SAN DIEGO, CA
DATE: Q2 2020
VENUE: SOMEWHERE IN SAN DIEGO
50 Shades of Gray Matter will explore the mind and the neural processes that govern conscious behavior. We invite the world's foremost scientists, researchers and enthusiast to explore the exciting new developments happening in computational neurosciences, artificial intelligence, human-machine interactions, social network analysis, behavioral modeling and consciousness research.
ABSURD CREATIVITY
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UNRESTRAINED COLLABORATION
TARGET AUDIENCE
BEHAVIOR
- Social Network Scientists
- Anthropologists
- Sociologists
- Evolutionary Biologists
- Developmental Psychologists
- Behavioral Psychologists
- Organizational Psychologists
COMPUTATION
- Neuroscientists
- Data Scientists
- AI | Machine Learning Experts
- Deep Learning Engineers
- Biologists & Bioinformaticists
CONSCIOUSNESS
- Cognitive Scientists
- Neuro Biologists
- Consciousness Researchers
- Shaman & Psychoactive Chemistry Researchers
CALL FOR SPEAKERS
STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Theater 1
TALKS
Animal Sentience: Lenses of perception
Understanding Meta-cognition and Theory of Mind.
Locating the neural correlates of consciousness
Lucid dreaming with virtual reality
Temporal Encoding: perceptions of time
Neuro tilting: engineering behavioral repertoires
PANELS
Psychoactive chemistry and the brain
Visit the engine room of reality (Quantum Physics Lecture)
Hyper Awareness: Experiencing reality in real time
Maintaining a health subconscious
Origins of creativity
DEBATES
Imitating Consciousness: who will win the race to machine awareness?
Plants consciousness?
Show me your evidence: Collective consciousness
NEUROSCIENCE & NEUROBIOLOGY
Theater 2
TALKS
Mirrors and Motors: Neuron morphology and the nervous system
Neuroplasticity and neurogenisis
Mapping the connectome with neuroimaging
Shortcuts: The neurobiology of bias
PANELS
Practical applications of Brain Computer Interfaces
Clinical applications: Optogenetics and deep brain stimulation
DEBATES
Babies with Ipads: How is technology influencing the developing brain?
Is TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation) an evolutionary or revolutionary technology?
COGNITIVE REVOLUTION?
Theater 3
TALKS
How's your Data Metabolism?
Performance Psychology
PANELS
Fluid identity: The rise of "PsychTech" and the identity app store.
The future of work: Creativity on demand
The future of media: Consumers vs creators
The future of language: Serendipity, Synchronicity & Statistics?
The future of community: Acephalous Societies?
The future of government: A new mythology!
The future of relationships: Raising the Dunbar
DEBATES
Are we experiencing a cognitive revolution?
Can Artificial Intelligence be domesticated?
LIVE - SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
EXPERIMENT 1
One of our primary inspirations for hosting high quality experiences, is the opportunity to observe human interactions and the formation of new relationships. With the right culture and energy, events transform into social laboratories which hold invaluable insights into the collective needs and ambitions of the community.
In preparation for this event, the CO operations team has set out to design a large scale social experiment that will be revealed during the conference keynote. Attendees are encouraged to observe and participate in the research as they learn, network and play on the frontiers of scientific innovation.
ENGAGE
