Friday, October 6th, 2017

7:30 pm - 11:30 pm

Church of The Holy Apostles
296 Ninth Avenue
New York, NY 10001

Saturday, October 7th, 2017

The Cooper Union Great Hall
7 E 7th Street, New York, NY 10003

9:00 am

Doors Open

9:45 am - 9:55 am

Opening Remarks

10:00 am – 10:45 am

"Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy and the Ketamine Opportunity"

Philip E. Wolfson, M.D. 
Psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and Principal Investigator, MAPS MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for Anxiety Associated with Life-Threatening Illness Study

10:50 am – 11:35 am

"The Past, Present, and Future of Ibogaine Treatment – and Why it Matters for the Opioid Crisis"

Thomas Kingsley Brown, Ph.D.
Researcher at Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) and Coordinator of McNair Scholars Program at University of California and Coordinator, McNair Scholars Program, University of California San Diego

11:40 am – 12:25 pm

"Vision Becomes Reality: the Making of a Legal MDMA Therapist Through Recent Research”

Shannon Clare Carlin, M.A., IMF
MAPS Public Benefit Corporation (MPBC) Therapy Training Program Manager, Zendo Project Integration Coordinator, Co-therapist in MAPS-Sponsored Clinical Trials

12:25 pm – 1:25 pm

Lunch

1:30pm – 2:15 pm

"A Double-Blind Trial of Psilocybin-Assisted Treatment of Alcohol Dependence"

Michael P. Bogenschutz, M.D.
Research Professor of Psychiatry at NYU Langone Medical Center

Holly Duane
Therapist, NYU School of Medicine Psilocybin-Assisted Treatment of Alcohol Dependence, and Clinical Trial on the Effects of Psilocybin-Generated Mystical Experience in Religious Leaders

2:20pm – 3:05 pm

"What Psychedelic Therapists Don't Talk About and Why: The Case for Research on First-hand Experience with Psychedelics"

Elizabeth M. Nielson,  Ph.D.
Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry, NYU Langone Medical Center

3:05 pm – 3:20 pm

Break

3:20 pm – 4:05 pm

"From the Mystical Experience To Microdosing"

Amanda Feilding
Founder and Director of the Beckley Foundation

4:10 pm – 4:55 pm

"The Therapeutic Potential of Altered States of Consciousness in Grieving Processes"

Débora González, Ph.D. 
Clinical Psychologist and Pharmacologist with the ICEERS Foundation

5:00 pm

"Music in Psychedelic Therapy"

Mendel Kaelen, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Imperial College London

5:50 pm

Adjourn

Sunday, October 8th, 2017

The Cooper Union Great Hall
7 E 7th Street, New York, NY 10003

10:00 am

Doors Open

10:45 am - 10:55 am

Opening Remarks

11:00 am – 11:45 am

"Communing with the Gods: Peyote (Lophophora williamsii) in the Lifecycle of Huichol Indians of Mexico"

Stacy B. Schaefer, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita in the Department of Anthropology, California State University, Chico (CSUC) and former Co-Director of the Museum of Anthropology (CSUC)

11:50 am – 12:35 pm

"The Role of Poetic Language in Psychedelic Science"

Neşe Devenot, Ph.D.
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Digital Humanities, University of Puget Sound

12:40 pm – 1:40 pm

Lunch

1:45 pm – 2:30 pm

“New Psychotherapeutic Perspectives With Ancient Medicines”

Anja Loizaga-Velder, Ph.D. 
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Faculty of Medicine,  National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM); Director of Psychotherapy and Research, Nierika Institute for Intercultural Medicine- Mexico

2:35 pm – 3:20 pm

“Guard-en-ing the Gates of Heaven: Protecting and Cultivating the Legality, Health and Safety of Sacred Medicines”

Rob Heffernan
Ayahuasca Defense Fund Associate, Independent Researcher and Activist

3:25 pm – 3:50 pm

Break

3:45 pm – 4:30 pm

"Black Masks, Rainbow Bodies: Race and Psychedelics"

Nicholas Powers
Nicholas Powers is a poet, journalist and professor. 

4:35 pm – 5:20 pm

All Speakers Panel Discussion

5:30 pm

Conference Concludes

Line-up and schedule subject to change.