Eleos Conference on AI Consciousness and Welfare

November 21-23, 2025

Eleos AI Research is proud to announce the first Eleos Conference on AI Consciousness and Welfare (Eleos ConCon). We want to encourage thoughtful discussion around AI welfare, foster further research collaborations, and build a robust network of people who take AI welfare seriously. There are so many questions that remain unanswered in this still-nascent field, and this workshop is an opportunity to connect with AI researchers, neuroscientists, academics, philosophers, policymakers, and members of the press over 1:1s, breakout groups, panels, a poster session, and talks.

📍 Where? Berkeley, California

📅 When? Evening of Friday, November 21, all-day Saturday, November 22 and Sunday, November 23, 2025

Featured speakers and attendees (in alphabetical order) include:

Sam Bowman, Technical AI safety researcher, Anthropic

Patrick Butlin, Senior Research Lead, Eleos AI Research

Rosie Campbell, Managing Director, Eleos AI Research

David Chalmers, University Professor of Philosophy and Neural Science and co-director of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness, New York University

Owain Evans, Director and research lead, Truthful AI

Kyle Fish, Model welfare lead, Anthropic

Steve Fleming, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London

Geoff Keeling, Staff Research Scientist, Google

Jack Lindsey, Model psychiatry team lead, Anthropic

Robert Long, Executive Director, Eleos AI Research

Jeff Sebo, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Director of the Center for Environmental and Animal Protection, and Director of the Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy at New York University

Winnie Street, Senior researcher, Google

Who is this conference for?

Anyone with an interest in AI welfare and consciousness, but especially:

• AI welfare researchers
• Machine learning engineers and AI researchers at various stages of familiarity with AI welfare
• Philosophers of mind, philosophers of AI, ethicists
• Neuroscientists, consciousness scientists
• AI safety researchers
• Policymakers, legal experts
• Communicators

I have a question. Who should I email? Please direct questions about the conference to Larissa Schiavo (larissa@eleosai.org).