Our PS2025
Speakers

PS2025 will feature hundreds of speakers from across the world exploring the full spectrum of psychedelics, including science, medicine, policy, business, spirituality, and culture in 14 tracks, making this one of the largest Psychedelic Science gatherings ever.

Programming Tracks

Keynote

Big ideas and high-profile speakers exploring the integration of psychedelics into broader society and culture.

Black Liberation

A half-day series on ways plant medicine can support Black communities in healing from systemic and interpersonal racism, trauma, and exploitation.

Business

The infrastructure for scaling safe and responsible access to psychedelics, including finance, drug development, regulatory, clinics and service centers, technology, and community institutions.

Community

Dialogues and stories about psychedelics from the perspectives of unique and intersectional communities.

Science

The latest insights on the neuroscience, pharmacology, and chemistry of psychedelics, and the quest to understand their mechanisms of action.

Statewide

A single-day forum focused on the new systems of state-regulated access to psychedelic experiences in Colorado and Oregon.

Veterans

A single-day forum for veterans, first responders, and their families about the growing movement to bring psychedelic healing to their communities.

Doblin

Personal selections from MAPS Founder Rick Doblin, focusing on the living legacy and pioneers of psychedelic research, therapy, and culture.

Plant Medicine

The world of ethnobotanical practices that use psychedelic plant medicines, including Indigenous, traditional, spiritual, and contemporary approaches.

Policy

The legislative, judicial, and regulatory foundations required to create and manage safe and responsible access to psychedelics and a post-prohibition society.

Society

The intersection of psychedelics and society, including popular culture, the arts and music, media, religion and spirituality, ethnicity and culture, and the psychedelic community itself.

Studies

New research spanning a variety of fields, including clinical trials, naturalistic use, risk & safety, public opinion, health and wellness, religion & spirituality, and global culture.

Trials

Findings and updates from clinical trials studying the potential of psychedelics in the treatment of serious mental illness and neurological disorders.

Therapy

Deep discussions for clinicians and facilitators from intake to integration, including critical viewpoints on evidence-based practices, education and training, ethics and accountability, and the delivery of care.

Confirmed Speakers

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Abigail Calder

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Adam Marr

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Veterans
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Alan Davis

Associate Professor and Director, Center for Psychedelic Drug Research and Education at The Ohio State University
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Alex Horton

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Veterans
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Alina Tiemroth

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Science
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Alkyoni Athanasiou-Fragkouli

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Allison Wilson

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Veterans
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Amber Capone

Co-founder and CEO, Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions (VETS)
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Amy Emerson

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Amy Lehrner

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Amy McGuire

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Andrea Gomez

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Andrea Venezia

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Andrew Penn

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Therapy
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Angela Allbee

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Anne Wagner

Founder, Remedy; Therapist and Researcher
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Therapy
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AnneClaire Stapleton

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Veterans
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Anthony Back

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Ariel Clark

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Policy
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Balázs Szigeti

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Ben Kelmendi

Researcher and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Yale; Co-Founder, Transcend Therapeutics
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Bessel van der Kolk

Trauma Expert; Author of #1 NYT Bestseller “The Body Keeps the Score”
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Keynote
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Betty Aldworth

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Bia Labate

Co-Founder and Executive Director, Chacruna Institute
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Plant Medicine (IMCF)
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Brandon Weiss

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Cat Packer

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Chris Stauffer

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Christine Caldwell

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Christine Diindiisi McCleave

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Plant Medicine (IMCF)
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Courtney Watson

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Black Liberation
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Dan Grossman

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Business
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Danielle Herrera

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Therapy
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David Nutt

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Deidra Somerville

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Black Liberation
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Devon Phillips

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Black Liberation
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Diane Goldstein

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Diego Ugalde

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Veterans
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Doug Drysdale

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Business
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Draulio Araujo

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Edward Jacobs

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Emmanuelle Schindler

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Ethan Goldwater

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Science
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Fadel Zeidan

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Fayzan Rab

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Gabrielle Agin-Liebes

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Gisele Fernandes-Osterhold

Director of Psychedelic Facilitation, University of California, San Francisco; Teaching Faculty, CAMP
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Gokul Raj

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Grace Cepe

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Hanifa Nayo Washington

Co-Lead Investigator, Psychedelic Health Equity Initiative; Founding Team Member, Fireside Project
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Black Liberation
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Hannah Hetzer

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Harriet de Wit

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Science
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Heidi Allen

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Therapy
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Heidi Pendergast

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Irina Alexander

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Therapy
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Ismail Ali

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Jamila Hokanson

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Jason Luoma

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Jason Ortiz

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Jay Michaelson

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Jaz Cadoch

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Jesse Gould

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Jessica Nielson

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Joanna Kuc

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Joseph McCowan

Psychedelic Therapist, Compass Pathways; Training Faculty, Fluence; Board Member, Lykos Therapeutics
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Therapy
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Josh Hardman

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Justin LaPree

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Veterans
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Kat Murti

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Kelley O'Donnell

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Therapy
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Kenneth Shinozuka

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Science
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Kenneth Tupper

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Kevin Balktick

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Kevin Cranford

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Black Liberation
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Kufikiri Imara

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Black Liberation
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Kyrsten Sinema

Former United States Senator, Arizona
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Keynote
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Leor Roseman

Senior Lecturer and Psychedelic Researcher, University of Exeter
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Lia Mix

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Business
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Liana Gillooly

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Business
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Marcela Ot'alora

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Therapy
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Marina Bolser

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Mark Rasenick

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Science
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Matthew Lowe

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Matthew Wall

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Science
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Melissa Whippo

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Mia Sarno

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Therapy
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Miriam Volat

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Plant Medicine (IMCF)
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Mitchell Gomez

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Monnica Williams

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Black Liberation
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Natalie Ginsberg

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Natalie Gukasyan

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University
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Pamela Roundtree

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Black Liberation
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Parsa Yousefi

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Science
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Paul Liknaitzky

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Paul Stamets

Earthling; Author; Mycologist; Founder, MycoMedica & Fungi Perfecti
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Keynote
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Pilar Guzmán

Editorial Director, Oprah Daily
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Keynote
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Rachel Simon

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Richard Schwartz

Therapist; Author; Founder, Internal Family Systems (IFS)
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Rick Doblin

Founder & President, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)
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Keynote
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Robin Carhart-Harris

Neuroscience & Psychopharmacology Researcher, Carhart-Harris Lab at UCSF
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Roman Haferd

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