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2018 General Conference Information/Archive

The Science of Consciousness Conference

TSC-2018

April 2-8, 2018

Tucson AZ

2018  TSC Abstract Book and Conference Program

2018  TSC Plenary Session Videos

Special Activities 2018

Early Morning Meditation

with Deepak Chopra

Friday, April 6, 2018, 7:00-8:00 am - Kiva Ballroom

Dinner and Show: Thursday April 5 (7:00-10:00)  - Kiva

Dinner and Show with Cirque Root

advance reservations needed via online system $75 pp

Cirque Roots of Tucson will be performing "EXIST"

more

link to Cirque Root Bios

Cirque Root will also be performing Black Light Yoga on Wed and Fri evenings

in Catalina K during the Poster Sessions and Receptions

Film Screening

Catalina Ballroom

Thursday, April 5

5:00 pm - 6:15 pm
'MINDS WIDE OPEN'

Poetry Slam

zOmBiE bLuEs

Friday April 6 (10:00-midnight)

Michael P. & The Gully Washers    

Good Thing~~

Loews Ventana Canyon

Kiva Ballroom 9:30 pm - 11:30 pm

The End of Consciousness Party

Saturday, April 7, 2018

Loews Ventana Canyon

Kiva Ballroom 8:30 pm- xxx

Z - BLUES with Michael P. & The Gully Washers    

One of the hallmark events at the biennial Tucson conferences

"Science of Consciousness" has been the

Poetry Slam/Zombie Blues

Performed late in the evening toward the end of the conference,

the Slam invites all attendees to recite original poems or sing their songs

(pertinent or otherwise) on stage on any topic related to consciousness or

their own verses of the Zombie Blues - The audience is encouraged to be rowdy and jeering. 

We conclude with a round of “The Zombie Blues”, sung to musical accompaniment

of a Blues riff. Zombies are hypothetical constructs which look and behave like humans

but lack conscious experience.  The first verse (traditionally performed by David Chalmers) 

goes like this: 

“I act like you act, I do what you do,

but I don’t know, what it’s like to be you.

What consciousness is, I ain’t got a clue.

I got the Zombie Blues!....” and so on.

Recent Winners, The Rutherfords,               Vintage David Chalmers and Peeps   

The Rime of the Conscious Mariner        

WORKSHOPS at TSC 2018

Pre-Conference Workshops

Monday and Tuesday, April 2 and 3, 2018

quick view / Workshops and Presenter Bios

Monday April 2 (9:00-1:00) 

Inner Experiences High Fidelity   (Coronado)

Mapping the Field of Consciousness Studies (Sabino)

Integrated East West Forum - full day  (Kiva Ballroom)

East West Forum Schedule    

Abstracts DEI Plenary

Abstracts DEI Oral

Abstracts DEI Poster

Monday April 2 (2:00-6:00)

Quantum Biology    (Salon E)

Consciousness, Pain and Addiction  (Salon D)      

Consciousness Hacking   (Catalina J)         

Philosophical Theories of Consciousness (Salon F)          

East West Forum  part 2 (Kiva)     

Tuesday April 3 (morning only) (9:00-12:30)

Network Science and Consciousness  (Exec Bd Rm)         

Interfacing with Non-Ordinary States    (Salon D)

Free Will, Quantum Causality and Consciousness  (Salon E)

AI/Robotics, Panel   (Salon F)

Time and Consciousness   (Coronado)

Daily Wellness at TSC 2018

Yoga - Meditation - Sound Therapy

Link to Schedule/Bios/Rooms

- subject to changes

Conference Registration & Payment System-closed

Early Standard     $550  

Early ​Students     $450   

Thurs Dinner/Show:  $75 optional

If you have a dinner guest, please open a registration record only for them

then return to your registration and add their dinner to your record.

Workshops are included in the registration fee.

Registration includes:

workshops (Mon-Tues)

4 receptions/party

Tuesday - opening Reception

Wednesday - poster, exhibitors reception

Friday - poster, exhibitors reception

Saturday - end of consciousness party

Daily Yoga and meditation sessions 7-8 am

Blank Registration Form.pdf        

no refunds after Feb 1

The TSC Abstract Submission System is now closed.  

Exhibitors/Publishers, Booksellers, Organizations

tables $1500 - includes 1 registration

Journal/Program Advertising 

full page  $1500-$2000

dimensions: 5.125" x 8.25”.  Allow .125” for bleed area

Sponsorships

contact: center@email.arizona.edu

The Science of CONSCIOUSNESS - TSC 2018

Program Outline by Session

Pre-Con Workshops:

Monday April 2 (9:00-1:00) and (2:00-6:00) 

Tuesday April 3 (morning only)

East West Forum:   Monday April 2 full day (9:00-5:00)

Conference Opening:  

Plenary 1 – Monday April 2, 7:00-10:00 PM

Workshops - continued half day -

Tuesday April 3, 9:00-1:00

Opening Reception:

Tuesday April 3 (7:30pm)

Plenary Sessions:

Tuesday April 3 through Saturday April 7

Concurrent Sessions:

Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday April 3,4,6  - 5:00-7:25 pm

Poster - Art - Demos and Exhibits:

Wednesday April 4 and Friday April 6 -    6:30-9:30 pm,  Receptions

Film Screening: Thursday April 5 - 5:00-6:15 pm, Minds Wide Open

Optional Dinner:  Thursday April 5 (6:30-10:00)  Dinner and Show with Cirque Root

advance reservations needed via online system $75 pp

Early Morning Meditation with Deepak Chopra: Friday, April 6, 2018, 7:00-8:00 am

Poetry Slam/Talent Show/Zombie Blues: Friday April 6 (10:00-midnight)

End of Consciousness Party:   Saturday April 7 (8:00-xxx)

Daily Yoga, Meditation, Sound Therapy - daily sessions Link

Final Conference Announcement 3/6/18

UA Health Sciences Office of Public Affairs, 2018 TSC Conference - News Release 12/12/17

2018 Program Chairs

Stuart Hameroff, MD

Director, Center for Consciousness Studies

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

George Mashour, MD

Director, Center for Consciousness Science, Co-Sponsor

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Thomas G. Bever, PhD

Regent's Professor

Vice-Director, Center for Consciousness Studies

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Conference Manager

Abi Behar Montefiore

center@email.arizona.edu

2018 Program Committee

Thomas G. Bever | Mary A. Peterson |

John J.B. Allen | Massimo Piatelli-Palmarini | Olga Bever

Abi Behar Montefiore | Alvin J. Clark | Betsy Bigbee

Center for Consciousness Studies - Advisory

George Mashour | David Chalmers | Harald Atmanspacher |

Paavo Pykllanen| Jay Sanguinetti | Vishal Sahni |

Nancy Woolf | James Tagg | Erik Viirre

GENERAL CONFERENCE Sessions 2018

Opening Session:             Monday April 2 Evening 7:00 - 10:00 PM - Plenary 1, KIVA

Plenary Sessions:            continue through Saturday April 7, KIVA

Concurrent Sessions:      Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: April 3,4,6 (tba)

Posters Sessions:            Wednesday and Friday: April 4 and April 6, Grand Ballroom

Art-Tech Health Exhibits:  Wednesday and Friday: April 4 and April 6, Grand Ballroom L

Welcome Reception:         Tuesday:  April 3 Cascade Terrace

Film Screening:                 Thursday, April 5, 5:00-6:00 pm, CATALINA

Optional Dinner/Show:      Thursday: April 5, 7:00 pm, KIVA 

Exhibit Receptions             Wednesday and Friday:  April 4 and April 6 Grand Ballroom Lobby

Poetry Slam:                       Friday: April 6 KIVA Ballroom

Saturday Party:                  Saturday: April 7 (8:00-xxx) KIVA