Headlining Speakers in 2025
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Dr. Rick Doblin
Director & Founder of MAPS - the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies since 1986.
Could psychedelics help us heal from trauma and mental illnesses? Researcher Rick Doblin has spent the past three decades investigating this question.
Doblin graduated with his Ph.D. from Harvard Medical School. He founded the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) in 1986 the leading organization in psychedelic healing.
MAPS offers training for medical professionals in MDMA-assisted therapy in a clinical setting. MAPS got a breakthrough therapy status with the FDA which helped them complete their Phase III research. MAPS also has an investigator Initiative Trials for researchers that want to do their own study.
Paul Stamets, D.Sc.
Speaker, author, Mycologist, medical researcher and entrepreneur, the author of Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save The World
Paul Stamets, D.Sc. (Honaris causa) is a world-renowned mycologist, speaker, author, medical researcher, and entrepreneur. Stamets is considered an intellectual and industry leader in fungi: habitat, medicinal use, and production. He lectures extensively to deepen the understanding and respect for the organisms that exist under every footstep taken on this path of life. His presentations cover a range of mushroom species and research showing mushrooms can help the health of people and the planet.
Paul Stamets is the author of seven books, including Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Help Save The World, Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms, and Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World.
Stamets has discovered and named numerous new species of psilocybin mushrooms and is the founder and owner of Fungi Perfecti , LLC, makers of the Host Defense Mushrooms supplement line.
Dr. Julie Holland
Psychiatrist, Author, Medical Advisor
Dr. Julie Holland is a psychiatrist and psychopharmacologist, and author of the NYT bestsellers Moody Bitches and Weekends at Bellevue. She is the editor of two non-profit books: Ecstasy: The Complete Guide and The Pot Book: A Complete Guide to Cannabis. While now a medical advisor to MAPS, she was a medical monitor for several clinical studies examining the efficacy of using MDMA-assisted psychotherapy or cannabis in the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Her newest book is Good Chemistry: The Science of Connection, From Soul to Psychedelics.
Dr. Pam Kryskow
Psychiatrist, Author, Medical Advisor
Dr. Pamela Kryskow is a medical doctor with a strong interest in psychedelic medicine, mental health, and chronic pain. Founding board member of the Psychedelic Association of Canada, she is part of an expert team working to give Canadians access to psilocybin at end-of-life. Dr. Kryskow is actively involved in research related to psilocybin, MDMA, ketamine, mental wellness, and neurogenesis. Co-investigator on the largest micro dosing study Microdose.me which is ongoing with 33,000+ enrolled participants.
Dr. Kryskow is a Clinical Instructor at the University of British Columbia and Adjunct Professor at Vancouver Island University. She is the medical lead on the Roots To Thrive Psychedelic Assisted Therapy program and the Medical Chair for the Post Graduate Certificate in Psychedelic Assisted Therapy.
Dr. Will Siu
M.D. Psychiatrist, Speaker, Educator in New York
Will Siu, MD, DPhil, completed medical and graduate school at UCLA and the University of Oxford, respectively, before training as a psychiatrist at Harvard Medical School. He was on the faculty at Harvard for six years prior to moving to New York to further pursue his interest in psychedelic medicine as a practitioner, educator, speaker, and writer.
Dr. Siu has been trained by MAPS to provide MDMA-assisted therapy and maintains a private practice in New York where he provides individual psychotherapy and manages medications. He is passionate about education in the use of psychedelics as healing tools for both clinicians and the general public.
A 2023 Audible audiobook project he hosted, The goop Pursuit: Healing in a Sick Society, which featured mentors GaborMaté MD and Rick Doblin PhD, was selected by Audible Inc. in their Best of 2023, Top 20 Well-Being Audiobooks. Will also enjoys mountaineering and horsemanship.