7:00 – 8:00
Breakfast & Check-in
8:00 – 8:15
Opening Remarks
Framing the day: interoception across health, consciousness, and embodied intelligence
Sahib Khalsa
8:15 – 9:45
Workshop I
Interoception and Health: From Physiology to Pathophysiology
Speakers
Kalyanam Shivkumar · Olujimi Ajijola · Emeran Mayer · Galia Avidan · Rajesh Kumar · Jack Feldman
9:45 – 10:30
Workshop II — Part I
Interoception and Consciousness: Feeling, Awareness, and the Embodied Mind
Panel Presentations
Sarah Garfinkel · Arash Javanbakht · Eric Garland · Fadel Zeidan · Nicco Reggente · Justin Feinstein
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00
Keynote
Antonio Damasio
The Biology of Consciousness
12:00 – 12:30
Workshop II — Part II
Continued Discussion
Audience-driven dialogue and integration with keynote themes
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 13:45
Musical Performance
Suuvi
13:45 – 15:15
Workshop III
Interoception and Embodied Intelligence: From Biological Systems to Artificial Minds
Speakers
Frederike Petzschner · Martin Paulus · Choong-Wan Woo · Mark Rapaport · Xiling Shen · Steve Cole
15:15 – 15:30
Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00
Workshop IV
From Roadmap to Reality: Toward an Interoceptive Neuroscience of the Embodied Mind
Integrative and reflective session
17:00 – 17:15
Closing Remarks
Sahib Khalsa
17:15 – 17:30
Closing Musical Performance
Suuvi
17:30 – 19:00