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The Science of
Consciousness
Conference

July 6 — 11, 2025
Barcelona
Followed by and in concert with

About TSC

Roger Penrose, Deepak Chopra, Ruppert Sheldrake, Stuart Hameroff, Nassim Haramein, Dean Radin, Sabine Kastner, Federico Faggin, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, David del Rosario, Alex Gomez Marin, Ivette Fuentes, Anita Goel ... +19 more

The Science of Consciousness (TSC) is an interdisciplinary conference emphasizing 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.

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What to expect

Confirmed Plenary speakers

Speaker

Sir Roger Penrose

Nobel Laureate in Physics

University of Oxford

Speaker

Deepak Chopra

Consciousness Explorer

Chopra Foundation

Speaker

Rupert Sheldrake

Biologist and best selling author

Speaker

Ivette Fuentes

Quantum Physicist

School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Southampton

Speaker

Nassim Haramein

Physicist and Research Director at ISF

International Space Federation

Speaker

Dean Radin

Chief Scientist

IONS

Speaker

Federico Faggin

Physicist, engineer, inventor, entrepreneur and author

Speaker

Sabine Kastner

Scientific Director

Scully Center for the Neuroscience of Mind & Behavior, Princeton University

Speaker

Robert Lawrence Kuhn

Creator, Host, Writer

Closer to Truth

Speaker

David del Rosario

Neuroscientist & Research Director at INAB

Institut de Neurociència Avançada de Barcelona

Speaker

Alex Gomez-Marin

Theoretical Physicist and Neuroscientist

Spanish Research Council

Speaker

Earl K Miller

Cognitive Neuroscientist

MIT. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Speaker

Donald Hoffman

Cognitive Psychologist

University of California, Irvine

Speaker

Avshalom Elitzur

Physicist and Philosopher

Chapman University

Speaker

Farhan Lakhany

Philosopher of mind, artificial intelligence and cognitive science

University of Nebraska Omaha

Speaker

Anirban Bandyopadhyay

Principal Research Scienctist

National Institute for Materials Science, NIMS

Speaker

Matthew Larkum

Full time Professor

Biology Institute, Humboldt University

Speaker

Giulio Ruffini

CEO Starlab and President of Neuroelectrics

Starlab

Speaker

Jay Sanguinetti

Co-founder of Sanmai Technologies

Sanmai Technologies

Speaker

Michael Wiest

Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Wellesley College in Massachusetts,

Speaker

Stuart Hameroff

Director Center for Consciousness Studies

University of Arizona

Speaker

Pär Halje

Cognitive Neuroscientist

Lund University

Speaker

Thomas Brophy

President of the Institute of Noetic Sciences

IONS

Speaker

Santosh Helekar

Neuroscientist

Houston Methodist Research Institute

Speaker

William Brown

Biophysicist

International Space Federation

Speaker

Philip Kurian

Theoretical physicist and Director Quantum Biology Lab

Howard University

Speaker

Dante Lauretta

Professor of Planetary Science

University of Arizona

Speaker

Anita Goel

Chairman & CEO

Nanobiosym Diagnostics

Speaker

Jimo Borjigin

Associate Professor of Physiology and Neurology

University of Michigan Medical School

Speaker

Brannon Wheeler

Professor

Department of History at the United States Naval Academy

Speaker

Ross Coulthart

Journalist

Speaker

Jennifer Penberthy

Professor of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences

Division of Perceptual Studies, University of Virginia

Speaker

Marjorie Woollacott

Emeritus Professor of Human Physiology

University of Oregon

Speaker

Naotsugu Tsuchiya

Professor

School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University

Speaker

Suzanne Gildert

Founder and CEO

Nirvanic

Speaker

Laxmidhar Behera

Director

IIT Mandi

Speaker

James Tagg

Inventor and serial entrepreneur

The study of human consciousness is one
of science's last great frontiers.

July 6 Workshop day Day 1
9:00 am – 1:00 pm

Consciousness in Indian Knowledge Systems and Megahertz Brain Waves

Barcelona room, 1st floor, 150 seats

Women in Consciousness Studies

Montjuïc room, 3rd floor, 80 seats

Quantum Biology

Sagrada Familia room, 4th floor, 500 seats
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Break

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Nonlocal Consciousness and Extrasensory Perception

Barcelona room, 1st floor, 150 seats

Is Consciousness Funda-Mental?

Sagrada Familia room, 4th floor, 500 seats

Working Session on Taxonomy of Consciousness

Montjuïc room, 3rd floor, 80 seats
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Finger Food & Drinks

7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

The Varieties of 'BCI' - Brain Computer Interfaces

Sagrada Familia room, 4th floor, 500 seats

July 7 Day 2
7:00 am – 8:15 am

Clouds of Sound Singing Bowls and Meditation

Sagrada Familia room, 4th floor, 500 seats
8:30 am – 10:40 am

Plenary 1

AI, LLMs and Biomimetic Quantum Computing

Sagrada Familia room, 4th floor, 500 seats
11:10 am – 12:35 pm

Plenary 2

Brain Modulation

Sagrada Familia room, 4th floor, 500 seats
2:00 pm – 4:10 pm

Plenary 3

Consciousness and Reality

Sagrada Familia room, 4th floor, 500 seats
5:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions

Can AI be Conscious?

Sagrada Familia room, 4th floor, 500 seats

Brain Models of Consciousness 1

Montjuïc room, 3rd floor, 80 seats

Philosophy 1

Gràcia room, 3rd floor, 80 seats

Eastern and Global Approaches

Eixample room, 3rd floor, 80 seats

Evolution and Origin of Life

Sants room, 3rd floor, 80 seats

Mental Health 1: Sound, Ultrasound and TMS

Barcelona room, 1st floor, 150 seats
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Poster Session, Exhibit, Food & Drinks
22@ room & prefunction halls, 3rd floor

July 8 Day 3
7:00 am – 8:15 am

Awake and Expand, breath and movement

22@ room, 3rd floor, 50 seats
8:30 am – 10:40 am

Plenary 4

Anesthesia, Psychedelics and Consciousness

Sagrada Familia room, 4th floor, 500 seats
11:10 am – 12:35 pm

Plenary 5

Non-Local Consciousness and Extrasensory Perception

Sagrada Familia room, 4th floor, 500 seats
2:00 pm – 4:10 pm

Plenary 6

Rhythms, Qualia and Time Crystals

Sagrada Familia room, 4th floor, 500 seats
5:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions

Can AI be Conscious? 2

Barcelona room, 1st floor, 150 seats

Conscious Perception

Eixample room, 3rd floor, 80 seats

Near Death Experiences, Reincarnation

Gràcia room, 3rd floor, 80 seats

Philosophy 2

Montjuïc room, 3rd floor, 80 seats

Quantum Biology

Sants room, 3rd floor, 80 seats

Brain Models of Consciousness 2

Sagrada Familia room, 4th floor, 500 seats
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Poster Session, Exhibit, Food & Drinks
22@ room & prefunction halls, 3rd floor

July 9 Day 4
7:00 am – 8:15 am

Ceremony of the elements. Earth, Water, Air and Fire

22@ room, 3rd floor, 50 seats
8:30 am – 10:40 am

Plenary 7

Consciousness and Quantum Measurement

Sagrada Familia room, 4th floor, 500 seats
11:10 am – 12:35 pm

Plenary 8

Consciousness and Vibrations in Spacetime Geometry

Sagrada Familia room, 4th floor, 500 seats
2:00 pm – 4:10 pm

Plenary 9

Brain Oscillations, Waves and Attention

Sagrada Familia room, 4th floor, 500 seats
5:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions

AI, Brain and the World 1

Barcelona room, 1st floor, 150 seats

Monitoring Consciousness

Gràcia room, 3rd floor, 80 seats

Organoids and Quantum Biology

Eixample room, 3rd floor, 80 seats

Funda-Mental/Quantum Approaches

Sants room, 3rd floor, 80 seats

Psychedelics and Cannabinoids

Sagrada Familia room, 4th floor, 500 seats

Extra-Sensory Perception

Montjuïc room, 3rd floor, 80 seats
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Poster Session, Exhibit, Food & Drinks
22@ room & prefunction halls, 3rd floor

July 10 Day 5
7:00 am – 8:15 am

Voice Healing and Inherited Family Patterns

Sagrada Familia room, 4th floor, 500 seats
8:30 am – 10:40 am

Plenary 10

Quantum Biology and Superradiance

Sagrada Familia room, 4th floor, 500 seats
11:10 am – 12:35 pm

Plenary 11

Energy, Information and Consciousness in the Universe

Sagrada Familia room, 4th floor, 500 seats
2:00 pm – 4:10 pm

Plenary 12

End-of-Life Brain Activity

Sagrada Familia room, 4th floor, 500 seats
5:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions

AI, Brain and the World 2

Gràcia room, 3rd floor, 80 seats

Brain Models of Consciousness

Eixample room, 3rd floor, 80 seats

Mental Health 1: Photobiomodulation, Lucid Dreaming and Meditation

Montjuïc room, 3rd floor, 80 seats

Extra-Sensory Perception and Extraterrestrial Consciousness

Sagrada Familia room, 4th floor, 500 seats

Education in Consciousness Studies

Sants room, 3rd floor, 80 seats

Fine Arts in Consciousness Studies

Barcelona room, 1st floor, 150 seats
7:30 pm – 12:00 pm
Midnight dinner. Drinks, Music, Dancing and Poetry Slam Party

July 11 Day 6
7:30 am – 8:45 am

Early morning meditation with Deepak Chopra

Sagrada Familia room, 4th floor, 500 seats
9:00 am – 11:10 am

Plenary 13

Prospects for Extraterrestrial Consciousness

Sagrada Familia room, 4th floor, 500 seats
11:40 am – 1:00 pm

Plenary 14

Quantum Fields and Consciousness

Sagrada Familia room, 4th floor, 500 seats
4:00 pm –

Festival of Consciousness Opening


July
11→13
Festival
9:00 am – 1:00 pm

Festival of Consciousness

Included in all tickets

Venue

Accomodation
AC Barcelona Forum Hotel
Passeig Taulat 278,
08019 Barcelona, Spain

The deadline for securing block room rates is May 23. 2025 based on availability. If changes are made to your reserved room nights by May 23rd including any cancellations - refunds will be permitted. Regarding changes or canceled room nights made after May 23 – NO refunds will be allowed.

Important Notice:
The group rate for ACHM Barcelona Forum is closed and the link is no longer selling rooms from that date. From July 1st the management of the hotel Barcelona Forum will change from ACHM to Leonardo Hotels. To make reservations in it should be on the phone (+34 934898200) as individual booking.

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There is only one international airport in Barcelona which is 13 km outside of the city center. The name of this airport is called Aeroport de Barcelona-El Prat, Aeroport de Barcelona (Catalan) or Aeropuerto de Barcelona (Spanish) and has the initials BCN.

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Executive Committee 2025
Stuart Hameroff - Xavi Ginesta - Dante Lauretta - Jay Sanguinetti - Brian Lord - Thomas Brophy - Claudia Weiss - Abi Behar Montefiore
General Program Committee 2025
David del Rosario - Thomas Bever - Robert Lawrence Kuhn - Adrienne Vancura - Alain Morin - Erika Cook - Justin Riddle - Gina Poe Zena Cinker - Harald Atmanspacher - Paavo Pylkkanen - Travis Craddock