Program Information

Thursday, July 10, 2025 - Arrival Day

10:00

onwards

10:00 onwards

Arrival & Check-in

Participants arrive throughout the day. Check-in to accommodations, settle in, meet fellow attendees, and enjoy relaxing time at the beach.

Logistics

18:00

Open

18:00 onwards

Listen, Gather, Begin

We meet beneath the night sky to listen, connect, and begin our journey together. Music by Amiruz & Stratos from 19:00

• Echoes Beneath the Stars
Stratos Bichakis
Greek Ethno Music Location Recordings (1930–1988) – DJ Set

• Neo After Dark
Amiruz
Greek tunes and beyond…

Friday, July 11, 2025

06:00

06:00 - 08:00

Morning Glory

Natalia, Vismay, Jonas & Mar

Meditation, movement, mindfulness practice

Lived Experience

09:30

09:30 - 10:30

Breakfast

Communal breakfast

Logistics

10:30

10:30 - 11:30

Keynote: Systematic Quantification of Altered States

Timo Torsten Schmidt

The systematic quantification of altered states experiences: achievements and challenges

Track 1 - Measurement

11:30

20min

11:30 - 11:50

Refining the outer realms: micro-phenomenology and non-ordinary states

James Sanders

First- and third-person perspectives on mind / brain are known to mutually constrain each other, and combining these perspectives (neurophenomenology) is argued to create superior empirical models. Micro-phenomenology (MP) is a formal method of phenomenological interviewing & analysis, developed to address the lack of rigour in first person approaches. This talk describes the anatomy of a typical micro-phenomenological interview, before introducing multiple MP studies from Imperial College London's DMT Research Group.

Track 1 - Measurement

11:50

20min

11:50 - 12:10

A Dissimilarity-Based Bottom-Up Approach for State-Space Mapping

Paweł Motyka

This talk explores consciousness states as configurations of hierarchically nested "qualia sub-spaces" that range from basic sensations to complex constructs like body ownership. The presentation covers how subjective dissimilarity ratings between pharmacologically induced states can be used with dimensionality-reduction techniques to construct state-space from the bottom up. This assumption-free approach may help bridge the gap between what questionnaires can capture and what remains too immersive to articulate.

Track 1 - Measurement

12:10

45min

12:10 - 12:55

Keynote: Altered States Lab Methods

Vince Polito

Comprehensive overview of altered states research methods, psychometric approaches, and clinical applications

Track 1 - Measurement

12:55

10min

12:55 - 13:05

Stroboscopic Stimulation and Perceptual Effects

Kazuya Horibe

Chaotic aperiodicity effects on flicker light-triggered hallucinatory phenomena

Track 1 - Measurement

13:05

45min

13:05 - 13:50

Q&A & Break

Break

13:00

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

Communal lunch

Logistics

14:00

14:00 - 17:00

Siesta

Rest, informal discussions, optional activities, and self-organized spontaneous pop-up breakout sessions

Break

17:00

20min

17:00 - 17:20

Hallucination Machine 2.0

Keisuke Suzuki

New directions for the study of visual hallucinations using VR technology

Track 2 - VR

17:20

20min

17:20 - 17:40

Sensory-Driven Altered States & New Hallucination Machine Studies

Paweł Motyka

This presentation examines how unusual sensory stimulation can reshape conscious states using adapted versions of the Hallucination Machine. The talk covers developing stereoscopic variants and gaze-coupled modes where visual alterations unfold around the viewer's point of fixation. Results will be presented on effects on subjective experience using questionnaires and verbal descriptions, as well as peripheral physiology including oculomotor behavior and electrocardiography.

Track 2 - VR

17:40

20min

17:40 - 18:00

Viscereality: Bio-responsive VR System

George Fejer

Breath-based interactions with coupled oscillator dynamics to induce non-ordinary states

Track 2 - VR

18:00

20min

18:00 - 18:20

VR and Psychoplastogens

Hector Taylor

Potentially augmented VR treatments for chronic conditions

Track 2 - VR

18:20

20min

18:20 - 18:40

Goofi-Pipe Demo

Antoine Bellemare & Philipp Thölke

Accessible biofeedback framework for VR/visual applications

Track 2 - VR

18:40

20min

18:40 - 19:00

Psychedelic Replications

Raymond (Symmetric Vision)

Ideas and approaches to psychedelic visual replications

Track 2 - VR

19:00

40min

19:00 - 19:40

Towards Uncertainty

Yutaka Makino

In my art practice, I critically examine the "reality" we often take for granted, questioning the assumptions embedded within habitual ways of perceiving while embracing uncertainty and foregrounding individual differences in perception. To that end, I integrate scientific insights, artistic experimentation, and technological mediation to foster integrative knowledge production. Note: Wear swim trunks! After the talk there will be a sound performance in the pool!

Track 2 - VR

21:30

Open

21:30 onwards

Stratoscapes

Stratos Bichakis

Ambient Performance with Cretan Bulgari

Cultural Performance

Saturday, July 12, 2025

06:00

3h 30min

06:00 - 09:30

Morning Glory

Vismay, Natalia, Jonas & Mar

Meditation, movement, mindfulness practice

Lived Experience

09:30

09:30 - 10:30

Breakfast

Communal breakfast

Logistics

10:30

1h 30min

10:30 - 12:00

Keynote: Parametrizing Psychedelic States of Consciousness with Dynamic Systems and Coupling Dynamics

Andrés Gómez Emilsson

Image-based, visual-based state classifications - opening keynote

Track 4 - QRI

12:00

12:00 - 13:00

Empty Slot

TBD

13:00

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

Communal lunch

Logistics

14:00

14:00 - 17:00

Siesta

Rest, informal discussions, optional activities

Break

17:00

2h 30min

17:00 - 19:30

Parallel Session A: Phenomenological Playground

Andrés, Taru, Till, Philipp & Antoine

Interactive live coding session - creating visuals with beamer, live audience participation, goofi-pipe and nerdiness

Track 2 - VR/Visual

17:00

2h 30min

17:00 - 19:30

Parallel Session B: Lived Experience

Vismay, Natalia, Jonas & Mar

Meditation session OR nature walk (to be decided)

Track 3 - Lived Experience

22:00

Open

22:00 onwards

Weird Together

AS IF

B2B DJ Set

Music

Sunday, July 13, 2025

06:00

3h 30min

06:00 - 09:30

Morning Glory

Natalia, Vismay, Jonas & Mar

Meditation, movement, mindfulness practice

Lived Experience

09:30

09:30 - 10:30

Breakfast

Communal breakfast

Logistics

10:30

1h 15min

10:30 - 11:45

Special Keynote: Tulpamancy

Michael Lifshitz

Exploring the phenomenon of tulpamancy and its implications for consciousness research

11:45

1h 15min

11:45 - 13:00

Introduction to the Psychodynamics of the psychedelic experience

Tobias Buchborn

Examining the relationship between psychedelic experiences and ego dissolution

13:00

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

Communal lunch

Logistics

14:00

14:00 - 17:00

Siesta

Rest, informal discussions, optional activities

Break

17:00

17:00 - 18:00

Joint Activity | Lived Experience

Natalia, Vismay, Jonas & Mar

Final meditation session and closing reflections

Track 3 - Lived Experience

18:00

Open

18:00 onwards

Filoxenia

(griechisch: φιλοξενία)

Evgenia Damavoliti-Toli – vocals, percussion

Zacharis Spyridakis – vocals, lyra

Vasilis Bichakis – vocals, laouto

Michalis Kontaxakis – vocals, mandolin

An evening of mezé, raki, and Cretan live music

Cultural Evening