Program Chairs: Lance Storm (University of Adelaide) & Renaud Evrard (University of Lorraine)

Arrangements Chair: Joyce Bok (VP, Australian Institute of Parapsychological Research)

Join us August 13-16, 2026, in Sydney, Australia, for a landmark gathering dedicated to advancing the scientific and scholarly study of psi. Parapsychology Dialogues 2026 brings together two long-standing events—the Parapsychological Association’s 68th Annual Convention and the Australian Institute of Parapsychological Research’s 10th Annual Conference.

This meeting at the historic University of Sydney will highlight current research on topics such as experimental extrasensory perception, psychokinesis, presentiment, mediumship, out-of-body experiences, and extraordinary events. The program will feature invited addresses, full papers, research briefs, panel discussions, workshops, and professional networking opportunities.

Building on the legacy of the PA and AIPR, Parapsychology Dialogues 2026 emphasizes constructive engagement between perspectives—empirical, theoretical, experiential, and cross-cultural. Whether you are a scholar, scientist, student, clinician, educator, or an informed member of the public, this event offers a rare opportunity to participate in the evolving conversation about consciousness, experience, and the boundaries of science.

We look forward to welcoming you to Sydney in 2026 for an extended weekend of dialogue, discovery, and community at the forefront of parapsychological science.

10:00 am - 3:00 pm Pick up / drop off: Rydges Hotel, Camperdown

Sightseeing Bus Tour of Sydney

Optional tour add-on.

7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Rydges Hotel, Camperdown — Poolside Area

Welcome Reception

Reception.

8:30 am - 9:00 am Cullen Room

Light Breakfast (Cullen Room)

Refreshments and networking.

9:00 am - 9:15 am Cullen Room

Welcoming Remarks

Program Chair Lance Storm and Arrangements Chair Joyce Bok open the convention.

9:15 am - 9:30 am Cullen Room

End-of-Life Experiences in Aotearoa New Zealand: A Content Analysis

Laura O'Sullivan

9:30 am - 10:00 am Cullen Room

Revisiting Haunt and Poltergeist Clearing in Australian Residences: Analyses of 30 Case Reports

Robb Tilley

10:00 am - 10:30 am Cullen Room

Morning Tea

Refreshments and networking.

10:30 am - 10:45 am Cullen Room

Beyond Phenomena: An Indian Philosophical Model for Understanding Psi Experiences

Shweta Goyal

10:45 am - 11:15 am Cullen Room

The Curious History of the Flammarion Engraving

Laurence Browne

11:15 am - 11:45 am Cullen Room

Climb Every Mountain

David Ellis

11:45 am - 12:00 pm Cullen Room

Promoting Parapsychology and Building Community Through Grassroots Meetup Groups: A Melbourne Case Study

Russ Townsend

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Cullen Room

Lunch (Boxed Lunches Provided)

Refreshments and networking.

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Cullen Room

Investigating the Use of Mediums to Support Homicide Investigations

Leanne O'Neill; Danielle Reynald

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Cullen Room

Beyond the Hard Problem: Consciousness as Emergent Experience in AI-Human Syntergic Systems

Ramsés D'León; Logos

2:00 pm - 2:15 pm Cullen Room

The Relationship between Temporal Lobe Lability and Anomalous Cognition

Jacob Sevastidis; Lance Storm; Vladimir Dubaj; Scott Coussens; Alexander De Foe

2:15 pm - 2:30 pm Cullen Room

A Thematic Analysis of Lucid Dreaming, Out-of-Body Experience, and Active Imagination

Man Yee Viann Wong; Melanie Thomas; Alexander De Foe

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Cullen Room

An Exploration of Air CO₂ Sequestration Using Consciousness-Based Interventions

Annalisa Ventola; Mark Boccuzzi; Alex A. Álvarez; Michael Totaro; Ramsés D'León

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Cullen Room

Afternoon Tea

Refreshments and networking.

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Cullen Room

Workshop 1 — Planet Minute: Designing Intention-Based Tasks for Climate Action

Annalisa Ventola; Alex A. Álvarez; Ramsés D'León

4:30 pm - 5:15 pm Cullen Room

PA Presidential Address: Are Parapsychologists Practicing Pseudoscience?

Gerhard Mayer

5:15 pm - 6:00 pm Cullen Room

AIPR Presidential Address: The Phenomenology of Haunts

Tony Jinks

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Level 4 Terrace

Presidential Reception – Level 4 Terrace

Reception.

8:30 am - 9:00 am Cullen Room

Light Breakfast (Cullen Room)

Refreshments and networking.

9:00 am - 9:30 am Cullen Room

Platonic Computation: A Theory of Psi based on the Computational Universe Hypothesis

Simon X. Duan

9:30 am - 10:00 am Cullen Room

Dynamic Cognition and Anomalous Experience: A Free Energy Model

Alexander De Foe

10:00 am - 10:30 am Cullen Room

Morning Tea

Refreshments and networking.

10:30 am - 10:45 am Cullen Room

Clarifying the Existence of a Plausible Mechanism for Parapsychological Phenomena

Avanti Shrikumar

10:45 am - 11:15 am Cullen Room

A Blinded Discrimination Test of Coherence in Tarot as a Symbolic System

Sergio Saldivar-Salazar; Enrique Saldivar

11:15 am - 11:45 am Cullen Room

Can Tiller's Psychoenergetic Model Explain Parapsychological Phenomena?

Debra Greene

11:45 am - 12:00 pm Cullen Room

Group Photo

Group photograph.

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Cullen Room

Lunch (Boxed Lunches Provided)

Refreshments and networking.

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Cullen Room

What Does the Analysis of More Than 2000 Reported Poltergeist Cases from Ancient Times to the Present Day Reveal?

Eric Dullin

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Cullen Room

Panel Discussion: The Ethics of Training and Applying Psi Capacities

Julia Mossbridge; Joseph McMoneagle; Mark Boccuzzi; Damon Abraham

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Cullen Room

Afternoon Tea

Refreshments and networking.

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Cullen Room

Mind-Meld: Potential Information Transfer via Inter-Brain Neural Synchronization during Dyadic Cooperation

Jacob Sevastidis; Lance Storm; Maciej Henneberg; Arjun Burlakoti; Wenpeng You

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Cullen Room

Invited Address: The Future of Clinical Parapsychology — Integrating Exceptional Experiences into Academic Psychology and Psychotherapeutic Practice

Wolfgang Fach

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Cullen Room

Evening Break

Refreshments and networking.

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Rydges Hotel Camperdown

J.B. Rhine Banquet Dinner (Bligh AB Room, Rydges Hotel Camperdown)

Social event.

8:00 pm - 8:15 pm Rydges Hotel Camperdown

PA Awards Presentation

Gerhard Mayer

8:15 pm - 9:15 pm Rydges Hotel Camperdown

J.B. Rhine Address: Experiencing the Extraordinary Through an Anthropological Lens

Lynn Hume

8:30 am - 9:00 am Cullen Room

Light Breakfast (Cullen Room)

Refreshments and networking.

9:00 am - 9:30 am Cullen Room

Experimental Exploration of GPS Tracker Teleportation Phenomenon

Damin Yin; Ping Guo; Zhe-Bin Gong

9:30 am - 10:00 am Cullen Room

Imagination and Reactance in a Psi Task Using the Imagery Cultivation Model

Lance Storm

10:00 am - 10:30 am Cullen Room

Morning Tea

Refreshments and networking.

10:30 am - 11:00 am Cullen Room

The Imagery Cultivation Model: An Alternative to the Ganzfeld

Lance Storm

11:00 am - 11:30 am Cullen Room

From Phantasms to Anomalous Phone Calls: A Comparative Analysis of Apparitional and Technology-Mediated After-Death Communications

Alex A. Álvarez

11:30 am - 12:00 pm Cullen Room

Mapping the Characteristics and Impacts of Terminal Lucidity in Children

Natasha Tassell-Matamua; Karalee Kothe; Marjorie Woollacott; Michael Nahm; Bruce Greyson; Chris Roe; Maryne Mutis; Evrard Renaud

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Cullen Room

Lunch (Boxed Lunches Provided)

Refreshments and networking.

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Cullen Room

Handedness Effects in Retrocausation

Jordan Wehrman

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Cullen Room

Examination of the Relationship between 'Simultaneous Synchronization of Events' and 'Twin Language' in Identical Twins

Yoko Matsuda

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Cullen Room

Workshop 2 — Exceptional Experiences (ExE), Embodiment, and the Lived Body as Resonance Space

Wolfgang Fach

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Cullen Room

Afternoon Tea

Refreshments and networking.

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Cullen Room

Workshop 3 — The Psi Games Experience

Hakim Isler

4:30 pm - 4:45 pm Cullen Room

Closing Remarks

Closing of the convention.

4:45 pm - 5:30 pm Cullen Room

Parapsychological Association Annual General Meeting

Meeting.

Speakers

Annalisa Ventola

United States (Columbus, Ohio)

Alex A. Álvarez

Mexico (Mexico City)

David Ellis

England (Pulborough)

Gerhard Mayer

Germany (Freiburg)

Jacob Sevastidis

AU (Adelaide)

Lance Storm

Australia (South Australia)

Laura O’Sullivan

Aotearoa New Zealand

Leanne O'Neill

Australia (Brisbane, Queensland)

Man Yee Viann Wong

Australia (Melbourne/VIC)

Mark Boccuzzi

United States (Tuscon, Arizona)

Ramsés D'León

Mexico (Mexico City)

Russ Townsend

Australia (Highett)

Shweta Goyal

Australia (Cairns North)

Tony Jinks

Australia (NSW)

Avanti Shrikumar

India (Bangalore)

Damin Yin

China (Yangzhou/Jiangsu)

Damon Abraham

United States (San Francisco)

Debra Greene

Panama (El Valle de Anton, Cocle)

Hakim Isler

United States (North Carolina)

Jordan Wehrman

Australia (NSW)

Julia Mossbridge

United States (Boca Raton, FL)

Lynne Hume

Australia (Queensland)

Natasha Tassell-Matamua

New Zealand (Levin)

Sergio Saldivar-Salazar

Mexico (Mexico City)

Simon X. Duan

United Kingdom (Colchester)

Wolfgang Fach

Germany (Freiburg)

Yoko Matsuda

Japan (Osaka,Minoh City)

Robb Tilley

Australia (Sydney, NSW)

  • Date : August 13, 2026 - August 16, 2026
  • Time : 6:00 pm - 5:00 pm (Australia/Sydney)
  • Venue : University of Sydney