{"id":3559,"date":"2017-09-16T19:37:43","date_gmt":"2017-09-17T02:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/tiic\/?p=3559"},"modified":"2017-09-16T19:38:16","modified_gmt":"2017-09-17T02:38:16","slug":"3559","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/tiic\/blog\/2017\/09\/3559\/","title":{"rendered":"CFP: The Science of Consciousness"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Science of Consciousness (‘TSC’) is an interdisciplinary conference emphasizing broad and rigorous approaches to all aspects of the study and understanding of conscious awareness. Topical areas include neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, biology, quantum physics, meditation, altered states, machine consciousness, the nature of reality, culture and experiential phenomenology.<\/p>\n

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Held annually since 1994, the conference is hosted by the Center for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona, and alternates yearly between Tucson, Arizona and various locations around the world. Information and video from the 2017 TSC\u00a0conference in San Diego\u00a0may be found at these sites<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.consciousness.arizona.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.consciousness.arizona.edu\/2017tscVideosPlenarySessions.htm<\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/consciouspictures<\/a><\/p>\n

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The next ‘TSC’, The Science of Consciousness, will be\u00a0April 2-7, 2018 in Tucson Arizona<\/strong><\/p>\n

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2018\u00a0Conference Themes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Are We Living in a Matrix-like Simulation?<\/p>\n

Artificial Intelligence\/Machine Consciousness<\/p>\n

Consciousness, Pain and Addiction<\/p>\n

Gene Editing and Consciousness<\/p>\n

Binding, Integration and Synthesis of Consciousness<\/p>\n

Brain Mapping and the Connectome<\/p>\n

Anterior and Posterior Cortex: What’s ‘Hot’ and What’s Not?<\/p>\n

Anesthetic and Psychoactive Drugs<\/p>\n

Language and Consciousness<\/p>\n

Non-Invasive Brain Modulation<\/p>\n

Origin and Evolution of Life and Consciousness<\/p>\n

Panpsychism, Idealism and Spacetime Geometry<\/p>\n

Quantum Brain Biology<\/p>\n

Time, Free Will and Consciousness<\/p>\n

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Plenary Speaker list will be announced soon<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Program Outline<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pre-Con Workshops:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday April 2 (9:00-1:00) and (2:00-6:00) and Tuesday April 3 (morning only)<\/p>\n

East West Forum:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Monday full day (9:00-5:00)<\/p>\n

Conference Opening:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Plenary 1 – Tuesday April 3\u00a0 (1:45 pm)<\/p>\n

Opening Reception:<\/strong>\u00a0Tuesday April 3\u00a0 (6:30pm)<\/p>\n

Plenary Sessions:<\/strong>\u00a0Tuesday April 3 through Saturday April 7<\/p>\n

Poster Exhibits<\/strong>: Wednesday April 4 and Friday April 6 – with evening receptions<\/p>\n

Concurrent Sessions:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday April 3,4,6 (5:00-7:25 pm)<\/p>\n

Optional Dinner:<\/strong>\u00a0Thursday April 5 (6:30-10:00)<\/p>\n

Poetry Slam\/Talent Show\/Zombie Blues:\u00a0<\/strong>Friday April 6 (10:00-midnight)<\/p>\n

End of Consciousness Party:<\/strong>\u00a0Saturday April 7 (8:00-xxx)<\/p>\n

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The Center for Consciousness Studies, \u00a0University of Arizona, Tucson<\/p>\n

The Center for Consciousness Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor<\/p>\n

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Chair: Stuart Hameroff, Co-Chairs: Tom Bever,\u00a0George Mashour<\/p>\n

John JB Allen,\u00a0Harald Atmanspacher,\u00a0Abi Behar-Montefiore, Betsy Bigbee, Alvin Clark,<\/p>\n

Eve Isham, Mary Peterson,\u00a0James Tagg, Erik Viirre, Nancy Woolf, Jay Sanguinetti, Paavo Pylkkanen<\/p>\n

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TSC2018 LINKS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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R<\/strong>EGISTRATION –<\/strong>\u00a0Now Open<\/p>\n