Confirmed Speakers
Leading researchers from neuroscience, physics, philosophy, and beyond.
Plenary Session Topics
Fourteen plenary sessions across six days — spanning quantum biology, neuroscience, AI, psi research, and the origins of consciousness.
- PL-1 Quantum Biophotonics in Living Systems
- PL-2 Contemplation and Consciousness
- PL-3 Neuroscience of Consciousness
- PL-4 Psychedelics and Consciousness
- PL-5 Biology of Consciousness
- PL-6 Quantum AI and Consciousness
- PL-7 Non-Local Consciousness and “Psi”
- PL-8 Cerebral Organoids and Consciousness
- PL-9 Is the Brain Organized by Connectomics or Wavefields?
- PL-10 Origins of Life and Consciousness — Which Came First?
- PL-11 The Spectrum of Conscious States
- PL-12 Non-Human Consciousness
- PL-13 Anesthesia and Consciousness
- PL-14 Is AI Conscious? (Panel)
Program at a Glance
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| 7:00 | Registration opens | 7:00– 8:00 |
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| 8:30– 10:15 |
Morning Workshops  |
8:30– 10:40 |
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| 10:45– 12:30 |
Morning Workshops (cont.) |
11:10– 12:30 |
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| Lunch break (food trucks on site) | Lunch break (food trucks on site) — Experiential sessions (Monday to Thursday) |
Closing (ends 1PM)
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| 2:00– 3:45 |
Afternoon Workshops |
2:00– 4:10 |
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| 4:15– 6:00 |
Late Afternoon Workshops
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| 5:00– 7:05 |
Concurrent 1 |
Concurrent 2 |
Concurrent 3 |
Concurrent 4 |
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| Dinner break (food trucks) — light dessert & cash bar 7 pm, Paradise Terrace | |||||||
| Break — Mon: dinner provided · Tue–Wed: snacks + food trucks · Thu: food trucks, or Fire Show Dinner (tickets) | |||||||
| 7:30– 9:30 |
Dinner reception cash bar, one drink included |
Poster Session 1 light reception · cash bar |
Poster Session 2 light reception · cash bar |
Fire Show Dinner by Skyfire Arts · dinner full (ticket holders only) |
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| 7:45– 10:00 |
Brief opening then
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| 9:30 pm | Collective Consciousness Concert |
Poetry Slam |
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All times are San Diego time (PDT, UTC−7).