The Science of Consciousness

Schedule

Mon, 06 Apr, 2026 at 08:30 am to Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 11:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Loews Ventana Canyon Resort | Tucson, AZ

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Since 1994 - The Center for Consciousness Studies - University of Arizona
About this Event


TSC 2026 April 6-11

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. 2025 TSC will be in Barcelona, Spain (July 6-11) preceding and in conjunction with The Festival of Consciousness (July 11-13).

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.


Save the date: TSC 2026 Tucson Arizona - April 6-11


Call for Abstracts - link opens August 1-15; deadline November 1

Proposals for workshops - email: [email protected] - 1 page proposal, description and list of presenters and their affiliations - deadline: October 1

Venue: Loews Ventana Canyon Resort - Tucson

Loews Hotel Room block is now open - LINK

Registration via Eventbrite

Standard $550; Student $450

Sponsorships

contact: [email protected]

CCS Website

www.consciousness.arizona.edu

Videos

Retro Anniversary

Penrose 2021 Nobel Prize - Intro Reel for TSC online program

Additional Links

Eventbrite The Science of Consciousness Registration
YouTube Channel - The Science of Consciousness Conferences & Programs
Facebook CCS-TSC
Join TSC E-list



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Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, 7000 N Resort Drive, Tucson, United States

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