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From: Center for CONSCIOUSNES= STUDIES
Date: Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at =:10 PM
Subject: Call for Abstracts and Pre-Registration I TSC 2018 Tucs=n
To: jeevacation@gmail.com <mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com>

Send The CCS Flyer PDF to Your Friends and Colleagues=/span>
<http://consciousness.arizona.edu/documen=s/FlyerTSC2018-8.5x11flyer-x300-revised.pdf>

'The Science of Consciousness' Conference - April 2-7, 2018

Loews Ventan= Canyon Resort - Tucson, Arizona=/u>

Call for Abstracts and Pre-Registration =/u>

The Science of Consciousness ('TSC') is an interdisciplinary conference emphasizin= broad and rigorous approaches to all aspects of the study

and understandi=g of conscious awareness. Topical areas include neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, biology, quantum physics, meditation,

altered states,=machine consciousness, the nature of reality, culture and experiential phenomenolog=. Held annually since 1994, the conference

is hosted by th= Center for Consciousness Studies <http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu/> at the University of Arizona, and alternates yearly between Tucson, Arizona=and various locations

around the worl=. The next 'TSC', The Science of Consciousness, will be April 2-=, 2018 in Tucson Arizona at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort

co-hosted with =he University of Michigan, Center for Consciousness Science. See website=for details www.consciousness.arizona.edu=/span> <http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu/>

2018 Co=ference Themes:

Artificial Intelligence/Machine Consciousness I Anesthetic and Psychoactive Drugs I Consciousness, Pain and Addiction I Perceptual Interration and Disintegration I Neural Correlates of Consciousness: Where, When, and Ho=? I Language and Consciousness Brain Mapping and the Connectome I Origin and Evolution of Li=e and Consciousness I Panpsychism and ldealism I Brain, Photons and Entanglement I Gene Editing and Consciousnessl Are We Living in a Simulation?

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2018 Plenary Speakers to include:=/span>

Robert Alfano I=Tom Beyer I Jimo Borjigin I Robin Carhart-Harris I David Chalmers I Noam Chomsk= I Deepak Chopra I Travis Craddock=l Bruce Damer I Roderic Eckenhoff I George Ellis I Charles Fernyhough I Steve= Gullans I Stuart Hameroff |

David Hanson I =ucien Hardy I Anthony Hudetz I Riny Huijbregts I Stuart Kauffman I Hakwan Lau I B=uce Maciver I George Mashour = Hedda Hassel Morch I Andrea Moro l Julia Mossbridge I Uta Noppenay I Robert Pearc= l Massimo Piattelle Palmarini I

Steen Rasmussen=| Anil Seth | Ladan Shams | Christoph Simon | John David Smith| Sophia the Robot | Galen Strawson

Todd Vanderah I =Sara Walker I Paul Werbos I

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General Conference Schedule =/span>

<table><tr><th>=AO Workshops =C2</th><th>=AO</th><th>Monday, April 2 and Tuesday April 3=/u&gt;</th></tr><tr><td>=AO Opening Session:</td><td>=AO</td><td>Tuesday April 3, 2018: 1:45 pm</td></tr><tr><td>=AO Plenary Sessions:</td><td>=AO</td><td>Tuesday through Saturday: April 3-7</td></tr><tr><td>=AO Concurrent Sessions:</td><td>=AO</td><td>Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: April 3, 4, 6 (5:00-7:25 pm)</td></tr><tr><td>=AO Posters Sessions:</td><td>=AO</td><td>Wednesday and Friday: April 4 and April 6</td></tr><tr><td>=AO Art-Tech Exhibits:</td><td>=AO</td><td>Wednesday and Friday: April 4 and April 6</td></tr><tr><td>=A0 Welcome Reception:</td><td>=AO</td><td>Tuesday: April 3 (7:00 pm)</td></tr><tr><td>=AO Optional Dinner/Show:</td><td>=AO</td><td>Thursday: April 5 (6:00 - 10:00 pm)</td></tr></table>

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=A0 Exhibit Receptions            =A0 Wednesday and Friday: April 4 and April 6

=A0 Poetry Slam/Zombie Blues:      Friday: April 6 (10:00 pm - 12:00am)<=>

=A0 Saturday Party:            =A0            =A0 Saturday: April 7 (8:00 - xxx) End of Consciousness Party<=u>

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Sponsors =A0            =A0            =A0            =A0            =A0      =u>

The Center for Consciousness Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson

The Center for Consciousness Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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TSC 2018 Pro=ram Committee      =C2      =A0      =C2      =A0      =C2      =A0      =C2

Chair: Stuart H=meroff

Co-Chairs: Tom Bever, George Mashour      =C2

John JB Allen, Harald Atmanspacher, Abi Behar-Montefiore, Betsy Bigbee, A=vin Clark, Eve Isham, Mary Peterson, James Tagg,

Erik Viirre, Na=cy Woolf, Jay Sanguinetti, Paavo Pylkkanen

Links=/b>

Registration and Ab=tract Submission

Now Accepting Pre-Registration and Abstracts

Online Abstract Sub=ission system

Conference Registra=ion Payment System

The Online Paym=nt Section will be open after November 1

Loews Ventana Canyon Hotel Link - Hotel Link Now OPEN <=u>

Special rate fo= conference registrants only.

Early rate $109 / night, based on availability, before February 17

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Deadlines

December 15 - G=neral Conference Abstracts Deadline

November 1- De=ember 15 - General Conference & Workshop Abstract Notifications

December 1- Ea=ly Registration Deadline

February 15 - F=nal Program and Abstract Revisions

## Registration Fees

Standard =C2 =AO $550

Students =AO $450

Seniors/Alumni/=pouse $450

Workshops =C2 =AO $50-$75 (will post by November 15) =/span>

Thurs. Dinner =AO $75 optional

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Registration Includes:

Tuesday Welcome Reception

Wednesday and F=iday Posters/Exhibits Evening Receptions

Saturday Closin= party dinner, music

Video=/b>

Links to Recent=TSC Plenary Sessions and Interviews

http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu<=span>

http://www.consciousness.ari=ona.edu/2017tscVideosPlenarySessions.htm

https://www.youtube.com/user/consciouspictures

https://itunes.=pple.com/us/itunes-u/center-for-consciousness-studies/id413=36100?mt=10

Recent Progr=ms and Abstract Books</=pan>

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2017 TSC Abs=racts, Program Book =/p>

2016 TSC Abstracts, Pro=ram Book

2014 TS= Abstracts, Program Book<=span>

Contact: =A0
Abi Behar Monte=iore
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