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Addiction
Substance use disorders touch families and communities everywhere. We ask what the research suggests, and what responsible care would require.
The Global Forum on Psychedelics, Neuroplastogens and Innovative Mental Health
Rewiring Hope
New approaches to addiction, depression and trauma
- 30–31 March 2027
- Kigali, Rwanda
- Limited to 300 participants
Held alongside the 7th Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit.
2 days
Four councils, one invitation-only roundtable and a protected space for honest dialogue.
Rewire brings together clinicians, researchers, traditional practitioners, policymakers, funders and people with lived experience to ask how emerging approaches might responsibly widen care for addiction, depression and trauma.
The focus is practical: clinical practice, workforce training, policy and sustainable funding. Psychedelic and neuroplastogen research is still emerging, and the forum treats it with the care and evidence it demands.
About the forumThe theme
Three conditions, one shared question
Where current options leave too many people behind, what would new approaches need to prove, and to whom?
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Depression
Including depression that does not respond to existing treatment, where clinical research into new approaches is most active.
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Trauma
From individual post-traumatic stress to the intergenerational and collective trauma that communities carry.
Programme
The forum at a glance
Two days in Kigali, shaped around practice, policy and the means to sustain both.
Preliminary programmeFull programme
Day 1 · 30 March 2027
Clinical excellence and workforce training
An independent conference on clinical practice and the training of a skilled workforce, organised around four councils. The day also includes medicine music, with contributors to be confirmed.
Open to registered participants
Day 2 · Morning · 31 March 2027
Policy, legal frameworks and reimbursement
A planned morning block on policy, legal frameworks and reimbursement. How this session connects with the 7th Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit will be published once confirmed by the organisers.
Details to be confirmed
Day 2 · Afternoon · 31 March 2027
High-Level Africa Roundtable
A discussion on funding a centre of excellence and securing long-term sustainability. The venue is shared privately with invited participants.
By invitation only
Day 1
Four councils
The independent conference on clinical excellence and workforce training is organised around four councils.
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Neurosciences and Ancestral Cosmology
Where the neuroscience of neuroplasticity meets ancestral understandings of mind, healing and meaning.
In the programmeII
The Craft of Administration and Sacred Containers
Safe, skilled practice: preparation, setting, facilitation and integration, and the training of those who hold the space.
In the programmeIII
Trauma, Epigenetics and Collective Integration
Individual and intergenerational trauma, what epigenetics suggests, and how healing can be supported at community level.
In the programmeIV
Sovereign Models and Legal Frontiers
Regulatory pathways, access models and the legal and ethical questions countries face as research advances.
In the programmeThe programme also includes medicine music, with contributors to be confirmed.
Who it is for
Many kinds of knowledge in one room
Clinicians and therapists
Psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses and therapists who deliver care and train others to do so.
Researchers
Neuroscientists, trial investigators and social scientists working on mental health and addiction.
Traditional practitioners
Holders of ancestral and Indigenous healing knowledge, and the communities they serve.
Policymakers and regulators
Ministries, regulators and legal experts shaping access, safety and reimbursement.
Funders
Foundations, development partners and investors committed to long-term, sustainable care.
People with lived experience
Those whose experience of addiction, depression or trauma should shape the care built for them.
The format
A protected space for honest conversation
No cameras, no live video
Sessions are not filmed or live-streamed, and recordings are not offered, so that people can speak openly.
Ideas without attribution
Kigali Dispatches shares the ideas that emerge from the forum without names or direct quotes.
Consent before publication
Any public material, including the Kigali Chronicles audio series, is released only with consent and editorial clearance.
After the forum
Kigali publications
Released only after editorial approval.
Written reports
Kigali Dispatches
Short reports that share the ideas emerging from the forum, without names or direct quotes.
Planned for after the forum
Audio series
Kigali Chronicles
A curated audio series, published only once each episode is cleared for release.
Planned for after the forum
Policy paper
Kigali Policy White Paper
Recommendations on policy, legal frameworks and financing, drawn from the forum's discussions.
Planned for after the forum
Good to know
Questions, answered
What registration includes, how the forum relates to the Summit, and how we protect open conversation.
How does Rewire relate to the Ministerial Summit?
Rewire is held alongside the 7th Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit in Kigali, with its own registration. Registering for Rewire does not include access to the Summit. Details of the Day 2 policy morning will be published once confirmed by the organisers.
Is this a treatment or medical event?
No. Rewire is a forum for professional and policy discussion, not a clinical service, and nothing on this site is medical advice. If you need support, please contact a qualified health professional or your local emergency services.
Does registering guarantee a place?
No. Registering tells us you would like to take part. The participation process, including public and invited routes, is being finalised, and your place is confirmed only when you receive a confirmation from the team.
RegisterWill sessions be recorded or live-streamed?
No. Sessions are not filmed or live-streamed, and recordings are not offered, so that people can speak openly.
Take part
300 places. One conversation.
Register now and we will contact you with the next steps.