The International Forum on Consciousness

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, 2025

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Dean Radin, MS, PhD

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.


Behind and Beyond the Brain

From April 8 to 11, Casa do Médico in Porto will once again host this biannual meeting that brings together researchers supported by the Bial Foundation and international experts in neuroscience and parapsychology. The 15th edition will be dedicated to the fascinating theme “End-of-Life Experiences”, addressing from the end-of-life processes and moments to the end-of-life beliefs and impacts.

Humans, perhaps uniquely amongst animals, understand that their life will inevitably come to an end. Death is probably the only experience that is universal. It is also singular, for it is an experience that marks an irreversible transition. Near-death experiences, however, leave a profound mark on the people who lived it. Such experiences raise many questions: Should we think of death as an instant, or as a process? How can we – or how should we – prepare for death? What do we know about the biological processes that lead to and that occur during dying? How do different cultures approach death? And should our experience of death change the way in which we think about reality?

Such questions, despite the universal character of death, have thus far largely remained outside the scope of scientific enquiry – an omission that the 15th “Behind and Beyond the Brain” Symposium of the Bial Foundation will aim to address by gathering prominent neuroscientists, psychologists, and philosophers to engage them in a profoundly interdisciplinary dialogue over the course of a rich program extending over three days.

Behind and Beyond the Brain

Porto, Portugal
April 6 – 11, 2026

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This event is hosted by the Bial Foundation. Please visit their page for more information.


The Art and Science of Channeling Deep Inner Wisdom

A 7-Module On-Demand Video Training

The Shift Network and IONS invite you to the course, The Art and Science of Channeling Deep Inner Wisdom. 

In this revealing 7-module course, IONS Director of Research Dr. Helané Wahbeh shares fascinating research and case studies that validate the channeling and intuitive experiences that are available to all of us. Learn the characteristics of your own personal Noetic Signature™ — the unique way you access and express this kind of information and energy, whether through intuition, telepathy, clairvoyance, clairaudience, precognition, or other abilities.

Helané will help you understand how to be your own channeler. You’ll learn to know what is in your highest and best interest — and trust your ability to make decisions that are good for you — in each and every moment.

Experience a transformational and profoundly energizing 7-module journey to explore the big questions around consciousness, extended human capacities, and your own noetic potential.

The Art and Science of Channeling Deep Inner Wisdom
How to Establish Trust With Your Higher Guidance & Divine Knowing

This event is hosted by The Shift Network. Please visit their website for more information.

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If you have any questions, please visit The Shift Network’s support page or contact support@theshiftnetwork.com


Best Channeling Practices

A 7-Module On-Demand Video Training With 4 Live Q&As

Last Q&A is September 22!

The Shift Network and IONS invite you to the course, Best Channeling Pratices, Experience & Develop Your Own Unique Process for Receiving Messages From Higher Guidance. 

In this 11-part transformational course, IONS Director of Research Dr. Helané Wahbeh dives deeper into psychic phenomena and the process of channeling, and ways to discern that the information you’re receiving is true. Learn to establish a channeling practice for yourself and others that’s in alignment with your Noetic Signature™ and everyone’s highest good.

Helané will guide you through the fundamental skills and competencies you’ll need to cultivate your own channeling practice, learning and practicing a variety of methods and techniques to enhance your connection to your inner wisdom.

Join Helané in a transformational journey to explore the big questions around consciousness, extended human capacities, and your own noetic potential.

Best Channeling Practices
Experience & Develop Your Own Unique Process for Receiving Messages From
Higher Guidance

This event is hosted by The Shift Network. Please visit their website for more information.

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If you have any questions, please visit The Shift Network’s support page or contact support@theshiftnetwork.com


Reality Transformation Gathering

Do you want to shift into your desired reality and feel truly aligned and empowered?

The problem is that the world is chaotic and filled with conflicting information, making it difficult to uncover the true nature of reality. This leaves many feeling stuck, disconnected, and unable to manifest their dreams.

This is why the Reality Transformation Gathering was organized. Experts will share groundbreaking insights from both cutting-edge science and ancient wisdom traditions to help you shift into your desired reality. Don’t miss IONS Director of Research Helané Wahbeh.

Reality Transformation Gathering

Bridging Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science to Shift Into Your Desired Reality
Free & ONLINE | May 12 – 17, 2025

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This event is hosted by Sacred Planet. Please visit their website for more information.


Science of Consciousness Conference & The Festival of Consciousness

The Science of Consciousness (TSC) is an interdisciplinary conference emphasizing broad and rigorous approaches to all aspects of the study and understanding of consciousness. Topical areas include neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, biology, quantum physics, cosmology, meditation and altered states, AI/machine consciousness, culture and experiential phenomenology.

Thomas Brophy, Dean Radin, Helané Wahbeh, Arnaud Delorme, Garret Yount, and many more will be presenting at the conference.

The Science of Consciousness Conference
July 6-11, 2025
Barcelona

This event is hosted by The Science of Consciousness. Please visit their website for more information, including livestream tickets.

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The Conference followed by and in concert with The Festival of Consciousness (FoC) 

Life is constantly evolving and human beings are part of it. Within this constant evolution we are always called to transformation. This transformation occurs by transcending current levels of consciousness. To achieve this, knowledge, discernment and self-exploration have become fundamental tools. These are creative ways to use awareness. We are conscious beings.

The Festival of Consciousness (FoC) has as its fundamental purpose: to participate in the natural process of human evolution, promoting its transformation, promoting knowledge, discernment and self-exploration.

Theme for 2025: I AM NOT WHAT I AM

When Iago in Shakespeare’s Othello declares “I am not what I am,” he unveils a paradox that resonates deeply with our identity: what we are in essence may not match what we appear to be or believe ourselves to be. This statement invites us to question the limits of the self, our identity, and reality itself. What if what we believe ourselves to be, and how we perceive our existence, is only a limited fraction of something much vaster?

I AM NOT WHAT I AM calls us to engage in an introspective and exploratory exercise: to broaden our perspective, challenge the boundaries of what we consider real, open doors, and extend our horizons… It invites us to venture into discovering a self that transcends the filters of this immediate reality. A timeless and non-spatial SELF. An exercise of de-identification, expansion, and discovery that leads us to ask: What are we, if we are not what we believe ourselves to be?

The Festival of Consciousness
July 11 – 13, 2025
CCIB Barcelona

This event is hosted by The Festival of Consciousness Association. Please visit their website for more information.

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The Art & Science of Channeling Deep Inner Wisdom

A 7-Module On-Demand Video Training With 4 Live Q&As

Last Q&A is May 5th!

The Shift Network and IONS invite you to the course, The Art & Science of Channeling Deep Inner Wisdom, How to Establish Trust With Your Higher Guidance and Divine Inner Knowing.

In this revealing course, IONS Director of Research Dr. Helané Wahbeh shares fascinating research and case studies that validate the channeling and intuitive experiences that are available to us all.

You’ll learn energetic clearing techniques and experience guided visualization and breath-focused meditations to help you ground into the earth and connect to the heavens — to enhance your vessel as a conduit of deep, inner wisdom.

You’ll explore new evidence and theories and experience meditation and channeling practices.

You’ll also learn the characteristics of your own personal Noetic Signature™ — the unique way you access and express this kind of information and energy, whether through intuition, telepathy, clairvoyance, clairaudience, precognition, or other abilities.

By the end of the program, you’ll understand how to be your own channeler. You’ll learn to know what is in your highest and best interest — and trust your ability to make decisions that are good for you — in each and every moment.

Join Helané in a transformational and profoundly energizing  journey, to explore the big questions around consciousness, extended human capacities, and your own noetic potential.

The Art & Science of Channeling Deep Inner Wisdom
How to Establish Trust With Your Higher Guidance and Divine Inner Knowing.

This event is hosted by The Shift Network. Please visit their website for more information.

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If you have any questions, please visit The Shift Network’s support page or contact support@theshiftnetwork.com


Manifesting Masterclass: How High Achievers Can Get Out of Their Own Way and Take Committed Action So They Can Manifest Their Dreams

Manifesting Masterclass: How High Achievers Can Get Out of Their Own Way and Take Committed Action So They Can Manifest Their Dreams
February 2 – 13
Online

This event is hosted by Katie Miranda. Please visit their website for more information.

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Demystify the Connection Between Your Intuition & Channeling: Learn the Scientific Evidence Behind Our Innate Capacity to Know Beyond the 5 Senses

You might know someone who channels. Perhaps you feel divinely guided by your own intuition.

Sometimes, you just know something, and even though you’re not sure about the source of this wisdom, you feel strongly that you have access to a truth.

These innate impressions feel real, but how do we know —  for certain — if they actually are?  And, how common are these experiences?

Recent scientific research points to the validity of channeling and intuitive experiences — and supports techniques that can help you improve your channeling capacity and build more trust and confidence in your own intuition.

Not to be confused with a mental health issue or neurological disorder, channeling is, in fact, a common phenomenon. When you tune in to your inner wisdom, you cultivate a stronger capacity to know what is in your best interest in each and every moment.

As trust in your intuition and understanding the language of the unseen grows, you generate more ease and flow in your life, which ripples out to your relationships, families, communities, and beyond.

Many of us feel we need to rely on someone else to access channeled wisdom. That doesn’t have to be the case.

This wisdom already lives within you.

IONS Director of Research Helané Wahbeh proposes that everyone can channel — in a way that is unique to them.

You’ll hear and learn much more when you join Helané for this empowering free online event, in which she’ll reveal the latest scientific research on channeling phenomena, shedding light on questions such as “How common is channeling?” and “What is the evidence that channeling is real?”

Helané will then guide you to explore your own capacity to connect with information and energy beyond space and time and help you enhance that connection.

You’ll discover that when you are in a quiet, still space, you can tune in to the contraction and expansion within and find answers to deep questions through intuition.

Demystify the Connection Between Your Intuition & Channeling: Learn the Scientific Evidence Behind Our Innate Capacity to Know Beyond the 5 Senses
February 6, 2025,
8:30pm PST

This event is hosted by The Shift Network. Please visit their website for more information.

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The Metaphysical Frontier Summit

Have you ever questioned the nature of reality? Are you curious about the limitless possibilities within you and how to access them? The Metaphysical Frontier Summit is an exclusive gateway to expanded awareness and transformative experiences. Designed for seekers, visionaries, and the spiritually curious, this event gathers the brightest minds in the field to help you unlock your potential.

At The Metaphysical Frontier Summit, you can enjoy a curated line-up of legends, thought leaders, researchers, practitioners, guides, and teachers to guide you into a portal of unprecedented personal transformation. This includes IONS Director of Research Helané Wahbeh, Lynne McTaggart, Dale Graff, Rebecca Hardcastle Wright, Mark Haughton and many more.

This eye-opening experience includes:

  • Practical Techniques for Psychic Mastery – Learn methods from former military remote viewers, renowned neuroscientists, and seasoned spiritual guides to enhance your intuitive abilities and mind power and empower you in your daily life.
  • Advanced Insights into Higher Consciousness – Delve into cutting-edge theories regarding consciousness, energy, and the ontological constructs that shape our understanding of reality.
  • Actionable Manifestation Strategies – Use scientific and metaphysical principles to create abundance, heal your life, and influence reality.
  • Community Connection – Connect with a global community of like-minded individuals and experts for support and growth.

This free summit is for consciousness explorers ready to expand their horizons, visionaries seeking clarity and transformation, and spiritual practitioners eager to deepen their intuitive practices. Don’t miss this opportunity.

The Metaphysical Frontier Summit
January 20 – 29, 2025
Free Online Event

This event is hosted by Karen Kartika and Elly Molina. Please visit their website for more information.

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