Psychedelics as Medicine Conference summary.
The Goal:
The conference aims to support the development of the new & promising field of psychedelic therapy & medicine. The main goal is to gather some of the most interesting and important psychedelic researchers, therapists, & thought leaders from around the world to have a discussion on the past, present, and future of Psychedelic therapy and medicine.
Critical Perspectives:
Our view is to approach psychedelics as responsible stewards & a big part of that is addressing the biases & blind spots in psychedelics research & encouraging reflective engagement.
Speakers & attendees contribute to a constructive discussion that considers ethical standards & research practices regarding psychedelic science.
Focus Areas:
Research practices (the important work before & after the dosage sessions) & constructive discourse.
The future of Psychedelics, innovative research, production & medicalization. Neuroscience, consciousness research & research funding.
Set & setting, microdosing & Psychedelic verifications for professionals.
“Our role as responsible facilitators is to end the hype and amplify the research. So that psychedelics can be adapted into our health care systems slowly, carefully, and in calculated steps by researchers and professionals.”
About the Eden Foundation.
The Eden Foundation is an organization that aims to support and amplify the voice of passionate researchers & other professionals in the field of psychedelic science. We do that by sponsoring medical professionals seeking more education in Psychedelic science and offering financial assistance to psychedelic researchers.
The foundations' main goal is to approach psychedelics as responsible facilitators, to address the biases and blind spots in psychedelic research, and contribute to a constructive discussion that considers all ethical standards and research practices regarding psychedelic science.
We aim to achieve our goals by supporting the professionals and helping them educate the general public.
The Eden Foundation was founded in January 2022 and operates from Reykjavík, Iceland. With the long-term vision of legalizing psychedelic drugs in the research and medical environment, slowly and carefully, with scientists and professionals leading the conversation. The Eden Foundation is organizing the first-ever psychedelic conference in Iceland, to be held in January of 2023, and is working on a publication regarding the scientific psychedelic renaissance happening all over the world.
Eden Foundation was founded by Sara María Júlídóttir - A psychotherapy student and is managed by Guðfinna Hugrún Grundfjörð, Lovísa Einarsdóttir, and Silja Björk Björnsdóttir. Eden Foundation is in the midst of creating an advisory board in cooperation with the Danish Psychedelics Association and other Nordic Professionals to help in the development of psychedelic therapy and medicine in the Nordic countries.
Applications for research grants will be available again in February 2023.
For further questions please contact us.
What’s coming up for the Eden Foundation
January 2023 - first-ever psychedelic conference in Iceland.
February 2023 - new psychedelic publication in cooperation with some of the front-liners of psychedelic research.
2023 - The Eden fund - Applications
available for research grants. - Will become available after the conference.
2023 - Online community of like-minded researchers & scientists working in psychedelics.
2023 - Online databank of research papers - ongoing research and other scientific information from the psychedelic research community.
2023 - Regular meet-ups online and offline.
