Call for Abstracts  

New Deadline

Abstracts and Early Registration: January 15, 2019

 

The Science of Consciousness - TSC 2019  
Interlaken Switzerland
June 25-28, 2019
https://www.tsc2019-interlaken.ch/

 

Abstracts and Registration

https://www.tsc2019-interlaken.ch/abstract-submission/


Registration and hotel reservations via Interlaken Congress

https://www.tsc2019-interlaken.ch/abstract-submission/

 

The Science of Consciousness (TSC) 2019 is the 26th annual international interdisciplinary conference on fundamental questions and cutting-edge issues connected with conscious experience. 

TSC is the largest and longest-running interdisciplinary conference emphasizing conceptual, empirical, cultural and even artistic approaches to the study of consciousness. Key areas include the philosophy of mind, cognitive science, neuroscience, anthropology, biology, physics, computer science and mathematics. Held annually since 1994, the TSC conferences alternate yearly between Tucson, Arizona and various locations around the world. 

TSC conferences continue to bring together various perspectives, orientations, and methodologies within the study of consciousness. These include not only academic subjects within the sciences and humanities, but also contemplative and experiential traditions, culture and the arts. TSC aims to integrate viewpoints and bridge gaps, appreciates constructive controversy, and pursues the spirit of genuine dialogue. The format of the conference includes plenary sessions, in-depth workshops, concurrent sessions, poster sessions and social events.

Program Outline

2019 TSC Conference program - updating

https://www.tsc2019-interlaken.ch/program/ 

Themes

TSC19 will include themes such as: 

  • connectomics
  • placebo research
  • first-person experience
  • anesthetics
  • psychedelics
  • plant cognition
  • quantum biology
  • phantom limbs
  • dual-aspect monism
  • bistable perception
  • insight
  • religious studies
  • language
  • embodiment
  • time consciousness
  • critical neuroscience
  • micro-phenomenology

TSC 2019 will particularly highlight testable implications of various approaches to consciousness.

Confirmed Speakers to date:

https://www.tsc2019-interlaken.ch/program/ 

  • Harald Atmanspacher (Collegium Helveticum Zurich)
  • Nathaniel Barrett (University of Navarra)
  • David Chalmers (New York University)
  • Thomas Filk (University of Freiburg)
  • Christopher Fuchs (University of Massachusetts at Boston)
  • Monica Gagliano (University of Western Australia at Perth)
  • Kathryn Hall (Harvard University)
  • Stuart Hameroff (University of Arizona at Tucson)
  • Nicholas Humphrey (Cambridge University)
  • Eva Jablonka (Tel Aviv University)
  • Matthew Johnson (Johns Hopkins University)
  • Jeffrey Kripal (Rice University Houston)
  • Chauncey Maher (Dickinson College, Carlisle)
  • George Mashour (University of Michigan Medical School) 
  • Martine Nida-Rumelin (University of Fribourg)
  • Katrin Preller (University of Zurich)
  • Felix Scholkmann (University of Zurich)
  • William Seager (University of Toronto)
  • Marc Solms (University of Cape Town)
  • Olaf Sporns (Indiana University Bloomington)
  • Eors Szathmary (Ecological Research Ctr. Tihany, Parmenides Ctr. Pullach)  

Confirmed In-Depth Workshops include:

https://www.tsc2019-interlaken.ch/program/ 

  • Psychedelics - organized by Selen Atasoy, Oxford University
  • Language and Consciousness - organized by Tom Bever, University of Arizona at Tucson
  • Anesthesia and Consciousness - organized by Travis Craddock, Nova Southeastern University Ft. Lauderdale
  • Bodily Consciousness - organized by Peter Brugger, University of Zurich
  • Time - organized by Anne Giersch, University of Strasbourg
  • Panpsychism and Dual Aspect Monism - organized by Philip Goff, Durham University
  • Critical Neuroscience - organized by Peter beim Graben, University of Cottbus
  • Anticipatory Consciousness - organized by Scott Jordan, Illinois State University at Normal
  • Bistable Perception - organized by Jurgen Kornmeier, University of Freiburg
  • Insight - organized by Michael Ollinger, Parmenides Center for the Study of Thinking, Pullach
  • Free Will and Quantum Agency - organized by Paavo Pylkkänen, Helsinki University
  • Embodied Critical Thinking - organized by Donata Schoeller, University of Koblenz
  • Mind-Body Reciprocity - organized by Wolfgang Tschacher, University of Bern
  • Quantum Biology - organized by Jack Tuszynski, Politechnico di Torino
  • Integrated East-West Forum - organized by Vishal Sahni, Dayalbagh Educational Institute Agra

    Important Dates 2019

    https://www.tsc2019-interlaken.ch/important-dates-1/ 
  • 15 January 2019 - deadline for abstract submission & early registration
  • 01 February 2019 - author notification 
  • 20 April 2019 - hotel reservation system closes 
  • 10 May 2019 - pre-conference registration closes   
  • 25-28 June 2019 - The Science of Consciousness, Congress Center Interlaken

Venue 

Interlaken Congress Center, Kursaal Interlaken, Switzerland 

https://www.tsc2019-interlaken.ch/venue/

The Science of Consciousness 2019 will be held at the Congress Center Interlaken, a small town with great reputation in the center of Switzerland. Interlaken is located between lakes and mountains, close to the famous "Top of Europe" at Jungfraujoch, Europe's highest train station at more than 10'000 feet above sea level. 

Hotels 

https://www.tsc2019-interlaken.ch/abstract-submission/ 

Blocks at a variety of hotels near the Congress Centre Interlaken

can be booked together with the conference registration through the Conference Website

Conference Website  

https://www.tsc2019-interlaken.ch/ 

Organizers

https://www.tsc2019-interlaken.ch/trailer/

  • Harald Atmanspacher (Collegium Helveticum Zurich)
  • Stuart Hameroff (Center for Consciousness Studies, University of Arizona)

Local Organizing Committee

  • Harald Atmanspacher (chair; Collegium Helveticum Zurich)
  • Norman Sieroka (co-chair; Turing Center Zurich)
  • Gundel Jaeger (conference manager) 

Program Committee

  • Selen Atasoy (Oxford University)
  • Harald Atmanspacher (Collegium Helveticum Zurich)
  • Anne Giersch (University of Strasbourg)
  • Stuart Hameroff (University of Arizona at Tucson)
  • George Mashour (University of Michigan at Ann Arbor)
  • Paavo Pylkkänen, (University of Helsinki, Finland)
  • William Seager (University of Toronto)

We thank our cooperation partners and sponsors for their support
Center for Consciousness Studies Tucson
Collegium Helveticum Zurich
Congress Centre Interlaken
Consciousness Central TV
Dayalbagh Educational Institute

Journal of Consciousness Studies
Society for Mind-Matter Research
The Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Foundation

 

Contact in Switzerland:

Gundel Jaeger (conference manager - Switzerland)

[email protected]

 

Contact in the US: 

Abi Behar Montefiore (UA, CCS TSC)

[email protected]

Center for Consciousness Studies at The University of Arizona - Since 1994

www.consciousness.arizona.edu

 

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Video from the recent 2018 TSC Tucson Conference

Plenary Sessions 2018

http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu/2018VideoPlenarySessionsTSC.html

 

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