The main aim of the NPS conference series is to increase knowledge and understanding about the nature and the effects of NPS as well as promote innovative strategies to prevent the diffusion of NPS in society. The conference invites contributions in all areas of potential interest, as oral presentations or research posters.

Presenters from University of Amsterdam "Chemical Youth" project.

Presentations on scientific research on drug policy and opportunities for vigorous discussion and debate about findings and methods. Will include analysis of the April 2016 UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on drugs.

A day for promoting evidence-based drug policies based on public health and human rights.

Exploring what it mean to awaken to the potential for workplace and broader business practices to transform our view of self, others and society.

Promoting open, rigorous discussion of all phenomena related to conscious experience. Formerly called "Toward a Science of Consciousness", this series of biennial conferences has been held in Tucson since 1994.

University of Wisconsin-Madison psilocybin study guides and volunteers panel, followed by the film, "A New Understanding: The Science of Psilocybin".

Special Session convening to further goals set in the policy document of 2009 "Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards an Integrated and Balanced Strategy to Counter the World Drug Problem".

"[Bringing] scientists and policy-makers together for a thoughtful consideration of the likely gains and losses from pursuing one option rather than another."

Formerly biennial and newly annual event with keynote speakers and panels addressing the timely topics in policy, harm reduction, leadership, organizing, and advocacy.

Mushrooms and Entheogenic Transhumanism with Kilindi Iyi, will be held at Warehouse 416, doors open at 6:15pm.

The goal of this event is the presentation of diverse and accurate information about psychedelics concerning their roles in art, music, culture, spirituality, religion, science, medicine, and health and healing.

Peyote panel discussion and book signing with guests Bia Labate, Clancy Cavnar, Stacy B. Schaefer, Diana Negrín, and Kevin Feeney, and sneak preview and discussion of the film The Peyote Chronicles.

This event will focus on the neurological and psychiatric effects of marijuana, other cannabinoids, and the endocannabinoid system. Both the adverse and the potential therapeutic effects of the cannabinoid system will be discussed.

Event convening experts from around the world to discuss ibogaine therapy, the climate of global drug policy, and the sustainability and traditional uses of Tabernanthe iboga.

Conference subtitle: Contemporary Art and Scholarship on the Esoteric Traditions. Sunday Feb 7 Erik Davis will present "Swallowing the Stone with the Brothers McKenna: Psychedelics, Alchemy, and Media at La Chorrera".

The Symposium will highlight current research and trends in the legal use of psychedelics and expanded states of consciousness in therapy.

A three-day arts festival featuring renowned scholars in conversation regarding the monumental cultural impact of several 1966 happenings in particular The Trips Festival.

Conversations on psychoactives.

The International Drug Policy Reform Conference is a biennial event that brings together people from around the world who believe that the war on drugs is doing more harm than good. It brings together over 1,000 attendees representing 30 different countries.

Botanical Dimensions's library of 1000+ volumes encompasses a global ethnobotanical worldview, including titles on botany, mycology, cultural anthropology, plant uses, history, mythology, herbalism, ritual, shamanism, healing, psychedelics, and art.

Horizons brings together the brightest minds and the boldest voices of this movement to share their research, insights and dreams for the future.

Converse and connect about the therapeutic and healing properties of psychedelic substances.

Gathering in community to illuminate the intersection of entheogenic plants and people, honor traditions, and explore and reveal new meanings and mechanisms for healing, medicine, growth, integration and visionary experience in the 21st Century.

National and international speakers will share their expertise on psilocybin-containing mushrooms, ayahuasca, ibogaine, DMT, and other entheogens.

Breaking Convention is a multidisciplinary conference on psychedelic consciousness, featuring more than 130 presenters from around the world.

Talks by Michael Heinrich, Martina Hoffmann, Lumir Hanus, Andrew Feldmar, Luke Brown, Tom Lloyd, Chiara Baldini, MAria Papaspyrou, Dale Pendell, Friederike Meckel, Matthew Johnson, Torsten Passie, Amanda Feilding, Daniela Peluso, Ann Shulgin, David Nichols, David Luke, Rupert McShane, Teri Krebs, Alicia Danforth, Rick Doblin, David Nutt, Amiee Tollan, Cameron Adams, Ben Sessa, Roland Griffiths, and Dave King

1st International Vapor Industry Conference and Exhibition

The Women's Visionary Congress is a community of adventurers from all generations and traditions. They are united in a time-honored quest to explore a more vivid and profound awareness of inner and outer worlds

What happens when a group of scientists, activists, and educators are asked to envision a world without a drug war? Let's find out. Features talks by Earth & Fire Erowid, Chris Kilham, Dimitri Bugianis, Katherine MacLean, Dorion Sagan, Nese Devenot, Frank Gerratana, Jeremy Wolff, Kilindi Lyi, Oliver Williams, Jonathan Thompson, Twig Harper, Ryan LeCompte, Britta Love, David Nickles, and Gabby Agin-Liebes.

The Greener's Association for Psychedelic Studies presents a conference for the up and coming voices of the psychedelic movement. Features talks by Glynn Rosenburg, Elena Roemer, Brian Wallace, Dr. Natalie, Allison Wilens, Shannon Clare, Christopher Pezza, Terry Gotham, Katie Tomlinson & Jae StarFox, Rick Doblin, La Laurrien, Maia Shmueli, Anne Tara Szostek & Irina Alexander, Brad Burge, and Amber Catron.

Come listen to insightful information on drug policy and celebrate Illinois Consortium for Drug Policy's 10th birthday

The 3rd Annual Shaman Woman, Plant Medicine and Psychedelics Salon features talks by researchers Connie Carter PhD, Dr. Donna Dryer, Carolyn Garcia, Elena Andrade, Eleonora Molnar MA, Annie Oak MS, Lily Kay Ross MDiv, and Dr. Richard Yensen PhD. Presentations will examine ceremonies that use psychoactive plants and practical steps that participants can take to help support safe practices during these gatherings.

National and international speakers will share their expertise on psilocybin-containing mushrooms, ayahuasca, ibogaine, DMT, and other entheogens.

A multidisciplinary event that brings together scientific, legal and professional experts on ayahuasca to exchange information.

A memorial service to honor the life and work of Dr. Alexander T. "Sasha" Shulgin (1925-2014)

Covering the history and ethnohistory of sacred plants, human rights, legal aspects, art, and world views of sacred plants.

This one-day conference will focus on the evidence and experienced-based perspectives by experts in the field with respect to plant toxins, anti-venoms, and overall economic concerns associated with antidotal therapy. Earth and Fire Erowid will be presenting "Psychoactive Plants 2014: Herbal Products and Extracts Used as Recreational Drugs".

A weekend of training, expert presentations, workshops, and networking with students, alumni, and supporters from around the Western Region.

Covering harm reduction topics related to drug use, sex work, law enforcement, and more.

Our intention with this third Spirit Plant Medicine Conference is to offer accurate, respectful, and most of all beneficial information and inspiration on the use of and larger context around such plants. It's an intention arising from a vision and a prayer carried in the hearts of many. To that end we have assembled an exceptional group of knowledgeable, engaging, and heartfelt speakers to share their wisdom.

The vision of this conference is to encourage the research into and bring forth the knowledge of psychoactive plant use in the entire continent of Africa, as well as sharing cutting edge and innovative use of these plants in the global scene, helping us all to understand the potentials and uses of these most fascinating plant medicines.

International Drug Policy Reform Conference. Premier gathering of people who believe the war on drugs is doing more harm than good.

Horizons is a conference about psychedelics that is held annually in New York City at Judson Memorial Church. Its goal is to open a fresh dialogue on their role in medicine, culture, history, spirituality, and creativity. 2013 will be its seventh year.

Since 2002, Palenque Norte has hosted visionaries, scientists, artists and great thinkers from across the globe.

This annual gathering occurs in Telluride, Colorado every summer and celebrates and explores all aspects of the fungal world! From gourmet wild edibles to medicinal 'shrooms, from toxins to entheogens!

Breaking Convention is a biennial conference on psychedelic consciousness which will feature ten symposia of invited speakers and a track dedicated to talks from submitted abstracts, as well as galleries, exhibitions, films and evening entertainments.

A gathering of healers, scholars, activists, artists, and botanists who study consciousness and altered states.

A key event for those interested in harm reduction around the world. The theme of the 2013 event is 'The Value/s of Harm Reduction'.

Hemp History Week is a nation-wide education campaign that seeks to renew strong support for hemp farming in the U.S., with grassroots celebrations in numerous cities.

Focusing on the wide range of issues that affect the health of people in nightlife settings including alcohol and drug use; sexual health; violence and anti-social behavior; management and design of nightlife settings; late night transport; staff training; and international nightlife tourism.

Three full days of programming with concurrent tracks exploring clinical applications, issues relevant to healthcare professionals, and social and cultural issues surrounding the therapeutic and recreational uses of psychedelics. Offers Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits.

DEC 7: "Consciousness and Spirituality: Neuroscience, the Mind/Brain, and Parallel Universes", followed by a discussion based on The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss, Dennis's new book about his explorations with his brother Terence.

DEC 8: "Transformation of Consciousness through Sacred Plants: DMT, Ayahuasca & Psilocybin", followed by a discussion based on The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss.

Drug users, ex-drug users, researchers, sex workers, social workers, physicians, politicians and community organizers from around the country and abroad come together to share perspectives on Harm Reduction, with a focus on the health of individuals and communities impacted by drug use.

The component of the event devoted to talks and discussions will be convened by writer, researcher and academic Dr. David Luke under the banner, "What do psychedelics mean?" Talks will be given by Dr. Luke and a host of eminent academics and researchers, including Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris (as seen on Channel 4's Drugs Live: The Ecstasy Trial), clinical psychiatrist Dr. Ben Sessa, medical & ecological anthropologists Dr. Cameron Adams and Dr. Anna Waldstein, and senior law lecturer Charlotte Walsh. The talks will explore the possible benefits psychedelics offer contemporary medical, psychological and sociological research and will explain their effects.

"What are the recent trends in consumption and how can we respond appropriately?" Open to anyone who encounters recreational drug use in their field of work e.g. teachers, youth workers, health promoters, drugs educators, social workers, drugs counsellors, psychotherapists, general practitioners, psychologists, and sociologists. Interested public welcome.

Ethnobotanists, shamans and researchers in the field of psychedelics from around the globe will meet to speak, hold forums and panels, and share their wisdom.

Plenaries, panels, posters and exhibitions on harm reduction projects and policies in francophone Europe esp. France.

A conference to open a fresh dialogue on the role of psychedelics in medicine, culture, history, spirituality, and creativity.

Researchers and therapists from a wide variety of academic disciplines will discuss addiction treatment, psychedelic psychotherapy, ayahuasca, human psychopharmacology research and new views on the legalization of psychedelic substances.

NORML's annual conference is the premiere gathering in America of cannabis law reform activists and organizations working for public policy alternatives to the country's failed cannabis prohibition laws.

An academic conference on visionary art and psychedelic culture.

Presentations and dialog with Cynthia Palmer, Michael Horowitz, Dr. Donna Dryer MD, Richard Yensen PhD, Diana Reed Slattery PhD, Mariavittoria Mangini PhD FNP, Annie Oak. Supported by Canadian Drug Policy Coalition, Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy, Banyen Books, and VANDU.

Featuring the work of visionary women healers, scholars, activists and artists who explore the leading edge of consciousness and sustainable social change.

Including Speakers: Cameron Adams, Krystle Cole, David Luke, Ben Sessa, Anna Waldstein.

Screening of Dirty Pictures, the documentary about Alexander and Ann Shulgin, begins at 8pm. There will be psychedelic art for sale and a silent auction of Shulgin artifacts, including autographed books. Suggested donation: $20.

[Paper presented at a session of the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting] Abstract - The traditional ritual uses of entheogens-psychoactive plants and fungi, such as peyote, ayahuasca and psilocybin mushrooms-have been an important part of some indigenous cultures. Yet modern political, religious and educational authorities have cast these as diabolical savage practices or archaic magical customs incompatible with Western values and epistemologies. This paper suggests that indigenous peoples may not have been misguided in revering entheogenic substances as "plant teachers", but rather that the circumspect uses of entheogens as primordial cognitive tools may offer valuable forms of learning for the early 21st century. It deploys some current educational theories and critiques of modern schooling to account for the concept of psychoactive "plant teachers" and the phenomenal wonders they can inspire.

A Panel discussion and four workshops featuring Rick Doblin, Ph.D., Alex and Allyson Grey, Julie Holland, M.D., and Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D. (moderator), on the research, methods, and tools necessary to develop enhanced consciousness in individuals and in society as a whole.

a spontaneous, creative conversation about their field of study, what is currently of greatest interest to them and why, and what has fascinated them over the years.

Toward a Science of Consciousness is a biennial conference held since 1994 in Tucson, Arizona, and known for rigorous, interdisciplinary approaches to essential questions of how the brain produces conscious experience, the nature of reality and our place in the universe.

Hundreds of SSDP chapter members, leaders, alumni, and other supporters gather together for this annual conference for a weekend of expert speakers, activist training sessions, student organizing workshops, an alumni reunion, an awards ceremony, SSDP Congress, etc.

A lecture by author, speaker and researcher Beatriz Caiuby Labate, and book release and signing for The Internationalization of Ayahuasca.

The focus for this event with Dr. Goldsmith is the focus of his recent work on subjects involving notions of "Psychedelic Love".

Join Bruce Damer and Lorenzo Hagerty in this one-day seminar celebrating the life and ideas of Terence McKenna and taking the next steps beyond 2012. This is the kickoff event in a series of similar seminars to be held throughout the United States in 2012.

Focusing on the wide range of issues that affect the health of people in nightlife settings. This includes: alcohol and drug use; sexual health; violence and anti-social behaviour; management and design of nightlife settings; late night transport; staff training; and international nightlife tourism.

Addressing issues relating to drug use from social, cultural and traditional perspectives. The program will draw on the backgrounds of therapy, biology, pharmacology, psychology, neuroscience, anthropology, botany, visionary art, culture, politics, law and more, to provide a realistic context of the role drugs and altered states play in the modern world. Earth and Fire Erowid will be speaking at this year's event.

Fire and Earth Erowid will be speaking on the Salvia, Synthetic Marijuana, and Emerging Drug Criminalization Trends panel on Friday, Nov 4, 2011.

Fresh dialogue on the role of psychedelics in medicine, culture, history, spirituality, and art.

Dr. Fadiman speaks about his book and answers questions. Meet the author and enjoy refreshments.

Theoretical-practical workshop aimed at training specialists in the use of expanded states of consciousness (ECE) applied to human development, psychotherapy and knowledge generation.

A two-day conference on drug and criminal justice policy featuring some of the US & UK's most active policy analysts, activists, film-maker, academics and an MP come together, for an exploration of what a post-prohibition society could look like, and how we might get there in our lifetime.

Featuring the work of visionary women healers, scholars, activists and artists who explore the leading edge of consciousness and sustainable social change.

Get your copy of The Shulgin Index signed by the authors!

Indigenous leaders, ethnobotanists, shamans and medical researchers in the field of psychedelics from around the globe will meet to speak, hold forums, panels and share their wisdom.

A multidisciplinary series of lectures that focuses on current research being done in Europe. Experts from different disciplines will present their studies on ayahuasca's effects on health, neural functioning and consciousness.

The over-arching theme of this forum is exploration of the mind-brain phenomenon and how it relates to human consciousness. Manifesting the Mind will cover a wide range of topics--from ethnobotany to neurotransmitters to recent clinical reports on the use of entheogens.

Some talks touch on psychoactives and shamanism. Speakers: Paola Ambrosi, Stanley Krippner, Ervin Laszlo, Luis Eduardo Luna, James W. Prescott, Peter Russell, Christopher Ryan, Michael Winkelman and Tony Wright.

Organized in four symposia (Current research on consciousness and psychedelics at the University of Kent; Ecstasy - Its place in medicine, society and politics; What Does Psychedelic Mean?; Bold Visions: The Future of Psychedelic Research) plus parallel tracks, symposia and workshops.

SSDP UK's second annual conference will bring students and activists from across Europe and beyond to share experiences as activists and learn about the failed global war on drugs, as well as mark the many drug war anniversaries that will take place this year. The event is open to the public and all people interested in becoming better activists.

The conference language will be Hungarian with some presentations in simultaneous translation (English).

The event will include presentations from medical cannabis pioneer Debby Goldsberry, co-founder of the pioneering Berkeley Patient's Group medical cannabis dispensary, and xenolinguistic novelist, psychonaut and video performance artist Diana Reed Slattery. Light refreshments, open bar, cocktail party attire encouraged, all genders welcome. Tickets $25. The WVC is a nonprofit educational organization that supports the work of women healers, scholars, activists and artists who study consciousness and altered states. It hosts the annual Women's Visionary Congress in Northern California.

Presentations and panel discussions on psychedelic science, the current state of psychedelic research, and clinical applications for the their therapeutic use.

Entheogenesis Australis (EGA) is a not-for-profit association that exists to create a supportive environment that fosters mature, open discussion about psychoactive plants and chemicals. We seek to explore ways to assess societal impacts and examine the positive applications of plant-based psychoactives and empathogens.

Drug users, ex-drug users, researchers, sex workers, social workers, physicians, politicians and community organizers from around the country and abroad come together to share perspectives on Harm Reduction, with a focus on the health of individuals and communities impacted by drug use.

This event will feature eight presenters from France, Switzerland, Spain and Peru, and a documentary exhibition.

Offers a multidisciplinary perspective on recent developments in the field of psychedelic research. Academics, therapists and medical professionals from various countries will discuss the use of psychedelics from their own disciplinary perspective.

Featuring the work of visionary women healers, scholars, activists and artists who explore the leading edge of consciousness and sustainable social change.

Scientists, philosophers, psychologists and researchers from the US and around the world will be speaking on a variety of diverse but related topics, including neuroscience, quantum physics, art, Buddhism, and cosmology.

This conference delivers European key figures on media, nightlife, and public health. Research, inside views, testimonies and policy reviews provide data to promote the debate at European level.

Fresh dialogue on the role of psychedelics in medicine, culture, history, spirituality, and art.

Documentary about contemporary psychedelic research. Panelists include Robert J. Barnhart, Executive Producer; Roslyn Dauber, Film Director; Frank Echenhofer, Professor of Clinical Psychology, CIIS; Janis Phelps, Associate Professor, East-West Psychology and Clinical Psychology, CIIS.

Come visit the Erowid Center information booth at this music and alternative culture festival, which is held every other year.

Shamans from the Upper Amazon will be speaking of their healing modalities, including the ceremonial and healing and healing use of "Sacred Power Plants" including ayahuasca and San Pedro cactus.

The mission of "Consciousness Revolution: Transpersonal Discoveries That Are Changing the World" is to present the fundamental role of consciousness in all human affairs and the value for humanity of our growing insights into the nature of consciousness and of the world.

An intentional gathering and meeting of the minds, uniting the most influential visionaries in a celebration of the expansion of consciousness.

This conference will appeal to those working in the fields of public health; substance use; sexual health; violence prevention; policing and criminal justice; tourism; nightlife industries; transport; environmental health; general practice and therapy. Call for abstracts and registration now open; early bird registration cost applicable until Feb 28 2010.

Join leaders in their fields in exploring many dimensions of consciousness at the 9th Annual International Bioethics Forum. Conference includes discussion of perception/reality, brain chemistry, entheogens, meditation, and the impact of altered mind states.

Three full days of programming with concurrent tracks exploring clinical applications, issues relevant to healthcare professionals, and social and cultural issues surrounding the therapeutic and recreational uses of psychedelics. Offers Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits.

As usual, Erowid Center will be running the Psychoactive Mushrooms information table at this fair. Stop by to see us and learn more about local mushrooms of all types.

Speakers included: Robert Jesse, Mulga, Julian Palmer, Rak Razam, Bear Stanley, Ray Thorpe

An International Symposium on the occasion of the 100th Birthday of Albert Hofmann.

A conference on the role of drug plants in the history of religion.

Pinchbeck will talk about the work of the Austrian visionary and occult philosopher Rudolf Steiner (1860 - 1925), founder of the Anthroposophical Movement, Waldorf Schools, and Biodynamic agriculture.

This conference examined anomalous events from a rigorous, open-minded, scientific perspective. It covered recent research on mystical experiences, near death experiences, alien encounters, psychic experiences, lucid dreaming, and psychedelic drug experiences. Tickets were $125 (general admission), $75 (students).

Held near Manaus in the Brazilian Amazon Rain Forest, this seminar featured ayahuasca sessions, visionary art, psychotherapy, ethnobotany, body work, and healing massage. Presenters included Marie Brain, Antonio Escohotado, Isabela Hartz, Luis Eduardo Luna, Alex Marquez, Silvia Polivoy, and Giorgio Samorini.

Commemorated the 34th anniversary of Aldous Huxley's death and his final LSD voyage, as well as the 100th anniversary of the first human experiment with synthetic mescaline sulfate by Arthur Heffter. Presenters included John Beresford, Richard Glen Boire, Jim DeKorne, Andrew Edmond, Alex Grey, Dan Joy, James Kent, LordNose!, Terence McKenna (via a video link), Dale Pendell, Ann Shulgin, Sasha Shulgin, Peter Stafford, Myron Stolaroff, and Peter Lamborn Wilson.

Produced by the editors of Psychedelic Illuminations magazine, presenters included John W. Allen, Gary Bravo, Chris Conrad, Valerie Corral, Jim DeKorne, Rick Doblin, Donna Dryer, Bruce Eisner, Robert Forte, Jochen Gartz, Stephen Gaskin, Charles Grob, Peter Gorman, Nina Graboi, Jack Herer, Oscar Janiger, James Kent, Paul Krassner, Timothy Leary, Dennis McKenna, Ralph Metzner, David Nichols, Judy Osburn, Lynn Osburn, Jonathan Ott, Thomas Pinkson, Ram Dass Peter Stafford, Lynnette Shaw, Starroot, Richard Yensen, and others.

Proceedings published as 50 Years of LSD: Current Status and Perspectives of Hallucinogens edited by A. Pletscher and D. Ladewig.

Included Jerome Beck, Joe Camilla, Marlene Dobkin de Rios, Rick Doblin, Joseph Downing, Bruce Eisner, Stephen Gaskin, Nina Graboi, Charles Grob, Debby Harlow, Arthur Hastings, Nick Herbert, John Lilly, Stanley Krippner, Kat McKenna, Terence McKenna, Ralph Metzner, Queen Mu, Dave Nichols, Cynthia Palmer, Howard Rheingold, Charles Tart, Robert Anton Wilson, Richard Yensen, and others.

Featured Timothy Leary and Ram Dass, among others.

Included James Bakalar, George Greer, Debbie Harlow, Dave Nichols, Phillip Wolfson...

Participants included George Greer, Stan Grof, Claudio Naranjo, Phillip Wolfson, Richard Yensen, and others.

Featured Terence McKenna.

Featured Terence McKenna.

Included Walter Huston Clark, Albert Hofmann, Timothy Leary, Terence McKenna, Ralph Metzner, Humphry Osmond, Carl Ruck, Alexander Shulgin, Andrew Weil.

Featured presentations by Michael Aldrich, Frank Barron, Walter Houston Clark, Francis Jeffrey, Stanislav Grof, Michael Horowitz, Paul Krassner, Stanley Krippner, Timothy Leary, John C. Lilly, Ed Rosenthal, Walter Schneider, Ronald Siegal, Andrew Weil, and Robert Anton Wilson. A panel titled "Higher Consciousness and Creativity" was held on Saturday, July 11th, and the panelists' remarks were translated into German and published as a book by Werner Pieper's Die Grüne Kraft (1982).

Featured presentations by Michael Beug, William C. Denison, Gastón Guzmán, Steven H. Pollock, Emanuel Salzman, Alexander H. Smith, Paul Stamets, Daniel Stuntz, Andrew Weil, and others.

This event honored Dr. Gastón Guzmán's work within the Psilocybe genus, and featured presentations by Michael Beug, Jeremy Bigwood, Gary P. Menser, Steven H. Pollock, Paul Stamets, Daniel Stuntz, Andrew Weil, and others.

Timothy Leary's first lecture in San Francisco in a decade.

Presenters included Jeremy Bigwood, Scott Chilton, José Luis Díaz, Stanislav Grof, David Harnden, Albert Hofmann, Bo Holmstedt, Reid Kaplan, Keewaydinoquay (K.M. Peschel), Weston La Barre, Jonathan Ott, Timothy Plowman, Richard Evans Schultes, Alexander T. Shulgin, R. Gordon Wasson, Andrew T. Weil, and Norman Zinberg. Several of the presenters wrote articles based on their talks for the Journal of Psychedelic Drugs 11[1-2](1979), for which Ott acted as a guest editor.

Presenters included Jeremy Bigwood, Scott Chilton, Gastón Guzmán, David Harnden, Albert Hofmann, Dale Thomas Leslie, David B. Repke, Richard Rose, Carl A.P. Ruck, Richard Evans Schultes, Danny Staples, R. Gordon Wasson, Andrew Weil, and Norman Zinberg. Approximately 250 people were in attendance. Partial proceedings published as Teonanácatl: Hallucinogenic Mushrooms of North America, edited by J. Ott and J. Bigwood (1978).

Included Richard Alpert (Ram Dass), Bruce Eisner, Stephen Gaskin, Allen Ginsberg, Willis Harman, Albert Hofmann, Oscar Janiger, Stanley Krippner, Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner, William McGlothlin, Claudio Naranjo, and Myron Stolaroff. Approximately 600 attendees filled the lecture hall when Dr. Hofmann spoke, with many more listening from outside.

Conference co-founders included Jonathan Ott, Preston Wheaton, and Tim Girvin, and presenters included Jeremy Bigwood, Lynn R, Brady, W. Scott Chilton, Gastón Guzmán, Dale T. Leslie, Stephen H. Pollock, David B. Repke, Paul Stamets, and R. Gordon Wasson.

A follow-up to the Conference on Altered States of Consciousness described below.

The infamously over-attended rock concert that drew around 500,000 hippies to listen to over thirty acts, including The Band, Joan Baez, Canned Heat, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, the Grateful Dead, Arlo Guthrie, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Ravi Shankar, and The Who.

An invitation-only gathering at White Memorial Camp, which gathered representatives from feedback labs, American ESP researchers, international psychedelic therapists, members of the Educational Policy and Research Center at SRI, those working in education, private practice, psychoanalysis, and others who shared an interest in consciousness studies.

An interdisciplinary meeting featuring psychiatrists, pharmacologists, psychologists, biochemists, and neurophysiologists discussing the nature, effects, and proposed mechanisms of action of "mind-distorting compounds". Invited participants included L.G. Abood, G.K. Aghajanian, L. Bender, J. Biel, A. Burger, J.C. Craig, J.W. Daly, W. Dement, S.P. Diamond, E. Domino, D.H. Efron, D.X. Freedman, P.K. Gessner, J.D. Griffith, A.J. Hance, L. Harmon, B. Holmstedt, M.H. Joffe, B. Julesz, I.J. Kopin, C. Kornetsky, V.G. Laties, G. Lehrer, J. Levine, M.A. Lipton, A. Ludwig, A.V. Mandell, A.A. Manian, H.F. Osmond, R.W. Russell, A.T. Shulgin, V. Sim, I. Simos, S.H. Snyder, L. Stein, F. Sulser, S.I. Szara, H-L. Teuber, S. Unger, P.G. Waser, L.J. West, W.D. Winters, and V.L. Zaratzian. Proceedings published as Psychotomimetic Drugs, edited by D.H. Efron, B. Holmstedt, and N.S. Kline (1968).

Proceedings published as Psychedelic Drugs, edited by Richard E. Hicks and Paul Jay Fink (1969).

Proceedings published as Do Psychedelics Have Religious Implications?, edited by D.H. Salman and R.H. Prince (1968).

Invited participants included B.S. Aaronson, A. Angoff, J. Beloff, R. Hernández-Peón, S. Krippner, L. LeShan, J. Levine, J-R. L'Huillier, A.M. Ludwig, H. Osmond, W. Pahnke, K.R. Rao, M. Rýzl, E. Servadio, C.T. Tart, M. Ullman, A. Hofmann, and others. Proceedings published as PSI and Altered States of Consciousness, edited by R. Cavanna and M. Ullman (1968).

Invited participants included S. von Reis Altschul, I.I. Brekhman, J.P. Buckley, G.E. Cronheim, J.W. Daly, V. Deulofeu, D.H. Efron, C.H. Eugester, C.S. Ford, D.X. Freedman, C. Gajdusek, L.D. Holmes, B. Holmstedt, E.C. Horning, H. Isabell, N.S. Kline, M.W. Klohs, H.J. Meyer, C. Naranjo, C.C. Pfeiffer, E. Carlos Del Pozo, T. Sargent, G.J. Seitz, R.E. Schultes, A.T. Shulgin, S.I. Szara, D. Taylor, E.B. Truitt, P.G. Waser, R.G. Wasson, and A.T. Weil. Proceedings published as Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs, edited by D.H. Efron, B. Holmstedt, and N.S. Kline (1968).

Creators of The San Francisco Oracle threw an even bigger party for 20,000+ hippies, inviting Timothy Leary (who made his first public appearance in San Francisco), Richard Alpert (Ram Dass), Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jerry Rubin, and others, including Owsley Stanley, who provided his newly illicit LSD for those in attendance. The Hells Angels worked as event security, while music was performed by Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead.

Creators of The San Francisco Oracle threw a big party for thousands of hippies on the date that LSD was first made illegal in California, inviting Ken Kesey & The Merry Pranksters, Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, and others. Retrospectively considered to have been a "warm up" event for the Human Be-In that happened on January 14, 1967.

Late in the game due to its controversial topic, this conference was moved from the Berkeley campus to San Francisco. Originally scheduled as a speaker, Allen Ginsberg was removed from the bill in a compromise between the event producer and the university. Participants in this production included Richard Alpert (Ram Dass), Richard Baker, Frank Barron, Sidney Cohen, Rolf Von Ekartsberg, Michael Harner, Timothy Leary, Paul Lee, Claudio Naranjo, and Huston Smith.

Featured Ken Kesey & The Merry Pranksters, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Neal Cassady, the Grateful Dead, Allen Ginsberg, the Hell's Angels, and many more.

Presenters included Harold A. Abramson, Arendsen Hein, Edward F.W. Baker, Antonio Balestrieri, Donald Blair, John Buckman, John Chiasson, Sidney Cohen, Charles Clay Dahlberg, Betty Grover Eisner, Ruth Fox, Daniel X. Freedman, Frank Fremont-Smith, Kenneth Godfrey, Stanislav Grof, William Hausman, Mogens Hertz, Abram Hoffer, Gordon H. Johnsen, James S. Ketchum, Sol Kramer, Leonard W. Krinsky, Albert A. Kurland, Hanscarl Leuner, Jerome Levine, John C. Lilly, Thomas M. Ling, Arnold M. Ludwig, Donald C. MacDonald, J. Ross MacLean, Pauline McCricick, William H. McGlothlin, A. Joyce Martin, Robert E. Mogar, Robert C. Murphy, Humphry Osmond, Walter Pahnke, Andre Rolo, Max Rinkel, Charles Savage, Emilio Servadio, Sanford Unger, Cornelius H. van Rhijn, Jack L. Ward, E.S. Weber, and Mary S. Wicks. Proceedings were published as The Use of LSD in Psychotherapy and Alcoholism, edited by H.A. Abramson (1967).

Presenters included Frank Barron, Aldous Huxley, and Timothy Leary. This was the only time that Aldous Huxley and Timothy Leary lectured publicly together, according to An Annotated Bibliography of Timothy Leary (1988).

Proceedings published as Hallucinogenic Drugs and Their Psychotherapeutic Use, by editors Richard Crocket, Ronald A. Sandison, and Alexander Walk (1963).

Chaired by Paul H. Hoch, presenters included Harold A. Abramson, Gregory Bateson, Arthur L. Chandler, Sidney Cohen, Jonathan Cole, Keith S. Ditman, Betty Grover Eisner, Frank Fremont-Smith, Mortimer A. Hartman, Mollie P. Hewitt Hewitt, Abram Hoffer, Cecelia E.Jett-Jackson, Solomon Katzenelbogen, G.D. Klee, Humphry Osmond, Charles Savage, H. Lennard, S. Malitz, R.C. Murphy, Gwendolyn J.Neviackas, Cornelius H. van Rhijn, Ronald A. Sandison, Louis Joylon "Jolly" West, J.R.B. Whittlesey, and others. Proceedings were published as The Use of LSD in Psychotherapy, edited by H.A. Abramson (1960).

Presenters included H.W. Magoun, J. Olszewski, W.J.H. Nauta, D.G. Whitlock, W.R. Hess, F. Bremer, M.A.B. Brazier, A.E. Fessard, E.D. Adrian, H. Gastaut, W. Penfield, R. Jung, W.G Grey-Walter, D.O. Hebb, K.S. Lashley, L.S. Kubie, and D. McK. Rioch. Proceedings published as Brain Mechanisms and Consciousness, edited by E.D. Adrian, F. Bremer, and H.H. Jasper (1954).