U. Arizona cancels major conference after speakers named in Epstein fileshttps://www.thecollegefix.com/u-arizona-cancels-major-conference-after-speakers-named-in-epstein-files/The University of Arizona canceled an upcoming conference this month after multiple speakers were mentioned in the newly released Epstein files.
“We regret to inform you that the 2026 The Science of Consciousness conference, scheduled for April 6–11, at the Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in Tucson, has been cancelled,” an announcement from the school reads.
“After careful consideration and consultation with the conference organizing team, we have determined that it is no longer feasible to move forward with the conference as planned,” it reads.
The conference’s leader, Stuart Hameroff, confirmed in a post on X that the conference was canceled due to several speakers’ connection to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“The University of Arizona and conference organizers have determined this was necessary due to several speakers and organizers including myself being mentioned in the Epstein files,” he wrote.
He also wrote that he received funding from Epstein for a TSC conference in 2017.
“I deeply regret that, and apologize to Epstein survivors, those horrified by his activates, TSC participants and my colleagues at the University of Arizona, especially the Arizona Astrobiology Center,” he wrote.
1. It is likely that none of the named conference speakers partook of Epstein's sexual services.
2. Some, such as Hameroff, had financial dealings with Epstein after his prosecution and conviction in 2006. Some may simply have been mentioned by but did not communicate with Epstein.
3. Is every person whose name was known to have been mentioned in some way by Epstein going to have to ritual-apologize, even if they never communicated with or did business (or "business") with Epstein?
