09:00–09:05

 Welcome and Introduction

09:05–10:40

Session 1: The Social Brain
The Social Revolution in Neuroscience Charles Whitehead
Cultural Neuroscience: Bridging Cultural Psychology and Brain Sciences Joan Y Chiao
A Functional Neuroimaging Study on the Parametric Induction of Animacy Experience Natacha Santos, Kai Vogeley & Gary Bente

10:40–11:10

 Break

11:10–13:00

Session 2: The Social Self and Beyond
Emotion and Consciousness: From the Intrapsychic through the Social to the Transpersonal
Etzel Cardeña
Self-awareness and Mindreading Jing Zhu
The Concept of Other Minds: is it Innate? Nevia Dolcini
Outside In: Transpersonal Consciousness and the Creative Arts Desiree Cox

13:00–14:30

Lunch break

14:30–16:20

Session 3: The Anthropology of Consciousness
Worldview Literacy Marilyn Mandala Schlitz
Cultural Distortions of the Self David Craik & Charles Whitehead
Fire Usage – A Solid Cognitive Topic in Paleoanthropology Gottfried Suessenbacher
A Cognitive Approach to Diagnosing the Media Dream Stephen Schafer

16:20–17:10

Session 4: Artificial Selves
 Robotics-In-The-World: Embodied AI and the Work of Merleau-Ponty Robin Zebrowski
Alpha Tribe: Alt Avatars Explore Creative identity Elif Ayiter
17:10–17:30
 Break

17:30–19:30

Session 5: Belief, Culture, and Reality
Beliefs About Consciousness and Reality: Clarification of the Confusion Concerning Consciousness Imants Barušs
A Conceptual Reorientation of Consciousness Christopher Holvenstot
Consciousness, Representation and the Practices of Art-making Christine McCarthy
Synchronicity: Science, Myth, and the Trickster Allan Combs