Our Mission
The CCS Mission is an interdisciplinary approach to 3 areas related to the study and understanding of consciousness: 1. ’The Science of Consciousness’ Conferences, 2. Academic Education at The University of Arizona, and 3. Research into scientific mechanisms underlying conscious experience.
1. The Science of Consciousness Conferences: ‘The Science of Consciousness’ (‘TSC’) conferences have been held annually since 1994, alternating between Tucson (even-numbered years), and elsewhere around the world (Italy, Denmark, Japan, Sweden, Czech Republic, Hungary, Hong Kong, India, Finland, San Diego, Switzerland, the 2023 conference scheduled for Sicily, Italy, in May). TSC is widely recognized as the world’s largest and best-known interdisciplinary gathering on all aspects of the study of consciousness, spanning neuroscience, cognitive science, philosophy, artificial intelligence/’AI’, quantum physics, the nature of reality, altered states, the origin of life, cosmology and experiential approaches. During the pandemic, TSC conferences were online. The April 2022 Tucson conference was ‘hybrid’, attracting about 500 live/in person, and another 500 remote/online participants. TSC is managed primarily by Stuart Hameroff and Abi Behar-Montefiore, and supported through registration fees and sponsorships. Future plans include smaller, focused conferences both live and online.
2. Academic Education at the University of Arizona: Under direction of UA Regents Professor Tom Bever, with funding from the Eugene Jhong Family Foundation, CCS has for the past two years given an extremely popular undergraduate course, and plans for several more courses for an undergraduate minor, and eventually a graduate program in Consciousness Studies. Cooperative involvement with a number of UA departments and colleges will be important, and other projects could include campus-wide debates on topics directly related to consciousness.
3. Research: CCS research follows the directors and their related projects.
4. Development
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https://issuu.com/sbstech/docs/uariizona_2020_sbs_developments
Current CCS Leadership
Director, Co-Founder – Stuart Hameroff
Co-Director – Thomas Bever
Associate Director – Jay Sanguinetti
Associate Director – Dante Lauretta
Conference Director – Abi Behar-Montefiore
Advisory Board / Committee
listed alphabetically by last name - probably best to use the term: Committee - shouldn't be more than 11