Join BTC Institute at The 2026 International Forum on Consciousness, as they explore the many ways intelligence and awareness manifest beyond conventional cognition. The theme centers on other ways of knowing—forms of perception and insight that emerge through intuition, embodiment, neurodiversity, animal and plant cognition, indigenous and Eastern contemplative traditions, altered states, and even emerging artificial intelligence.
Chief Scientist Dean Radin and IONS Fellow Cassandra Vieten are expected to present at this symposium.
What to expect:
- Engaging panels and keynotes with leading scientists, clinicians, and contemplative practitioners exploring neurodivergent cognition, anomalous perception, interspecies awareness, and altered states
- Immersive experiences that move beyond the intellectual into embodied and contemplative ways of knowing
- Meaningful connections within a community committed to expanding our understanding of consciousness
The 2026 International Forum on Consciousness
Unspoken Intelligence
Fitchburg, WI
May 21 – 22, 2026
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Dean Radin, MS, PhD, is Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and Associated Distinguished Professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He was awarded an Honorary DSc in yoga research from S-VYASA. Before joining the research staff at IONS in 2001, he held appointments at AT&T Bell Labs, Princeton University, University of Edinburgh, and SRI International. Dr. Radin is author or coauthor of hundreds of technical articles, some 145 peer-reviewed journal articles, four dozen book chapters, and four best-selling, popular books. He has given over 750 invited presentations and interviews for government, military, business, scientific, and other groups around the world.
Cassandra Vieten is Executive Director of the John W. Brick Foundation, Scholar-in-Residence at the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination at the University of California, San Diego, and Senior Fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, where she worked for 18 years in successive roles as Scientist, Director of Research, CEO, and President from 2013-2019. She is a psychologist, mind-body medicine researcher, author of numerous articles in scientific journals, and an internationally recognized keynote speaker.
