Society for Scientific Exploration to Host 44th Annual Conference in Westminster, Colorado
“Evidence & Encounters” conference brings together frontier scientists, scholars, experiencers, and innovators to explore the unexplained
WESTMINSTER, Colo. — The Society for Scientific Exploration will host its 44th Annual SSE Conference in person at the Denver Marriott Westminster in Westminster, Colorado, June 17–21, 2026, with an additional post-conference workshop continuing on Monday, June 22.
This year’s theme, “Evidence & Encounters: Two Paths to Exploring the Unexplained,” reflects the Society’s unique mission: to create a serious forum where rigorous research and extraordinary human experience can be examined side by side. The conference will explore two complementary pathways into frontier science: Evidence, grounded in empirical data, careful analysis, and theoretical insight; and Encounters, based on personal experiences that challenge conventional scientific paradigms.
The 2026 program brings together researchers, scholars, practitioners, experiencers, and curious members of the public for keynote presentations, research talks, poster sessions, a banquet, exhibitor opportunities, and immersive post-conference workshops. Topics will include UAPs and non-human intelligence, remote viewing, psi research, trance channeling, consciousness models, artificial intelligence, quantum information, panpsychism, empirical astrology, energy and frequency healing, psychedelic research, skepticism, and the future of human potential.
“Scientific progress often begins where the known world meets the unexplained,” said Daqing “Daching” Piao, Program Chair. “This year’s theme invites participants to look carefully at both the data and the encounters that continue to push science toward new questions.”
A Program at the Edge of Science
The conference opens Wednesday evening, June 17, with registration and a welcome reception. Formal sessions begin Thursday morning with an opening keynote by psychedelic research pioneer Robin Carhart-Harris, Ph.D., followed by a day of talks spanning UAP studies, non-human intelligence, channeled communications, ball lightning, anomalous phenomena, Soviet extrasensory research, and new models of consciousness.
The Thursday UAP session includes presentations such as “Empirical Elephants in the UAP Room,” “Attitudinal, Experiential, and Physiological Correlates of Encounters with UAP and Non-Human Intelligent Beings,” and “Xenomythology: Convergent Evolution of Mythological Cognition and Implications for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.” Together, these talks examine UAPs and NHI from empirical, experiential, psychological, and mythological perspectives.
Thursday afternoon’s “Psience” sessions will explore trance channeling, cross-source analysis of channeled material, anomalous lights and orbs, energetic models of the body, and consciousness-mind duality. The evening will feature a special Journal of Scientific Exploration/SSE session focused on the role of small journals in advancing major discoveries.
Friday, June 19, highlights psi, remote viewing, emerging analytical methods, and theoretical models of reality. Dean Radin, M.S., Ph.D., Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, will deliver the Dinsdale Award Special Session keynote, “Seeing Psi with a New Lens.” The Remote Viewing session will include “An Exploratory Investigation of Two Anomalous Object Retrieval Cases through Remote Viewing and the Use of AI and Human Analysis,” presented by Debra Lynne Katz, Teresa Fendley, and Cindy Miller, along with talks on client-based remote viewing and AI-assisted remote viewing.
Friday afternoon will expand into broader theory and model-building, including empirical investigation of astrology, the architecture of meaning in natural language, biological transmutation, quantum information panpsychism, artificial intelligence and consciousness, and experimental work involving random number generators and goal-orientation.
Friday evening’s poster session will give attendees an opportunity to engage directly with researchers and presenters exploring subjects such as transhumanism, quantum consciousness, ideomotor communication, anomalous light and energy events, models of precognition, and the expansion of human capacity.
Saturday, June 20, turns toward the “Encounters” side of the conference theme with keynote speaker Mark Anthony, JD, presenting “Rulers, Royals, Psychics and Spirits: The Psychics Behind the Thrones.” Saturday sessions will also examine healing, frequency medicine, Rife technology, after-death communication, and the relationship between levels of encounter and skepticism. The conference banquet will feature an after-dinner talk by Paul D. Sperry, “Mayan Highlands to Bermuda Triangle: How the Wanderings of Synchronicity Revealed a Path for Our Quest.”
Featured Keynote Speakers
Robin Carhart-Harris, Ph.D. — “How Psychedelics Work: Illuminating the Hidden Mind”
Dr. Carhart-Harris is the Ralph Metzner Distinguished Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, where he leads the Carhart-Harris Lab. Internationally recognized for groundbreaking research into the brain mechanisms and therapeutic potential of psychedelic compounds, he previously founded the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London. His work has helped reshape contemporary scientific understanding of psychedelics, consciousness, and mental health.
Dean Radin, M.S., Ph.D. — “Seeing Psi with a New Lens”
Dr. Radin, Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and Associated Distinguished Professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies, will discuss how new instruments and analytical tools are advancing psi research, including studies of remote viewing and precognition. Dr. Radin is the 2026 recipient of the SSE’s Dinsdale Award, which honors senior scholars who have made substantial contributions to the scientific study of anomalies.
Mark Anthony, JD — “Rulers, Royals, Psychics and Spirits: The Psychics Behind the Thrones”
Psychic Explorer® Mark Anthony, attorney and author of the bestselling books Evidence of Eternity and The Afterlife Frequency, will lead audiences on a historical and cross-cultural journey into the psychics, spirits, and mystical influences reportedly surrounding rulers, royals, and world leaders.
Optional Post-Conference Workshops
The conference will also feature optional post-conference workshops for attendees seeking a more immersive experiential component.
Mark Anthony, JD — “A Morning of Spirit Communication”
Sunday, June 21, 9:00 AM–11:00 AM
Mark Anthony will offer an uplifting presentation focused on spirit communication and the possibility of connecting with loved ones on “the Other Side.”
Debra Lynne Katz, Ph.D. — “Practical Psi: A Two-Day Intensive Training in Remote Viewing, Clairvoyance, Energy Healing, and Mediumship”
Sunday, June 21, 12:00 PM–6:00 PM, and Monday, June 22, 9:00 AM–5:30 PM
Join Debra Lynne Katz, Ph.D., former president of the International Remote Viewing Association and CEO of the International School of Clairvoyance, for a two-day intensive workshop integrating hands-on training in applied psi practices, including remote viewing, clairvoyance, energy healing, and mediumship. The workshop will combine experiential exercises with thoughtful discussion of the scientific and methodological issues surrounding these phenomena.
Registration and Hotel Information
Registration, hotel information, workshop details, and the full conference schedule are available at:
www.scientificexploration.org/2026-Conference
The conference hotel is the Denver Marriott Westminster, located between Denver and Boulder, with access to both city amenities and the Colorado mountain landscape.
About the Society for Scientific Exploration
The Society for Scientific Exploration is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to providing a critical forum for research into conventional and unconventional topics at the leading edge of scientific inquiry. SSE supports open-minded, rigorous investigation of subjects that may challenge prevailing paradigms and have significant implications for science, technology, consciousness, and human knowledge.
SSE publishes the peer-reviewed Journal of Scientific Exploration, EdgeScience magazine, and The Explorer, and hosts conferences and events that connect scholars, researchers, practitioners, experiencers, and the scientifically curious.
