Science of Consciousness Conference
April 2-7, 2018
Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, Tucson
Science of Consciousness Conference, Tucson 2018
PLENARY PROGRAM 2018 - Updated
TUESDAY - APRIL 3
2:00 pm - 4:10 pm
PLENARY 1 (PL1) Consciousness and Psychedelics
Robin Carhart Harris, Imperial College, London
Jimo Borjigin, University of Michigan
Anil K. Seth, University of Sussex
WEDNESDAY - APRIL 4
8:30 am -10:40 am
PLENARY 2 (PL2) Language and Our Inner Voice
Charles Fernyhough, Durham University
Riny Huijbregts, Utrecht University
Andrea Moro, IUSS School for Advanced Studies
11:10 am - 12:30 pm
PLENARY 3 (PL 3)
Cognitive and Consciousness Enhancement Technology
Patti Maes, MIT Media Lab
Steven Gullans, Cleveland Clinic, Excel Medical Ventures
2:00 pm to 4:10 pm
PLENARY 4 (PL4)
Neural Correlates of Consciousness: Where, When and How?
George Mashour, University of Michigan
Hakwan Lau, UCLA
Uta Noppenay, University of Birmingham
THURSDAY - APRIL 5
8:30 am - 10:40 am
PLENARY 5 (PL5) Physics and Consciousness I
Lucien Hardy, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Robert Alfano, City College of New York
Christoph Simon, University of Calgary
Noam Chomsky, University of Arizona
Thomas Bever, University of Arizona
Massimo Piattelli Palmarini, University of Arizona
2:00 pm -4:45 pm
PLENARY 7 (PL7) Origin and Evolution of Life and Consciousness
Steen Rasmussen, University of Southern Denmark, Sante Fe Institute
Stuart Kauffman, Sante Fe Institute
Sara Walker, Arizona State University
Bruce Damer, UC Santa Cruz
FRIDAY - APRIL 6
8:30 am - 10:40 am
PLENARY 8 (PL8) Physics and Consciousness II
George F.R. Ellis, University of Cape Town
Anirban Bandyopadhyay, NIMS, Japan, IIIR, India
TBA
11:10 am to 12:30 pm
PLENARY 9 (PL9) Keynote – The ‘Meta-Problem’ of Consciousness
David Chalmers, New York University
2:00 pm - 4:10 pm
PLENARY 10 (PL10); Idealism, Panpsychism and Pan-Protopsychism
Deepak Chopra, Chopra Foundation, UCSD
Hedda Hassel Morch, New York University
Stuart Hameroff, University of Arizona
SATURDAY - APRIL 7
9:00 - 11:10 am
PLENARY 11 (PL11)
How Do Anesthetics Act to Selectively Prevent Consciousness?
Bruce Maciver, Stanford University
Robert Pearce, University of Wisconsin
Rod Eckenhoff, University of Pennsylvania
Travis Craddock, Nova Southeastern University
12:00 pm to 1:20 pm
PLENARY 12 (PL12) Perceptual Integration and Disintegration
Ladan Shams, UCLA
Anthony Hudetz, University of Michigan
2:30 pm - 4:40 pm
PLENARY 13 (PL13) Artificial Intelligence and Machine Consciousness
Paul Werbos, National Science Foundation
David Hanson, Hanson Robotics
Julia Mossbridge, IONS
Sophia the Humanoid Hanson Robot
WORKSHOPS
(Optional)
MONDAY April 2 (Session 1) - 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
- Language, Evolution and Consciousness – Bever, N. Chomsky, M. Palmarini-Piatelli and others
- Mapping the Field of Consciousness Studies – Combs
- Inner Experiences High Fidelity – R. Hurlburt, E. Schwitzgebel
- DEI East West Forum (part 1) Satsangi, V. Sahni and others
MONDAY April 2 (Session 2)– 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- Philosophical Theories of Consciousness – Gennaro
- Quantum Biology – Tuszynski, A. Bandyopadhyay, S. Hameroff, others
- Consciousness, Pain and Addiction – T. Vanderah, Ibrahim, A. Patwardhan,
- Ditmanson, M. Zepprich, R. Gelb,
- Consciousness Hacking – Sanguinetti, M. Siegel
- DEI East West Forum (Part 2)
TUESDAY April 3 (Session 3)– 9:00 am – 12:30 pm (morning session only)
- Network Science and Consciousness - Lee, A. Hudetz, G. Mashour, D. Pal
- Free Will, Agency and Consciousness – Pylkkanen, J. Wallezek, G. Musser
- Interfacing with Non-Ordinary States – P. Maes, J. Amores, A. Horowitz, MIT Media Lab
- AI/Robotics, Paul Verschure, Hanson Robotics
- Time and Consciousness – Montemayor, H. Atmanspacher and others
Co-Sponsors:
The Center for Consciousness Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson
The Center for Consciousness Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
TSC 2018 Program Committee
Chair: Stuart Hameroff,
Co-Chairs: Tom Bever, George Mashou
John JB Allen, Harald Atmanspacher, Abi Behar-Montefiore, Betsy Bigbee, Alvin Clark,
Mary Peterson, Eve Isham, James Tagg, Erik Viirre, Nancy Woolf, Jay Sanguinetti,
Paavo Pylkkanen
TSC 2018 | CONFERENCE LINKS
REGISTRATION
Online Abstract Submission system. Standard and Student Rates Available.
https://eagle.sbs.arizona.edu/sc/
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Questions: [email protected]
VENUE
Loews Ventana Canyon Hotel
LOEWS - Hotel Link Now OPEN (Special rate for conference registrants only)
Early rate $109 night, based on availability, before February 17)
DEADLINES
JANUARY 2, 2018 General Conference Abstracts - Final Deadline
February 15 - Final Program and Abstract Revisions to Print
REGISTRATION
Standard $550
Students $450
Workshops $50-$75 – optional
Thurs. Dinner/Show $75 -optional
INCLUDED IN REGISTRATION
Tuesday Welcome Reception
All Plenary, Concurrent Sessions
Wednesday and Friday Posters/Demos / Evening Light Receptions
Saturday Closing Dinner Party
Meditation, Yoga
The Hotel offers free shuttles to Sabino Canyon - www.sabinocanyon.com
2018 Sponsors/Exhibitors/Advertisers: [email protected]
2018 Press: Limited number - Please open registrations and email your requests
Abi Behar Montefiore
http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu
tel: 520-621-9317 | +text: 520-247-5785
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