The program for the Grant Area Meeting to be held in February 2026 is now available!

2026 Feb: Qualia Structure Grant MTG in Okinawa

Aims of Qualia Structure:

・We aspire to arrive at novel ways to understand others' minds. 

・Towards that end, we will advocate structural approaches to qualia. 

・With the structural approaches, we will internationally lead the next generation of consciousness research.

Desired properties of the Publicly Offered Research

1) research topics or employing methods, which are not employed by Planned Research, 

2) research that deals with qualia with a structural approach, 

3) research that does not focus on a particular type of qualia, yet deals with the relationship between the unconscious and consciousness, self-consciousness, changes of qualia structures associated with changes in levels of consciousness (e.g., dreams, sleep, anesthesia, etc.).

Dates:

Feb 20 (Fri) -24 (Tue) : PI Core Days: Feb 22 (Sun) and Feb 23 (Mon)

Program:

Note: Language - English

Venue: OIST conference center meeting rooms

Day 1: Fri Feb 20

14:30- Opening

15-16 Intro & poster - 1 (Room 1) 

3-min self introduction

Posters Group - 1  

16:30-17:30 Intro & Poster - Group - 2

Day 2: Feb 21 Sat

9-10 Intro & poster - Group 3 

10:30-11:30 Intro & poster - Group 4

12-13 Discussion 

13-14 lunch 

15-16 Discussion

16-18 Follow up floor discussion 

19-Dinner 

Day 3: Feb 22 Sun  (Core Day)

9-13 Project collaboration & discussion 

13-14 lunch 

14- Free time

Day 4: Feb 23 Mon (Holiday, Core Day)

9-13 Project collaboration & discussion 

13-14 lunch 

14- Free time

Day 5: Feb 24 Tue

9-9:30 Special talk by Prof Sam Reither - Consciousness in Octopus 

10-12 Discussion on evolution of consciousness / Project collaboration 

12-13: lunch 

13:00 The bus leaves from OIST to Naha

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