1. 2020 Consciousness Reboot
  2. Conference Program

THE SCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS | TSC 2020

TSC Consciousness Reboot

Dates: September 14-18, 2020

Time: 8:30 am to midnight MST
ONLINE / Livestream + Virtual 

 

The Science of Consciousness | Consciousness REBOOT   

Livestream |Virtual

September 14-18, 2020 MST

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Program Scheduled Times Listed are Arizona Mountain Time (MST)

OPENING SYMPOSIUM  

Monday,  September 14, 2020

7 pm-10 pm MST     (livestream and discussion) 

Psychedelics Symposium: Experience, Therapy and Science  

Plenary Program – PL1 - PL13    Livestream    MST

Tuesday, September 15 - Friday, September 18, 2020

Plenary ABSTRACTS 

TUESDAY, September 15, 2020

 

Plenary 1 -     8:30 am-10:40 am MST

TIME AND CONSCIOUSNESS

Carlo Rovelli, Aix-Marseilles U
Sylvie Droit-Volet, U Clermont
Dean Buonomano, UCLA

 
Plenary 2 -   11:10 am to 12:30 pm  MST  
REALITY / ILLUSION
Don Hoffman, UC Irvine
Keith Frankish, U Sheffield
 
Plenary 3 -     2:00 pm - 4:10 pm  MST
PSYCHEDELIC SCIENCE
Paul Stamets, Mycologist, Medical Researcher   
Christopher Timmermann-Slater, UCL
Mark Rasenick, U Chicago
Gül Dölen, Brain Science Instit., Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Instit., Johns Hopkins U 

WEDNESDAY, September 16, 2020

Plenary 4 -    8:30 am to 10:40 am  MST
VIBRATIONS, RESONANCE AND CONSCIOUSNESS 
Lawrence Zbikowski, U Chicago
Selen Atasoy, Oxford
Tam Hunt
Jonathan Schooler UCSB
 
Plenary 5 -     11:10 am -12:30 pm   MST
ENHANCING CONSCIOUSNESS WITH BRAIN STIMULATION
Alexander Bystritsky, UCLA
Shinzen Young, U Arizona
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Plenary 6 -       2:00 pm - 4:10 pm   MST
PSYCHEDELIC EXPERIENCE
Dennis McKenna, Heffter Research Institute
Sue Blackmore, University of Plymouth, UK
Luis Eduardo Luna, Wasiwaska Research Center, Brazil
Ede Frecska, National Institute of Psychiatry & Neurology, Hungary; University of Debrecen
THU​RSDAY, September 17, 2020
 
7:00 am - 8:00 am  MST
MEDITATION WITH DEEPAK CHOPRA
 
Plenary 7 -    8:30 am - 11:40 am -   MST
PREDICTIVE CODING
Lucia Melloni, Max Planck Institute  
Peter Kok, University College London 
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Plenary 8 -     11:40 am - 1:00 pm   - MST -
THE ROLE OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN DECISION MAKING 
Aaron Schurger, Chapman U
Uri Maoz, Chapman U
Eve Isham, U Arizona
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Duke U
 
Plenary 9 -   2:30 pm - 4:40 pm   MST
IS THE UNIVERSE CONSCIOUS?
Miri Albahari, U Western Australia
Deepak Chopra, Chopra Global
Philip Goff, Central European University
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Plenary 10 - 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm MST

EVOLUTION 
Antonio Damasio

Panel Discussion on David Bohm film "Infinite Potential" 
FRIDAY,  September 18, 2020
 
Plenary 11 -     8:30 am -10:40 am   MST
QUANTUM CONSCIOUSNESS
Hartmut Neven, Google Quantum AI
Peter Read, Vitruvian
Anirban Bandyopadhyay, NIMS
Sir Roger Penrose, Oxford
Stuart Hameroff, U Arizona

Anirban Bandyopadhyay, NIMS

KEYNOTE:
Plenary 12-  11:10 am-12:30 pm   MST
SPACE AND TIME IN THE BRAIN
Keynote: Edvard Moser, Nobel Laureate, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
 
Plenary 13 -   2:00 pm - 4:10 pm    MST
ORIGIN OF EEG
Bruce MacIver, Stanford
Paul L. Nunez, Tulane
Horacio Cantiello, UNSE Argentina
Alysson Muotri, UCSD

 

LINKS TO TEXT ABSTRACTS – updating

Plenary

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

Concurrents

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

Posters

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

Art Tech

https://eagle.sbs.arizona.edu/sc/abs_report_bysession.php?p=A

Wellness

Exhibitors

 

Program Outline

Plenary/Keynote

Concurrents  Tues C1-C8  |  Wed C9-C16  |   Fri  C17-C24

Posters  

Art-Tech-Health

Wellness

Exhibitors

Video time lengths 

Plenary:                  25 minutes  (livestream discussion and pre-recorded presentations)

Symposium:           Speakers: 15 min.   Panelists: 5 min (livestream)

Concurrents:          20 minutes (8) sessions with 4-5 speakers in each session

                                Tues C1-C8  |  Wed C9-C16  |   Fri  C17-C24

Art-Tech Demos:    20 minutes 

Poster sessions:     20 minutes

Wellness:                20 minutes (Yoga, Meditation, Art of Gong, Art Therapy) 

Demos/Exhibitors: 15-20 minutes

Sponsors:                1-3 minutes  

Sponsor Thank You List: text

 (will include registrants who donate portion of registration fee back to UA CCS) 

Poetry Slam/Zoombie Blues:   1-3 minutes max 

End of Consciousness Party: 15-20 minutes invited entertainment

PSAs/Ads/Logos:     1-2 minutes (Widescreen/16x9)

 

ABSTRACT & VIDEO FILE DEADLINES: 

New abstracts:  July 20

Decisions:          August 1

Video Files:       August 15 (strict deadline) 

 

VIDEO FILES - Technical Specs

Any Digital Video Format Will Work. 

MOV, MP4, M4V are preferred.  

10800P OR 720P

If sending a PowerPoint it needs to be exported as a Video

 

Ads/Sponsor Logos:   

WIDESCREEN/16X9     .PNG at 300 dpi

1920 x 1080 at 72 dpi.

 

Presenters: 

Please include a brief paragraph bio (word/pdf) and small .png photo -  300 dpi

 

** Google Drive Box Instructions for Video Files:  receiving files after July 15 -

(Abstracts must be accepted and Registrations Completed. Thank you)

contact: center@email.arizona.edu

Online Conference Links/Codes:  after August 10