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Saturday

  Clinical Track Interdisciplinary Track Ayahuasca Track
  East Hall Jr. Ballroom Grand Ballroom
7:00 Registration Opens
7:30 Complimentary Continental Breakfast in the West Hall
9:00 Jordi Riba, PhD: Fourteen Years of Clinical Research with Ayahuasca Amy Emerson: MAPS’ Drug Development Strategy: MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD Jordi Riba, PhD: See Clinical Track.
9:15
9:30
9:45
10:00 Ingmar Gorman: An Analysis of the Working Alliance in MDMA-Assisted Therapy
10:15
10:30 Break
11:00 Michael Mithoefer, MD and Annie Mithoefer BSN:  MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD: Current Research with Veterans, Firefighters, and Police Officers Matthew Johnson PhD: Pharmacokinetics and Phenomenology of Inhaled Salvinorin A in Humans Jacques Mabit, MD: Twenty Years at Takiwasi: Reflections on the Spiritual Dimension as the Interface Between Drug Addiction and Traditional Amazonian Medicine
11:30 Jose Carlos Bouso PhD: 2C-B: 2C-B: Subjective Effects and Potential Clinical Uses
12:00 James Fadiman: Scientific Problem Solving with Psychedelics Gerald Thomas, PhD, Philippe Lucas, MA, N. Rielle Capler, MHA, and Kenneth Tupper, PhD: Ayahuasca-Assisted Therapy in the Treatment of Addiction in a Canadian First Nations Band
12:30 Lunch
2:00 Peter Oehen, MD: MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD: Results from the Swiss Pilot Study Bob Jesse: From the Johns Hopkins Psilocybin Findings to the Reconstruction of Religion Mitch Liester, MD and James Prickett, DO: Four Hypotheses Regarding Ayahuasca’s Mechanisms of Action in the Treatment of Addictions
2:30 Jim Grigsby, PhD, Marcela Ot’alora, Keren Tzarfatyl, PhD (C), Andrew Feldmár, PhD, Ben Sessa, MD, and Martin Williams, PhD: Updates on MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD Studies: Colorado, Israel, Canada, the UK, and Australia Anya Loizaga-Velder, PhD (C): The Therapeutic Potential of Ritual Ayahuasca Use for the Treatment of Substance Dependencies
3:00 Panel: Q&A With All MDMA/PTSD Researchers Mary Cosimano & Brian Richards, MSW: Clinical Perspectives in Preparing and Managing High Dose Psilocybin Sessions: Insights from Johns Hopkins Gabor Mate, MD: Psychedelics in Unlocking the Unconscious: From Cancer to Addiction
3:30 Alicia Danforth PhD (C): Findings from a Collective Case Study on the MDMA/Ecstasy Experiences of Adults on the Autism Spectrum
4:00 Break
4:30 Matt Baggott, PhD: Beyond Fear: MDMA and Emotion Katherine MacLean: What Can Buddhist Meditation Teach Us about Psychedelic Science? Josep María Fábregas, MD: Ayahuasca: Dope or Medicine?
5:00 Franz Vollenweider, MD: The Neurobiology of Psychedelics: Implications for Mood Disorders Bill Richards, PhD: Psychedelic Psychotherapy: Insights from 25 Years of Research José Carlos Bouso, PhD: Ayahuasca and the Treatment of Drug Addiction: A Review of the Evidence and Proposals for the Future
5:15 Brian Rush, PhD: Evaluating the Therapeutic Potential of Ayahuasca for Substance Use Problems
6:00 Conference Day End
7:00 Dinner
8:30 Moonlight Plaza in the Marketplace

Saturday Films
12:30 PM • Neurons to Nirvana: Understanding Psychedelic Medicine
2:00 PM • Science and Sacraments: Psychedelic Research and Mystical Experiences
3:00 PM • Neurons to Nirvana: Understanding Psychedelic Medicine
5:00 PM • Sacred Science
10:30 PM • Confessions of an Ecstasy Advocate

Saturday MusicMoonlight Plaza
Julie Holland and Jeremy Wolff
Homunculus Rex
Constant Creation