2015 Schedule

Please see the Speakers page for full biographies and abstracts.

Schedule is subject to change.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2015
6pm-10pmK2 Friday Night at The Rubin Museum
150 W 17th St
New York, NY 10011
Join us for an evening of cocktails, cuisine and music surrounded by the greatest western collection of Himalayan art.
Free and open to the public. Bring your friends!


SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2015
LocationThe Cooper Union Great Hall
7 E 7th Street
New York, NY 10003
9:15amDoors open
10:30-11:15amMichael P. Bogenschutz, M.D.
Psychedelic-assisted Treatment of Addiction: Current Work with Psilocybin in the Treatment of Alcoholism
11:20am-12:05pmRick Doblin, Ph.D.
FDA Approval of MDMA-assisted Psychotherapy: On the Horizon
12:05-1:20pmLunch
1:25-2:10pmRobin Carhart-Harris, MA, PhD
Psychedelic Brain Imaging and Depression
2:15-3:00pmDraulio Barros de Araujo, Ph.D.
Ayahuasca, Awareness and Depression
3:05-3:25pmBreak
3:30-4:15pmFrederick Barrett, Ph.D.
Psilocybin, Meditation, Mystical Experiences, and the Brain
4:20-5:05pmGabrielle Agin-Liebes
Reuniting with Oneself in the Face of Cancer: the Lived Experiences of Participants in the NYU Cancer Anxiety Study
5:10pm-5:55pmJeffrey Guss, M.D., Patrick Murphy, B.F.A. and Stephen Ross, M.D.
The Voices of the NYU Psilocybin Cancer Anxiety Project
5:55pmSaturday adjourns
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2015 EVENING ACTIVITIES
7:00-10:30pmMAPS Benefit Dinner
Join Rick Doblin and special guests at a private loft in the West Village for a conversation about the future of psychedelic Medicine.
See here for registration and details.
This event is independently produced by MAPS and is not included in a Horizons conference pass.
9:30pm-2:00amPsychedelic Social
Presented by Psymposia and Consciousness Hacking NYC
The RAKit Club, 338 Moffat Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237 (map). $20.
This event is independently produced and is not included in a Horizons conference pass.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2015
LocationThe New School
John L. Tishman Auditorium
63 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10011
10:15amDoors open
11:15am-12:00pmCharlotte Walsh, LL.B., MPhil
Psychedelic Drug Policy Activism: Why Cognitive Liberty Matters
12:05-12:50pmJonathan Thompson
Reclaiming Religious Freedom and Family Values: A Conversation on Psychedelic Parenting
12:50-2:05pmLunch
2:10-2:55pmStefanie Jones
Psychedelics, Partying, and Policy
3:00-3:45pmNeal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D.
Psychedelics and Death: A Brief Introduction
3:45-4:15pmBreak
4:20-5:05pmDaniel Pinchbeck
Psychedelics and Deep Ecology
5:10-5:55pmAll speaker panel
5:55pmSunday adjourns