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History of the TSC Conferences
TSC - The Conference
The Science of Consciousness is an interdisciplinary conference emphasizing broad and rigorous approaches to all aspects of the study and understanding of conscious awareness. Topical areas include neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, biology, quantum physics, meditation and altered states, machine consciousness, culture and experiential phenomenology. The Tucson Biennial Conference Series – The Science of Consciousness, has been held annually since 1994, (in even numbered years) in Tucson, Arizona. The conference is sponsored by the Center for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona, and alternates yearly between Tucson, Arizona and various locations around the world with partner organizations and institutions, including Italy, Denmark, Japan, Sweden, Czech Republic, Hungary, Hong Kong, Finland and Interlaken, Switzerland.
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. The TSC conference is sponsored and produced by The Center for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona.
TSC Conference Videos
Tucson Conferences
1994 Tucson 1 Apr 12-17
1996 Tucson 2 Apr 8-13
1998 Tucson 3 Apr 27-May 2
2000 Tucson 4 Apr 10-15
2002 Tucson 5 Apr 8-12
2004 Tucson 6 Apr 7-11
2006 Tucson 7 Apr 4-8
2008 Tucson 8 Apr 8-12
2010 Tucson 9 Apr 12-17
2012 Tucson 10 Apr 9-14
2014 Tucson 11 Apr 21-26 20th Anniversary
2016 Tucson 12 Apr 25-30
2018 Tucson 13 Apr 2-7
2020 Tucson 14 Apr 13-18 postponed due to Covid-19
2020 Tucson15 Online Sep 14-18, 2020
2022 Tucson 16 Upcoming: April 18-23, 2022
1995-International
Co-Sponsored Conferences
TSC - Science of Consciousness
The alternate year international co-sponsored TSC conferences held overseas in cooperation with partner organizations and institutions.
1995-2017- Past Cities have included:
1995 Ischia, Italy
1997 Elsinore, Denmark
1999 Tokyo, Japan
2001 Skovde, Sweden
2003 Prague, Czech Republic
2005 Copenhagen, Denmark
2007 Budapest, Hungary
2009 Hong Kong, China
2011 Stockholm, Sweden
2013 Agra, India
2015 Helsinki, Finland
2017 San Diego, USA
2019 Interlaken, Switzerland