Draft Agenda

Day 2: Scientific Summit

Sunday, May 3, 2026

UCLA Luskin Conference Center · 425 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles

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

Reception