Events

Jun 5	Opening Ceremony, Panel Discussion and Wheel of Consciousness Show (June 5) —The official opening of the Inaugural Asia Consciousness Festival with panel discussion, refreshments and the Wheel of Consciousness Show.
Jun 5-7	About Consciousness Conference (June 5–7) — This three-day event brings together leading international authors, futurists, spiritual teachers, and healers to discuss the relationship between the mind and the body.
Jun 7	Vedanta Talk by Shubhraji : What is Consciousness (June 7) — Is there a way to know it? Can it be experienced in a way that enhances our life? An inquiry into the frontiers: beyond the mind and intellect paradigm. Shubhraji expounds on this fascinating theme from the Advaita Vedantic philosophy.
Jun 10	Meditation and it's effects on Brain, Mind and Health (June 10) — New ground breaking scientific research proves the effectiveness of meditation for mental, emotional and physical well being.
Jun 5-13	Wheel of Consciousness Show (June 5–13) — Come join Jeff on a mind-bloggling audio-visual journey through ten different states of waking, sleeping and dreaming consciousness.
Jun 5-15	Exploring Consciousness with Art Technology and Design Exhibitions (June 5–15) — A series of art and technology exhibits showcasing local and international works exploring the theme of consciousness. Exhibition openings will be held on the 2nd, 10th and 11th of June.
Jun 5-15	Film Screenings (June 5–15) — We are organizing screenings of consciousness related films. Some of the screenings will also include discussions with the film-makers.
Jun 7-15	About Consciousness Workshops (June 7–15) — Workshops by renowned teachers provide in-depth opportunities to enrich your understanding of consciousness related topics through hands-on workshops and focused day-long seminars.
Jun 9	Social Approaches to Consciousness Conference 2009 (June 9) —The “social revolution” in brain science, and the multiple disciplines that made this possible, present major challenges to western individualistic and physicalistic world-views. This one-day conference brings together researchers and theorists from the forefront of disciplines which are transforming our understandings of consciousness.
Jun 10	Meaningful Media Open Space Workshop (June 10) — A one-day invitational workshop that brings together media creators such as film-makers, video game producers, and media technology developers, consciousness researchers, and entrepreneurs to stimulate further collaboration and promote the understanding and development of media content and technologies that facilitate personal growth and transformation.
Jun 10	Toward a Science of Consciousness Workshops (June 10) — A day of workshops facilitated by some of the worlds leading thinkers from fields of Philosophy, Psychology, Neuroscience, Anthropology, Cognitive Science and Computer Science.
Jun 11-13	Enlighten-Action for Epilepsy presents An Audience with Martha Curtis. By invitation (June 11) And in concert (limited Spaces June 13)— Martha has an amazing story of love of music and the determination to be seizure free by convincing a team of doctors to remove much of her right brain. Martha Curtis is a concert violinist who learned how to co-exist with epileptic seizures even from the stage.
Jun 11-14	Toward a Science of Consciousness Conference (June 11–14) — This international conference brings together leading neuroscientists, philosophers, computer scientists, cognitive scientists, anthropologists, psychologists, and physicists researching all aspects of conscious experience.
Jun 13	The Experience (June 13)— The Experience full participation event is designed to give the audience a first hand experience of different states of consciousness using traditional and modern techniques including Yoga, Yoga Nidra, sound meditation, and dance. The Experience will feature choreographed digital visuals with both acoustic and electronic music by local and international artists.
Jun 14	Machine Consciousness Workshop (June 14) — This one-day workshop focuses on the development of broad human-like intelligence (Strong AI). Immediate applications include education, relationship management, and video games. The event is organized by the Artificial General Intelligence Research Institute.
Jun 12-15	The Power of Sound - World Music Concert and Born Singing Workshops with Carmella Baynie and The Bhakti Raga Ensemble (June 12-15) — A sensational evening of contemporary sacred world music, The Bhakti Raga Ensemble will take you on a devotional world music journey sure to touch your heart, uplift your spirit and open your channels of inspiration!
Jun	Awakening Education — 'Awakening the Dreamer' Symposium and Facilitator Training The Symposium will look at our current world view and collective consciousness to see where we are and how we can respond to global issues such as climate change, poverty and economic crisis. It is an opportunity to understand what's happening and to consider how we can address these problems and create a world that works sustainably for us
Jun 15-18	IEEE Conference on Cognitive Informatics (June 15–18) — This international conference brings together the worlds leading computer scientists and cognitive scientists researching the techniques for applying computers to mimic human decision making.
Jun 15-21	Festival Tours — Hong Kong is rich in its natural and cultural beauty. We have prepared several excursions that showcase many of Hong Kong’s attractions, as well as trips to inspirational areas of China. Whether you are new to Hong Kong or a local, come make new friends with like-minded inquirers on these trips.
Jun 5-21	Conscious Community Events – Throughout the Festival conscious events will held in the local Hong Kong community by supporting organizations offering talks, workshops and classes by Hong Kong facilitators.