Puerto Rico Psychedelic Summit 2026
Description
🌿 Puerto Rico Psychedelic Summit 2026
Where science, medicine, and policy meet to shape the future of mental health.
🗓 Friday, August 21, 2026 — Ibogaine for Puerto Rico
🕐 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM
🗓 Saturday, August 22, 2026 — Psychedelic Medicine Fundamentals
🕘 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
📍 Hilton Garden Inn, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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About the Summit
The Puerto Rico Psychedelic Summit 2026 is a two-day convening hosted by the Pravan Foundation, dedicated to advancing the future of mental health through psychedelic-assisted therapies, scientific innovation, and responsible systems of care in Puerto Rico. Across two days, the world's leading clinicians, researchers, and policy voices gather on the island to move the conversation from possibility to practice.
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Summit 2026 Speaker Line-up
Rick Doblin, Ph.D. — Founded MAPS in 1986 and spent four decades dragging psychedelic medicine out of the underground and into the FDA.
Jonathan Dickinson — CEO of Ambio and the man who literally wrote the world's first ibogaine safety guidelines.
Trevor Millar — Co-founder of Ambio, the global leader in ibogaine treatment, and former Chair of MAPS Canada. He’s been building this field for over a decade.
Dr. Martín Polanco — Has treated over 1,300 special operators with ibogaine — and up to 80% walked away no longer meeting the criteria for PTSD.
Dr. Joe Tafur — An integrative physician who trained as an Ayahuasquero in the Peruvian Amazon and came back to prove that spirit belongs in medicine.
Dr. Karen Martínez — Chair of Psychiatry at the University of Puerto Rico, and the island's foremost authority on fear, anxiety, and trauma.
Dr. Richard Harris — The UC Irvine scientist using brain imaging to show exactly how psychedelics rewire chronic pain.
Dr. Kirsten Cherian — A Stanford neuropsychologist measuring what these medicines actually do to the brain — and what they leave behind.
Dr. Paulina Rullán — Co-founder of Sattva Clinic. Leading Puerto Rico's first randomized clinical trial of esketamine for treatment-resistant depression.
Dr. Tania Rivera — Co-founder of Pravan, rebuilding Puerto Rican healthcare around prevention, wellness, longevity, and health optimization.
Lia Mix, MFT — The therapist quietly building the healthcare infrastructure that will make psychedelic therapy accessible to millions.
Raúl Reichard, Esq. — The Harvard-trained attorney drafting the legal playbook that could make Puerto Rico the epicenter of ibogaine in America.
Sean T. McAllister, Esq. — He wrote the law that legalized four psychedelics in Colorado. Now he's coming here.
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Summit Program
🔥 Friday — Ibogaine for Puerto Rico
A first-of-its-kind gathering on the science, promise, and responsible future of one of the world's most powerful medicines — and Puerto Rico's moment to lead.
Ibogaine is one of the most talked-about and least understood medicines in the world today. For people living with PTSD, treatment-resistant depression, traumatic brain injury, and opioid dependence — including the nearly 66,000 veterans who call Puerto Rico home — early research points to meaningful, lasting relief from a single, medically supervised treatment.
This new half-day track brings together a mix of global experts and local pioneers for keynotes, panels, and candid discussion on what ibogaine is, what the science shows, and why a 2026 federal Executive Order naming ibogaine has opened a once-in-a-generation window. With unique legal authority and the Ibogaine Initiative Puerto Rico already underway, the island is positioned to build one of the first responsibly governed, medically supervised ibogaine pathways in the United States. Every session centers on safety, ethics, and responsible implementation.
You'll leave understanding:
- What ibogaine is and the conditions it may help
- The current state of the science, the benefits, and the safety standards behind it
- The federal and local policy landscape and what just changed
- The concrete next steps for a governed ibogaine pathway in Puerto Rico
Who it's for: government and public-health leaders, policymakers, clinicians, researchers, veterans advocates, funders, and anyone invested in the future of mental health care in Puerto Rico
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🧠 Saturday — Psychedelic Medicine Fundamentals
One day. From integrative psychiatry to Psychedelic healing. The deepest education in psychedelic medicine ever offered in Puerto Rico.
Psychedelic medicine is moving from the margins to the center of mental healthcare and understanding it well has never mattered more. This full-day track brings global experts on MDMA, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, ibogaine, psilocybin, and ayahuasca to San Juan for a rigorous, accessible journey through each medicine: its origins and cultural roots, the science and research behind it, and how it's being applied in clinical practice today.
Through keynotes, panels, and open discussion, you'll trace each medicine from its traditional and Indigenous lineages to the modern clinical trials reshaping psychiatry and come away with a grounded, evidence-based understanding of where this field is headed and what it means for practitioners in Puerto Rico.
You'll explore:
- The origins and cultural background of each medicine, honoring the traditions behind the science
- The latest research and clinical evidence, explained by the people conducting it
- Real-world clinical applications: who these therapies help, how they work, and what safe practice requires
- Where the field goes next and how Puerto Rico's clinical community can take part
Who it's for: licensed clinicians, mental health professionals, nurses, psychologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, and coaches ready to build a serious foundation in psychedelic medicine and connect with the people shaping its future.
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🎟️ 200 tickets available per day to preserve intimacy, depth, and networking.
Choose your admission: Friday, Saturday, or the Full Weekend Package.
Every ticket includes:
- Networking breaks with food and beverage
- A closing gathering and cocktail
Seats are limited and intentionally so. Reserve yours before they're gone.
*All sales are final and non refundable.