2010  TSC                                        

CONFERENCE PROGRAM 

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TOWARD A SCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS

April 12-17, 2010 Tucson Convention Center and Hotel Arizona

Registration at the Leo Rich Theater

    MONDAY April 12   Pre-Conference Workshops

       9:00 am - 6:00 pm              Session 1, Session 2 

    TUESDAY April 13 Pre-Conference Workshops

       9:00 am -1:00 pm              Session 3

        TUESDAY

             April 13                  Conference opening   

                                              Plenary Program

        1:45-4:10 pm                   PLENARY 1    William James Centennial    

                                                   Taylor, Baars, Mangan

        4:30-6:35 pm                   CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1 - 7

        7:00-8:45 pm                   Welcome Reception

       9:45-11:30pm                   Club Consciousness 1

   WEDNESDAY  

       April 14     

        8:30 -10:40 am              PLENARY 2   DOUBLE KEYNOTE  

                                                  Marcus Raichle    Brain dark matter and default networks                                                  

                                                  Robert G. Shulman Brain energy supporting the state of consciousness

     10:40-11:10 am, Break

     11:10 am-12:35 pm         PLENARY 3   Body Consciousness

                                                  DeVignemont, Ehrsson

     12:35-2:00 pm, Lunch

       2:00-4:10 pm                  PLENARY 4   Machine Consciousness

                                                 Modha, Chalmers, Goertzel

       4:30-6:35 pm                 CONCURRENT SESSIONS 8 - 15

       7:00-9:30 pm                POSTER SESSION   1             ART-TECH   1 and 2

       9:45-11:30 pm              Club Consciousness 2

    THURSDAY      

      April 15   

       8:30am-10:55am         PLENARY 5    Multimodal experience

                                                Duffy, Stein, O'Callaghan, Prouix

    10:55-11:20am, Break

    11:20am-12:45  pm        PLENARY 6  Keynote                                         

                                                Karl Deisseroth  Circuits of the mind

    Thursday afternoon        Side trips

    Thursday evening           Conference Banquet

     6-10 pm

      FRIDAY         

      April 16

      8:30-10:40 am               PLENARY 7  Consciousness & Transformation

                                                Vieten, Martin, Za Rinpoche

    10:40-11:10 am,  Break

    11:10am- 12:35 pm       PLENARY 8   Keynote

                                               Antonio Damasio   The conscious self

    12:35-2:00 pm, Lunch

      2:00- 4:10 pm                PLENARY 9   Theories of Consciousness

                                               Kouider, Ebner, Strawson

      4:30- 6:35 pm                CONCURRENT SESSIONS 16 - 21

      7:00- 9:30 pm                POSTER SESSION  2        ART-TECH    3

     9:45-11:30 pm               Club Consciousness  3

   SATURDAY           

      April 17

      8:30-10:40 am               PLENARY 10     New directions in NCC research

                                               Gruberger, Cerf, Prettyman, Bhandyophady

    10:40-11:10 am,  Break

    11:10 am  - 12:35 pm     PLENARY 11 Keynote 

                                                Robert J Sawyer    Consciousness and science fiction

    12:35- 2:00 pm, Lunch 

      2:00-4:10 pm                  PLENARY 12    Mind Wandering

                                                Mason, Schooler, Smallwood

      Evening                                 

      8:00 pm till ???              End of Consciousness Party