About
A forum for responsible, hopeful change
Rewire is the Global Forum on Psychedelics, Neuroplastogens and Innovative Mental Health. Its theme, Rewiring Hope, asks how new approaches to addiction, depression and trauma can move from research into care that is safe, fair and sustainable.
Purpose
Why Rewire
Research into psychedelics and neuroplastogens has grown quickly, and so has public attention. What is often missing is a careful, practical conversation about what responsible care would look like: who delivers it, how they are trained, how it is regulated and paid for, and how it respects the knowledge of traditional practitioners.
Rewire creates space for that conversation between people who rarely share a room, with an emphasis on clinical practice, workforce training, policy and sustainable funding.
Format
How the forum works
2
days in Kigali
30–31 March 2027, alongside the 7th Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit.
4
councils
Day 1 is an independent conference on clinical excellence and workforce training.
300
participants
Attendance is limited, so that every voice has room.
On the afternoon of the second day, a High-Level Africa Roundtable on funding a centre of excellence meets by invitation only. Sessions are not filmed or live-streamed.
Our principles
Hope, held to a high standard
Grounded in evidence
We distinguish clearly between emerging research and approved care, and we make no claims of a cure.
Safety and ethics first
Responsible practice, informed consent and the protection of participants come before speed or scale.
Respect for traditional knowledge
Ancestral and Indigenous practitioners take part as knowledge holders, on terms that honour their traditions.
Lived experience at the centre
People with lived experience are participants and contributors, not case studies.
Audience
Who takes part
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.
Convenor and organiser