Horizons 2012

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. 2012 is its sixth year.

During the 1960s, psychedelics entered worldwide popular culture. Fueled by the wild social dogmas of the era, recreational use become commonplace. Questions about their safety and value for were answered with myths and confusion spread by both their users, proponents, the media and the government.

In recent years, a small group of dedicated researchers and scholars have orchestrated a renaissance in psychedelic research and thought. Horizons brings together the brightest minds and the boldest voices of this movement to share their research, insights, and dreams for the future.

The Venue: Judson Memorial Church is a national landmark historic building on the south side of Washington Square Park. It has a long history of championing progressive politics, social justice, free speech and the arts.

Plantando Consciência is honored to have one of it’s founding members, Sidarta Ribeiro, among the speakers of the 2012 edition.

About our speaker:
Sidarta Ribeiro has a PhD in Neurosciences and Animal Behavior at the Rockefeller University and a post-doctorate in Neurophysiology at Duke University. Currently, he is Full Professor of Neurosciences at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) and Director of the Brain Institute at UFRN (Brazil).

The complete list of speakers is as follows. You can check the abstracts and schedules at Horizons official website.

Matthew Baggot, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow in psychiatric genetics at the University of Chicago

Alex Belser, Fellow, New York University, Department of Applied Psychology

Amy Emerson, Director of Clinical Research, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies

Kevin Feeney, J.D., attorney, Editor and publisher of the Oregon Medical Marijuana Law Reporter

Charlie Grob, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the UCLA School of Medicine and the Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Roman Hanis, Director, Paititi Institute

James Kent, author of ‘Psychedelic Information Theory: Shamanism in the Age of Reason‘

Mariavittoria Mangini, Ph.D., FNP, family nurse midwife for twenty five years

Ralph Metzner, Ph.D., author, psychedelic pioneer, Professor Emeritus at California Institute of Integral Studies

Benny Shanon, Ph.D., Professor of psychology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Sidarta Ribeiro, Ph.D., neuroscience professor and director, Brain Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil