Concurrent Sessions Summary — The Science of Consciousness 2026

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Monday, October 125:00–7:05 pm

C-1 – Quantum Theories of Consciousness and the Measurement Problem(MON-1)Paradise Ballroom

Zoom

Singh, McQueen, Brophy, Greenstein, Mallavarapu

C-2 – Neurobiological Theories: Brain Architecture, Dynamics, and Predictive Mechanisms(MON-2)Dockside Room

Szczotka, Bailey, Ngo, Singer, Gola

C-3 – Unified and Universal Frameworks: Consciousness Beyond the Brain(MON-3)Garden Room

Bisiacchi, Greenwood, Koruga, Stuller, Shin

C-4 – Philosophical Theories of Consciousness: Realism, Dual-Aspect, and the Hard Problem(MON-4)Sunset Ballroom Zone B (IV-V)

Mender, Ahmadkhanlou, Robinson, Fini, Couch

C-5 – Qualia, Intentionality, and Free Will: Foundations in Philosophy of Mind(MON-5)Sunset Ballroom Zone A (I-III)

Rouleau, Vieten, Loewith, Chembrolu, Algom

C-6 – Biophysics of Living Systems: Light, Water, Mitochondria, and Healing(MON-6)Bay View Room

Rein, Lav, Alachkar, Holmberg, Minich

C-7 – Embodied and Situated Cognition: Body, Movement, and Conscious Experience(MON-7)Mission Bay Room

Martis, Browning, Man, Linthicum, Nazarov

Tuesday, October 135:00–7:05 pm

C-8 – Neural and Physiological Correlates of Conscious States(TUE-1)Paradise Ballroom

Zoom

Valverde, MacIver, Trujillo, Shriki, Lord

C-9 – Contemplative Practice and Transformation: Breath, Heart, and Awakening(TUE-2)Dockside Room

Lavretsky, Bennett, Hulla, Krasnoff

C-10 – Field, Information, and Energy: Physical Frameworks for Consciousness(TUE-3)Garden Room

Varley, Hudson, Overberg, Koshland, Watson

C-11 – Psychedelic and Contemplative Altered States: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Outcomes(TUE-4)Sunset Ballroom Zone B (IV-V)

Ehmann, Winkelman, Taddeo, Cahn, Tafur

C-12 – Parapsychology, Mediumship, and Near-Death Experience(TUE-5)Sunset Ballroom Zone A (I-III)

Goldstein, Sadeghi, Woollacott, Mužić, Klupenger

C-13 – Probing Consciousness: Prediction, Machines, and Anomalous Influence(TUE-6)Bay View Room

Curry, Abraham, Taylor, Adams, Jacks

Wednesday, October 145:00–7:05 pm

C-14 – The Hard Problem and the Explanatory Gap(WED-1)Paradise Ballroom

Zoom

Campbell, Hunt, Matzke, DeLancey, Caputi

C-15 – Artificial Agents, Imagination, and Cognitive Architectures(WED-2)Dockside Room

Tagg, Montoya, Rosenboom, Ye, Belmaachi

C-16 – Quantum Brain Biology: Microtubules, Orch OR, and Coherent Substrates(WED-3)Garden Room

Nishiyama, Valladares, Yocum, Roeloffs, Lantz

C-17 – Ontologies of Consciousness: Relational, Informational, and Non-Material Accounts(WED-4)Sunset Ballroom Zone B (IV-V)

Kercel, Laszlo, Ranga, Greenleaf, Trussell

C-18 – Evolution, Origins of Life, and the Emergence of Consciousness(WED-5)Sunset Ballroom Zone A (I-III)

Gill, Friedman, Bilezikian, Pivovarov, Ernst

C-19 – Poster Winner Presentations(WED-6)Bay View Room

winners to be announced

Thursday, October 155:00–7:05 pm

C-20 – Machine Consciousness: Tests, Architectures, and Conscious Agency in AI(THU-1)Paradise Ballroom

Zoom

McNerney, Wolfson, Turausky, Beck, Beran

C-21 – Mental Causation and the Function of Consciousness(THU-2)Dockside Room

Ohmura, Borchard, Schlitz, Heile, Loftus

C-22 – Self, Identity, and the Boundary Problem: Clinical and Developmental Perspectives(THU-3)Garden Room

Sugar, Makeig, Korth, Rangarajan, Deiss

C-23 – Phenomenology and First-Person Methods in Consciousness Research(THU-4)Sunset Ballroom Zone B (IV-V)

Naiman, Kippel, Gjikondi, Simmons, Saegusa

C-24 – Consciousness-Based Science: Information, Memory, and Temporal Integration(THU-5)Sunset Ballroom Zone A (I-III)

Caldwell, Thaler, Rajesh Kumar, Bek, López Parra

C-25 – Art, Myth, and Dream: Cultural and Humanistic Approaches to Consciousness(THU-6)Bay View Room

Breidenbach, Gackenbach, Colbert, Bogzaran, Coffey

C-26 – Poster Winner Presentations(THU-7)Mission Bay Room

winners to be announced