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Highlights of TSC Conferences Message from Conference Chair Stuart Hameroff
The Science of Consciousness Tucson Biennial Conferences Series (since 1994) & Alternate Year International TSC Conferences (since 1995) in Cooperation with Partner Organizations and Institutions
'The Science of Consciousness' (‘TSC’) is the world’s largest and longest-running interdisciplinary conference on all aspects of the nature of conscious awareness, feelings and existence.
These include how the brain produces consciousness, how consciousness can causally affect brain processes, the best empirical theories, do we have free will, evolution life and consciousness, the origins of moral and of aesthetic values, how to improve mental, physical and cognitive function, and whether consciousness can persist after bodily death, e.g. through ‘uploading’ to machines, or via mental processes tied to the structure of reality.
These and other relevant questions are approached through many disciplines in science, philosophy ,business, the arts and contemplative practices.
For example, many see the brain as a computer, with consciousness emerging from complex computation among brain neurons, or from as-yet-unknown circuits or features of biological matter and energy. This approach motivates ‘brain mapping’, artificial intelligence (‘AI’) and efforts to ‘upload’ human minds into conscious machines.
On the other hand, some see consciousness as a fundamental property of the universe, akin to mass, spin or charge, rather than emerging from them. These approaches include panpsychism, dualism, idealism, Eastern philosophy, Whitehead, quantum physics and cosmology.
TSC began in 1994 at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, and returns to Tucson in even-numbered years, alternating with TSC conferences around the globe (Italy, Denmark, Japan, Hungary, Hong Kong, Sweden, Czech Republic, India, Helsinki and Interlaken, Switzerland in 2019.
The Center collaborates with academic institutes around the world. CCS is located at the University of Arizona. (since 1994)
The 2020 conference will consist of Plenary talk sessions, Concurrent talk sessions, Posters, Technology and Art Exhibits, Social Events, Entertainment, Pre-conference Workshops and Satellite Excursions. Abstract submissions are invited for consideration for Plenary and Concurrent Talks, Posters and Exhibits.
Sincerely, Stuart Hameroff MD University of Arizona, Director CCS, Co-Chair TSC
1994-2020 TUCSON ARIZONA 1994 Tucson 1 Apr 12-17, 1994 1996 Tucson 2 Apr 8-13, 1996 1998 Tucson 3 Apr 27- May 2,1998 2000 Tucson 4 Apr 10-15, 2000 2002 Tucson 5 Apr 8-12, 2002 2004 Tucson 6 Apr 7-11, 2004 2006 Tucson 7 Apr 4-8, 2006 2008 Tucson 8 Apr 8-12, 2008 2010 Tucson 9 Apr 12-17, 2010 2012 Tucson 10 Apr 9-14, 2012 2014 Tucson 11 Apr 21-26, 2014- 20th Anniversary 2016 Tucson 12 Apr 25-30, 2016 2018 Tucson 13 Apr 2-7, 2018 2020 Tucson 14 Apr 13-18, 2020 - upcoming
1995-2019 INTERNATIONAL Co-Sponsored Conferences TSC - Science of Consciousness The alternate year international co-sponsored TSC conferences held overseas in cooperation with partner organizations and institutions.
1995-2017- Past Cities have included: 1995 Ischia, Italy 1997 Elsinore, Denmark 1999 Tokyo, Japan 2001 Skovde, Sweden 2003 Prague, Czech Republic 2005 Copenhagen, Denmark 2007 Budapest, Hungary 2009 Hong Kong, China 2011 Stockholm, Sweden 2013 Agra, India 2015, Helsinki, Finland 2017, San Diego, USA 2019 Interlaken, Switzerland 2021 TBA
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