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Events
Attend live, engaging events that center lived experience. Connect with and learn from top experts in psychedelic research and therapies.
Join live sessions that explore the role of lived experience in psychedelic research, treatment, and policy. From personal stories to clinical and scientific insights, these events are designed to inform and inspire.
November 21-23, 2025
Psychedelic Lived Experiences Summit
Join a groundbreaking 3-day virtual event on lived experience in psychedelic care. Patients, therapists, and researchers share insights, challenges, and key lessons to improve patient experiences, clinical outcomes, and quality of life.
Upcoming Events
The 9 live Q&A panels at the upcoming Psychedelic Lived Experiences Summit (Nov 21–23) will dive into the most critical topics in psychedelic care. Join the conversations, ask your questions, and gain key insights directly from experts and lived-experience voices. Spots are limited for these so upgrade to an All Access Pass today to secure your place.
Ethics and Safety in Psychedelic Therapy: Risks and Accountability
Psychedelics can heal, but they can also harm. Join Devon Christie, MD, Matthew Johnson, PhD, Sara Reed, MS, Bill Brennan, PhD, and Pedram Dara for a candid discussion on the ethical blind spots, safety risks, and accountability gaps emerging as the field expands. Discover what it will take to make psychedelic therapy safer, more transparent, and truly patient-centered.
🗓️ November 21 (Friday)
⏰ 8 AM PST | 11 AM EST | 17:00 CET
🎟️ Included in All Access Pass
Inside Psychedelic Trials: What Participants Want You to Know
Behind every clinical result is a human story. Leonie Schneider, Ian Roullier, Maryam Jabir, Kerrilee Barrett, and Pedram Dara share firsthand what it’s really like to participate in psychedelic clinical trials using DMT, psilocybin, MDMA, and other psychoactive substances for depression, anxiety, and PTSD. Learn what researchers miss, what participants need, and what it truly feels like to live the science.
🗓️ November 21 (Friday)
⏰ 10 AM PST | 1 PM EST | 19:00 CET
🎟️ Included in All Access Pass
Centering Lived Experience in Psychedelic Research and Training
What happens when lived experience becomes evidence? Join Michael Mithoefer, MD, Janis Phelps, PhD, Joost Breeksema, PhD, Rich Tyo, RP, and Pedram Dara as they explore how patient and participant voices can reshape the way we research, train, and deliver psychedelic therapy. This conversation is redefining the future of psychedelic education and care.
🗓️ November 21 (Friday)
⏰ 12 PM PST | 3 PM EST | 21:00 CET
🎟️ Included in All Access Pass
MDMA-assisted Therapy for PTSD: Lived Lessons and Blind Spots
The promise of MDMA therapy is real but so are its limits. Hear from Becca Kacanda, Brad Gagnon, Sehrish Sayani, Ron Bowman, and Pedram Dara who’ve undergone MDMA treatment through global clinical trials (including placebo and active arms) and Canada’s Special Access Program. This honest, in-depth conversation goes beyond the manuals to uncover breakthroughs, blind spots, and lessons learned from the inside out.
🗓️ November 22 (Saturday)
⏰ 8 AM PST | 11 AM EST | 17:00 CET
🎟️ Included in All Access Pass
Healing Trauma and Restoring Belonging Through Psychedelics
Trauma severs connection. Healing restores it. Join Rosalind Watts, PhD, Bessel van der Kolk, MD, Becca Kacanda, M.S., Shoshana Ward, RTC, and Pedram Dara to explore how psychedelic experiences may help trauma survivors rebuild safety, trust, and belonging and the challenges of sustaining that healing over time.
🗓️ November 22 (Saturday)
⏰ 10 AM PST | 1 PM EST | 19:00 CET
🎟️ Included in All Access Pass
Psychedelics and Serious Illnesses: Fear, Meaning, and Mortality
A serious diagnosis can shake every part of life, identity, purpose, and hope. Join Anthony Back, MD, Emma Hapke, MD, Anne Hamilton, and Florence Moureaux for an intimate discussion on how psychedelics are being used to help people living with cancer and other serious illnesses navigate fear, reconnect with meaning, and find emotional and spiritual healing in the midst of existential distress.
🗓️ November 22 (Saturday)
⏰ 12 PM PST | 3 PM EST | 21:00 CET
🎟️ Included in All Access Pass
Beyond Treatment: Integration, Aftercare, and Lasting Effects
Healing doesn’t end with the session, it begins there. Join Marcela Ot’alora, MFA, Bruce Poulter, RN, MPH, Kim Fluxgold, Julia King Olivier, MD, and Corine de Boer, MD, PhD, to explore the long road of integration and recovery. From unexpected symptoms to the ongoing need for support, this panel exposes where our current systems fall short and how to do better.
🗓️ November 23 (Sunday)
⏰ 8 AM PST | 11 AM EST | 17:00 CET
🎟️ Included in All Access Pass
What Really Heals in Psychedelic Therapy: Drug, Placebo, or Care?
Is healing driven by the medicine, the meaning, or the mystery? Join Craig Heacock, MD, Berra Yazar-Klosinski, PhD, Elizabeth Lamphere, and Kathy Neustadt for a fascinating look at the true mechanisms of transformation. Explore how chemistry, connection, and care intertwine to create lasting change.
🗓️ November 23 (Sunday)
⏰ 10 AM PST | 1 PM EST | 19:00 CET
🎟️ Included in All Access Pass
Lived Experience as Expertise: Redefining Psychedelic Healthcare
What if those who’ve been through treatment helped design and deliver it? Join Tehseen Noorani, PhD, Jon Nelson, Katie Bourque, Roy Dings, and Pedram Dara as they introduce a new model of lived-experience-led education and certification. Meet the voices transforming psychedelic and mental healthcare from the inside out.
🗓️ November 23 (Sunday)
⏰ 12 PM PST | 3 PM EST | 21:00 CET
🎟️ Included in All Access Pass
Past Events
Below are the list of events we've been organizing. The recordings of these events are available on our community platform accessible to the summit attendees with an All Access Pass.
Measuring the Ineffable: Can Science Capture Lived Experience?
Join Manesh Girn, PhD, Chloé Pronovost-Morgan, MD, and James W. Sanders, BSc exploring the intersection of science and lived experience. Join us live for the premiere of Psychedelic Science Hour.
🗓️ November 12th, 2025
⏰ 11 AM PST | 2 PM EST | 20:00 CET
🎟️ Replay available with summit All Access Pass
Psychedelic Integration through Storytelling, Coaching, and Creativity
Join Mareesa Stertz, Daniel Shankin, Ona Praderas, and Jimmy Nguyen exploring best practices for psychedelic integration that go beyond therapy. Join us live for another episode of Psychedelic Story Hour.
🗓️ October 22nd, 2025
⏰ 11 AM PST | 2 PM EST | 20:00 CET
🎟️ Replay available with summit All Access Pass
Jason Silva, Brad Necyk, PhD, and the Psychedelic Puppet Show
Step into a psychedelic-inspired exploration of consciousness, where visionary storytelling collides with wild imagination. Join us live for the premiere of Psychedelic Story Hour.
🗓️ October 15th, 2025
⏰ 11 AM PST | 2 PM EST | 20:00 CET
🎟️ Replay available with summit All Access Pass
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