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TSC International Conference

2019  Interlaken Switzerland

JUNE 25-28, 2019

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The Integrated East West Forum at TSC 2019

Spring 2020

TSC Tucson Conference

Tucson Arizona

Background to TSC

The Science of Consciousness

Tucson Biennial Conferences Series (since 1994)

& Alternate Year International TSC Conferences (since 1995)

in Cooperation with Partner Organizations and Institutions

LINKS to Past Programs 

Biennial and International TSC Conferences 1994-2016

What is a TSC Conference

i tunes, Podcasts, Plenary Sessions, - CCS TSC   

you tube - Science of Consciousness, Plenary CCS TSC

Recent Video - Conference Plenary Sessions

2017     Plenary Session Videos from San Diego

2016     Plenary Session Videos from Tucson

2017     Noam Chomsky, Hartmut Neven, Roger Penrose and more   

2017     Deepak Chopra - How We Create the Human Universe

2017     Integrated DEI East-West Forum Vision Talk Prof. PS Satsangi

2017     Conference Photos

i tunes

you tube

@scienceofconsciousnessconferences

twitter

Research Highlights and Interviews

Stuart Hameroff, Director, CCS

Newswise - How Does Anesthesia Really Work?

Consciousness Depends on Tubulin Vibrations Inside Neurons Anesthesia Study Suggests, Sci Rep - Nature Aug 29 2017

PBS - Closer to Truth - Profile: Stuart Hameroff

Dr. Stuart Hameroff interview on 20th Anniversary of TSC Series

Hameroff profile

Dr Hameroff interviewed on Singularity 1 on 1

Consciousness is More than Computation!

The Science of CONSCIOUSNESS

Tucson Biennial Conferences Series (since 1994)

& Alternate Year International TSC Conferences (since 1995)

in Cooperation with Partner Organizations and Institutions

News Media Contact

Abi Behar Montefiore

center@email.arizona.edu

520-247-5785  

Assistant Director

Center for CONSCIOUSNESS STUDIES
University of Arizona c/o Dept. of Anesthesiology
POB 245114, Tucson, AZ 85724-5114

Email:  center@u.arizona.edu

Website:   consciousness.arizona.edu

Tel:    520.621-9317 

Fax:   520-626-6416  

Mail Address           1501 N. Campbell #5301, 85721

Deliveries:                       Call for Delivery Address

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send an email request; prior approval needed;

badges required.

No filming/podcasting or studio set ups in the Hotel without permission.

We will assist you In contacting speakers and exhibitors. 

Limited Number of Press Passes.

Additional independent media will require

paid registrations. Thank you.

Support The Center for Consciousness Studies 

via the UA Foundation 

'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 of life and consciousness, the origins of moral and 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.

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 and, most recently, Helsinki, Finland in 2015). 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.

The 2018 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.

Stuart Hameroff MD, University of Arizona, Director CCS

The Center for Consciousness Studies

1994-2018 TUCSON

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

2016 Tucson 12  Apr  25-30, 2016  

2018 Tucson 13   Apr   2-7,  2018

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.

1995-2015 - 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 -upcoming June 25-28, 2019       

Tucson Conferences

ARCHIVES

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QUANTUM NEWS - under construction

Stuart Hameroff, Director, CCS

Additional Websites:

QuantumConsciousness.org

anesth.medicine.arizona.edu/research/consciousness-studies

FALL 2017

International School on Quantum & Nano Computing Systems & Applications - QANSAS 2017,

November 22-25, 2017. Download Flyer

DEI Dayalbagh-Agra, India

2018 Winter

The Enigma of Human Consciousness

January 20, 2018 - Lucerne

Swiss Biennial on Science, Technics + Aesthetics

Link to brochure

Trailer:   The Enigma of Human Consciousness

2016

Quantum Conferences

Bulgaria

October 6-9, 2016-Physics, Chemistry and Biology of Water, Sofia - Bulgaria

2016 Water Conference

Moscow

October 10, 2016

Quantum Consciousness lecture with Stuart Hameroff

Moscow State University, Philosophy Department Center for Consciousness Studies

Video

October 13-15, 2016-10th Biennial European Conference of the Society for Scientific Exploration Life and Mind, Scientific Challenges Sigtuna Foundation, Sigtuna -Sweden  Flyer    Schedule    www.sse-europe-2016.eu 

2014

20th Anniversary

of The Science of Consciousness !

20th Anniversary

2014  Book of Abstracts and Program 

Toward a Science of Consciousness

20th Anniversary - Tucson April 21-26, 2014  

Organized & Hosted by the Center for Consciousness Studies

University of Arizona, co-chaired by Stuart Hameroff and David Chalmers

Abi Behar Montefiore, Conference Manager

2014  It was 20 Years Ago Today -

A short film early clips and slides.mov

Penrose Awarded Bhaumik Prize 

The 1st Bhaumik Prize in Consciousness Studies was awarded to

Sir Roger Penrose at the TSC 2014 Conference for significant research toward understanding consciousness  - 2014 Bhaumik Prize

2014

Toward a Science of Consciousness

20th Anniversary Tucson XI - Apr 21-26,2014

2014 Program, Schedule     

2014 Book of Abstracts / pdf

Plenary & Keynote Speakers Bios and Photos

Concurrents       Posters        Art-Tech Health Demos  

Pre-Con Workshops   

Can Science Become Enlightened?     Deepak Chopra

Brain Mapping Symposium  webcast UA AHSC

Consciousness Central TV Daily Roundup

2 0 1 4   Closer to Truth/ PBS

Hosted by Robert L. Kuhn

TSC 2014 Archive Conference Web Pages

Pre-Con WORKSHOPS     POSTER ABSTRACTS

Consciousness in Animals - Workshop

VIDEO - TSC 2014

2014 Plenary Sessions via iTunes

Consciousness Central TV Daily Roundup

The Deeper You Go: The Interviews

20th Anniversary Poster, D. Cantrell BioMed, AHSC,UMC  

ARCHIVES

CCS-UA  iTunes 1994-2016  

2012 

Tucson ARIZONA  

The 10th Biennial -Toward a Science of Consciousness

April 9-14, 2012 TUCSON, ARIZONA

In Memoriam 

Adele (Yetta) Engel Behar

1928- 2016

We are saddened to report the passing of longtime CCS benefactress and philanthropist Adele Engel Behar who died peacefully in her sleep on

August 13 in Tucson. Adele was born in New York to Sarah and Abraham Engel.

A longtime resident of Westport, Connecticut, she had a productive career as an Interior Designer, one of the first female members of the esteemed ‘ASID’-American Society of Interior Designers. Adele and her husband Albert Behar, a Madison Avenue advertising executive, artist and painter who passed in 1989, shared a studio in Westport where they developed the first interior design kit to help teachers, designers and individuals manually scale interior design needs, known as ‘Plan-It-Kit’.  Adele moved to Tucson in 1994 and became very active with the Center for Consciousness Studies, and was active for many years as a SCORE counselor (Senior Core of Retired Executives) in both San Francisco and Tucson. Adele is survived by her daughter Julie Behar (Richard Healey) and 

son Andrew Behar (Sara Sackner), 5 grandchildren (Zachary, Elijah and Albert Behar; Leah and Adrian Joyiens); great grandson Nolan Joyiens; sister

Hannah Engel; nephew Richard Behar, grand nephew C.J. and her niece Arlene 'Abi' Behar-Montefiore, CCS Assistant Director. Adele was always ‘there’ for CCS

when needed, offering wise counsel and financial support through her Yet-A-Del Foundation. She had great passion for the science of consciousness, particularly its relation to brain chemistry and neurology.  She will be missed.

CONSCIOUSNESS AND DEMYSTIFICATION

Vintage Highlights:

1996 Tucson Conference video

2014  It was 20 Years Ago Today - A short film early clips and slides.mov

2015 Helsinki Consciousness Central TV

2014 Consciousness Central TV  - daily roundup with speakers and guests

2014 The Deeper You Go: The Interviews

2014 Closer to Truth/ PBS

TV Episodes/Interviews,

Hosted by Robert L. Kuhn

TSC 20th anniversary

2008-present  Plenary Videos (youtube)  

2008-present  Plenary Videos (iTunes)   

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TSC PRESS 2011

QANSAS 2011

Agra, India, Quantum and Nanocomputing Systems,

Quantum and Nano Computing Systems Centre (QANCENTRE),

December 1-4, 2011

Misc. Video 2011

Through the Wormhole,

Discovery Science Channel, Life After Death' 

(general website  not connected to interview) 

Season 2, Episode 1, Part 2 

aired: June 8, 2011,

modr., Morgan Freeman   

June 8, 2011 (Tucson, AZ), University Medical Center physicians

Stuart Hameroff (Department of Anesthesiology and Director of the

Center for Consciousness Studies   and Dr. Michael Lemole (Neurosurgery) appear on Discovery Channel Science television program Through the Wormhole with host and narrator, Morgan Freeman, featuring interviews and scenes filmed at UMC

with numerous operating room staff. Morgan Freeman host and

narrator highlights views of leading researchers and skeptics into

the questions of near-death experiences, consciousness, quantum

effects on biological research and the science behind what we know today.

WORMHOLE  Series

Previews

http://science.discovery.com/tv/through-the-wormhole/

http://science.discovery.com/videos/through-the-wormhole-life-after-death/

Miracle Detectives,

The Science of Consciousness, OWN, Feb 2011

RESEARCH 2011

''Lateral Information Processing

by Spiking Neurons: A Theoretical Model of the Neural Correlate of Consciousness'-Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience  (7/8/11)  

Ebner and Hameroff

Orch OR by Penrose and Hameroff 

'Consciousness in the Universe' 

Journal of Cosmology,

2011, Vol. 14

Visualizing molecular memory

" Memory Bytes" - Molecular match for CaMKII,

Phosphorylation Encoding of Microtubule Lattices,

Journal of Integrative Neuroscience,  

Hameroff, Craddock & Tuszynski 9/20/10 

Quantum and Nanocomputing Systems, 2011 

QANSAS Agra, India

2011 Stockholm SWEDEN

The 18th Toward a Science of Consciousness

STOCKHOLM SWEDEN   

Link to 2011 TSC Abstracts

illustration by D. Cantrell

The 18th Toward a Science of Consciousness

STOCKHOLM SWEDEN  

End of Life Brain Activity Session,

P Fenwick link to video 

Photos from Stockholm - Penrose/Hameroff

Additional Photos from Stockholm

Additional Archives

PROGRAMS AND ABSTRACTS

Oldies But Goodies

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Science of Consciousness

Selections from the past Plenary Sessions and

interviews with TSC Plenary Speakers

UA CCS on  iTunes

ARCHIVES

Consciousness Central TV

11th Story The Deeper You Go: The Interviews

2011 Research in the news,   contin.

CCS TSC  CO-SPONSORED

QUANTUM MIND CONFERENCES

ARCHIVES

Quantum Mind 1 - 1999

Quantum  Mind 2 - 2003

1996 Tucson conference

***video

Vintage

Toward a New Science of the Mind:

Tucson 1996 consciousness

The Times Higher, April 5, 1996

Special Edition

History of TSC PLENARY, since 1994

LINKS to Past Programs 

Biennial and International TSC Conferences 1994-2016

i tunes, Podcasts, Plenary Sessions, - CCS TSC   

you tube - Science of Consciousness, Plenary CCS TSC

CCS 2014 - It was 20 Years Ago Today

A short film early clips.mov

2014 20th Anniversary Poster

TSC 1996- Toward a Science of Consciousness

Tucson Convention Center, short clip

TSC Playlist  

The Interviews

2012 

Tucson ARIZONA  

The 10th Biennial -Toward a Science of Consciousness

April 9-14, 2012 TUCSON, ARIZONA

1994-2016 TUCSON -

THE SCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS

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

2016 Tucson 12 Apr  25-30, 2016  

2018 Tucson 13  Apr    2-7,    2018 

Co Sponsors

Stuart Hameroff, Center for Consciousness Studies, Tucson, AZ

George Mashour, Center for Consciousness Science, Ann Arbor

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.

1995-2015 - 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

upcoming:

2019  Interlaken, Switzerland -upcoming June 25-28, 2019       

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work of the Center for Consciousness Studies. Please consider making a charitable contribution to CCS through the University of Arizona Foundation. CONTACT: center@email.arizona.edu

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