York

Science

Pop Mech Pro: Science

This Doctor Says He Knows How the Brain Creates Consciousness. New Evidence Suggests He’s On to Something.

Stuart Hameroff has faced three decades of criticism for his quantum consciousness theory, but new studies show the idea may not be as fringe as once believed.

By Darren Orf Published: Dec 18, 2024 5:13 PM EST

TSC 2026 Apr 6-11

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NEWS

Exploring the Quantum Orchestra - Stuart Hameroff

Quantum Consciousness, Microtubules & the Brain

FIRST PRINCIPLES FIRST

Towards a Science of Mindful Agents, Societies and Observer Languages Dec 14, 2024

ASTROBIOLOGY and Consciousness Research

OSIRIS-REx, 1 year later: Asteroid sample continues to provide clues about early solar system and origins of life on Earth

U of A Regents Professor Dante Lauretta says he is "amazed by the discoveries we've made" since the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft delivered an asteroid sample to Earth last year. Read more

Prof. Lauretta is co-chair, Center for Consciousness Studies and AABC Director

$1M gift will advance consciousness research at U of A Astrobiology Center

The Arizona Astrobiology Center received a $1 million gift from Eugene Jhong, a retired Google software developer, to support research on the origins of life and consciousness. Read more

NEW - Articles, Meetings

Bennu holds the solar system's 'original ingredients,' might have been part of a wet world - Mikayla Mace Kelley, UA News, June 26, 2024

OSIRIS-REx sample scientists took a deep dive into the rocks and dust returned from asteroid Bennu. They found that the sample is rich in carbon, nitrogen and organic compounds – essential components for life as we know it.

"Finally having the opportunity to delve into the OSIRIS-REx sample from Bennu after all these years is incredibly exciting," said Dante Lauretta, principal investigator for OSIRIS-REx and Regents Professor of planetary sciences in the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. "This breakthrough not only answers longstanding questions about the early solar system but also opens new avenues of inquiry into the formation of Earth as a habitable planet. The insights outlined in our overview paper have sparked further curiosity, driving our eagerness to explore deeper." More

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Dante Lauretta - Keynote Speaker - The Science of Consciousness 2024
PLENARY #11 - TSC - MOLECULES OF LIFE & CONSCIOUSNESS FROM THE ASTEROID BENNU - Video

California Institute of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, IMICS are currently participating in the Consciousness & Reality (C&R) colloquium series - YouTube sessions with: Stuart Hameroff, Anesthetic action links consciousness to quantum vibrations

plus: Christof Koch, Steven Laureys, Fiona Macpherson, Michael Levin, Donald Hoffman, Lee Smolin, Bernardo Kastrup, Jim Tucker, Anil Seth, Liad Mudrik, Sean Carroll

Stuart Hameroff – Microtubules & Quantum Consciousness

Tim Ventura, Oct 22, 2024

Dr. Stuart Hameroff discusses microtubules, biological quantum processing, ORCH OR theory, quantum consciousness, and a new study that supports the quantum basis of consciousness in the brain. Dr. Stuart Hameroff, an anesthesiologist and professor at the University of Arizona, author of the book “Ultimate Computing”, and lead organizer of the biannual Science of Consciousness conference. Dr. Hameroff is known for his role as the co-founder of the Orchestrated objective reduction model of consciousness, which he developed in conjunction with physicist Sir Roger Penrose in the early 1990’s.

LINKS & RESOURCES: Stuart Hameroff Website (University of Arizona) https://hameroff.arizona.edu/

Study Supports Quantum Basis of Consciousness in the Brain https://neurosciencenews.com/quantum-...

Microtubule-Stabilizer Epothilone B Delays Anesthetic-Induced Unconsciousness in Rats https://www.eneuro.org/content/11/8/E...

Wellesley team’s new research on anesthesia unlocks important clues about the nature of consciousness https://www.wellesley.edu/news/welles...

Ultimate Computing https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Compu...

Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness https://www.amazon.com/Shadows-Mind-M...

TSC Conference 2024

2024 THE SCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS

April 22-27, 2024 - 30th Annual - Tucson

Plenary & Workshop Videos

2024 The Science of Consciousness – Plenary, Keynote, Workshops PL1-PL14, WK1, WK2, Symposium - See the TSC YouTube Channel

2024 TSC PLAYLIST YouTube - Conference Sessions

2024 TSC Archived Historical - Promos and Interviews

2024 TSC Remote Presenters

Interviews Tucson 2024:

CONSCIOUSNESS CENTRAL - Hosted by NICK DAY 2024 Interviews

Program 1 - Stuart Hameroff • Paavo Pylkkanen • Harald Atmanspacher • Jason Padgett

Program 2 - Donald Hoffman • Claudia Passos • Elizabeth Krasnodar • HIDE SAEGUSA

Program 3 - Susan Schneider • Thomas Brophy • Master Sha and his collaborators, quantum physicist Ruilin Xiu and physicians Peter Hudober and Consuelo Fernandez Finally Scott Olsen talks about the convergence of indigenous shamanic art with Western psychedelic imagery.

Program 4 - Jonathan Schooler & Tam Hunt • Susan Blackmore & Emily Troscianko • POSTER SESSION • Stuart Hameroff • DAN DENNETT (2004) • POETRY SLAM & END OF CONSCIOUSNESS PARTY

Program 5 - QUANTUM CONSCIOUSNESS SPECIAL: Stuart Hameroff • Anirban Bandyopadhyay • Santos Helekar

Center for consciousness studies - CONTACT/Links
CCS Website
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telephone: 520-247-5785
Center email: center@arizona.edu
Abi Behar Montefiore, Asst. Dir.; Sr. Prgm. Mgr.
Stuart Hameroff, Director - hameroff.arizona.edu

September 21-22, 2024 HowTheLightGetsIn-London,

Quantum collapse holds the key to consciousness - How consciousness is a quantum symphony IAI TV - Stuart Hameroff argues that by studying anesthesia we are able to understand what goes away in the brain when the light of consciousness is .....

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Sat Sept 21 4:00 - 5:00 pm BST Debates - Quantum and the Unknowable Universe philosopher Slavoj Žižek, theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder, and Nobel Prize winner Roger Penrose debate whether quantum mechanics has made the universe fundamentally unknowable.

48.Divided self image

Sat Sept 21 5:30-6:30 pm BST - The Divided Self - Joining live from the US via video link, neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris and Nobel Prize winner Roger Penrose discuss whether the self is divided.

August 2024, Consciousness Pre-dates

Consciousness came before life

The fundamental cause of evolution.
Hameroff, S. (2024, May 08). Consciousness came before life. IAI News. /articles/life-and-consciousness-what-are-they-auid-2836

Most scientists and philosophers believe that life came before consciousness. Life appeared on Earth about 3.8 billion years ago; consciousness and feelings, it’s said, evolved later due to complex biological information processing, perhaps only recently in brains with language and tool-making abilities. In fact, though, there’s good reason to think that consciousness preceded life, and was central to making life and evolution possible. More

‘Darwin vs Consciousness’ alongside biologist Denis Noble and philosopher Antonella Tramacere, Stuart Hameroff debate at HowTheLightGetsIn Festival, May 24th-27th - 25 May 2024 Hay-on-Wye Stuart's X

Consciousness Pre-Dates Life

VIDEO-Hameroff

Many scientists, operating with a materialist worldview, argue that consciousness emerges out of inanimate molecules. In contrast, Roger Penrose's longtime collaborator, Stuart Hameroff, puts forward the controversial case that consciousness precedes life and that we have evidence for this from a recent NASA experiment.

"Hameroff's theories are getting support from unlikely places." ‑ Discover Magazine

archives:

RetroMix of TSC Conferences

Consciousness Covid Online 2020

Penrose 2021 Nobel Prize - Intro Reel for TSC online program

Interview with Roger Penrose & Stuart Hameroff, ElsevierConnect, Feb 20, 2014

Elsevier Interview with Nobel prize candidate Sir Roger Penrose and Stuart Hameroff, Amsterdam, Feb 19, 2014

TSC Conference 2024
The Science of Consciousness - Tucson 30th

Plenary & Workshop Videos 2024

PLENARY #1 DETECTING CONSCIOUSNESS -Steven Laureys, Claudia Passos, Gina Poe

PLENARY #2 'CORTICAL OSCILLATIONS, WAVES AND CONSCIOUSNESS - Earl K. Miller

PLENARY #3 - TSC - ‘CONSCIOUSNESS AND REALITY' - Donald Hoffman, Deepak Chopra, Paavo Pylkkanen

PLENARY #4 TSC - CORTICAL OSCILLATIONS, WAVES & CONSCIOUSNESS 2 - Andre Bastos, Pulin Gong, Dimitris Pinotsis

PLENARY #5 THE GLOBAL BRAIN - Susan Schneider

PLENARY #6 CONSCIOUSNESS IN RELIGION AND ALTERED STATES Tanya Luhrmann, Justin Riddle, George Mashour

PLENARY #7 MECHANISMS OF CONSCIOUSNESS Aaron Schurger, Pieter-Jan Maes, Jerome Busemeyer

PLENARY # 8 - TSC - 'DODECOGRAPHY ('DDG') – 12 ORDERS OF FREQUENCY OSCILLATIONS IN EEG' - Anirban Bandyopadhyay

PLENARY # 9 - TSC - ‘ASTROBIOLOGY AND ASTROCONSCIOUSNESS’

Caleb Scharf, Phillipe Schmitt-Kopplin, Stuart Hameroff

PLENARY #10 - TSC - DUAL ASPECT MONISM

Harald Atmanspacher, William Seager, Dean Rickles

PLENARY #11 - TSC - MOLECULES OF LIFE & CONSCIOUSNESS FROM THE ASTEROID BENNU Dante Lauretta

PLENARY #12 -TSC-THE SCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS: 30 YEARS ON - Stuart Hameroff, David Chalmers, Christof Koch, Susan Blackmore, Paavo Pylkkanen, Jonathan Schooler, Chair

PLENARY #13 TSC - DIMENSIONS, WAVEFUNCTIONS & SYMMETRY IN THE BRAIN

Zirui Huang, Santosh Helekar, Sir Roger Penrose

PLENARY #14 - TSC - SEARCHING FOR CONSCIOUSNESS & ENTANGLEMENT IN CEREBRAL ORGANOIDS

Alysson Muotri, Hartmut Neven

WORKSHOP #1 - TSC - QUANTUM BIOLOGY -Paige Derr, Chair; Stuart Hameroff, Travis Craddock, Albert Siryaporn, Nirosha Murugan, Manisha Patel, Philip Kurian

WORKSHOP #2 - TSC - NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF LOSS & RECOVERY OF CONSCIOUSNESS - Bruce MacIver, Kathleen Vincent, Anthony Hudetz

SYMPOSIUM - TSC - INTEGRATED INFORMATION THEORY OF CONSCIOUSNESS - Paavo Pylkkanen, Christof Koch, Giulio Tononi, Melanie Boly, Matteo Grasso

THE SCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS 2024

CONFERENCE VIDEOS 2024

Plenary, Keynote, Workshops, Symposium

Historical Clips and Consciousness Central Interviews

Archives/Highlights

The Times Higher, April 5, 1996

Special Edition

Toward a New Science of the Mind:

Tucson 1996 consciousness

2003 Compilation Consciousness

Tucson Lifestyle -2024 Picturing Consciousness, S. Barker

New Scientist 2024 - Can quantum hints in the brain revive a radical consciousness theory? G. Musser

Reviews 2024 - Andrés Gómez Emilsson / Consciousness Qualia

https://qualiacomputing.com/2024/05/02/reflections-on-the-science-of-consciousness-conference-2024/

Remote Presenters

TSC2024 BIOS - Keynote Plenary Experiential.pdf

TSC2024 - Authors-Affiliations.docx

ACCEPTED ABSTRACTS - TSC 2024 - BY CATEGORY:

1.0 Philosophy

2.0 Neuroscience

3.0 CogSci-Psych

4.0 Physical and Biological Sciences

5.0 Experiential

6.0 Culture-Humanities.docx

Message from the Chair

Program Handout

biomed-Final Program - Printed Ver TSC 2024 202304070_TSC2024-Conference Program-early version.pdf

(This pdf was the printed version of the program)

There were several changes made late in the concurrent program. These changes are reflected on the web version outlined below (by day) to the extent we received the information.

PROGRAM - Web version TSC 2024

It was thirty years ago today...

The Science of Consciousness 2024

WORKSHOPS - MONDAY - April 22, 2024

8:30 am to 12:30 pm (Kiva, Catalina KL, Catalina J, Exec. Board Room, Santa Rita, Sabino)

QUANTUM BIOLOGY - Chair, Paige Derr (NIH/NCATS); Stuart Hameroff (U Arizona) Travis Craddock (NSU) Remote; Albert Siryaporn (UCI); Nirosha Murugan (Remote) , Manisha Patel, (UCSB), Philip Kurian (Howard U) Remote (Kiva)

INDIAN KNOWLEDGE, HEALTH AND MEDICAL APPLICATIONS (“IKSHMA”) Chair: Martin Fleming (SPi) Remote from India: Co-Chair: Kunal Mooley (CalTech, IIT Mandi, IIT Kanpur; IMICS); Laxmidhar Behera (IIT Mandi), Rama Jayasundar (AIIMS Delhi). In person Tucson: Martin Fleming (SPi), Donald Hoffman (UC Irvine); Christopher Lord (Charles U-Prague); Venugopal Damerla (U Texas), Guruprasad Raghavan (Yurts AI) (Catalina J)

Dual Aspect Monism - Michael Silberstein (Elizabethtown College); William Seager, (U Toronto); Harald Atmanspacher (Collegium Helveticum-ETH Zurich) - Jeffrey Kripal (Rice U) (Catalina KL)

Dreamless Sleep - JF Pagel (U Colorado); Jerome Alonso (U Calgary); Antonio Zadra, (U Montreal); Gina Poe (UCLA) (Exec. board room)

12:30-2:00 break

2:00 pm to 5:30 pm - Monday Workshops, Continued

Neurophysiology of Loss & Recovery of Consciousness - M. Bruce MacIver (Stanford U); Kathleen Vincent (Harvard U); Anthony Hudetz (U Michigan); Hyunwoo Jang (U Michigan) (Kiva)

Terminal Lucidity - Chair: Marjorie Woollacott (U Oregon); Michael Nahm, (IFAP Freiburg); Natasha Tassell-Matamua (Massey U, NZ); Chris Roe (U Northampton); Maryne Mutis, U de Lorraine, Fr); Karalee Kothe, (U Colorado) (Catalina J)

Meditation & Global Spiritual Practices - Thomas Brophy, (CIHS/IONS); Deepak Chopra, (Chopra Global) Jeffery Martin (CIHS); Helané Wahbeh (IONS); Garret Yount (IONS) Hidehiko Saegusa (IIT Mandi, U AZ, CIHS, AABC); Arnaud Delorme (IONS); Timothy Laporte (CIHS); Sean Esbjörn-Hargens (CIHS); Sohail Shakeri (CIHS); Remote: Dean Radin (IONS) (Catalina KL)

Education in Consciousness Studies - Laurel Waterman (U Toronto); Joan Walton (St. John U-York); Thomas Bever (U Arizona); Justin Riddle (FSU), Sue Blackmore (U Plymouth); Emily Troscianko (U Oxford) (Exec. board room)

SYMPOSIUM-MONDAY EVENING April 22, 2024 - 7:00-10:00 pm - Refreshments

Integrated Information Theory of Consciousness - Symposium - Christof Koch (Allen Institute, Tiny Blue Dot Foundation, Seattle); Giulio Tononi, Melanie Boly & Matteo Grasso (U Wisconsin); Moderated by Paavo Pylkkänen (U Helsinki & U Skövde) (Kiva)

TSC 2024 Tucson - Conference Sessions by Day

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

7:30 - 8:15 am - Meditation Wellness Kickoff - Deepak Chopra - Kiva Plaza - Refreshments

Conference Opening

PLENARY SESSIONS (Livestreamed) - Kiva

8:30 am - 10:40 am - Plenary 1 'Detecting Consciousness' - STEVEN LAUREYS, CLAUDIA PASSOS, GINA POE

11:10 am - 12:30 pm - Plenary 2 'Cortical Oscillations, Waves and Consciousness 1' - EARL K. MILLER, Keynote - remote

12:30-2:00 break

2:00 pm - 4:10 pm - Plenary 3 ‘Consciousness and Reality' - DONALD HOFFMAN, DEEPAK CHOPRA, PAAVO PYLKKÄNEN

4:10-5:00 BREAK

Tuesday 4/23 C 1 - C 10 Concurrents

C-1 IMPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - Ken Mogi, Jonathan Erickson, Bill Mensch, Rizwan Virk, Maria Howard, JF Pagel (Chair)(Catalina J)

C-2 PARAPSYCHOLOGY & NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES - Fr. Nathan Castle, O.P., Marina Weiler, Terri Gilbert, Birgitta Therner, Nicole Johnson (Grand Ballroom SALON D)

C-3 EXPERIENTIAL APPROACHES TO CONSCIOUSNESS - Roger Russell, Igor Nazarov, Raul Valverde, Carlton 'Perk' Clark, Timothy Laporte, Rubin Naiman (Chair) (Santa Rita)

C-4 PHILOSOPHY OF MIND - Scott Ventureya, Scott Olsen, Jonathan Shear (Chair), Gustavo Rocha, John Strozier, Patrick Schotanus (SALON E)

C-5 REPRESENTATION AND ACCESS MODELS OF MIND - Roger C. Schriner, Susan Blackmore (Chair), Frank Heile, Matthew Williams, Roger Young, Rakenduvadhana Srinivasan (SALON F)

C-6 GEOMETRY OF MIND - Mark Bailey/Susan Schneider, Andres Gomez-Emilsson, Elena Bezzubova, Uziel Awret (Chair), Jason Padgett (Executive Board Room)

C-7 QUANTIFYING COGNITIVE STATES IN NEURAL DATA - Logan Trujillo (Chair), Dimitri Van De Ville, William Bosl, Kira Dolhan, Sandeep Gupta (Sabino)

C-8 STUDYING SPIRITUALITY IN NEUROSCIENCE AND THERAPY - Stephen Zerfas, Marco Ruggiero (Chair), Master Zhi Gang Sha/Rulin Xiu, Olivia Giguere/Matthew Hicks, Kirit Goyal (SALON G)

C-9 NEUROSCIENCE OF ALTERED STATES - Nicolas Glynos, Clayton Coleman, Nicholas Denomme (Chair), Gratiana Chen, Jeff Haller (SALON H)

C-10 QUANTIFYING ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS - Robert Tromm, Marjorie Woollacott (Chair), Jessica Corneille, Sebastian Ehmann, Mona Letourneau (SALON I)

6:30-9:00 pm Welcome Reception - Cascade Terrace

Wednesday April 24, 2024

PLENARY SESSIONS - Kiva Ballroom

8:30 am -10:40 am - Plenary 4 'Cortical Oscillations, Waves & Consciousness 2' - André BASTOS, PULIN GONG, DIMITRIS PINOTSIS

11:10 am - 12:30 pm - Plenary 5 'The Global Brain' - SUSAN SCHNEIDER, Keynote

12:30-2:00 break*

*12:30-1:30 pm - Exhibitors & Demos

Arizona Astrobiology Center - ANT-NEURO, Inc. - AAPS - Academy for Advancement of Postmaterialist Sciences - COSMOintel - Journal of Consciousness Studies - Megahertz Brain Waves - PICER Institute - Radio Rumi Synaptic.care - Tao Academy - Timaeus Academy - Cusac.org - Fr. Nathan Castle - Ultrabandwidth Praxis

afternoon plenary - wednesday

2:00 pm - 4:10 pm - Plenary 6 'CONSCIOUSNESS IN RELIGION AND ALTERED STATES', tanya luhrmann, JUSTIN RIDDLE, GEORGE MASHOUR

Wednesday 4/24 C-11 - C-20

5:00-7:00 pm Concurrent SeSSIONS & CHAIRS - WED 4/24 C-11 -C-20 20 min talks: 5 min Q&A - Breakout Rooms: Grand Ballroom Salons D,E,F, G,H,I, Catalina J, Catalina KL, Exec. Board Room, Santa Rita, Sabino

C-11 ANOMALOUS COGNITION - Helané Wahbeh (Chair), James Lake, Christine Simmonds-Moore, Arnaud Delorme, Milena Braticevic (SALON D)

C-12 CONSCIOUSNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH - Carsten Korth, Ingrid Fredriksson, Darja Kobal Grum, Jürgen Kornmeier (Chair), Criscillia Benford, Nina Carrubba (EXEC. BOARD ROOM)

C-13 QUANTUM COM/PUTATION - James Tagg (Chair), Akihiro Nishiyama, Mauricio Garrido/Vasyl Semenov, Roumiana Tsenkova, Mithun Paul, Rachid Lopez (SANTA RITA)

C-14 INTEGRATED INFORMATION THEORY - Brian Archibald, Kelvin McQueen, Garrett Mindt, Isaac David, Matteo Grasso (Chair) (SALON G)

C-15 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - William Robinson, Tam Hunt (Chair), Karina Vold, Aida Elamrani, Vickram Premakumar, Jay Myers (SALON H)

C-16 TIME AND COGNITION - Laura Deutsch, Abdellatif Abujudeh, Joel Bennett (Chair), James Corrigan, Olivia Seidel (SALON I)

C-17 SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING CONSCIOUSNESS -Stephen Deiss, (Chair), Richard Morley, Steven Wingate, Seymen Atasoy, Staci Newmahr (SALON F)

C-18 PHYSICS OF MIND - Florian Metzler, Gregory Horne, Amal Alachkar, William R Softky (Chair), Nir Lahav, Alon Retter, Xiaolin Ge (SABINO)

C-19 NOVEL MODELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS - Donald Mender, Meijuan Lu, Christopher Tyler, Sean Clayton, Meir Weinstein, Deborah Kala Perkins (SANTA RITA)

C-20 PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE UNCONSCIOUS - Jenny Vanbergen, Teresa Nowak, Garrett Yount, Rocco Gennaro (Chair) Asher Soryl (SALON E)

WEDNESDAY 4/24 7:00-9:00 pm - Reception, Cash Bar - (Catalina KL)

7:00 PM - 10:00 PM - ART TECH DEMOS, EXHIBITS, POSTERS - (Grand Ballroom Lobby; GB- B)

7:00 PM - 10:00 PM - POSTER SESSION 1 - WED

1.0 - Philosophy - William J. Cox, Richard Gill, U.B. Lozano, Steve Kercel/Mona Letourneau, George Goutos, Ramanujam Prakash, JEFF SUGAR

2.0 - Neuroscience - Kewei Chen, Ryo Sato, Pavel Kraikivski, Soosan Beheshti

3.0 - Cognitive Science & Psychology - Antonio Zadra, Jin Ma, David Stone, Bruce Nappi, Malcolm Lett, Deni Van, Michael Kutch, Ruslana Remennikova/Bernard Beitman, Karalee Kothe

4.0 - Physical & Biological Sciences - Richard Harrington, Peter Lugten, Steen Loeth, Steve Finette, Seungju Ahn, Georges Karma, Deanna Minich, James Beran, William Softky/Criscillia Benford

5.0 - Experiential Approaches - Joel Bennett, James Driessen, Palash Goyal, Carl Flygt, Karalee Kothe

6.0 - Culture & Humanities - Olga Colbert, Kevin Goodrich, Joan Walton, Laurel Waterman, Marianne Nell

Thursday, April 25, 2024

7:15-8:15 am - Experiential Clinics

PLENARY SESSIONS - Kiva Ballroom

8:30 am -10:40 am - Plenary 7 'Mechanisms of Consciousness' - AARON SCHURGER, PIETER-JAN MAES, JEROME BUSEMEYER

11:10 am - 12:30 pm- Plenary 8 'DoDecoGraphy ('DDG') – 12 Orders of Frequency Oscillations in EEG' - ANIRBAN BANDYOPADHYAY, Keynote

*12:30-2:00 break

*12:30-1:30 Exhibits & Demos GB Lobby

Art-Tech

afternoon plenary - thursday

2:00 pm - 4:10 pm - Plenary 9 ‘Astrobiology and Astroconsciousness’ - CALEB SCHARF, PHILLIPE SCHMITT-KOPPLIN, STUART HAMEROFF - KIVA

Free time

6:30-9:00 PM - Optional Dinner - Ventana Terrace

FRIDAY April 26, 2024

7:15-8:15 am Early MORNING - Experiential Clinics

Soul Sickness & Healing Techniques - Master Zhi Gang Sha, Peter Hudoba, Rulin Xiu - Catalina KL

Feldenkrais Awareness through Movement® lessons. Roger Russell, Jeff Haller -Ventana 2nd Fl.

TennisCentric - Mark Valladares - Loews Tennis Courts

Rumi Healing Meditation -Sohail Shakeri - Catalina J

Finding and Clearing the Emotional Roots of your Suffering - Douglas Tataryn - Santa Rita

Friday, April 26, 2024

PLENARY SESSIONS - Kiva Ballroom

8:30 am -10:40 am - Plenary 10 'Dual Aspect Monism' - HARALD ATMANSPACHER, BILL SEAGER, DEAN RICKLES

11:10 am - 12:30 pm - Plenary 11 'Molecules of Life & Consciousness from the Asteroid Bennu’ - DANTE LAURETTA, Keynote

*12:30-2:00 break

2:00 pm - 4:10 pm - Plenary 12 'The Science of Consciousness - 30 Years On' - Panel: DAVID CHALMERS, SUSAN BLACKMORE, CHRISTOF KOCH, STUART HAMEROFF, PAAVO PYLKKÄNEN, Giulio Tononi

*12:30-1:30 pm Exhibitor & Demos

Arizona Astrobiology Center - ANT-NEURO, Inc. - AAPS - Academy for Advancement of Postmaterialist Sciences - COSMOintel - Journal of Consciousness Studies - Megahertz Brain Waves - PICER Institute - Radio Rumi - Synaptic.care - Tao Academy Timaeus Academy - Cusac.org - Fr. Nathan Castle - Ultrabandwidth

“The Artwork of Ayahuasquero, Pablo Amaringo” - GB Lobby

“Sound Medicine® – Binaural Beats “ - Rincon

Altered States...- Coronado

afternoon plenary - friday

2:00 pm - 4:10 pm - Plenary 12 'The Science of Consciousness - 30 Years On' - Panel: DAVID CHALMERS, SUSAN BLACKMORE, CHRISTOF KOCH, STUART HAMEROFF, PAAVO PYLKKÄNEN, Giulio Tononi

Friday CONCURRENT Sessions 4/26 C-21-C-30

5:00-7:00 pm - ConcurrentS - FRIDAY - C-21-C-30 20 min talks: 5 min Q&A - Breakout Rooms: Grand Ballroom Salons D,E,F, G,H,I, - Catalina J, Catalina KL, Exec. Board Room, Santa Rita, Sabino

C-21 QUANTUM THEORIES OF MIND - Phillise Todd, Peter Lloyd, Thomas Brophy (Chair), Anatoly Goldstein, Ivan Kuznetsov, Natalia Cortes (CATALINA J)

C-22 MULTISCALAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY - Asa Young, Bruce MacIver, Ryo Sato, Anthony Hudetz (Chair), Hide Saegusa (SALON D)

C-23 PERCEPTION AND ATTENTIONAL CONTROL - Michael Silver, Cedric Cannard, Satya Pradhan, Nick Day (Chair), Sascha Seifert, Rahul Jain, Jeffery Martin (SALON E)

C-24 CAUSALITY AND FREEWILL -Mihretu Guta, Edward Neafsey, Brian Key, Alain Morin, Lynn Rasmussen, John Sanfey (Chair) (SALON F)

C-25 PHENOMENOLOGY OF MIND - Lukasz Kurowski, Jenny Simon (Chair), Abre Fournier, Soosan Beheshti, Makayla Vermette, Famira Racy (SALON G)

C-26 PANPSYCHISM AND GLOBAL CONSCIOUSNESS - Scott Ventureyra, Anand Rangarajan, John Starrett, Todd Bureau (Chair) Ulf Holmberg (SALON H)

C-27 NEUROSTIMULATION TO UNDERSTAND THE MIND - Sanjay Manchanda, Milan Pantovic, Brian Lord, Jay Sanguinetti, (Chair) (SABINO)

C-28 MEDITATION PRACTICE TO UNDERSTAND THE MIND - Paul Dallaghan, Peter Hudoba/Master Sha, DoroteWeyers-Lucci, Lavanya Rajesh Kumar, Sky Nelson (Chair) (SANTA RITA)

C-30 ALTERNATIVE MOLECULAR MODELS OF MIND - Farzad Ahmadkhanlou, Noushin Nabavi, Afshin Lorestani, Charles Ernst, Rajnish Khanna (Chair) (EXEC BOARD ROOM)

BREAK

7:00-9:00 pm - Reception, Cash Bar - Catalina KL

7:00 - 10:00 PM - FRIDAY - ART TECH DEMOS, EXHIBITS - Grand Ballroom Lobby & GB B

POSTER SESSION 2 - FRI - Grand Ballroom B

1.0 - Philosophy - Elena Drăghici-Vasilescu, Rajnish Khanna, Aaron Schmidt, Richard Blum, Enrique Chiu Han, Hiroki Yamada, Ann Berger-Knorr, Chris Percy, Frank Warzik, Mukesh Chauhan, Rodrigo Marchioli

2.0 - Neuroscience - Vipin Gupta, Scott Koshland, Anderson Rodriguez, Ludmila Vucolova

3.0 - Cognitive Science and Psychology - James Rutherford, Cedric Cannard

4.0 - Physical & Biological Sciences - Mark Rindner, Anatoly Goldstein, Surendra Pokharna, David Smolker, Anderson Rodriguez, Antonius Laurijssen, Seungju Ahn

5.0 - Experiential Approaches - Sandro Guerra, Charles Davis, Barbara With, Dwight Holbrook, Christine Simmonds-Moore

6.0 - Culture & Humanities - Steven Ferrara, Scott Lacy, Harland Harrison, Benjamin White

10 pm - xxx - FRIDAY Poetry Slam - Zombie Blues - No-End of Consciousness Party - Kiva. refreshments/cash bar

Saturday April 27, 2024

7:15-8:15 am Early MORNING - Experiential Clinics

PLENARY SESSIONS - Kiva Ballroom

9:00 am - 10:30 am - Plenary 13 'Dimensions, Wavefunctions & Symmetry in the Brain' - ZIRUI HUANG, SANTOSH HELEKAR, SIR ROGER PENROSE

11:00 am - 12:30 pm - Plenary 14 'Searching for Consciousness & Entanglement in Cerebral Organoids' ALYSSON MUOTRI, HARMUT NEVEN

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SPONSORS TSC 2024 - Thank you.

Arizona Astrobiology Center - Alvin J. Clark Foundation - Anonymous - Tiny Blue Dot Foundation - University of Michigan - Google Quantum AI - Society for Mind-Matter Research - Sanmai Technologies

Registration:

EVENTBRITE - TSC 2024 CONFERENCE REGISTRATION - Badges required - STANDARD $550 STUDENT $450 - Thur Dinner $95 -sold out (N/A) REMOTE $250 - Live streaming: 3 workshops and 14 plenary

LOEWS - VENTANA CANYON RESORT - GROUP Block - $169 Per Night - Group: The Science of Consciousness (The Resort Fee ($34) Is WAIVED) Conference Registration is needed to secure group rate. Hotel Address: 7000 N. Resort Dr. Tucson AZ - Group Code: TSC330 - Group Rate EXTENSION based on availability. Group Rates Between: April 17 - May 1, 2024

EXHIBITORS

Arizona Astrobiology Center ANT-NEURO North America, Inc.

AAPS - Academy for the Advancement of Postmaterialist Sciences COSMOintel

Megahertz Brain Waves Journal of Consciousness Studies Tao Academy - Master Dr. Sha

Timaeus Academy Synaptic.care Ultrabandwidth Praxis Cusac.org Radio Rumi

PICER Institute Psycheprimus Institute for Cognitum Engineering Research Ltd.

Fr. Nathan Castle - Gems4Life - Book Signings

New Releases - Display copies, signings - Additional Demos Lunch Time and at both Poster Sessions (Wed and Fri evenings)

Experiential Sessions - early mornings

Tuesday 4/23-7:15-8:00am - Meditation Wellness - Kiva Plaza - Deepak Chopra

Wed, Thur, Fri, Sat 7:15-8:15 am

TennisCentric - Mark Valladares -Tennis Courts (Wed, Thur, Fri, Sat) 7:15-8:15am

Global Spiritual Meditation -Hidehiko Saegusa - Catalina KL - Thur 4/25 - 7:15-8:15am

Healing Meditation - Sohail Shakeri - Wed, Thurs, Fri - 4/ 24, 25, 26 - 7:15-8:15am - (Catalina J)

Feldenkrais Awareness through Movement® lessons - Roger Russell, Jeff Haller - Wed, Thur, Fri 4/24, 25, 26 - 7:15 - 8:15am - (Ventana 2nd fl.)

Soul Sickness & Healing Techniques Master - Master Zhi Gang Sha, Peter Hudoba, Rulin Xiu - 7:15-8:15am - Locations: Wed 4/24 (Catalina KL) - Thur 4/25 (Exec Bd Rm) - Fri 4/26 (Catalina KL) - Sat 4/27 (Catalina J)

Finding and Clearing the Emotional Roots of your Suffering - Douglas Tataryn - Santa Rita Wed, Thurs, Fri - Apr 24,25 26

Van Z'xhibit, Michael Kutch - outdoors daily - GB Lobby

Additional Thanks

TSC Sponsors - Plenary/Keynote - Loews Ventana Canyon Resort Conference Team - Commotion Studios - UA BioMed - Exhibitors, Experiential Facilitators - Concurrent Speakers - Workshop Speakers, Poster Presenters - All Volunteers - AZ Cine - UA SBS - Herod Travel - Additional co-organizers: Thomas Brophy, IONS/CIHS; Justin Riddle, FSU; Hidehiko Saegusa, IIT Mandi, CIHS, UArizona,AABC U Michigan, George Mashour, Stuart Hameroff, Dante Lauretta, Abi Montefiore

2024 TUCSON - 30th Annual

(‘TSC’), April 22-27, 2024 at the beautiful Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in the hills above Tucson, Arizona. The conference is hosted and sponsored by the University of Arizona, Center for Consciousness Studies and co-sponsored by the University of Michigan, Center for Consciousness Science.

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Conferences | since 1994

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.

2024 Themes: Cortical Oscillations and Traveling Waves; Psychedelics, Psychoplastogens; Astrobiology, Astroconsciousness; Dual Aspect Monism; Megahertz EEG and DoDecoGraphy (DDG); Theories of Consciousness; Consciousness and Reality; Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Consciousness Detecting Consciousness; Microtubule Time Crystals; Searching for Consciousness and Entanglement in Cerebral Organoids; Brain Dimensions, Wavefunctions and Symmetry

Conference Activities and Social Events TSC 2024

TSC 2024 will include plenary sessions, in-depth workshops, concurrent presentations, poster sessions, book and technology exhibits, health and wellness exhibitors. Free time for swimming, hiking, and other resort activities. Sabino Canyon is approx. 3 miles from the Resort. Welcome Reception (Tues); Dinner (Thurs optional-tickets required); Poetry Slam (Fri)

The Science of Consciousness Conferences | since 1994

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.

BIOS 2024

CONFERENCE CHAIRS - TSC 2024

STUART HAMEROFF

Stuart Hameroff Co-Founder, Director, Center for Consciousness Studies; Co-Chair, The Science of Consciousness; Professor Emeritus, Departments of Anesthesiology and Psychology, U of Arizona, Stuart Hameroff MD is a clinical anesthesiologist and researcher on how the brain produces consciousness, and how anesthetics act to erase it. In medical school in the early 1970s, Hameroff became interested in consciousness, and in protein structures called microtubules inside brain neurons which he came to believe processed information supporting consciousness. In the mid- 1990s he teamed with Sir Roger Penrose to develop the controversial ‘Orch OR’ theory in which consciousness derives from “orchestrated” (“Orch”) microtubule quantum vibrations linked to processes in spacetime geometry, the fine scale structure of the universe, leading to “Penrose objective reduction” (“OR”, hence “Orch OR”). And he has further proposed the ‘microtubule quantum vibration’ theory of anesthetic action. Hameroff organizes the well-known conference series ‘The Science of Consciousness’, has written or edited 5 books and over a hundred scientific articles, and appeared in films and various TV shows about consciousness. With University of Arizona colleagues Jay Sanguinetti, John JB Allen and Shinzen Young, Hameroff is developing transcranial ultrasound (‘TUS’) for treatment of mental and cognitive dysfunction (TUS may resonate endogenous megahertz vibrations in brain microtubules). Penrose- Hameroff Orch OR is one of a group of major theories of consciousness in the Templeton World Charity Foundation project ‘Accelerating Research on Consciousness’ and is currently being tested experimentally. (Jan 2024 New Scientist Feature Cover on Quantum Consciousness, G. Musser) (Plen 12)

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https://hameroff.arizona.edu/

GEORGE MASHOUR

George A. Mashour is an anesthesiologist and NIH-funded neuroscientist at the University of Michigan Medical School, where he serves as the Robert B. Sweet Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology. He founded and currently directs the Michigan Psychedelic Center, which is multidisciplinary and spans the University of Michigan. (Plen 6)

Conference Activities and Social Events TSC 2024

TSC 2024 our 30th Annual will include plenary sessions, in-depth workshops, concurrent presentations, poster sessions, book and technology exhibits, health & wellness exhibitors, tenniscentric. Free time for swimming, hiking, and other resort activities. Sabino Canyon is approx 3 miles from the Resort.

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Since 1994, the biennial series "Toward a Science of Consciousness" conferences now "The Science of Consciousness" 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 tolay a sound scientific foundation for future research

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.

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TSC 2018

June 7th, 2023
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Talk with Stuart Hameroff MD
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Neuroscience needs a revolution

Stuart Hameroff MD - Professor, Anesthesiology and Psychology; Director, Center for Consciousness Studies, The University of Arizona, Tucson

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnmol.2022.869935/full

https://omcan.web.ox.ac.uk/event/neuroscience-needs-revolution.

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May 22-28, 2023

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

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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.

TAORMINA TSC 2023 CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Workshops Keynote and Plenaries Concurrents Posters

Contact: Registration - Anna Lucentini - tsc2023@bisazzagangi.it

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

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2022 Tucson Hybrid -TSC Apr 18-22

SESSION VIDEOS 2022 TSC-CCS YouTube Channel

Program Book & Abstracts TSC 2022 View | Download

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

TSC 2022 - Plenary 1 - Sleep, Wakefulness & Anesthesia Giancarlo Vanini, Matthew Larkum, Alex Proekt

TSC 2022 - Plenary 2 - Keynote 1 - Brain & Consciousness Christof Koch

TSC 2022 - Plenary 3 - Brain Connectivity Jean-Remi King, Zirui Huang, Anirban Bandyopadhyay

TSC 2022 - Plenary 4 - Altered States of Consciousness Emma Huels, Charlotte Martial, Elizabeth Krasnoff

TSC 2022 - Plenary 5 - Keynote 2 - Psychedelics Robin Carhart-Harris

TSC2022 - Plenary 6 - Psychedelic Mechanisms George Mashour, Alex C. Kwan, Katrin Preller

TSC 2022 - Plenary 7 - Time & Consciousness Daniel Sheehan, Paul Davies, Sir Roger Penrose

TSC 2022 - Plen 8 Keynote 3 Avi Loeb

TSC 2022 - Plenary 9 - Origins of Life Dante Lauretta, Sara Walker, Steen Rasmussen

TSC 2022 - Plen 10 - Theories of Consciousness Biyu J. He, Yuri B. Saalmann, Lucia Melloni

TSC 2022 - Plenary 11 - Keynote 4 David Chalmers

TSC 2022 - Plenary 12 - Quantum Neuroscience Hartmut Neven, Aarat Kalra, Travis Craddock

Stuart Hameroff 2021 - Quantum biology and consciousness

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

Eugene Jhong

Exploring the Science and Mysteries of Consciousness

Oct. 19, 2020

Eugene Jhong has long been interested in Consciousness Studies. Now, he is helping a new generation of students explore this fascinating topic.

https://sbs.arizona.edu/news/exploring-science-and-mysteries-consciousness

The Origin of Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona

The age-old study of consciousness fell into disfavor in behaviorist-oriented psychology during most of the 20^th century. In the late 1980s, popular books by notable scientists including Francis Crick and Roger Penrose revived interest, and in 1994 the first interdisciplinary conference on the topic was held at the University of Arizona, organized by Professors Stuart Hameroff in Anesthesiology, Al Kaszniak in Psychology, Alwyn Scott in Mathematics, and Jim Laukes in Extended UA. A highlight was a talk by then-unknown philosopher David Chalmers. "The first morning was philosophy; the first two talks were really boring and the audience grew restless. Then Chalmers took the stage with shoulder-length hair, strutting like Mick Jagger," recalled Hameroff, professor emeritus in the Departments of Anesthesiology and Psychology. "Chalmers talked about how problems like memory, learning, attention, and behavior were relatively easy compared to the really 'hard problem' of how and why we have conscious experience," Hameroff said. "We could have been nonconscious, robot-like 'zombies' with behavior but no inner life. How and why do we have feelings and awareness? That was the 'hard problem.” "The audience buzzed” Hameroff said. “At that moment, we knew why we were there."

The 1994 conference spurred broad interest. "We hadn't considered a follow-up conference," recalls Hameroff, "but there was great demand for an interdisciplinary approach.” The Center for Consciousness Studies was formally created by the Arizona Board of Regents in 1998 with a grant from the Fetzer Institute, and Chalmers soon returned to join the UArizona Department of Philosophy and serve as the second CCS director, taking over from Al Kaszniak. CCS was housed in the Department of Psychology, which at the time was in the College of SBS.

When Chalmers left the UA five years later, Hameroff became CCS director, hired Abi Behar-Montefiore as assistant director, and moved CCS to the Department of Anesthesiology in the College of Medicine. In her 13 years, Abi has skillfully managed CCS, its conferences and research, and help establish a community among conference participants. In 2019, CCS returned to the College of SBS, where it now houses the new thrust in education, along with the established conference and research activities.

With contributions by Abi Behar-Montefiore and Shelley Littin

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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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THE SCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS - 2018

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 & Posterior Cortex: What's 'Hot' & What's Not? - Anesthetic and Psychoactive Drugs, Language and Consciousness - Non-Invasive Brain Modulation, Origin & Evolution of Life & Consciousness-Panpsychism, Idealism and Spacetime Geometry - Quantum Brain Biology -Time, Free Will & Consciousness

Early Center Videos/Podcasts through 2016

apple itunes podcasts are being uploaded to our YouTube Channel

THE SCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS - 2017 - San Diego - 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
Additional Workshops

PL 1 2017 Can Machines Be Conscious ?

Roger Penrose, Joscha Bach, Harmut Neven

PL 2 2017 Language and Consciousness

Thomas Bever, Michael Spivey, Noam Chomsky

PL 3 2017 Biophysics 1 - Memory Spin Anesthesia

Matthew Fisher, Travis Craddock

PL 4 2017 Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation

Vince Clark, John Allen, Marvin Berman, Michael Rohan

PL 5 2017 Physics, Cosmology and Consciousness

Ivette Fuentes, Brian Keating, James Tagg

PL 6 2017 Music and the Brain

Elaine Chew, Scott Makeig

PL 7 2017 Neuroscience and Consciousness 1

Stephen Grossberg, Georg Northoff, Philip Low

PL 8 2017 Neuroscience and Consciousness 2 - Anomalies

Daniel Sheehan, Peter Fenwick, Lakhmir Chawla

PL 9 2017 Biophysics Memristors in the Brain?

Leon Chua, Jack Tuszynski

PL 10 2017 Neuroscience and Consciousness 3

Gentry Patrick, VS Ramachandran, Charles Stevens

PL 11 2017 Vibrations, Resonance and Consciousness

Anirban Bandyopadhyay, Jonathan Schooler, Erick Viirre

PL 12 2017 Eastern Philosophy

Xu Yingjin, Deepak Chopra*

PL 13 2017 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

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.

Additional Video with Speakers and Guests

Consciousness Central - The Daily Show -

Interviews with Speakers and Guests

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

THE SCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS - 2016 Tucson ARIZONA

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-archives
2016 CONFERENCE MEDIA FILES
Conference Trailer - Video
YouTube-2016 Plenary Videos
2016 Program Book Final Version
Conference Flyer PDF-Final

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 -

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

facebook@scienceofconsciousnessconferences

20th Anniversary - 2014

Toward a Science of Consciousness, Tucson AZ - April 21-26, 2014, Tucson - It was 20 years ago today

Conscious Chronicles 4 Interview with Sir Roger Penrose and Stuart Hameroff

TSC 2014 Videos - YouTube

2 0 1 4 Tucson ARIZONA

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

Brain Mapping Symposium

war of world views

Deepak Chopra

Leonard Mlodinow

interviews with TSC 2014 Plenary Speakers

See CCS TSC YouTube Channel for Plenary Session Videos

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.

2012, Toward a Science of Consciousness- The 10th Biennial, "Tucson X" - April 9-14, 2012, Loews Ventana Canyon Resort

Link to 2012 TSC Abstracts

2011 Stockholm SWEDEN

Program/Abstract Book

2010 Tucson ARIZONA

2010 Tucson Arizona - The 9th biennial Toward a Science of Consciousness

TSC 2010

2010, Toward a Science of Consciousness, "Tucson IX"

2 0 0 8 Tucson ARIZONA

2008 Toward a Science of Consciousness

"Tucson VIII"

artwork: Dave Cantrell, BioMed, AHSC, UMC

2006, Toward a Science of Consciousness, "Tucson VII" -April 4-8, 2006, Tucson Convention Center

2004, Toward a Science of Consciousness, "Tucson VI" -April 7-11, 2004, Tucson Convention Center

2002, Toward a Science of Consciousness, "Tucson V" -April 8-12, 2002, Tucson Convention Center

2000, Toward a Science of Consciousness, "Tucson IV" - April 10-15, 2000, Tucson Convention Center

Complete program including abstracts

1998, Toward a Science of Consciousness, "Tucson III" -April 27-May 2, 1998, University of Arizona

1996, Toward a Science of Consciousness, "Tucson II" -April 8-13, 1996, University of Arizona

1994, Toward a Scientific Basis for Consciousness, "Tucson I" -April 12-17, 1994, University of Arizona

Quantum Mind Conferences

Quantum Mind 1

Flagstaff, AZ 1999

Quantum Mind Conferences

Quantum Mind 2

Tucson, AZ 2003

Quantum Mind 2003

QM2 The second Quantum Mind conference was held in March 2003 at the Tucson Convention Center. - Over 300 participants attended.

1999 QM-1 Quantum Approaches Program

QM1 Quantum Mind Conference 1999 - The first Quantum Mind conference was held at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona in August 1999 Over 100 participants attended.

Quantum Mind List Serv Discussions - QuantumMind Archives

The Quantum Mind Archives documents the messages and

discussions that occurred via the Quantum Mind List Serv Discussions

that ran actively from 1998-2001.

Search or Browse the Archives

Archives-Quantum Mind -disabled

http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/quantum-mind/

QUANTUM-MIND@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU

Quantum Mind Forum "ListServ" early 1997-2007.docx

Selected papers published by MIT Press

Toward a Science of Consciousness: The First Tucson Discussions and Debates,1996

ISBN 0-262-08249-7.

http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/toward-science-consciousness

http://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262527651/

Toward a Science of Consciousness

1996 "Tucson II"

April 8-13, 1996

University of Arizona

Abstracts plus Reviews:

New York Times,

New Scientist,

Journal of Consciousness Studies,

Scientific American

Toward a Science of Consciousness II | The MIT Press

http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/toward-science-consciousness-ii

http://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262082624/

The first volume of Toward a Science of Consciousness is now considered a resource book for the emerging field. This volume presents a selection of invited ...

Toward a Science of Consciousness

"Tucson III" Toward a Science of Consciousness: The Third Tucson Discussions and Debates 1999

Complete program including abstracts/ Selected papers published by MIT Press

http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/toward-science-consciousness-iii

http://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262581813/

EARLY PRESS

The Times Higher, April 5, 1996

Special Edition

Toward a New Science of the Mind:

Tucson 1996 consciousness

Clippings

Co-Sponsored Conferences

Poetry Slam/Zombie Blues

Consciousness Bulletins

VIDEOS:

The Science of Consciousness Conferences and Special Programs - VIDEOS: 2007-2024

Center for CONSCIOUSNESS STUDIES

TSC Barcelona : In-person tickets - Sold Out

Link Portal for Livestream pre-registration

150 euros; 14 Plenary sessions and 3 workshops (info@fundaciohumanitas.org) Discount Code: TSC2025BCN - 15% student discount

Center for consciousness studies

The science of consciousness since 1994

CCS Website S. Hameroff website YouTube Channel Facebook CCS-TSC Join TSC E-list center@arizona.edu text: 520.247-5785 2026 Registration

The Science of Consciousness 2025 BARCELONA

BARCELONA July 6-11 31st Annual TSC Conference

Venue: AC Forum Marriott - Barcelona, Passeig Taulat 278

CONFERENCE PROGRAM, PRESENTER ABSTRACTS:

E-book

Websites:

Conference Tickets: Sold Out

Livestream Registration: Available

Livestream

Venue

Hotel Venue Website : AC Forum Marriott - Barcelona, Passeig Taulat 278 There are rooms available but the block rate is full.

Conference Program Outline

Pre-Conference Workshops:

Sun July 6 - morning 9 am-1 pm, afternoon 2-6 pm and evening sessions 7:00-10:00 pm

Plenary: Mon July 7 - Fri July 11

Concurrents: Mon July 7- Thurs July 10 - 5:00 -7:30 pm

Poster Sessions: Mon July 7 to Wed July 9- 7:30-10:00 pm -1m wide x 2m high / 3 ft wide x 6 ft high Tape only - no pins.

Exhibitors: Daily - Coffee/Refreshments: Daily tba

Morning Experiential Sessions July 7-11- 7:00-8:15 am

Meditation - Deepak Chopra

Poetry Slam/End of Consciousness Thurs July 10- 8:00 pm - xxx

Poster Dimensions - 1m wide x 2m high / 3 ft wide x 6 ft high - these are zig-zag poster boards. Posters must be applied with tape (not thumbtacks or pins) tape available

Pre-Conference WORKSHOPS - SUNDAY - JULY 6

Morning Sessions (Rooms TBA)

WK-1 9:00 am – 1:00 pm - Consciousness in Indian Knowledge Systems and Megahertz Brain Waves - Martin Fleming, Ricardo Silvestre, Omduth Coceal, Kunal Mooley, Laxmidhar Behera, Hide Seagusa

WK-2 9:00 pm – 1:00 pm - Women in Consciousness Studies - Marjorie Woollacott; Joan Walton; Marina Weiler; Mona Sobhani; Allison Paradise, Laurel Waterman

WK-3 9:00 am – 1:00 pm - Quantum Biology -Travis Craddock, Philip Kurian, Javier Martin-Torres, Mike Wiest, Marco Cavaglia - Main Hall

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Break

Afternoon Sessions

WK-4 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm - Nonlocal Consciousness and Extrasensory Perception - David del Rosario. Irene Vigué, Alex Escolá. Marina Weiler. Toper Taylor, Mike Zeleznick

WK-5 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm - Is Consciousness Funda-Mental? -Nassim Haramein, William Brown, Suzanne Gildert, Nestor Mercado, Don Hoffman (R), Thomas Brophy. sponsored by ISF, Nirvanic Technologies, IONS - Main Hall

WK-6 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm - Working Session on Taxonomy of Consciousness - Paavo Pylkkanen, Robert Lawrence Kuhn (R), Brian Lord

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Food, Drinks

Evening Session

WK-7 7:00 pm -10:00 pm - The Varieties of BCI - Brain Computer Interfaces - Ana Maiques, Giulio Ruffini, Tim Mullen, Jay Sanguinetti, Arnaud Delorme, Anirban Bandyopadhyay, Santosh Helekar, Brian Lord. sponsored by Neuroelectrics, Starlab, PuzzleX, DDG, SEMA Lab, Sanmei) - Main Hall

Early Morning Experiential Sessions

PLENARY SESSIONS July 7-July 11

Monday July 7 PL-1 - PL-3

Tuesday July 8 PL-4 - PL-6

PL-5 11:10 am – 12:35 pm- 'Non-Local Consciousness and Extrasensory Perception'

PL-6 2:00 pm – 4:10 pm - 'Theories of Consciousness'

Wednesday July 9 PL-7 - PL-9

PL-7 8:30 am - 10:40 am - 'Consciousness and Quantum Measurement'

PL-8 11:10 am – 12:35 pm - 'Consciousness and Vibrations in Spacetime Geometry'

PL-9 2:00 pm – 4:10 pm - 'Brain Oscillations, Waves and Attention'

Thursday July 10 PL-10 - PL-12

PL-10 8:30 am - 10:40 am - 'Quantum Biology and Superradiance'

PL-12 2:00 pm – 4:10 pm - 'End-of-Life Brain Activity'

Friday July 11 PL-13 - PL-14

PL-13 9:00 am - 11:10 am - 'Prospects for Extraterrestrial Consciousness'

PL-14 11:40 am – 13:00 pm - 'Quantum Fields and Consciousness'

Concurrent Sessions

5:00 - 7:30 PM (Mon, Tues, Wed, Thur) TSC 2025 Barcelona - Rooms TBA - Concurrent Talks - 20 min. per speaker plus 5 min for Q&A

MONDAY Concurrent Sessions

JULY 7 (C-1 - C-6) 5:00 - 7:30 PM

C-1 Can AI be Conscious?

C2 Brain Models of Consciousness 1

C-3 Philosophy 1

Yoshiyuki Ohmura - What is volition? Jiawei Xu - Relational Realism of the Self: The Self as Pre-Cognitive Alignment between Brain and Environment

C 4 Eastern and Global Approaches

C-5 Evolution and Origin of Life

C-6 Mental Health 1: Sound, Ultrasound and TMS *

TUESDAY Concurrent Sessions

JULY 8 (C-7 - C-12) 5:00-7:30 PM

Concurrent Talks - 20 min. per speaker plus 5 min for Q&A

C-7 Can AI be Conscious? 2

Sandra Estok - Quantum Singularity ...Cybersecurity

C-8 Conscious Perception

C-9 Near Death Experiences, Reincarnation

C-10 Philosophy 2

C-11 Quantum Biology (Main Hall) *

C-12 Brain Models of Consciousness 2

WEDNESDAY Concurrent Sessions

Yoshiyuki Ohmura - What is volition?

Jiawei Xu - Relational Realism of the Self: The Self as Pre-Cognitive Alignment between Brain and Environment

3. University of Arizona SEMA Lab / Sanmei (2)

4. IOMED.it (2)

6. Neuroelectrics Barcelona

7. DDG - Dodecanogram

8. Institute of Noetic Sciences IONS

9. Mel Slater, Institut de Neurociències Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain - Institute of Biomedical Research

10. IIT - Mandi

Art-Tech Health Exhibits:

11. Atma Buti / NOW N ZEN

12. Jiyun Park, Exploring the Intersection of the Diamond Model and Circle Consciousness – A Meta-Morphic Approach to Expanding Awareness

Faith and Science Conference
Rome, Italy, Tuesday-Friday, June 17-20, 2025, The Jubilee Year
Conference Theme: A Journey into God’s Mystical Love - Fondazione Pro Musica e Arte Sacra, Via Paolo VI n. 29 (Piazza S. Pietro) Roma – Italia