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From: Center for CONSCIOUSNESS STUDIES <MMIIMIMM Sent: Friday, October 27, 2017 10:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Call for Abstracts and Pre-Registration I TSC 2018 Tucson Send The CCS Flyer PDF to Your Friends and Colleagues <http://consciousness.arizona.edu/documents/FlyerTSC2018- 8.5x11flyer-x300-revised.pdf> 'The Science of Consciousness' Conference - April 2-7, 2018 loews Ventana Canyon Resort - Tucson, Arizona Call for Abstracts and Pre-Registration 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. Held annually since 1994, the conference is hosted by the Center for Consciousness Studies <http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu/> at the University of Arizona, and alternates yearly between Tucson, Arizona and various locations around the world. The next 'TSC', The Science of Consciousness, will be April 2-7, 2018 in Tucson Arizona at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort co-hosted with the University of Michigan, Center for Consciousness Science. See website for details www.consciousness.arizona.edu <http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu/> 2018 Conference Themes: Artificial Intelligence/Machine Consciousness I Anesthetic and Psychoactive Drugs I Consciousness, Pain and Addiction Perceptual Integration and Disintegration I Neural Correlates of Consciousness: Where, When, and How? I Language and Consciousness Brain Mapping and the Connectome I Origin and Evolution of Life and Consciousness I EFTA_R1_01431646 EFTA02397964 Panpsychism and Idealism I Brain, Photons and Entanglement Gene Editing and Consciousness I Are We Living in a Simulation? 2018 Plenary Speakers to include: Robert Alfano I Tom Bever Jimo Borjigin Robin Carhart-Harris David Chalmers I Noam Chomsky I Deepak Chopra I Travis Craddock I Bruce Darner Roderic Eckenhoff I George Ellis Charles Fernyhough I Steven Gullans I Stuart Hameroff David Hanson Lucien Hardy I Anthony Hudetz I Riny Huijbregts I Stuart Kauffman I Hakwan Lau I Bruce Maciver I George Mashour I Hedda Hassel Morch I Andrea Moro I Julia Mossbridge I Uta Noppenay I Robert Pearce I Massimo Piattelle Palmarini I Steen Rasmussen I Anil Seth I Ladan Shams I Christoph Simon I John David Smith I Sophia the Robot I Galen Strawson I Todd Vanderah I Sara Walker Paul Werbos I General Conference Schedule Workshops Monday, April 2 and Tuesday April 3 Opening Session: Tuesday April 3, 2018: 1:45 pm Plenary Sessions: Tuesday through Saturday: April 3-7 Concurrent Sessions: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: April 3, 4, 6 (5:00.7:25 pm) Posters Sessions: Wednesday and Friday: April 4 and April 6 Art-Tech Exhibits: Wednesday and Friday: April 4 and April 6 Welcome Reception: Tuesday: April 3 (7:00 pm) Optional Dinner/Show: Thursday: April 5 (6:00 - 10:00 pm) Exhibit Receptions Wednesday and Friday: April 4 and April 6 Poetry Slam/Zombie Blues: Friday: April 6 (10:00 pm - 12:00am) Saturday Party: Saturday: April 7 (8:00 - xxx) End of Consciousness Party Sponsors 2 EFTA_R1_01431647 EFTA02397965 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 Mashour John JB Allen, Harald Atmanspacher, Abi Behar-Montefiore, Betsy Bigbee, Alvin Clark, Eve Isham, Mary Peterson, James Tagg, Erik Viirre, Nancy Woolf, Jay Sanguinetti, Paavo Pylkkanen Links Registration and Abstract Submission <mailto:https://eagle.sbs.arizona.edu/sc/> Now Accepting Pre-Registration and Abstracts Online Abstract Submission system <mailto:https://eagle.sbs.arizona.edu/sc/> Conference Registration Payment System <mailto:https://eagle.sbs.arizona.edu/sc/> The Online Payment Section will be open after November 1 loews Ventana Canyon Hotel Link - Hotel Link Now OPEN <mailto:https://www.loewshotels.com/ventana-canyon/the- science-of-consciousness-2018?_=1489426840432> Special rate for conference registrants only. Early rate $109 <mailto:https://www.loewshotels.com/ventana-canyon/the-science-of-consciousness- 2018?_=1489426840432> / night, based on availability, before February 17 Deadlines December 15 - General Conference Abstracts Deadline November 1- December 15 - General Conference & Workshop Abstract Notifications December 1- Early Registration Deadline 3 EFTA_R1_01431648 EFTA02397966 February 15 - Final Program and Abstract Revisions Registration Fees Standard $550 Students $450 Seniors/Alumni/Spouse $450 Workshops $50-$75 (will post by November 15) Thurs. Dinner $75 optional Registration Includes: Tuesday Welcome Reception Wednesday and Friday Posters/Exhibits Evening Receptions Saturday Closing party dinner, music Video Links to Recent TSC Plenary Sessions and Interviews http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu <http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu/> http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu/2017tscVideosPlenarySessions.htm <http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu/2017tscVideosPlenarySessions.htm> https://www.youtube.com/user/consciouspictures <https://www.youtube.com/user/consciouspictures> https://itunes.apple.com/uslitunes-u/center-for-consciousness-studies/id4131361007mt=10 <https://itunes.apple.com/uslitunes-u/center-for-consciousness-studies/id4131361007mt=10> Recent Programs and Abstract Books 2017 TSC Abstracts, Program Book 2016 TSC Abstracts, Program Book chttp://consciousness.arizona.edu/documents/TSC2016_8OOK_of_Abstracts_final.pdf> 2014 TSC Abstracts, Program Book 4 EFTA_R1_01431649 EFTA02397967 Contact: Abi Behar Montefiore <mailto http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu <http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu/> tel: 520-621-9317 fl u Abi Behar Montefiore Assistant Director Center for CONSCIOUSNESS STUDIES University of Arizona c/o Dept. of Anesthesiolo y THE SCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS Upcoming TSC Conferences - Save these dates TUCSON AZ - 2018 - April 2-7, 2018 - USA INTERLAKEN - 2019 -June 25-28, 2019 - SWITZERLAND 5 EFTA_R1_01431650 EFTA02397968