Speakers Include:
Friday 19th August:
Panel 1: 1-2 pm
Clinical Research (Chaired by Dr Shanna Marrinan)
Dr Balázs Szigeti - Imperial - Is microdosing placebo? A critical scientific perspective
Greg Cooper - UCL - understanding neuroplasticity induced by tryptamines - language, memory and psychedelics
Dr Shanna Marrinan - 4C Labs - pharmacology and clinical potential of Kratom (mitragyna speciosa)
Friday 19th August:
Panel 2: 2-3pm
Drug Science (Chaired by Dr Shanna Marrinan)
Rayyan Zafar - Centre for Psychedelic research and Neuropsychopharmacology, Imperial - Looking through the doors of perception: The past, present and future of Psychedelics to treat addiction.
Dr Hannah Thurgur - Celebrating two years of the Medical Psychedelics Working Group
Alkyoni Athanasiou Fragkouli - Project Twenty21: a UK based real world data registry of prescribed cannabis patients.
Saturday 20th August:
Panel 3: 1-2 pm
Drug Policy (Chaired by Dr Shanna Marrinan)
Darryl Bickler - former lawyer, drug policy activist. Drug Policy: Unpicking the law. ‘Mere’ words create a psycho-legal lock constraining our access to altered states of consciousness; how can drug policy activists get them right?
Ros stone - Conservative Drug Policy Reform Group - Talk title: Throwing White Powder on the Ghost: Psychedelic Harm Reduction Tips for Mainstream Media Consumption
Tadeusz Hawrot - Psychedelic Access and Research European Alliance - PAREA. Preparing Europe for Novel Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies
Saturday 20th August
Panel 4: 2-3pm (Chaired by Dr Shanna Marrinan)
Mental Health and Neurodiversity
Shaylen Patel -Pharmacist - Clerkenwell Health/ Nutree. The impact psychedelics could have on primary care for mental health/addiction.
Joseph Aquilina - Neurodiversity Specialist and Consultant - Asd/adhd and psychedelics
Saturday 20th August:
Panel 5: 3-4pm
Psychedelics and the subjective experience (Chaired by Dr Shanna Marrinan)
Plinio Ferreira - Imperial. History, pharmacology and risks associated with poppers and baloons.
Céline Duprat (Shamanic vision) - Can shamans help us understand Astrophysics?
Rebecca Harding - Imperial & UCL, and Clerkenwell Health. Clinical Research Scientist. Music and psychedelics: from shamanism to science
Saturday night:
Fireside chats 6-7pm (Chaired by Ria Green of Green Queen Magazine)
Jasmin Thomas, CEO Ohana Health - The role of plant-based medicines in women's health
Jennifer McFarlane (Seshata) - Independent Researcher. Indigenous communities around the world and the cannabis landraces.
Jon Devo - Host of Spotify's Shot and Chaser Science and Technology podcast - How can tech recreate the psychedelic experience?