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.
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 & wellness exhibitors, tenniscentric. Free time for swimming, hiking, and other resort activities. Sabino Canyon is approx 3 miles from the Resort. Welcome Reception (Tues), Dinner (Thurs optional), Poetry Slam (Fri)
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The Science of Consciousness 2024 TUCSON - 30th Annual
Monday Morning Workshops, April 22, 2024 - 8:30 am to 12:30 pm
Quantum Biology - Paige Derr, NIH/NCATS; Thorsten Ritz, UCI; Nirosha Murugan,Wilfrid Laurier;Manisha Patel, UCSB, Travis Craddock, NSU, Philip Kurian, Howard U (via zoom)
Dual Aspect Monism - Michael Silberstein, Elizabethtown College; Jeffrey Kripal, Rice U; William Seager, U of Toronto; Robert Prentner, Munich U; Harald Atmanspacher, Collegium Helveticum, ETH Zurich
Dreamless Sleep - JF Pagel, U of Colorado; Jerome Alonso, U of Calgary; AntonioZadra, U of Montreal; Gina Poe, UCLA
Indian Knowledge Systems and Medical Applications - (IKSHMA)Faculty and students from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi ('IIT Mandi) will present remotely.
Monday Afternoon Workshops - 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Neurophysiology of Loss and Recovery of Consciousness - M. Bruce MacIver, Stanford U; Kathleen Vincent, Harvard U; Anthony Hudetz, U Michigan, Robert A Pearce MD, PhD Professor U Wisc-Madison
Education in Consciousness Studies - Laurel Waterman, OISE, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto; Joan Walton,York St. John U; MollyBeauregard, Hidehiko Saegusa IIT Mandi; Kunal Mooley CalTech; Thomas Bever, U Arizona
Meditation and Global Spiritual Practices - Thomas Brophy, CIHS/Ions; DeepakChopra; Hidehiko Saegusa, IIT Mandi, U Arizona, CIHS and AABC Development Board UA Astrobiology Center; Jeffery Martin, CIHS; Christopher Lord, formerly of Charles University, Prague
Terminal Lucidity -Michael Nahm, Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology, Freiburg, Germany; Natasha Tassell-Matamua, Massey U, New Zealand; Chris Roe, U of Northampton, UK; Marjorie Woollacott, U of Oregon; Maryne Mutis, Université de Lorraine, France; Karalee Kothe, U of Colorado
Integrated Information Theory of Consciousness - Christof Koch, Allen Institute, Tiny Blue Dot Foundation, Seattle; Giulio Tononi, U Wisconsin, Melanie Boly, U Wisconsin, Matteo Grasso, U Wisconsin. Moderated by Paavo Pylkkänen, U Helsinki & U of Skövde
CONFERENCE PROGRAM OPENING
TUESDAY, April 23, 2024
7:15 am -8:00 am - Meditation Wellness Kickoff - DEEPAK CHOPRA
PLENARY PROGRAM 2024
8:30 am to 10:40 am - Plenary 1 'Detecting Consciousness' - STEVEN LAUREYS, CLAUDIA PASSOS, GINA POE
11:10 am to 12:30 pm - KEYNOTE/Plenary 2 - 'Cortical Oscillations, Waves and Consciousness 1' - EARL K. MILLER
2:00 pm to 4:10 pm - Plenary 3 ‘Consciousness and Reality' DONALD HOFFMAN, DEEPAK CHOPRA, PAAVO PYLKKÄNEN
CONCURRENTS
Tuesday April 23, 5:00-7:00 pm - Concurrent Sessions 1-8 (Speakers TBA) 25 min talk; 5 min Q&A Session Title, Speakers, Room
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6:30-9:00 pm Welcome Reception
WEDNESDAY April 24, 2024
PLENARY
8:30 am to 10:40 am-Plenary 4 -'Cortical Oscillations,Waves and Consciousness 2' ANDRE BASTOS, PULIN GONG, DIMITRIS PINOTSIS
11:10 am to 12:30 pm - KEYNOTE/Plenary 5 - 'The Global Brain' - SUSAN SCHNEIDER
2:00 pm to 4:10 pm - Plenary 6 ‘Psychedelics and Altered States' TANYA LUHRMANN, BRIAN MURARESKU, GEORGE MASHOUR
CONCURRENTS
Wednesday, April 24, 5:00 -7:00 pm -Concurrent Sessions 9-16 (Speakers TBA) 25 min talk; 5 min Q&A Session Title, Speakers, Room
