Programme

Thursday, March 9, 2017

Time Event  
09:30 - 10:00 Registration, coffee & croissants  
10:00 - 10:15 Welcome - introduction to workshop  
10:10 - 13:00 Session 1: Philosophy & Theory  
10:15 - 10:45 The Mind that Came in From the Cold: Cultures of ignorance in mind science - Kathinka Evers  
10:45 - 11:15 Consciousness - A temporo-spatial theory - Georg Northoff  
11:15 - 11:30 Coffee break  
11:30 - 12:00 The Fundamental Nature of Consciousness - Antti Revonsuo  
12:00 - 12:30 Consciousness: the real problem - Anil Seth  
12:30 - 13:00 Discussion Session 1  
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch  
13:55 - 17:15 Session 2: Human Research & Theory  
14:00 - 14:30 Conscious processing: from molecules to mind - Jean-Pierre Changeux  
14:30 - 15:00 The functional neuroanatomy of human consciousness : lessons from coma and related states & their clinical implications - Steven Laureys  
15:00 - 15:15 Coffee break  
15:15 - 15:45 Gauging the capacity for consciousness through perturbational complexity - Marcello Massimini  
15:45 - 16:15 Probing conscious states and conscious contents from brain activity: from theory to bedside - Lionel Naccache  
16:15 - 17:15 Discussion Session 2  
19:30 - 22:00 Dinner for speakers and organizers  

Friday, March 10, 2017

Time Event  
09:25 - 12:45 Session 3: Animal Research & Theory  
09:30 - 10:00 Criteria for non-human consciousness, empirical approaches and the concept of multi-level representation - Cyriel Pennartz  
10:00 - 10:30 Enhanced responsiveness and low-level awareness in desynchronized network states - Alain Destexhe  
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee break  
10:45 - 11:15 Complementary perspectives on consciousness: testing methods and theories in humans, animals and models. - Johan Storm  
11:15 - 11:45 Leaving the attractor of unconsciousness: modulation of the cortical network towards higher complexity states - Maria-Victoria Sánchez Vives  
11:45 - 12:45 Discussion Session 3  
12:45 - 14:00 Lunch  
13:55 - 17:00 Session 4: Consciousness in Artificial Systems  
14:00 - 14:30 Can machines be conscious? - Florian Röhrbein  
14:30 - 15:00 From carbon to silicon - How real are physical models? - Karlheinz Meier  
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break  
15:30 - 16:00 Autonoetic consciousness and sense of self in humans and robots - Tony Prescott  
16:00 - 17:00 Discussion Session 4 & General discussion  
17:00 - 17:00 Conclusion words - End of workshop  
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