Speakers

This conference brings together some of the leading specialists in psychedelic research and treatment, from different disciplines and with experience in clinical and social settings.

Irene Pérez

(Psychotherapist, Spain)

Master in Art Therapy, Somatic Therapist, graduated in Anthropology and trained in Amazonian traditions. She accompanies experiences and integration with plants and psychedelics. Currently, she works at the Synaptica Clinic. Collaborator with ICEERS and BeckleyMed as a research assistant in ayahuasca studies.

Kiko Castellanos

(Entrepreneur and artist, Spain)

Kiko is Operations Manager at ICEERS and a creative entrepreneur with 20 years of experience. He has worked in diverse areas, from cultural management to digital innovation, and combines his artistic journey with a focus on therapeutic performance research and psychedelic integration.

Eirini K. Argyri

(Researcher, UK)

Eirini Ketzitzidou Argyri is a PhD researcher at the University of Exeter and a member of the Challenging Psychedelic Experiences Project. She studies how alterations in the perception of reality influence individual and collective transformation, with a focus on the integration of challenging experiences. She also coordinates the Transdisciplinary Psychedelic Colloquium and collaborates in psychedelic support and integration initiatives.

Aura Roig

(Anthropologist, Spain)

Aura Roig Forteza is a social and cultural anthropologist with a Master's degree in Criminology and Criminal Law Sociology. Currently, she is immersed in her PhD in Medical Anthropology. As director and founder of Metzineres, she has promoted the first non-profit cooperative dedicated to creating shelter environments for women and people of non-binary gender who use drugs and face violence and multiple situations of vulnerability.

Héctor Brotons

(Lawyer, Spain)

Director of Brotsanbert, with more than 20 years of experience in the legal field, specializing in public health, human rights, public policy and the regulation of natural substances and plants. Recognized for his work as an activist and his advice on psychedelic projects, he has worked in the defense of innovative models of access and regulation, as well as in the protection of rights in this field.

Gerardo Gonzalo

(Researcher, Spain)

Gerardo has a degree in Pharmacy and a master's degree in Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience. He is currently pursuing his PhD at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, where he is researching the effects of ayahuasca ceremonies on social cognition using different neuroimaging techniques. He is a founding member and director of Inawe, as well as a volunteer in the Energy Control risk reduction project.

Miguel Castejón

(Journalist, Spain)

Journalist specialized in drugs. He was responsible for the news section of the magazine Cáñamo, covering for several years the global news on psychoactives with special attention to public policies on cannabis and psychedelics. He was part of the editorial team of the countercultural magazine Ajoblanco and maintains the drug outreach project on social media Ojos Verdes (@verdes.ojos.verdes).

Mendel Kaelen

(Neuroscientist, UK)

Mendel Kaelen, PhD, is the founder and CEO of Wavepaths, a company that studies and develops therapeutic use of music. He worked as a PhD and postdoctoral neuroscientist at Imperial College London since 2012, where his research demonstrated music’s central role in psychedelic therapies. He is considered a thought leader on the use of music for psychedelic therapy.

Joan Obiols

(Psychiatrist, Spain)

Psychiatrist and anthropologist with extensive experience in mental health and modified states of consciousness. Founder and director of the SAAS Mental Health Services in Andorra, medical director of the Synaptica Clinic and president of the Board of ICEERS. He has been a professor at several universities, a member of the WPA and has conducted fieldwork on Amazonian shamanism. With more than 80 publications and 450 conference presentations, his research covers hallucinogens, schizophrenia and psychopathology.

Igor Domsac

(Journalist, Spain)

PhD in Journalism from the Complutense University. Director of the magazine Enteogenia. Author, proofreader and translator of numerous books on psychoactive substances. He worked at Energy Control and Kosmicare. He has collaborated in magazines such as Interzona, Cáñamo, Ulises, Infocannabis or Cannabis Magazine. President of Alter Consciens. Communications Coordinator at ICEERS.

Òscar Parés

(Anthropologist, ICEERS, Spain)

Òscar Parés has a degree in Philosophy, Anthropology and a master's degree in Drug Addiction. He is the Deputy Director of ICEERS and coordinates the Synaptica Clinic. He has promoted the community development process that has resulted in the creation of the federation Red Micelio.

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Karina Bertolotto

(Psychologist, CEO of BMed, Spain)

Karina Bertolotto is a psychologist, art therapist, and teacher with over 20 years of experience, specialized in humanistic, somatic, and transpersonal approaches. She holds a Master’s degree in Humanistic Psychotherapy and is a PhD candidate at Queen Margaret University. She has trained generations of therapists at the University of Barcelona and is a member of EUROTAS.

Marc Aixalà

(Research Therapist, Fundació Sant Joan de Déu, Spain)

Marc Aixalà coordinates support and integration services at ICEERS. He provides integration psychotherapy sessions for people in challenging situations after experiencing non-ordinary states of consciousness. He is trained in the therapeutic use of Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness, and in MDMA assisted-psychotherapy for PTSD.