A free three-day online summit exploring a fundamental question:
What can we know about human experience before birth?
Across nine talks, international speakers bring perspectives from prenatal development, psychology, clinical practice, reported experience, consciousness, philosophy, and culture.
What You’ll Explore:
Who is this Summit for?
✔ Bring together perspectives on prenatal development, experience, memory, and consciousness
✔ Explore different forms of evidence, observation, experience, and interpretation
✔ Create dialogue across science, clinical practice, philosophy, and culture
✔ Deepen inquiry into what we can know about human experience before birth
This conversation explores what current science tells us about the influence of prenatal experience on psychological and emotional development, what remains uncertain, and how the maternal and wider environment may shape the developing baby. He also reflects on the implications for pregnancy care and society, and shares insights from his recent book, The Embodied Mind.
This presentation explores how reading aloud during pregnancy can support early connection, learning, and development through the mother’s voice, emotional state, and physiological rhythms. It also considers the role of a parent’s familiar voice for premature infants in neonatal care and the broader significance of conscious prenatal communication.
In this lecture, Marie-Julia Guittier presents findings from pioneering research exploring whether communication with unborn babies may be possible during pregnancy. She shares the study’s reported observations and responses, inviting reflection on what they may contribute to our understanding of prenatal experience and communication.
This lecture explores the Japanese concept of TAMASHII, or “soul-consciousness,” through reported experiences of communication before conception. Drawing on decades of clinical observation and surveys with children and families, he examines how these accounts may offer a distinctive cultural perspective on early human consciousness.
Dr. Marta Coy reflects on a profound experience during her work in neonatal care that changed how she understood babies, medicine, and consciousness. She shares the personal and spiritual experiences that later informed her approach to supporting babies and families alongside her medical practice.
Dr. OHKADO examines research into children who report past-life, pre-conception, and prenatal memories, drawing on documented cases collected across different cultures. He explores recurring features within these accounts and considers what they may contribute to questions about human consciousness, child development, parenting, and how we understand human experience.
This lecture explores Extrasensory Prenatal Communication (EPC), a concept developed through research, international interviews, and reported experiences. Bringing together prenatal psychology, consciousness studies, and cultural traditions, she considers whether communication between parents and children may begin before conception and what these accounts may contribute to questions about human experience and consciousness.
In this interview, Japanese filmmaker Norio Ogikubo discusses his documentary Smiles from the Womb: The Magic of Parenting Made Easy for Dads, Too! and what inspired him to create the film. He reflects on children’s experiences of prenatal memory and their connection to family, parenting, and human relationships.
Artist and illustrator Mónica Rebollo shares how her personal experiences of motherhood, pregnancy loss, and a reported connection with her baby shaped her creative work. Through art and personal testimony, she explores the mother–baby bond and how experiences that can be difficult to express in words may find expression through images.