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New York Academy of Medicine

Located on the Upper East Side, on Central Park

1220 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029


Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Thursday, October 13, 2022


The New York Academy of Medicine has been a vital source for effective and, often, radical thought and action in healthcare and public health since its founding in 1847.

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The Great Hall at The Cooper Union


Located downtown, in the East Village

7 E 7th St, New York, NY 10003


Friday, October 14, 2022

Saturday, October 15, 2022

Sunday, October 16, 2022


The Great Hall at The Cooper Union is one of Manhattan’s most prestigious and long-lived auditoriums, and has hosted Horizons since 2015.


The Great Hall has been a center for public dialogue since its founding in 1858, having hosted such illustrious speakers as Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, and more recently, Barack Obama.


Speakers

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Doors open

5:55 PM

Introductory remarks

1:00 PM

Adjourn

10:30 AM

5:15 PM

Grand panel and Q&A

The day's speakers answers questions from the audience and offer final thoughts.

Mid-morning break

4:00 PM

4:30 PM

2:30 PM

11:30 AM

Creating policy change at federal level

How a crisis in mental health in the veterans community and the potential of psychedelic therapy may create an opportunity for unprecedented national policy change

Is psychedelic medicine finally within reach?

A reflection on the present moment in psychedelic science and policy, and a view of the path and challenges in the years to come.

Regional activism and regulated access to psychedelics

Examples of successful and ongoing efforts to develop regulated access to psychedelic experiences at the statewide level.

Closing remarks

9:00 AM

Veterans, psychedelic therapy and coalition-building

Stories from the remarkable confluence of veterans and psychedelic therapy, and finding partnerships in unexpected places.

Lunch

Psychedelic professions and professionals

A deeper consideration of who is suited to practice psychedelic care in professional contexts, and a new project to support the field.

12:15 PM

11:00 AM

6:00 PM

Psychedelics in Medicine

9:30 AM

Mid-afternoon break


3:30 PM

The gentrification of consciousness

An exploration of the disparities seen in the gentrification of the material world and their likely duplication in the "psychedelic renaissance" unless we rise to the occasion of a decolonized psychedelic movement.

Saturday, October 15th, 2022

8:00 AM - 6:00 PM

The Great Hall at Cooper Union

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A public health perspective on psychedelics

While many psychedelic advocates speak of creating a revolution in mental healthcare, most of the dialogue merely focuses on individual medicine.


A public health lens reveals deeper unanswered questions about the roots of mental illness, and urgent questions about access

8:00 AM

Adjourn

4:00 PM

Mid-morning break

Territory, autonomy, culture and ancestral medicine in the Colombian Amazon



Riccardo Vitale, PhD
Miguel Evanjuanoy

Mazatec shamanism & the psychedelic renaissance


Nicholas Spiers

11:00 AM

Sunday, October 16th, 2022

Sunday, October 16th, 2022

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

The Great Hall at Cooper Union

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5:55 PM

12:30 PM

Studying ayahuasca users and facilitators in neoshamanic settings



Saleena Subaiya, MD, MSc
Kate O'Malley, MA

Finding right relationship with indigenous communities


Sandor Iron Rope

Psychedelics in the World

Lunch

9:30 AM

Psychedelics, creativity and quantum theory


Paul D. Miller

Doors open

1:00 PM

3:15 PM

4:30 PM

Introductory remarks


Lorena Dame

Kevin Balktick

Decolonizing psychedelics and indigenous reciprocity


Bia Labate, PhD

Joseph Mays, MSc

6:00 PM

Grand panel and Q&A

The Fireside Project: Real-time support for when time doesn't seem real



Joshua White
Hanifa Nayo Washington

12:15 PM

11:30 AM

2:30 PM

5:15 PM

Closing remarks


10:00 AM

8:30 AM

Mid-afternoon break

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Lorena Dame

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Kevin Balktick

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Lia Mix, MFT, CPTR

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Sam Chapman

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Taylor West

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New York State Assemblymember Patrick B. Burke

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Amber Lalonde

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Lieutenant General Martin R. Steele, US Marine Corps (Retired)

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Brigadier General (Ret) Stephen N. Xenakis, M.D

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Brett Waters, Esq

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Alex Cardenas, MD, MA

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Darron Smith, PhD, PA-C, DFAAPA

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Mary Cosimano, LMSW

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Heidi Allen, MSW, PhD

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Roberto Lovato

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Mary Cosimano, LMSW


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Mary Cosimano, LMSW


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Mary Cosimano, LMSW


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Mary Cosimano, LMSW


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Mary Cosimano, LMSW


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Mary Cosimano, LMSW


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Mary Cosimano, LMSW


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Mary Cosimano, LMSW


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Mary Cosimano, LMSW


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Mary Cosimano, LMSW


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Mary Cosimano, LMSW


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Roberto Lovato

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Heidi Allen, MSW, PhD

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Mary Cosimano, LMSW

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Darron Smith, PhD, PA-C, DFAAPA

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Alex Cardenas, MD, MA

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Brett Waters, Esq

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Brigadier General (Ret) Stephen N. Xenakis, M.D.

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Rachel Yehuda, PhD

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Lieutenant General Martin R. Steele, US Marine Corps (Retired)

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Marcus Capone

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Amber Capone

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New York State Assemblymember Patrick B. Burke

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Taylor West
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Sam Chapman

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Lia Mix, MFT, CPTR
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Paul Thambi, MD

Chief Medical Officer, Sunstone Therapies

Horizons NY Speaker

Agenda




Dialogues about the role of psychedelics in traditional, contemporary, and global cultures.


Join us to learn about the world of psychedelics, as millions of people have actually experienced them– as tools for rites of passage, ceremony, shamanism, creativity, introspection, curiosity, and enjoyment.


Sunday, December 3, 2023

8:30 AM - 6:00 PM


The Mark Building

Portland Art Museum

1119 SW Park Ave

Portland, OR 97205

Psychedelics

in the World

8:30 AM

Doors open

9:30 AM

Opening remarks

Kevin Balktick

Founder + Director, Horizons PBC

Horizons NY Speaker

Thomas Eckert, MS

Founder, InnerTrek; Founder, Sheri Eckert Foundation

Horizons NY Speaker

Hanifa Nayo Washington

Co-Lead Investigator, Psychedelic Health Equity Initiative (PHEI)

Horizons NY Speaker

10:00 AM

Regional initiatives to support psychedelic research and access

A dramatic expansion of psychedelic policy activism is underway at the state level.


Over a dozen states have recently considered legislation addressing psychedelics, including bills proposing research funding, decriminalization, regulated adult use, and more.


Join us to learn about the variety of initiatives underway, and how legislators and activists consider and design strategies unique to their state.


Christine Diindiisi McCleave, MA

Doctoral Student and Consultant, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Horizons NY Speaker

Natasia Poinsatte

Colorado State Director, Healing Advocacy Fund

Horizons NY Speaker

Robert W.E. Laurie 

Barrister and Solicitor, Law Society of British Columbia; Solicitor, Law Society of England and Wales

Horizons NY Speaker

Tatiana Luz Quintana

Psychedelic Medicine Alliance of Washington, REACH Washington

Horizons NY Speaker

Ismail Lourido Ali, JD

Director, Policy & Advocacy, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)

Horizons NY Speaker

Senator Jesse Salomon

Senator, Washington

Horizons NY Speaker

12:00 PM



Towards right relationship with indigenous communities

The increasing demand and interest in our traditional medicines continue to grow, with more and more non-Indigenous peoples seeking to engage not only with traditional medicines but with Indigenous communities and their practices.

In forging right relationships with Indigenous communities, it is paramount to approach with humility, acknowledging the depth of wisdom within our traditions. We invite you to be a participant in ensuring the psychedelic movement is healing for all and does not harm those with deep knowledge and history.

We call on our non-Indigenous people to take on a role of support and kinship ensuring that our engagement contributes positively to the preservation and autonomy of invaluable traditions. In doing so, we not only honour the richness of our Indigenous cultures, but we are cultivating healing and a foundation for genuine and sustainable relationships with Indigenous worldviews.


Mona Ann Polacca, MSW

Indigenous Environmental Network, International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers

Horizons NY Speaker

2:30 PM

From the Sierra Mazateca: A Perspective on the Psychedelic Renaissance

Since the first half of the 20th century, the Mazatec people of Oaxaca, Mexico have actively participated in the global psychedelic movement. During this time, we've encountered various challenges that have disrupted our traditional rituals and community practices, with the sacred mushroom ceremony (""ndi xi tjo"") being significantly affected.


The ongoing psychedelic renaissance presents new challenges that require thoughtful analysis and dialogue between the Mazatec community and Western society. In this talk, we will share a Mazatec perspective on this evolving process, discussing its impact from the Mazatec highlands to Oregon.

Osiris Garcia Cerqueda, PhD

Collaborator, Indigenous Medicine Conservation Fund

Horizons NY Speaker

11:30 AM

Mid-morning break

4:00 PM

Floating in the mainstream: What is the future of psychedelic subculture?

In the decades since introduction into popular culture in the 1950s, psychedelics have existed at the margins of polite society.


However, over the last 15 years, a steady stream of headlines and celebrity endorsements about the potential benefits of psychedelic therapy has transformed the public opinion of these formerly obscure magic molecules into a cause celebrate.


While the reform of prohibitionist policies and correction of long-standing myths may be welcome by nearly all, many of the long-faithful servants of psychedelic culture have mixed feelings about the latest wave of psychiatrists, athletes, politicians, executives and other arrivistes who are suddenly eager to associate with psychedelics.


In this panel, we will consider the future of psychedelic subcultures in the era of mainstream.


Bia Labate, PhD

Anthropologist, Executive Director, Chacruna Institute; Public Education and Culture Specialist, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)

Horizons NY Speaker

Annie Oak

Co-Founder, Take 3 Presents

Horizons NY Speaker

Keith Gilmore

President, Portland Psychedelic Society

Horizons NY Speaker

1:00 PM

Lunch

3:30 PM

Mid-afternoon break

5:15 PM

Closing grand panel

5:00 PM

The future of community-based approaches to psychedelic access

David Bronner is the Cosmic Engagement Officer (CEO) of Dr. Bronner’s, the family-owned top-selling natural brand of soap in North America.

He joined the board of MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) in 2015.


In 2019 he launched the non-profit cannabis flower brand Brother David’s to support Sun and Earth certification of cannabis grown under the sun, in the soil, without chemicals and with fair labor. 


He also serves on the board of the Regenerative Organic Alliance, which promotes regenerative organic agriculture and ethical dietary choice, to support a more humane, sustainable, and fair farming system worldwide.


David Bronner

Cosmic Engagement Officer, Dr. Bronner's

Horizons NY Speaker

6:00 PM

Adjourn


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