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TSC 2026: Themes and Program Outline

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Conference Themes

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

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Conference Program Outline 

Sunday, Apr 5 - Arrivals

Monday, Apr 6 - Pre-Conference Workshops (morning, afternoon and evening symposium)

Tuesday, Apr 7 - Plenary, Concurrents, Welcome reception

Wednesday, Apr 8 & Friday Apr 10 - Plenary, Concurrents, Posters, Art-Tech Demos, Exhibits

Thursday, Apr 9 - Plenary, Exhibits, Optional Dinner

Friday, Apr 10 - Plenary, Concurrents, Posters, Demos, Exhibits, Party, Poetry Slam, Dancing

Saturday a.m. Apr 11 - Plenary sessions

Saturday p.m. – TBA

Additional Sessions/ Presenters

CONCURRENT Sessions C1-C25
Tues/Wed/Fri  5 – 6:50 p.m.

POSTERS Sessions 1 & 2
Wed/Fri  7 – 10 p.m.       
poster dimensions: 24 x 36 or 18 x 24 inches 

ART-TECH DEMOS - Exhibits

 

EXHIBITORS 
Arizona Astrobiology Center
Vielight
Sanmai

Center for the Future Mind

Nirvanic

Cosmointel

Serenity Tibet

IONS - CIHS
Journal of Consciousness Studies JCS - Imprint Academic UK

 

ART DISPLAYS
 
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Special Thanks to Our Partners and 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 •  Arizona Astrobiology Center •  Ions Institute of Noetic Sciences • CIHS • Fundamental Wellbeing Foundation • Center for the Study of Non-Symbolic Consciousness • Anonymous