By agreeing to present or comment on a paper at Consciousness Online you agree to be an active participant in the comments section of the post where your paper or commentary will appear. Following OPC, presentations will be posted on a Friday in February and will remain up for two weeks (that being ‘the conference’), after which the comments section will be closed (unless requested to be left open by author). After the conference ends presentations and discussion are left for people to view (unless the presenter requests otherwise) but no new comments are approved.
By agreeing to be an active participant in the comments section you are agreeing, minimally, to checking in and answering comments several times during the two weeks of your presentation. This does not mean you must answer every comment or that you need to be by a computer every moment during the conference, but you should be able to make time to sit down and answer comments at least a few days a week during the conference. Comments will be moderated for length and relevance by a session chair. Of course I hope you will find yourself an active participant in the other sessions as well!
Also following OPC, after the comments section is closed the author may, if they wish, write a final comment addressing any remaining points, comments/criticisms, etc.
The papers from the first conference are, pending external review, being published by The Journal of Consciousness Studies and if contributors are interested I would like to look into something like that for CO2. Therefore, contributions that are unpublished elsewhere are preferred though exceptions can be made.
For more information, or any questions please email me at consciousnessonline@gmail.com
