We are delighted to invite you to the Sussex Centre for Consciousness Science Research Symposium, taking place 2-5pm on Wednesday 15th October 2025 in Bramber House Gallery Rooms 1 & 2.

Register here: Symposium Registration Form

This year’s programme features a poster exhibition, and we particularly encourage PhD students to present their research.

• Poster submission deadline: Tuesday 8 October 2025
• Submission email: ccs@sussex.ac.uk
• Printing support is available upon request.
• A £50 will be awarded for the Best PhD Student Poster (Amazon voucher)!

We are especially excited to welcome Professor Steve Fleming (Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental Psychology, UCL) as our keynote speaker, presenting: “Sensory horizons and the functions of conscious vision”.

Sussex Centre for Consciousness Science

Research Symposium
Wednesday 15th October 2025, 2:00–5:00 pm
Bramber House Gallery Rooms 1 & 2

2:00 pm – Introduction
Prof. Anil Seth
Director, Sussex Centre for Consciousness Science

2:10 pm – Member Talks (15 minutes each, including Q&A)

• Dr Guy Fincham – Research Fellow (Clinical Neuroscience), Brighton and Sussex Medical School
  Airways to Alteration (A2A): a randomised-controlled trial exploring effects of breathwork on conscious state

• Dr Robyn Waller – Associate Professor of Philosophy, School of Media, Arts & Humanities
  Human-Computer Interaction and the Concept of Conscious Agency

• Dr Robert Chis-Ciure – Research Fellow, School of Engineering and Informatics
  Toward a Computational Neurophenomenology of the Future

• Prof Jools Simner – Professor of Neuropsychology, School of Psychology
  From Manias to Phobias: A Novel Framework for Sensory Differences

3:20 pm – Posters and Refreshments
A selection of research posters from SCCS members will be on display.
A poster prize will be awarded.

4:15 pm – Keynote Lecture
Prof Steve Fleming (UCL)
Sensory horizons and the functions of conscious vision

Prof. Steve Fleming is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London and a Group Leader at the Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry. His research explores mechanisms of human subjective experience and metacognition using psychophysics, brain imaging, and computational modelling.
(Full biography available in programme materials.)

5:00 pm – Networking and Drinks
IDS Bar (on campus)

By: Aleks Kossowska
Last updated: Monday, 29 September 2025