The Arizona Astrobiology Center now presents TSC!
The Science of Consciousness Conferences (TSC) Since 1994
CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
Plenary
PLENARY PROGRAM
Kiva Ballroom
TUESDAY APRIL 7
Pl 1 8:30 am-10:40 am
Origins of Life and Consciousness 1
Dante Lauretta, Lee Cronin, Dimitri Sasselov
Pl2 11:10 am – 12:30 pm
Consciousness and Biology
Alysson Muotri, Sonia Antoranz Contera
Pl3 2:00 pm – 4:10 pm
Can AI Be Conscious?
Ben Goertzel, Robert Long, Susan Schneider
WEDNESDAY APRIL 8
Pl4 8:30 am – 10:40 am
Psi and Telepathy
Diane Hennacy, Arnaud Delorme, David Chartrand
Pl5 11:10 am – 12:30 pm
Altered States of Consciousness
Robin Carhart-Harris, Fadel Zeidan
Pl6 2:00 pm – 4:10 pm Quantum AI
Hartmut Neven, Suzanne Gildert, Anirban Bandyopadhyay
THURSDAY APRIL 9
Pl 7 8:30 am – 10:40 am
EM Fields, Energy and Consciousness
Nick Lane, Michael Levin (R), Martin Picard
Pl 8 11:10 am – 12:30 pm
Enlightenment and Awakened States
Deepak Chopra, Jeffery A. Martin
PL9 2:00 pm – 4:10 pm
Neuroscience and Consciousness 1
André M Bastos, Edward Boyden, Edward Large
FRIDAY APRIL 10
Pl 10 8:30 am – 10:40 am
Neuroscience and Consciousness 2
Eric Halgren, Sarika Katiyar, Mike Wiest
Pl 11 11:10 am – 12:30 pm
Psi and UAPs
Dean Radin, Beatriz Villaoreal
Pl 12 2:00 pm – 4:10 pm
Photons, Brain and Consciousness
Lew Lim, Nirosha Murugan, Jack Tuszynski
SATURDAY APRIL 11
Pl 13 9:00 am – 11:10 am
Origins of Life and Consciousness 2
Steen Rasmussen, Sara Imari Walker, Farhan Lakhany
Pl 14 11:40 am – 12:30 pm
‘Eschermatics’-Geometry and Consciousness
Sir Roger Penrose (R)
Stuart Hameroff
Themes, Outline, Key Links
Themes Include:
Photons in the Brain
Origins of Life and Consciousness
Mitochondria and Consciousness
Awakening & Enlightenment
Quantum Brain Biology
Consciousness and Reality
Can AI be Conscious?
Psychedelic Actions in the Brain
Quantum AI
Measuring Correlates of Consciousness
Cerebral Organoids and Consciousness
“Eschermatics”: Consciousness and Geometry
Extra-Ocular Vision: A Critical Assessment
Conference Program Outline
Sunday, Apr 5 - Arrivals
Monday, Apr 6 - Pre-Conference Workshops (morning, afternoon and evening symposium)
Conference Program: Plenary, Concurrents, Posters, Art-Tech Demos, Exhibitors, early a.m. experiential sessions)
Tuesday, Apr 7 - Plenary (3) Concurrents (5) Welcome reception
Wednesday, Apr 8 & Friday Apr 10 - Plenary (3) Concurrents (5), Posters, Demos, Exhibits
Thursday, Apr 9 - Plenary (3); Optional Dinner
Friday, Apr 10 - Plenary (3) Concurrents (5), Posters, Demos, Exhibits, Party, Poetry Slam, Dancing
Saturday a.m. Apr 11 - Plenary sessions
Key Links
Abstract Submissions (Oxford Abstracts)
Taxonomy (TSC-2026)
Conference Registrations (Eventbrite)
Hotel Reservations - Loews - Tucson Arizona - Conference Room Block for TSC registrants
Concurrents, Posters, Exhibitors, Sponsors, Workshops
Additional Sessions/Presenters -Pending
CONCURRENT Sessions C1-C25
Tues/Wed/Fri 5:00-6:50 pm
POSTERS Session 1 & 2
Wed/Fri 7-10 pm poster dimensions: 24 x 36 or 18 x 24 inches
EXHIBITORS - TBA - Grand Ballroom Lobby
Sanmai - Vielight - AABC - T Consciousness Fields - JCS Imprint Academic - IONS - CIHS
SPONSORS - TBA
SPECIAL THANKS to all our partners, sponsors
Imprint Academic, JCS, Oxford, UK - Sanmai Technologies - Vielight Inc. - Alvin J. Clark Foundation - Jhong Family Foundation - Center for the Future Mind at Florida Atlantic University - AABC - Ions - Institute of Noetic Sciences - CIHS - Fundamental Wellbeing Foundation - Center for the Study of Non-Symbolic Consciousness - Anonymous - Updating
Monday, April 6, 2026 - Conference Workshops – TSC 2026
MORNING
8:30 am -12:30 pm - Kiva Ballroom
Quantum Cognition
Jerome R. Busemeyer, Harald Atmanspacher, Nao Tsuchiya
8:30 am – 12:30 pm - Grand Ballroom 1
Bridging Awareness Dimensions through Quantum Perception, Biology and Music in the Indian Knowledge System Framework.
Chair, Laxmidhar Behera, Chayan Nandi, Venkatesh Chembrulu,
Archi Banerjee, Sangeet Samrat Chitravina, Ravikiran Ramanath,
Ganpati Ramanath, Arnav Bhavsar, Ramajayam Govindaraji
8:30 am -10:20 am - Grand Ballroom 2
Education and Transformative Learning, Quantum Mind
Joan Walton, Laurel Waterman, Marjorie Woollacott, Suzanne Gildert
10:40 am-12:30 pm - Grand Ballroom 2
Consciousness of Economic Systems
Ron Chrisley, Richard Ebstein, Giorgia Lucchini, Kathryn Nave, Chew Soo Hong, Patrick Schotanus, Uzi Awret
BREAK - 12:30 – 2:00 pm
AFTERNOON - 2:00-6:00 pm - Kiva Ballroom
Brain Electromagnetic Field Generation and Information Processing - M. Bruce MacIver, Johnjoe McFadden, Michael Levin (R), Arnaud Delorme, Tam Hunt
2:00–6:00 pm - Catalina Ballroom JK
Photobiomodulation (PBM)-Induced Deep Meditation ‘Jhana’ States with Vielight Neuro Pro 2 (Audience participation) -Lew Lim, Sanjay Manchandran, Reza Zomorrodi, Vielight staff
2:00-3:50 pm - Grand Ballroom 1
PSI & Consciousness - Telepathy & Mindsight: - Arnaud Delorme, Thomas Brophy, Dean Radin, Diane Hennacy, David Chartrand, Beatriz Villarroel.
4:10 pm – 6:00 pm - Grand Ballroom 1
Enlightenment and Awakened States - Jeffery Martin, Deepak Chopra
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm - Grand Ballroom 2
Non locality of Consciousness: NDEs, OBEs and Past Life Memories
Kim Penberthy, Martin Fleming, Philip Cozzoli, Marina Weiler, Douglas Watson, Kunal Mooley
EVENING Workshop - 7:00-10:00 pm - Kiva Ballroom
The Varieties of Non-Human Consciousness
Are ____________Conscious? Speakers will each address one category
Introduction: Susan Schneider
Plants: Rajnish Khanna
AI: Ben Goertzel
Thermostats: Nao Tsuchiya
Quantum AI: Hartmut Neven
Cerebral Organoids: Alysson Muotri
Brain Jelly: Anirban Bandyopadhyay
Microtubules/Spacetime: Stuart Hameroff
ET Plasmoids: Dana Kippel
Others?
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS: Monday, Apr 6 - updating
MORNING (Mon. Apr 6 - WORKSHOPS)
8:30 am - 12:30 pm - Quantum Cognition
Jerome R. Busemeyer, Harald Atmanspacher, Nao Tsuchiya (Kiva)
8:30 am - 12:30 pm - Bridging Awareness Dimensions through Quantum Perception, Biology and the Indian Knowledge System Framework.
Laxmidhar Behera, Chayan Nandi, Venkatesh Chembrulu, Archi Banerjee, Sangeet Samrat, Chitravina Ravikiran, Ganpati Ramanath, Arnav Bhavsar, Ramajayam Govindaraji (Grand Ballroom 1)
8:30 am -10:20 am - Education and Transformative Learning, Quantum Mind
Joan Walton, Laurel Waterman, Marjorie Woollacott, Suzanne Gildert (Grand Ballroom 2)
10:40 am -12:30 pm - Consciousness of Economic Systems
Ron Chrisley, Richard Ebstein, Giorgia Lucchini, Kathryn Nave, Chew Soo Hong, Patrick Schotanus, Uzi Awret (Grand Ballroom 2)
Break - 12:30 - 2:00 pm
AFTERNOON (Mon. Apr 6 - WORKSHOPS)
2:00 pm -6:00 pm - Brain Electromagnetic Field Generation and Information Processing
Bruce M. MacIver, Johnjoe McFadden, Michael Levin (R), Arnaud Delorme, Tam Hunt (Kiva)
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm - Photobiomodulation (PMB) - Induced Deep Meditation 'Jhana' States with VielightNeuro Pro 2 (audience participation) Lew Lim, Sanjay Manchandran, Reza Zomorrodi, Vielight staff (Catalina KL)
2:00 pm - 3:50 pm - Telepathy & Mindsight - Arnaud Delorme, Thomas Brophy (co-chairs), Dean Radin, Diane Hennacy, David Chartrand, Beatriz Villarroel (Grand Ballroom 1)
4:10 pm -6:00 pm - Enlightenment and Awakened States
Jeffery Martin and Deepak Chopra (Grand Ballroom 1)
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm - Non-locality of Consciousness, NDEs, OBEs and Past Life Memories
Kim Penberthy, Marina Weiler, Martin Fleming, Douglas Watson, Kunal Mooley + 1 (Grand Ballroom 2)
EVENING (Mon. Apr 6 SYMPOSIUM)
7:00 pm -10:00 pm
Varieties of Non-Human Consciousness
Co-chairs: Susan Schneider and Stuart Hameroff Introduction: Susan Schneider
KIVA BALLROOM
Symposium Speakers will each address one category:
Plants: Rajnish Khanna
Rajnish Khanna is Senior Investigator at Carnegie Science, Stanford University. He is the Founder and CEO of i-Cultiver
AI: Ben Goertzel
Thermostats: Nao Tsuchiya
Quantum AI: Hartmut Neven
Cerebral Organoids: Alysson Muotri
Microtubules: Stuart Hameroff
Brain Jelly: Anirban Bandyopadhyay
ET Plasmoids: Dana Kippel
Additional TBA
The Science of Consciousness (TSC) is an interdisciplinary conference emphasizing rigorous approaches to the study of consciousness and its place in the universe. Topical areas include neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, cognitive science, biology, quantum physics and quantum brain biology, cosmology, meditation, altered states, artificial intelligence/machine consciousness, the nature of reality, culture and experiential phenomenology.
Held annually since 1994, the TSC conference is now hosted by the Arizona Astrobiology Center, University of Arizona, and alternates yearly between Tucson, Arizona and held at various locations in Italy, Denmark, Japan, Sweden, Czech Republic, Hungary, Hong Kong, India, Finland, San Diego, Switzerland and Barcelona. The 32nd annual TSC will be held April 6-11, 2026, in Tucson Arizona. The conference is planned for in-person participation with online livestreaming. Live participation and broadcast will take place at the Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, a beautiful eco-lodge in the hills above Tucson, Arizona.
Tucson TSC conferences consist of keynote, plenary and concurrent talks, posters, exhibits, workshops and social events. A welcome reception/dinner, poster session refreshments, optional dinner and end of conference (poetry slam) party are planned. The hotel provides daily free hikes, stargazing, tennis, pickleball, gym, spa offerings as designated times to be announced. We hope for a robust in-person audience and will update and finalize conditions and participation mode in early 2026. We are looking forward to your participation!
Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, Tucson
A breathtaking desert sanctuary located in a lush 100-acre desert garden at the foothills of the magnificent Santa Catalina Mountains, this resort captures the spirit, beauty and culture of the Southwest Sonoran Desert. Loews has recently renovated their guestrooms offer private terraces, breathtaking views of the area, and every creature comfort. Group Block rate $179 based on availability. Group Block - deadline March 13th.
Loews guest rooms and the surrounding areas have undergone an expansive transformation that was completed November 2024! The project encompassed the modernization of all guest rooms and suites along with their accompanying bathrooms and connecting corridors. Drawing inspiration from the Sonoran Desert, warm earth tones and sleek furnishings unveil a sophisticated fusion of contemporary design and thoughtfully curated spaces. The Lobby and Cascade Dining were enhanced this past June by the same designers of the guest rooms. The lounge area creates a more comfortable and inviting space for all guests with a modern southwest flair. Free time for swimming, hiking, tennis, spa, gym, stargazing and other resort activities.