Sigtuna Foundation, 25-26 October 2024 

Panpsychism and Non-local Consciousness challenge conventional views of the mind and opens new avenues for exploring the profound and interconnected nature of consciousness in the universe. These concepts may provoke thought and stimulate discussion at the intersection of philosophy, metaphysics, and the scientific study of consciousness. We hope our meeting can provide an opportunity for primarily scientists and scholars to discuss reasons for and against consciousness beyond the neural activity of the brain. 

We are organizing a 2-day conference devoted to the problem of consciousness, in particular panpsychism, which will be held at the Sigtuna Foundation (www.sigtunastiftelsen.se) near Stockholm, Sweden—from Friday morning 25 October until Saturday afternoon 26 October 2024. We bring together some of the most prominent and influential scientists and philosophers of the field. In addition, there will be an afternoon session open to the public at 13.30 – 15.30 on Saturday 26 October. Anyone interested in attending this session should contact and/or register at the Reception at the Sigtuna Foundation.

The conference program is available here: 

The conference abstracts are available here.

The conference is co-organized by Prof. em. Hans Liljenström (SLU, Agora for Biosystems) and Assoc. Prof. Alf Linderman (Agora for Biosystems)

Conference venue and accommodation: 

Sigtunastiftelsen, Manfred Björkqvists allé 2-4, 193 22 Sigtuna. Phone: +46-(0)8-592 589 00,  Email: info@sigtunastiftelsen.se, Web: www.sigtunastiftelsen.se

Information about Sigtuna, a small town about 15 km from Stockholm Arlanda airport, can be found here: http://destinationsigtuna.se/en

Ground transport from Arlanda: Bus 583 to Märsta, then Bus 575 to Sigtuna (~45 min), or taxi (~20 min). If you take taxi, please use Taxi Stockholm, which has a fixed price of SEK 465