The Science of Consciousness Conference 2024 – Announcement + Call for Abstracts

Dear Friends, Newswise — We are pleased to announce the 30 th annual conference ‘The Science of Consciousness’ (‘TSC’), April 22-27, 2024 at the beautiful Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in the hills above Tucson, Arizona. The conference is hosted and sponsored by the University of Arizona, Center for Consciousness Studies and co-sponsored by the University of Michigan, Center for Consciousness Science. Conference Themes – The Science of Consciousness 2024 Cortical Oscillations & Traveling Waves Psychedelics & Psychoplastogens Astrobiology & Astroconsciousness Dual Aspect Monism Megahertz EEG & DoDecoGraphy (DDG) Theories of Consciousness Consciousness & Reality Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Consciousness Detecting Consciousness Microtubule Time Crystals Searching for Consciousness and Entanglement in Cerebral Organoids Brain Dimensions, Wavefunctions and Symmetry Keynote Speakers Earl K Miller – Susan Schneider – Anirban Bandyopadhyay – Dante Lauretta Plenary Speakers Steven Laureys Donald Hoffman Tanya Luhrmann Brian Muraresku George Mashour Sir Roger Penrose Caleb Scharf Hartmut Neven Pieter-Jan Maes Giulio Tononi Paavo Pylkkanen Claudia Passos Gina Poe Stuart Hameroff Harald Atmanspacher Dinesh Pal David Chalmers Alysson Muotri Dean Rickles Santosh A.

Helekar Melanie Boly Deepak Chopra Bill Seager Christof Koch Zirui Huang Aaron Schurger Dimitris Pinotsis Andre Bastos Pulin Gong Phillip Schmitt-Kopplin Valerie Gray Hardcastle Matteo Grasso Program Sessions by Day TSC Workshops are 4 hour parallel sessions on particular topics Monday morning, afternoon and evening. Attendance is included in your registration. 8:30 am to 12:30 pm (Workshop speakers listed below) Quantum Biology Dual Aspect Monism Dreamless Sleep Indian Knowledge Systems and Medical Applications (IKSHMA) 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm Neurophysiology of Loss and Recovery of Consciousness Meditation and Global Spiritual Practices Education in Consciousness Studies Terminal Lucidity 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm – Symposium and Open Discussion Integrated Information Theory of Consciousness Giulio Tononi, Christof Koch, Melanie Boly, Matteo Grasso, Paavo Pylkkanen (Moderator) 7:15 am – 8:00 am – Kiva Plaza Meditation Wellness Kickoff with Deepak Chopra 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 Pylkkanen 5:00-7:00 pm – Concurrent Sessions 1-8 (Speakers TBA) C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4, C-5, C-6, C-7, C-8 6:30-9:00 pm Welcome Reception 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 ‘AI and the Future of the Mind’ Susan Schneider 2:00 pm to 4:10 pm – Plenary 6 ‘Psychedelics and Altered States’ Tanya Luhrmann, Brian Muraresku, Dinesh Pal 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Concurrents 9-16 (Speakers TBA) C-9. C-10, C-11, C-12, C-13, C-14, C-15, C-16 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Art-Tech Demos, Exhibits, Posters (Presenters TBA) Refreshments Cash Bar PLENARY 8:30 am to 10:40 am – Plenary 7 ‘Mechanisms of Consciousness’ Aaron Schurger, Pieter-Jan Maes, George Mashour 11:10 am to 12:30 pm – KEYNOTE/Plenary 8 ‘DoDecoGraphy (‘DDG’) – 12 Orders of Frequency Oscillations in EEG’ Anirban Bandyopadhyay 2:00 pm to 4:10 pm – Plenary 9 Astrobiology and Astroconsciousness Caleb Scharf, Phillipe Schmitt-Kopplin, Stuart Hameroff 6:30-9:00 pm – optional dinner under the stars – tickets required PLENARY 8:30 am to 10:40 am – Plenary 10 ‘Dual Aspect Monism’ Harald Atmanspacher, Bill Seager, Dean Rickles 11:10 am to 12:30 pm – KEYNOTE/Plenary 11 ‘Molecules of Life and Consciousness from the Asteroid Bennu Dante Lauretta 2:00 pm to 4:10 pm – Plenary 12 ‘The Science of Consciousness – 30 Years On’ Panel: Valerie Gray Hardcastle, David Chalmers, Christof Koch, Stuart Hameroff, Paavo Pylkkanen 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Concurrents 17-24 C-17, C-18, C-19, C-20, C-21, C-22, C-23, C-24 (Speakers TBA) 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm Art-Tech Demos, Exhibits, Posters (Presenters TBA) Reception Poetry Slam / No-End of Consciousness Party Cash Bar PLENARY 9:00 am to 10:30 am – Plenary 13 ‘Dimensions, Wavefunctions and Symmetry in the Brain’ Zirui Huang, Santosh Helekar, Sir Roger Penrose 11:00 am to 12:30 pm – Plenary 14 ‘Searching for Consciousness and Entanglement in Cerebral Organoids’ Alysson Muotri, Harmut Neven Conference Close For more information visit https://conta. cc/3T5iZvh.