Week at a Glance

SundayOct 11 MondayOct 12 TuesdayOct 13 WednesdayOct 14 ThursdayOct 15 FridayOct 16
8:30 am
Morning Workshops
PL-1: Quantum Biophotonics
Murugan, Tuszynski, Gassab
PL-4: Psychedelics & Consciousness
Carhart-Harris, Zeidan, Craddock
PL-7: Origins of Life & Consciousness
TBD
PL-10: Life or Consciousness First?
Rasmussen, Hameroff, Lakhany
PL-13: Anesthesia & Consciousness
Katiyar, Patel, Wiest
10:40
11:10 am
Morning Workshops (cont.)
PL-2: Cerebral Organoids
Muotri, Kosik
PL-5: Non-Local Consciousness & Psi
Hennacy, Wahbeh
PL-8: Psi and UAP
Radin, Villarroel
PL-11: Altered States
TBD, TBD
PL-14: Geometry & Platonic Values
Levin, Penrose
12:30
Closing (ends 1PM)
2:00 pm
Afternoon Workshops
PL-3: Can AI/LLMs Be Conscious?
Schneider, TBD, TBD
PL-6: Quantum AI & Consciousness
Neven, TBD, Bandyopadhyay
PL-9: Connectomics or Wavefields?
Bastos, Sejnowski, Large
PL-12: Neuroscience
Boyden, Halgren, TBD
4:10
5:00 pm
Light Reception
Concurrent 1
Concurrent 2
Concurrent 3
Concurrent 4
7:00 pm
Opening
7:30 pm
Featured Workshop
Reception
Poster Session 1
Poster Session 2
Luau Dinner

Detailed Timetable

Plenary
Concurrent sessions
Workshops
Posters
Social / experiential
Break

Sunday, October 11 — Workshops & Opening Plenary

8:30 am
12:00 pm
Lunch break
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Light reception & registration
7:00 pm
Opening
7:30 pm
Featured Workshop
Speaker TBA

Monday, October 12

8:30 am
PL-1: Quantum Biophotonics in Living Systems
Nirosha Murugan, Jack Tuszynski, Lea Gassab
10:40 am
Break (30 min)
11:10 am
PL-2: Cerebral Organoids and Consciousness
Alysson Muotri, Kenneth Kosik
12:30 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm
PL-3: Can AI/LLMs Be Conscious?
Susan Schneider, TBD, TBD
4:10 pm
Break
5:00 pm
7:00 pm
Break
7:30 pm
Reception

Tuesday, October 13

8:30 am
PL-4: Psychedelics and Consciousness
Robin Carhart-Harris, Fadel Zeidan, Travis Craddock
10:40 am
Break (30 min)
11:10 am
PL-5: Non-Local Consciousness and “Psi”
Diane Hennacy (provisional), Helane Wahbeh
12:30 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm
PL-6: Quantum AI and Consciousness
Hartmut Neven, TBD, Anirban Bandyopadhyay
4:10 pm
Break
5:00 pm
7:00 pm
Break
7:30 pm
Poster Session 1
Catalina Ballroom K

Wednesday, October 14

8:30 am
PL-7: Origins of Life and Consciousness
TBD
10:40 am
Break (30 min)
11:10 am
PL-8: Psi and UAP
Dean Radin, Beatriz Villarroel
12:30 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm
PL-9: Is the Brain Organized by Connectomics or Wavefields?
André Bastos, Terry Sejnowski, Edward Large
4:10 pm
Break
5:00 pm
7:00 pm
Break
7:30 pm
Poster Session 2
Catalina Ballroom K

Thursday, October 15

8:30 am
PL-10: Origins of Life and Consciousness — Which Came First?
Steen Rasmussen, Stuart Hameroff, Farhan Lakhany
10:40 am
Break (30 min)
11:10 am
PL-11: Altered States of Consciousness
TBD, TBD
12:30 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm
PL-12: Neuroscience
Edward Boyden, Eric Halgren, TBD
4:10 pm
Break
5:00 pm
7:00 pm
Break
7:30 pm
Luau Dinner

Friday, October 16

9:00 am
PL-13: Anesthesia and Consciousness
Sarika Katiyar, Hemal Patel, Mike Wiest
11:10 am
Break (30 min)
11:40 am
PL-14: Fundamental Geometry and Platonic Values in the Universe
Michael Levin (Remote), Roger Penrose (Remote)
12:30 pm
Conference Close: The Future of Consciousness
1:00 pm
End of conference

Program is preliminary and subject to change.