CHAIN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
Adventures in Consciousness Science:
Exploring the Crossover between Philosophy, Neuroscience, AI, and Robotics

Program

November 9th (Sat.)
Chair Yuko Ishihara (Ritsumeikan University)

9:45-10:00 Opening remark
Shigeru Taguchi (Hokkaido University)

10:00-11:00 Consciousness between neuroscience and philosophy: A temporospatial approach
Georg Northoff (University of Ottawa)

11:10-12:10 A search of an isomorphism between conscious experience and the structure of information: an interdisciplinary program
Naotsugu Tsuchiya (Monash University)

Lunch

13:40-14:40 Exploring Altered Conscious Experiences using Virtual Reality
Keisuke Suzuki (University of Sussex)

14:50-15:50 The logic of consciousness startup
Ryota Kanai (ARAYA)

Coffee Break

16:20-17:20 Panel Discussion 1
Chair Ying-Tung Lin (National Yang Ming University)
Hideaki Shimazaki (Kyoto University)

Dinner

November 10th (Sun.)
Chair (Morning session) Mayumi Adachi (Hokkaido University)
Chair (Afternoon session) Yuko Ishihara (Ritsumeikan University)

10:00-11:00 Active vs. passive in consciousness and consciousness science
Shinsuke Shimojo (California Institute of Technology)

11:10-12:10 Why a zero-point in first-person consciousness doesn’t add up
Shaun Gallagher (University of Memphis)

Lunch

13:40-14:40 Actions, Symbols and Selves as Self-Organizing Dynamic Phenomena: a View from Neurorobotics study”
Jun Tani (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University)

14:50-15:50 Consciousness of Character in a Digital Game
Youichiro Miyake (DiGRA JAPAN)

Coffee Break

16:20-17:20 Panel Discussion 2
Chair Ying-Tung Lin (National Yang Ming University)
Masatoshi Yoshida (NIPS)

17:20-17:30 Closing Remark