Value, Valence, and Consciousness

The EXPERIENCE ERC team is excited to announce its second workshop, “Value, Valence, and Consciousness”, taking place on April 7–8, 2025, in Brussels, Belgium.

This interdisciplinary event will explore topics central to the EXPERIENCE project, with a focus on the role of valence in consciousness and the value of phenomenal experience. Discussions will draw insights from various fields of cognitive sciences, including philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience.

To partcipate, the registration is free, but mandatory, and number of sit is limited.

We are thrilled to welcome as guest speakers:

• Guillaume Dumas (Université de Montréal)
• Manolo Martínez (Universitat De Barcelona)
• Lucia Melloni (MPI Frankfurt/Ruhr-Universität Bochum) – online
• Stefano Palminteri (École Normale Supérieure)
• Amitai Shenhav (UC Berkeley) – online
• Frédérique de Vignemont (Institut Jean Nicod)
• Piotr Winkielman (UC San Diego)
• members of the EXPERIENCE team
• …and others yet to be announced!

A poster session will provide an opportunity for external participants to share their work. You will have the option to submit an abstract during the registration.

Key dates are:

• January 24: Registration and call for posters open (at this webpage: https://survey2.ulb.be/index.php/418958?lang=en)
• February 26: Poster submissions close
• Early March: Poster selections announced
• March 12: Registration closes