Summer School on Consciousness and Metacognition

July 14th-16th 2025, London


The 2025 summer school program is still being confirmed - and is subject to change.

Day 1 - Monday, July 14th

Morning - Travel to London/Hotel Check-In

12:45 Opening Remarks

13:00 Talk 1: Matan Mazor - Beliefs about consciousness are intertwined with beliefs about ethics

14:15 Coffee

14:45 Talk 2: Geoff Keeling - Puzzles in AI Welfare

16:00 Break

18:00 Keynote: Lecture Theatre G03 in 26 Bedford Way
Jonathan Birch - Can there ever be a reliable test for AI consciousness?

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jonathan-birch-tickets-1343915229629

19:30 Group Dinner: Ciao Bella, 86-90 Lamb’s Conduit Street, WC1N 3LZ


Day 2 - Tuesday, July 15th

9:30 Coffee

10:15 Talk 1: Clara Colombatto - Public Perceptions of AI Consciousness: Predictors and Consequences

12:00 Lunch

13:00 Tutorial - Methods for Consciousness Science (run by Clara Colombatto)

14:15 Coffee

14:45 Talk 2: Henry Shevlin - Human-AI relationships and the future of consciousness science

16:00 Break

16:30 Talk 3: Jean-Remi King - Emergence of Language in the Human Brain 

Day 3 - Wednesday, July 16th

9:00 Talk 1: Nadine Dijkstra - Distinguishing imagination from perception the human brain

10:15 Coffee

10:45 Talk 2: Stephen Fleming - Sensory horizons and the functions of conscious vision

12:00 Lunch

13:00 Tutorial - Models and Measures of Metacognition (run by Stephen Fleming)

14:15 Coffee

14:45 Talk 3: Yvonne Rogers - Augmenting the Mind with AI

16:30 Group Presentations

17:45 Closing Remarks

18:00 Drinks

Here are programs from past editions of the summer school:

Go to SSCM 2023 program

Go to SSCM 2022 program

Go to SSCM 2021 program