The schedule
JANUARY 25th
What Cutting-Edge Academics Reveal About UAPs & Non-Human Intelligence: Implications for Culture and Consciousness.
UAPcon is designed for a moment when the topic of UAP demands higher standards: better questions, clearer definitions, stronger methods, and more human maturity in how we speak about anomalous experiences and the implications.
Across keynotes, research spotlights, and moderated panels, UAPcon explores three essential dimensions:
- Evidence of Reality: What can be responsibly inferred from observational data and research?
- Experience: How do anomalous events impact experiencers perception, psychology, physiology, and worldview?
- Implications: Exploring how contact challenges science, spirituality, psychology, and culture.
Whether you’re a scientist, clinician, student, policymaker, investigator, or simply a serious-minded member of the public, UAPCon offers a rare space to engage the subject, without sensationalism, focused on methods, models, and meaning.
10:00 am PST – OPENING & KEYNOTE
Speakers:
Fireside chat with Jeffrey Nuccetelli, Alan Steinfeld and Dr. Tara, PhD.
Topic: THE EXPERIENCER REALITY INSIDE THE GOVERNMENT
Alan Steinfeld, Dr. Tara, and Jeffrey Nuccetelli come together for an intimate fireside chat exploring the experiencer reality inside government institutions. Drawing from media, clinical, and firsthand military perspectives, this conversation examines what it means to encounter UAP while serving within systems built on secrecy, control, and denial, and how those experiences reshape identity, duty, and worldview. A rare, human-centered dialogue at UAPCon.
10:40 am PST – PANEL and Q&A
SpeakerS:
Paul Hynek, Rizwan Virk, PhD AND Daniel Branco, PhD
Topic: THE NATURE OF REALITY
In this thought-provoking panel, Paul Hynek, Rizwan Virk, and Daniel Branco explore how emerging ideas in science, philosophy, and consciousness studies are reshaping our understanding of reality itself. Drawing on perspectives ranging from physics and simulation theory to UFO research and metaphysics, the panel examines whether reality is fixed and objective; or participatory, multidimensional, and deeply interconnected. Together, they invite the audience to reconsider long-held assumptions about mind, matter, and the deeper structure of the universe in an era of accelerating discovery.
11:45 Am PST – PANEL and Q&A
SpeakerS:
Whitley Strieber, Kimberly Engels, PhD AND
Jeffrey Kripal, PhD
Topic: EXPERIENCES: MEANING AND PURPOSE
In this intimate and reflective panel, Whitley Strieber, Kimberly Engels, and Jeffrey Kripal explore the deeper meaning and purpose behind extraordinary experiences. Moving beyond questions of belief or proof, the discussion focuses on how encounters – anomalous, mystical, or transformative – reshape identity, challenge reality frameworks, and initiate profound psychological and spiritual change. Together, the panelists examine how such experiences can function as catalysts for growth, insight, and expanded understanding, inviting a reexamination of what it means to be human in a wider, mysterious cosmos.
12:50 pm PST – PANEL and Q&A
SpeakerS:
Sean Esbojorn-Hargens, PhD,
Dr. J.J. Hurtak, PhD & Dr. Desiree Hurtak, PhD, AND Dr. TARA, PhD
Topic: IMPLICATIONS OF THE PHENOMENA
This integrative panel brings together Sean Esbjörn-Hargens, J.J. Hurtak, Desiree Hurtak, and Dr. Tara to examine the far-reaching implications of the UFO/UAP phenomenon. Moving beyond questions of evidence alone, the panel explores how contact challenges science, spirituality, psychology, and culture; reshaping humanity’s understanding of intelligence, consciousness, and our place in the cosmos. Together, the speakers address how the phenomenon may be catalyzing a new evolutionary moment, one that calls for expanded frameworks of meaning, responsibility, and relationship with a wider, multidimensional reality.
01:55 pm PST – CLOSING KEYNOTE
Speaker: Dr. THOMAS BROPHY
Topic: THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE PHENOMENA ON SCIENCE
02:05 pm PST – CLOSING Q&A
SpeakerS: DR. THOMAS BROPHY, DR. TARA, ALAN STeINFELD
Topic: DEBRiEF and WRAP-UP
This panel is a discussion that explores the personal, cultural, and societal implications of contact, from consciousness and ethics to governance, education, and human identity. The panel invites participants to consider how these revelations can be responsibly integrated into daily life and collective decision-making, emphasizing preparation, discernment, and conscious engagement with a rapidly unfolding future.

