Multimedia Activities

Presentations Given

As part of my research and public engagement activities, I have carried out talks to teams of doctors, other clinicians and health professionals, government and political representations, students and psychedelic enthusiasts from all over the world. Here is a selection of some of the talks I have given. They have mostly been in-person, but since Covid many have been remotely.

2006:

Bristol University Psychopharmacology Department – 2006.
Nottingham University Department of Psychiatry – June 2006
Somerset Partnership PGME – 2006

2007:

Somerset Partnership Substance Misuse Study Day – 2007
ECNP, Vienna – 2007
University College London Psychiatry Department – 2007
Bristol Science Cafe – 2007

2008:

Royal Free Hospital, Psychiatry Department – 2008
Nottingham University, Psychiatry Department – 2008
Somerset Partnership Post Graduate Medical Education – 2008
Derriford Hospital, Psychiatry Department, Plymouth – 2008

2009:

Taunton Association for Psychodynamics – 2009

2010:

Somerset Partnership Spirituality Forum – 2010
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies Conference, San Jose – 2010

2011:

Breaking Convention Conference (Chair) – 2011
Sunrise Festival – 2011
Somerset Partnership PGME – June 2011

2012:

October Gallery – February 2012
Sunrise Festival, June 2012
SAS Doctors Presentation, September 2012.
Open Conference – Amsterdam. October 2012.
Regeneration Festival, November 2012

2013:

SW CAMHS Consultants Presentation, March 2013
PGME Presentation, April 2013
MAPS Conference, Oakland, California. April 2013.
Sunrise Festival, Bruton, UK. May 2013
Breaking Convention: Psychedelica Britannica – July 2013
The Good Funeral Guide conference, Bournemouth, September 2013.
The Royal College of Psychiatrists (general adult) conference. Manchester, October 2013.

2014:

MRCPsych Teaching on Substance Misuse – Bristol, January 2014
Tobacco Café, Bristol, May 2014
Altered States of Consciousness Series, CEP, London, June 21st 2014
Weston Psychiatry Services, September 2014
MRCPsych Teaching on Cannabis and Legal Highs, Bath University Hospital – September 2014
Psychedelics and Drug Policy Debate – The Old Malt House, Bristol – November 2014
MDMA Training Meeting, Tyringham Hall, December 2014
British Neuroscience Association Christmas Lecture ‘ What Psychedelic Drugs Would Santa Take?’ – UCL, December 2014

2015:

Royal College Addictions Faculty Meeting – April 2015
North Somerset Pharmacists Teaching event – April 2015
Addaction Staff teaching – April 2015
Bristol UNiversity Medical Students – April 2015
Bristol Green Party Drug Policy Debate – May 2015
Breaking Convention, July 2015
Psychedelic Society of Bristol with David Nut – July 2015
Dual Diagnosis conference on Legal Highs – June 2015
ECNP, Amsterdam on Psychedelic Therapies for PTSD – Sept 2015
Mental Health staff on Legal Highs – Sept 2015
Thrive Conference in Guernsey – Oct 2015
CAMHS Royal College Group on Psychedelic Therapies – December 2015

2016:

Bristol MRCPsych Course of cannabis and psychedelics – Jan 2016
Bristol Medical Students on Addictions – Feb 2016
BMA House on Legal Highs – March 2016
Bristol Psychedelic Society at The Malt House – April 2016
Attendance at United Nations, New York, Global Drugs Meeting – April 2016
Exeter University Psychiatry Meeting – April 2016
Andy Roberts’ Acid Drops book launch, London – May 2016
TEDx talk, Bristol – June 2016
ICPR Conference, Amsterdam – June 2016
St. Andrew’s University, Scotland – Sept 2016
Beyond Psychedelics Conference, Prague, Czech Rep – Sept/Oct 2016
Bristol Psychedelic Society event, The Cube, Bristol – Nov 2016
Brighton Psychedelic Society, Brighton – Nov 2016

2017:

Bristol NPS and Cannabis Teaching – Jan 2017
UCL Psychedelic Society, London – Jan 2017
St. Leonard’s Hospital, Hoxton, London – Feb 2017
Maudsley Psychedelic Society, London – Feb 2017
Beckley-Imperial College Psychedelic Group, London – Feb 2017
Birmingham Psychedelic Society – Feb 2017
Ridiculousness Theatre Company tour, Manchester – March 2017
Psychedelic Science, Oakland, California, USA – April 2017
Bristol GP training on Addictions – May 2017
Cosmic Trigger (the play), London – May 2017
Glastonbury Festival – June 2017
Breaking Convention (President and chair) – August 2017
SSA Newcastle – September 2017
MAPS MDMA Training, Leiden – September 2017
EGA, Melbourne, Australia – December 2017

2018:

Stockholm Psychedelic Society, Sweden – 2018
Esalen Institute, California, USA – 2018
Beyond Psychedelics, Prague -2018
Finland Psychedelics Society, Helsinki – 2018
EPA, Nice, France – 2018
EU Parliament, Brussels, Belgium – 2018
Science Cafe, Bristol – 2018
Writers on Tour, Bristol and London – 2018
UWE, Bristol – 2018

2019:

Newcastle Psychedelic society – 2019
Hackney London Psychedelic Society – 2019
Greenwich Psychedelic Society – 2019
Brighton Psychedelic Society – 2019
Esalen Institute, California, USA – 2019
Breaking Convention, London -2019
Glasgow NAPICU, Scotland – 2019

2020:

AWP R&D conference – Feb 2020
Bath Analytic Network meeting – Feb 2020
CIIS presentation – Nov 2020
Calgary Catalyst Conference – April 2020
Bristol University Trainees presentation – Oct 2020
Bristol psychiatrists training – March 2020
Dosed Film Premiere Panel presentation – Jan 2020
Drug Science presentation – Oct 2020
Drug Science Podcast – April 2020
Fever Up talk Bristol (1) – Nov 2020
Fever Up talk Bristol (2) – Nov 2020
Fever Up talk Bristol – Oct 2020
Fever Up talk London – March 2020
ICPR and ISPPP Amsterdam – Sept 2020
MAPS Bronx VA presentation – July 2020
Melbourne Global Summit – Nov 2020
MRCPsych Teaching Bristol – -Jan 2020
Prohibition Partners conference – June 2020
Psychedelic Drug Developmental Consortium conference – Oct 2020
Royal College of Psychiatrists AGM – -June 2020
Talkbox Bristol – May 2020

2021:

Student Psychedelic Conference – Jan 2021
Drug Science Student Psychedelic meeting – Jan 2021
Bristol MRCHPsych Cannabis – Jan 2021
Drug Science ‘Medicating the Normal’ film screening panel – Jan 2021
York Psychedelic Society – Feb 2021
Bristol Academic Program – Feb 2021
Barts and London Presentation - Feb 2021
Royal College of Psychiatrists (Scotland) – March 2021
Guild of Health Writers – March 2021
MPFT – April 2021
Healthclub Podcast – April 2021
MMA Australia – April 2021
Clubhouse Panel – May 2021
Catlyst Conference – May 2021
TGA meeting in Australia – June 2021
New Heath Club Clubhouse – June 2021
MicroDose MDMA conference – June 2021
PsyTech Panel – July 2021
Psych Investor Summit – July 2022
Medicine Festival – Aug 2021
Psychiatry-UK AGM – Sept 2021
Francis Crick Plenary Lecture – Sept 2021
Exeter Pharmacology Unit – Sept 2021
Drug Science Away Day – Sept 2021
MMA Australia – Sept 2021
Australian Wome's Weekly - Sept 2021
Channel 4 podcast – Sept 2021
PsyTech Taxonomy of Ketamine – Oct 2021
Springfield Hospital Academic Program – October 2021
Psychedelic Frontiers – Oct 2021
Bristol Psychotherapy Association – Oct 2021
Being-Doing Podcast with Aleksandra - Oct 2021
MMA Australia – Nov 2021
Oslo Ketamine Training – Nov 2021
International Congress on Psychopharmacology – Turkey – November 2021
Miami Wonderland – Nov 2021
Monash University – Dec 2021

2022:

MRCPsych Teaching on Cannabis and Psychedelics for AWP - January 2022
Bristol GPs Awakn Training - Jan 2022
Network for Psychedelic Therapy and Medicine, Denmark - 4th Jan 2022
Medisonal Group - Psychedelics workshop - 25th Feb 2022
UCL Applications of Psychedelics Society - March 25th 2022
Oxford Ketamine Conference - E-Presentation - 5th April 2022
Bath University - 1st April 2022
Cardiff University Drug Science presentation - April 29th 2022
Toronto - May 2022
Medisonal Group - Cannabis Webinar - 4th May 2022
Oslo - May 2022
Prague - May 2022
Vermont – June 2022
South West psychiatrists - 1st June 2022
Seed Talks Bristol - 8th June 2022
Breaking Convention 1-day event - 2nd July 2022
Psychedelics Today - July 2022
Awakn Media Round Table - London - 14th July 2022
Medicine Festival - August 2022
Research Outreach Thought Leader Interview - August 2022
Noa Kaehner Investors meeting - London - 20th Sept 2022
Brussels Belgium - Sept 30th 2022
Essex (EEAF) - 16th September 2022
Psychedelic Therapy Global Summit - October 12th 2022
Horizons New York - October 2022
ALPS Conference Bern Switzerland - October 2022
CIIS Teaching - BIMA-MDMA addictions - 8th October 2022
British Transpersonal Association - November 2022
AWP Teaching on 16th November 2022
Awakn Evening Open Day - 14th December 2022

2023:

Square Club Bristol - 18th Jan 2023
MRCPsych Teaching on Cannabis and Psychedelics for AWP - January 2023
Iceland - January 2023
Bristol Seed Talks - January 19th 2023
SSDP - 9th Feb 2023
Miami - Cannadelics - February 2023
MGH Psychedelics Research Group - 28th Feb 2023
Downend GP Practice - 9th Feb 2023
Awakn London Open Day - Feb 2023
Wavepaths Presentation - 8th March 2023
EPA - 25th-28th March 2023
Bristol University Neural Dynamics Seminar in the Department of Engineering Mathematics - March 2023
Belgium TV interview - 2nd March 2023
Awakn Portugal Team Training - 30th March 2023
Bristol University Neuroscience Society - 27th April 2023
Breaking Convention - April 2023
CPAT Webinar - 27th April 2023
Ukraine Psychedelic Conf - 4th May 2023
Perth-PAX-Emyria Australia – May 2023
Neuroscience Society at Bristol University - 17th May 2023
LEAP - OEV Event - Queen Mary Uni - London - 10th May 2023
GTC Human Welfare Conference – Green Templeton College, Oxford - 15th May 2023
Drug Science Bristol University - The History and Mechanism of Actions of Psychedelic Therapies - 9th May 2023
Boston PRG - 14th May 2023
ASI - Royal Society of Chemistry in London - 5th May 2023
SEED Talk on MDMA and Ketamine - 14th June 2023
SEED talk in Plymouth - 12th June 2023
MAPS in Denver Colorado USA - June 19-25th 2023_
Essence Institute - Amsterdam - 28th June 2023
Bristol Psy Soc event at PRSC - June 6th 2023
BIPA in Birmingham - 10th June 2023
Desert Island Recovery - 12th July 2023
CPAT Webinar - 16th July 2023
Bristol Uni Medical ~Student teaching - 6th July 2023
ATMA Teaching pre-records - 16th August 2023_
West Midlands forensic PGME – Sept 2023
Vermont Psychedelic Society - September 2023
Oxford - Mint Creative Marketing Event - 1st September 2023_
Bristol Psych Soc - Ketamine - 27th Sept 2023
CPAT Webinar - 17th September 2023
Sydney and Melbourne Workshops - October and November 2023

Symposia and Conferences Organised:

As a doctor and researcher, attending conferences locally and internationally is part of the job. It is also a gteat pleasure to be involved in the curating and running of events. Here are a few below that I have been involved in.

Royal College of Psychiatrists Spirituality and Psychiatry Meeting – 2006. Organised, chaired and spoke.
Royal College of Psychiatrists Annual Conference, Liverpool – 2009. Chaired symposium.
Breaking Convention 2011. Organised and chaired. Kent, April 2011.
Regeneration Festival. Organised Symposia. London, November 2012.
Breaking Convention 2013. Organised and chaired. Greenwich, London, July 2013.
Breaking Convention 2015. Organised and chaired. Greenwich, London, July 2015.
Breaking Convention 2017. Organised and chaired. Greenwich, London, June 2017.

Podcasts, Internet, Newspaper, Magazine Articles and Podcasts

Today's multimedia world dictates that regular podcasts, media interviews, television appearances and webinars are essential for the dissemination of new ideas and events. Here are a few I have taken part in over the years.

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The Guardian – January 2006
The Independent newspaper – January 2006
Kathimari newspaper, Athens, Greece – March 2006
McGill Daily Newspaper (Canada) – April 2006
Seed Magazine NY – August 2006
West Country Gazette – February 2008
Men’s Health – February 2008
Sunday Times magazine – February 2008 & May 2008
The Daily Telegraph – October 2009
The Times – Spring 2011
The Guardian – September 2011
The Guardian – October 2011
Brazilian publication on MDMA Psychotherapy – October 2011
The Daily Mail – October 2011
The Huffington Post – October 2011
Esquire Magazine – July 2012
The Spectator – July 2012
Dutch magazine article – December 2012
Sunday Times interview – March 2013
Monolith Magazine – June 2013
Mail On Sunday – January 2014
Financial Times interview – November 2014
Dazed and Confused Magazine – June 2014
Inside the Rift podcast – March 2015
The Quietus – June 2015
Psychedelic Press – June 2015
Adventures Through the Mind Podcast – June 2015
Digg Online Magazine – January 2016
Chemical and Engineering News – March 2016
Positive News Magazine – April 2016
Volteface – June 2016
Volteface – July 2016
Psychedelic Parenting podcast – July 2016
Norwegian Article July 2016 – July 2016
Coffee From The Edge podcast – July 2016
Cosmicsmith Podcast – May 2017
The Guardian – July 2017
The Independent – July 2017
The Sun – July 2017
Elle Magazine – July 2017
Last Born in The Wilderness podcast – October 2017
Zach Leary interview for MAPS Podcast – October 2017
Psychedelics at the SSA podcast – November 2017
Drugsland press release – BBC TV – November 2017
Pharma Technology Focus interview – November 2017
Reddit AMA session – November 2017
Psychedelics Today podcast – February 2018
MDMA with Mum and Dad – The Third Wave – March 2018
Bristol Cable article on BIMA study – April 2018
Polish Podcast Video at EU Parliament – April 2018
Russia Today – May 2018
North Somerset Times – June 2018
Playboy – June 2018
Esalen Institute podcast – July 2018
Royal Pharmaceutical Society Journal – October 2018
All In The Mind, Radio 4 (my team, at least) – November 2018
Mind Manifest podcast – January 2019
Voices of Esalen Podcast – April 2019
Grow Street Journal podcast – March 2019
Face Magazine interview – June 2019
Daily Mail article – July 2019
Elemental online article – July 2019
The Rose of Paracelus readings – June 2019
Elemental online article – August 2019
Research Outreach magazine article – July 2020
Filter Magazine article – November 2020
Drug Science Podcast on BIMA study – December 2020
Psychedelic Renaissance (Martha’s) article on new Awakn clinic – December 2020
Royal College of Psychiatrists – Insight article – December 2020
West Dose article about psychedelic therapist training – January 2021
Naked Scientists podcast – July 2021
Hart to Heart podcast with Dr Mike Hart – August 2021
Being and Doing podcast – October 2021
Psychedelics Today – Podcast recorded in Miami – November 2021
Denmark Psychedelic Society talk – January 2022
The Times newspaper – February 2022
Benzinga Video Podcast – February 2022
Vice MDMA comedowns article – February 2022
LadBible MDMA comedowns article – February 2022
Dales Report Awakn alcoholism research article – Feb 2022
Psychedelic Investor podcast – February 2022
Daily Telegraph Awakn Ketamine Clinic article – April 2022
Bristol Cable – Awakn Ketamine clinic article – April 2022
Volteface Cannabis article – April 2022
Bristol Article about The Loop drug testing services – May 2022
Respekt (Prague, Czech Rep) article – May 2022
Mark Henick Lifeworks Living Well Podcast – May 2022
Face Magazine – Safe Snorting – June 2022
Lucid News – December 2022
Bristol Cable Podcast – January 2023
ALPS podcast – February 2023
Apple Podcast – March 2023
Psychedelics Anonymous video podcast – May 2023
Live Podcast – Mind Manifest “MDMA and Modern Medicine” – May 2023
BBC Website – News of Australia TGA directive – July 2023
Healing the Mind with Psychedelics – Dr. Ben Sessa’s Deep Dive into the Science and Soul of Altered Consciousness – Apple and Spotify – October 2023
Ketamine Webinar for Emyria / PAX centres in Perth, Australia – December 2023
Psychedelic Mom Podcast – February 2024

Videos and films from TV productions and Conferences

Various Videos of Conferences and Media Appearances In Relation to my research within The field of Psychedelic Medicine.