The Science of CONSCIOUSNESS Conference
Since 1994 - The Science of CONSCIOUSNESS
The Science of CONSCIOUSNESS Conference
is now presented by the Arizona Astrobiology Center, UArizona
April 6-11, 2026 - Loews Ventana Canyon Resort Tucson AZ
Conference Registration: via Eventbrite.
Be sure that you Register for the Conference via the Eventbrite link.
Standard: $550 Student: $450
Optional Thursday Dinner: Closed - $95 - Waitlist only - center@arizona.edu
Live Streaming: $99
Exhibitors:$2500 - includes 1 registration
Workshops, Concurrents, Exhibit Sessions, Experiential Sessions, Evening receptions (Tues, Wed, Fri) and Fri Party & Poetry Slam are included in the registration price
Sponsors: Please contact center@arizona.edu
Program Updates & Schedules:
TSC Website - www.consciousness.arizona.edu
(7) Workshops on Monday April 6 Three in the morning; Three in the afternoon and 1 special evening workshop symposium. Descriptions are posted on the Conference Website.
The Plenary Session Outline is posted on the Website with bios.
We will be posting the Concurrent, Posters, Art-Tech lists the the end of January.
Accepted Abstracts will be posted by mid-February.
Plenary, Concurrent, Posters
Call for New Abstracts: Now Closed
Abstract Portal: Oxford Abstracts Submission Link for TSC 2026 - Deadline for Abstract Submissions: 12/20 - Only Edits can be made to received/accepted abstracts.
Venue - Hotel Reservations - Group Block: Now Closed (2/1/26)
Loews Ventana Canyon Resort - Tucson - TSC 2026 Loews Hotel Room block is closed.
You must use the Conference Room Block link in order to get the group block rate:
$179 (no additional resort fee for Conference Registrants).
Deadline for Loews Group Block Rate: March 13, 2026 (based on availability)
Please contact Abi if you need other options for Hotels
2026 TSC Conference Themes
Photons in the brain - Origins of life and Consciousness - Mitochondria and consciousness Awakening & enlightenment - Quantum brain biology - Consciousness and reality Can AI be conscious? - Psychedelic actions in the brain - Quantum AI. Measuring correlates of consciousness - Cerebral organoids and consciousness ‘Eschermatics’ - Consciousness and geometry - Extra-ocular vision – A critical assessment
Background:
The Science of Consciousness (‘TSC’) conference is the world’s longest running inter-disciplinary conference on rigorous approaches to all aspects of the study and understanding off consciousness, the nature of existence and our place in the universe. TSC emphasizes broad and rigorous approaches to all aspects of the study and understanding of consciousness. Topical areas include neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, biology, quantum physics, cosmology, meditation and altered states, AI/machine consciousness, culture and experiential phenomenology
TSC has alternated yearly since 1994 between Tucson, Arizona USA and elsewhere including Italy, Denmark, Japan, Sweden, Czech Republic, Hungary, Hong Kong, India, California, Switzerland, Finland, and Taormina, on the island of Sicily. The 2025 TSC was held in Barcelona, Spain (July 6-11) preceding the Barcelona Festival of Consciousness
We face a crossroads in the age-old study of consciousness. Over the past thirty years approaches to understanding consciousness have diverged along two distinct paths: 1) ‘neurocomputational’ views of the brain as a complex computer of simple neurons, a view compatible with AI systems becoming conscious, and 2) ‘funda-mental’ views in which consciousness is intrinsic to the universe, connected to the brain through quantum biology. Exploring the funda-mental view, TSC embraces neuroscience biology far more rigorously than AI-compatible simple neurons. Ironically, conscious AI may be most likely to occur in biomimetic quantum computers.
Additional Links:
Eventbrite The Science of Consciousness Registration
YouTube Channel - The Science of Consciousness Conferences & Programs
Facebook CCS-TSC
Join TSC E-list
Videos:
YouTube Channel - The Science of Consciousness Conferences & Programs
Penrose 2021 Nobel Prize - Intro Reel for TSC online program
Sponsorships:
Please contact Abi Behar Montefiore center@arizona.edu
Since 1994 - The Science of CONSCIOUSNESS
The Science of CONSCIOUSNESS Conference
is now presented by the Arizona Astrobiology Center, UArizona
April 6-11, 2026 - Loews Ventana Canyon Resort Tucson AZ
Conference Registration: via Eventbrite.
Be sure that you Register for the Conference via the Eventbrite link.
Standard: $550 Student: $450
Optional Thursday Dinner: Closed - $95 - Waitlist only - center@arizona.edu
Live Streaming: $99
Exhibitors:$2500 - includes 1 registration
Workshops, Concurrents, Exhibit Sessions, Experiential Sessions, Evening receptions (Tues, Wed, Fri) and Fri Party & Poetry Slam are included in the registration price
Sponsors: Please contact center@arizona.edu
Program Updates & Schedules:
TSC Website - www.consciousness.arizona.edu
(7) Workshops on Monday April 6 Three in the morning; Three in the afternoon and 1 special evening workshop symposium. Descriptions are posted on the Conference Website.
The Plenary Session Outline is posted on the Website with bios.
We will be posting the Concurrent, Posters, Art-Tech lists the the end of January.
Accepted Abstracts will be posted by mid-February.
Plenary, Concurrent, Posters
Call for New Abstracts: Now Closed
Abstract Portal: Oxford Abstracts Submission Link for TSC 2026 - Deadline for Abstract Submissions: 12/20 - Only Edits can be made to received/accepted abstracts.
Venue - Hotel Reservations - Group Block: Now Closed (2/1/26)
Loews Ventana Canyon Resort - Tucson - TSC 2026 Loews Hotel Room block is closed.
You must use the Conference Room Block link in order to get the group block rate:
$179 (no additional resort fee for Conference Registrants).
Deadline for Loews Group Block Rate: March 13, 2026 (based on availability)
Please contact Abi if you need other options for Hotels
2026 TSC Conference Themes
Photons in the brain - Origins of life and Consciousness - Mitochondria and consciousness Awakening & enlightenment - Quantum brain biology - Consciousness and reality Can AI be conscious? - Psychedelic actions in the brain - Quantum AI. Measuring correlates of consciousness - Cerebral organoids and consciousness ‘Eschermatics’ - Consciousness and geometry - Extra-ocular vision – A critical assessment
Background:
The Science of Consciousness (‘TSC’) conference is the world’s longest running inter-disciplinary conference on rigorous approaches to all aspects of the study and understanding off consciousness, the nature of existence and our place in the universe. TSC emphasizes broad and rigorous approaches to all aspects of the study and understanding of consciousness. Topical areas include neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, biology, quantum physics, cosmology, meditation and altered states, AI/machine consciousness, culture and experiential phenomenology
TSC has alternated yearly since 1994 between Tucson, Arizona USA and elsewhere including Italy, Denmark, Japan, Sweden, Czech Republic, Hungary, Hong Kong, India, California, Switzerland, Finland, and Taormina, on the island of Sicily. The 2025 TSC was held in Barcelona, Spain (July 6-11) preceding the Barcelona Festival of Consciousness
We face a crossroads in the age-old study of consciousness. Over the past thirty years approaches to understanding consciousness have diverged along two distinct paths: 1) ‘neurocomputational’ views of the brain as a complex computer of simple neurons, a view compatible with AI systems becoming conscious, and 2) ‘funda-mental’ views in which consciousness is intrinsic to the universe, connected to the brain through quantum biology. Exploring the funda-mental view, TSC embraces neuroscience biology far more rigorously than AI-compatible simple neurons. Ironically, conscious AI may be most likely to occur in biomimetic quantum computers.
Additional Links:
Eventbrite The Science of Consciousness Registration
YouTube Channel - The Science of Consciousness Conferences & Programs
Facebook CCS-TSC
Join TSC E-list
Videos:
YouTube Channel - The Science of Consciousness Conferences & Programs
Penrose 2021 Nobel Prize - Intro Reel for TSC online program
Sponsorships:
Please contact Abi Behar Montefiore center@arizona.edu
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- 5 days 5 hours
- In person
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Location
Loews Ventana Canyon Resort
7000 N Resort Drive
Tucson, AZ 85750
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