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Where in my
brain do my
thoughts come
from?
Investigating
science at the
horizon of life.
What happens
when we die?
When do we
first become
aware of who
we are?
Does our
consciousness
differ from that
of our cousins?

Events

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In line with Horizon Research Foundation’s focus on scientific research and understanding into the state of the human mind at the end of life, in this section you will find links to conferences and symposia on consciousness, the mind-body problem and near death experiences. Speakers’ backgrounds can vary significantly depending on the event, ranging from neuroscience, psychology, intensive care medicine, cardiology, cognitive sciences, physical and biological sciences etc… Despite the current prevalence of materialistic or reductionistic (non-dualistic) theories versus non-materialistic (dualistic) ones, we will provide equal coverage of events discussing both since no theory has currently been proved right, through scientific research.

2016 Events

THE SCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS (Formerly, ‘Toward a Science of Consciousness’), April 25-30, 2016, Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, Tucson, Arizona

2015 Events

9-13 June 2015 – University of Helsinki, Finland, “Toward a Science of Consciousness 2015”

May 22-24, 2015, Research Campus of the International Academy of Consciousness (IAC), Alentejo region in Portugal, 1ST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF CONSCIENTIOLOGY (Researchers of Post-Materialistic Consciousness Science Converge)

2014 Events

October 9-10, 2014 – KALAMAZOO—Western Michigan University’s School of Music will hold the conference“Music, Mind and Medicine: Creativity and Consciousness in Clinical Care“

21-26 April, 2014 – University of Arizona, Tucson, The Tucson Conference 2014, “Toward a Science of Consciousness”

2013-2012 Events
11 December, 2013, The New York Academy of Sciences, “Experiencing Death: An Insider’s Perspective”

9 October, 2013, The New York Academy of Sciences, “Reversing Death: The Miracle of Modern Medicine”

5-10 May, 2013 – University of California at Santa Cruz, “Brain, Mind and Consciousness Conference“

18 March, 2013 – University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, “Neurotheology” target=”_blank”

3-9 March, 2013 – Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, India, “Toward a Science of Consciousness; East-West Views on Brain, Mind and Reality”

6 February, 2013, Time:7:00 PM – 8:30 PM “Becoming Conscious: The Science of Mindfulness” Reception to Follow Location: The New York Academy of Sciences

12 December, 2012 Time:7:00 PM – 8:30 PM “Music & the Mind: The Magical Power of Sound”, Location:The New York Academy of Sciences

14 November, 2012 Time:7:00 PM – 8:30 PM, “The Mystery of Memory: In Search of the Past”, Location: The New York Academy of Sciences

20 October, 2012 – Unicity Foundation, London, England, “Spiritual Psychology: The Practical Benefits of Knowing Our Self”

10 October, 2012 Time:7:00 PM – 8:30 PM “The Thinking Ape: The Enigma of Human Conscious”, The New York Academy of Sciences

7 July 2012, The Francis Crick Memorial Conference “Consciousness in Human and Non Human Animals”

July 2-6 2012, Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science at The University of Sussex in Brighton, UK. The 16th annual meeting of the ASSC (Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness)

30 March- 1 April, 2012 – Bioethics Conference: “The Moral Brain”, Location: NYU WSQ Campus, Room TBA

2011-2009 Events
3 August, 2011 –ABC’s Bob Woodruff Probes the Mysteries of Near Death Experiences – Including His Own – ABC News’ Press Room

2-8 May, 2011 – Center for Consciousness Studies and Stockholm University, “Toward a Science of Consciousness: Brain, Mind and Reality”

18-20 March 2011, 7^th Annual Life Sciences & Society Symposium, “Ethics and the Brain” target=”_blank”

18 February 2011 – SOAS, University of London, “Endless Consciousness” (Near-death experience & consciousness beyond death)

11 September 2010, Imperial College London, Mystery of the Self: Ethics and Consciousness
Unicity Foundation presents in collaboration with Horizon Research Foundation and Cascade Society: “Unravelling the Mystery of the Self: Ethics and Consciousness” [pdf]

28 September, 2009 – Dr Sam Parnia of the Horizon Research Foundation was interviewed on NBC’s Today Show.

11 September, 2009 – Mind Body Symposium Series. Technology, Neuroscience, and the Nature of Being: Considerations of Meaning, Morality & Transcendence presented by The Nour Foundation, Blackfriars Hall, Oxford University and Georgetown University

10 September, 2009 – Horizon Research Foundation’s evening symposium: Unravelling the Mystery of the Self – From Philosophy to Modern Day Science, London

05 July 2009 – Horizon Research Foundation takes part in a national televised debate on what happens when we die as part of the BBC One Program – The Big Questions

15 May 2009 – Indianapolis, “Launch of the AWARE Study in the United States“
The first centre to participate in the AWARE Study in the United States was officially unveiled. Dr Mark Barber, Head of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Wishard Hospital in Indianapolis and also Indiana State University, together with his team of physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals, have commenced the study. During a day of great excitement, many members of the medical and nursing staff, associated healthcare professionals, and hospital public relations officers, gathered to commemorate the beginning of this research project. Dr Sam Parnia joined the team and helped train and educate the staff in terms of the day to day and practical running of the study. To start, it is anticipated that there will be at least 2-3 patients enrolled from this centre starting May 2009.

28 May 2009, “International Collaboration Into the Study of Mind, Brain and Consciousness Continues To Expand“

The International Collaboration into the study of Mind, Brain and Consciousness continues to expand – at the end of this month there will be 10 sites actively recruiting patients in the UK, while a further 5 are also waiting the appropriate infrastructure to start recruiting the patients into the AWARE Study. Members of the Human Consciousness Project are in discussions with approximately 10 other medical centres in the United States as well as numerous medical centres in Europe, including Belgium, France, Austria, Sweden, Croatia, Turkey and also Israel to set up the AWARE Study. A further 100 images were also delivered to Chicago, in anticipation of launching the study at the second US site in Chicago in June.