Our conference speaker program covers a range of Psychedelic Science topics, including science, medicine, arts, education and more. We are currently accepting speaker and panel proposals.
Read our Statement On Diversity for more info on our selection of speakers.
We are open to adding speakers to the conference. Submit a Speaker Proposal if you would like to join.
Dr. Kwasi Adusei, DNP, PMHNP
Co-founder at Decentralize Psychedelics
Rachel Aidan
CEO of Synthesis Institute
Brian Anderson, M.D., M.Sc.
Assistant Clinical Professor, Dept. Psychiatry And Behavioral Sciences at UCSF School of Medicine
Sami Awad
Founder at Holy Land Trust
Matthew Baggott, Ph.D.
Co-Founder & CEO of Tactogen
Frederick Barrett, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Center For Psychedelic And Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins
Jamie Beachy, Ph.D., M.Div.
Professor and Chaplain at Center for Psychedelic Studies, Naropa University
Anthony P. Bossis, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor Of Psychiatry at NYU School of Medicine
Graham Boyd
Co-Founder & Executive Director at Psychedelic Science Funder Collaborative
Carla Burns, M.Div.
Program Manager at Naropa University
Victor Cabral, MSW, LSW, CCTP-I
Director of Policy and Regulatory Affairs and Trainer at Fluence
Amber Capone
Co-founder and Executive Director at VETS: Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions, Inc.
Marcus Capone
Founder, Chairman at VETS: Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions, Inc.
Robin Carhart-Harris, Ph.D.
Ralph Metzner Distinguished Professor Of Neurology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at USF
Dr. Angela Carter
Oregon Psilocybin Advisory Board, Oregon Health Authority, Alma Training Institute
Terence Ching, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate / Yale OCD Research Clinic
Deepak Chopra, M.D.
Founder, The Chopra Foundation
Mary Cosimano, LMSW
Director Of Guide Services at Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelics and Consciousness Research
Travis Cox, Ph.D.
Professor and Concerned Human at Naropa, Ecopsychology MA and Environmental Studies BA
Jeffrey D. Kamlet, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer at Beond
Elias Dakwar, M.D.
Associate Professor Of Clinical Psychiatry At Colombia University
Corine De Boer, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Medical Officer at MAPS
Benjamin De Loenen
Founder & Executive Director at Iceers
Harriet De Wit, Ph.D.
Professor Of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience at University of Chicago
Azul DelGrasso, Ph.Dc.
Ecopsychologist and Psychedelic Researcher at Naropa University
Christina Dent
Founder & President at End It For Good
Rick Doblin
Founder and Executive Director of MAPS
Gül Dölen, M.D., Ph.D.
Principal Investigator, Dölen Lab, Department Of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins
Manoj Doss
Postdoctoral Scholar at Johns Hopkins
Jay Dufrechou, J.D., Ph.D.
Founding Director and Facilitator at Grof® Legacy Training
Tom Eckert, MS
Founder at Sheri Eckert Foundation
Yahav Erez
Activist
Daniel F. Kelly, M.D.
Director & Co-Founder at Pacific Neuroscience Institute
James Fadiman, Ph.D.
Independent Researcher
Amanda Feilding
Executive Director at The Beckley Foundation
Cosmo Feilding
CEO at Beckley Foundation
Rock Feilding-Mellen
Co-Founder at Beckley Waves, Beckley Retreats, and Beckley Academy
Tim Ferriss
Author, Investor, Founder at The Saisei Foundation
Michal (Miki) Fire, Psy.D.
Clinical Psychologist at Naropa University
Kassandra Frederique
Executive Director at Drug Policy Alliance
Sara Gael
Harm Reduction Officer; Sub-Investigator, MAPS MDMA Assisted Therapy Clinical Trials at MAPS
Albert Garcia-Romeu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Of Psychiatry And Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins
Liana Gillooly
Strategy Officer at MAPS, North Star
Natalie Lyla Ginsberg, MSW
Global Impact Officer at MAPS
Mitchell Gomez
Executive Director at DanceSafe
Ingmar Gorman, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder and Lead Trainer at Fluence
Jesse Gould
Former Army Ranger and Founder at Heroic Hearts Project
Joe Green
President And Co-Founder at PSFC
George Greer, M.D.
President at HEFFTER
Roland Griffiths, Ph.D.
Founding Director, Center For Psychedelic And Consciousness Research, Departments Of Psychiatry And Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins
Brigitte Grof, M.A., Ph.D. (h.c.)
Psychotherapist and artist at Grof® Legacy Training
Stanislav Grof, M.A., Ph.D.
Author and psychiatrist at Grof® Legacy Training
Natalie Gukasyan, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department Of Psychiatry And Behavioral Sciences Medical Director, Center For Psychedelic And Consciousness at Johns Hopkins
Robert “Roman” Haferd
Restorative Justice Coordinator, Office of the Attorney General of the District of Columbia, Founding Board Member at Psychedelic Bar Association
Carl Hart, Ph.D.
Ziff Professor Of Psychology (In Psychiatry) at Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Diane Haug, M.A., L.P.C.C.
Founding Director and Facilitator at Grof® Legacy Project USA
Frances Haugen
Co-founder of Beyond the Screen, algorithmic expert, and advocate for accountability and transparency in social media
Peter S. Hendricks, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of Research, Department of Health Behavior at School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Danielle M. Herrera, M.A., LMFT
Harm Reduction & Psychedelic Psychotherapist at Sage Integrative Health
Julie Holland, M.D.
Psychiatrist and Author
Allison Hoots, Esq.
Attorney at Plant Medicine Law Group
Steven Huang
Justice Equity Diversity Inclusion (JEDI) Officer
Thomas Insel
Executive Chairman at Vanna Health
Ayize Jama-Everett, M.Div., M.A., MFA
A Table Of Our Own
Robert Jesse
Researcher & Advisor
Paula Graciela Kahn
Community Health Worker, Health Justice and Violence Prevention Strategist, Psychedelic Rematriation, Cosmovisiones Ancestrales
Benjamin Kelmendi, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine
Sutton King, MPH
Co-Founder & President of Urban Indigenous Collective & Program Manager of Indigenous Medicine Conservation Fund
Dr. Rachel Knox, M.D., MBA
Co-Founder And President, Cannabis Health Equity Movement / Co-Founder, Pivital Holdings
Ismail L Ali, J.D.
Attorney, advocate, and educator at MAPS
Robert L. Koffman, M.D., MPH
Psychiatrist, Sunstone Therapies / Board Of Psychedelic Medicine And Therapies, Chair (BPMT)
Charles L. Raison, M.D.
Mary Sue and Mike Shannon Distinguished Chair for Healthy Minds, Children & Families, School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Director of Clinical and Translational Research, Usona Institute Director of Research on Spiritual Health, Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, GA
Bia Labate, Ph.D.
Public Education And Culture Specialist, MAPS
Adele Lafrance, Ph.D.
Emotion Science
Ronan Levy
CEO at Field Trip
Sara Lewis, Ph.D., LCSW
Associate Professor and Director at Naropa University, Center for Psychedelic Studies
Dr. Larissa Maier, Ph.D.
Global Drug Survey
Murtaza Majeed
Center Of Excellence
Kasia Malinowska, Dr. PH
Director, Drugs Policy @ Global Programs at Open Society Foundations
Aubrey Marcus
Author, Podcaster
Dr. David Mathai, M.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow And Assistant Faculty at Johns Hopkins
Joseph McCowan, Psy.D.
Psychologist, Psychedelic Therapist and Researcher at MAPS | The California Center for Psychedelic Therapy
Dennis J. McKenna, Ph.D.
President And Principal Founder at McKenna Academy of Natural Philosophy
Christopher Medina-Kirchner
Psychology (Neuropsychopharmacology) Ph.D. Student at Columbia University Neuropsychopharmacology Lab
Lia Mix, MS, LMFT
Conscious Healthcare, Founder and CEO at Delphi Circle, LLC
Ethan Nadelmann, Ph.D.
Podcast Host: PSYCHOACTIVE Founder & Former Executive Director (2000-2017) of the Drug Policy Alliance
Sandeep Nayak, M.D.
Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins
David E. Nichols
Adjunct Professor of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, University of North Carolina
Elizabeth Nielson, Ph.D.
Chief Visionary Officer, Co-Founder and Lead Trainer at Fluence
David Nutt
Professor Of Neuropsychopharmacology And Head Of The Centre For Psychedelic Research
Payton Nyquvest
Founder, Chair & CEO at Numinus
Barbara Olasov Rothbaum, Ph.D.
Director, Emory Healthcare Veterans Program, Paul A. Janssen Chair In Neuropsychopharmacology at EMORY University School of Medicine
Anny Ortiz
Ph.D. Candidate at School of Human Ecology
Jason Ortiz
Executive Director at SSDP
Catherine Oxenberg
Actress, Author and Co-Founder of The Catherine Oxenberg Foundation
Tomáš Páleníček, M.D., Ph.D.
Head of Psychedelics Research Centre at National Institute of Mental Health Czech Republic
Dr. Kim PC Kuypers, Ph.D.
Associate Professor at Maastricht University
Graham Pechenik
Founder and registered patent attorney at Calyx Law
Janis Phelps, Ph.D.
Professor, Founder And Director at California Institute of Integral Studies
Katrin Preller, Ph.D.
Research Group Lead at University of Zurich
The Rev. Hunt Priest
Executive Director at Ligare: A Christian Psychedelic Society
Jordan Quaglia, Ph.D.
Associate Professor at Naropa University
Candace R. Lewis, MC, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor / University Of Arizona College Of Medicine – Phoenix
Sara Reed, MS, LMFT
Creative Executive at Minds iHealth Solutions
Brian D. Richards, Psy.D.
Research & Clinical Psychologist at Sunstone Therapies
William A. Richards, Ph.D.
Author and psychologist at Sunstone Therapies & Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic & Consciousness Research
Marlena Robbins
Dr.PH. Student at University of California, Berkeley
Favianna Rodriguez
President at The Center For Cultural Power
Leor Roseman
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Psychedelic Research, Imperial College London
Stephen Ross, M.D.
Research Associate Professor Of Psychiatry And Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Associate Director at NUY Langone Health
Adam Safron
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Johns Hopkins
Ceyda Sayali, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins
Eduardo Schenberg, Ph.D.
Founder And Managing Director at Instituto Phaneros
Nathan Sepeda
Research Data Specialist at Johns Hopkins
Dr. Ben Sessa
Chief Medical Officer at Awakn
Darron Smith, Ph.D., PA-C, DFAAPA
Scholar, Researcher, and Author at Medical & Education Services, LLC
Paul Stamets
Myconaut, Earthling
Chris Stauffer, M.D.
Physician-Researcher at Oregon Health & Science University
Justin Strickland
Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins
Paul Summergrad, M.D., FRCPsych (Hon)
Dr. Frances S. Arkin Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
T. Cody Swift, M.F.T.
Co-Director Riverstyx Foundation and Research Assistant, Johns Hopkins University
Chris Timmermann, Ph.D.
Imperial College London - The ECHO Foundations
Kathryn Tucker, J.D.
Director of Advocacy at National Psychedelics Association
Eric Vermetten, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor Psychiatry at LUMC Leiden University Medical Center
Franz X. Vollenweider, Prof. Dr., M.D., FMH
University Hospital of Psychiatry Zürich, Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Zürich
Matthew W. Johnson, Ph.D.
Susan Hill Ward Professor Of Psychedelics & Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins
Dr. Anne Wagner, C.Psych.
Founder and Psychologist at Remedy and Remedy Institute
David B. Yaden, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Center For Psychedelic And Consciousness Research / Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit, Department Of Psychiatry And Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins
Berra Yazar-Klosinski, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer at MAPS
Rachel Yehuda, Ph.D.
Vice-Chair and Professor of Psychiatry, Professor of Neuroscience, Director, Center for Psychedelic Psychotherapy and Trauma Research, Director, Traumatic Stress Studies division Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai - Director, Mental Health Patient Care Cntr. at James J Peters VA Medical Center
Rabbi Zac Kamenetz
Founder and CEO at Shefa: Jewish Psychedelic Support
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