Conference 2024

N2 2024: The Noosphere & the Global South

Beyond the Individual

N2 is an international, interdisciplinary conference dedicated to creative collaboration around the future evolution of global consciousness and the noosphere.

The 2024 edition places the Global South at the center of that conversation, inviting participants to think collectively about the ethical, scientific, and civilizational stakes of shared human futures.

N2 2024: The Noosphere & the Global South

About the conference

The N2 Conference 2024 is the second edition of the conference launched by Human Energy at the University of California Berkeley in 2023. Building on that first gathering, the 2024 edition brings together an ambitious slate of invited speakers, an interactive exhibit of selected posters, and generous room for mutual engagement and discussion.

This in-person conference also welcomes remote participation. All presentations are designed to support open access, live-streamed exchange, and a broad interdisciplinary audience interested in the noosphere, collective consciousness, and the role of the Global South in shaping future paradigms.

Interdisciplinary by design Philosophers, scientists, artists, theologians, social thinkers, and futurists come into the same space for a shared conversation.

Global South perspective The conference re-centers planetary questions through voices, institutions, and experiences rooted beyond dominant Northern frameworks.

Participatory format Short keynotes, poster sessions, and collaborative exchanges are built into the program rather than treated as secondary activities.

Featured invited speakers

Frederic Baitinger

Associate Researcher and Chair of Philosophy in the Hospital GHU Paris Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Shima Beigi

CEO and Founder of Triple AI Therapeutics for Mindful Smart Cities, and Human Energy Researcher

Boris Cyrulnik

Renowned French neuropsychiatrist, ethologist, and author, widely recognized for his work on psychological resilience | Université de Toulon

Terry Deacon

Professor of Anthropology at University of California, Berkeley, Member of Human Energy Advisory Board and Chair of Science Steering committee

Ilia Delio

Theologian, Villanova University, Doctorate in Pharmacology, Founder and CEO of the Center for Christogenesis

Bruno Gérard

Professor and Agrobiosciences lead at the University Mohammed VI Polytechnic

Francis Heylighen

Director of Center Leo Apostel at Free University of Brussels, Member of Human Energy Advisory Board and Science Steering committee

Sheila Hassell Hughes

Chief Operating Officer at Human Energy, Professor of English and former Dean of Liberal Arts at Saint Mary’s College of California

Raphael Liogier

Scientific Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies and holder of the Transitions Chair at UM6P (Morocco)

Lorenzon Marsili

Italian philosopher, political activist, and social entrepreneur

Youssef Moulane

Institute of Applied Physics (IAP) at UM6P

Michael Pirson

Professor of Global Sustainability & Social Entrepreneurship at Fordham University, Consultant to Human Energy

Gregory Stock

CEO, Socratic Sciences; Founding Co-Director, Precision Wellness Center, Icahn School of Medicine; Founding CEO Signum Biosciences; Best-Selling Author, Advisor to Human Energy

Saad Tazi

Head of Open Minds Art and Culture Department of the UM6P | Steering committee of the IAS | Member of the President’s office anthropology | Lecturer at the med school

Olivier Servais

Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)

Brian Swimme

Professor of Evolutionary Cosmology California Institute of Integral Studies, Member of Human Energy Advisory Board and Chair of Dissemination Steering committee