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Program

                                                                  Agenda for the  Private Public Sector Roundtable

                                                                        Corporate Luncheon (Presidential Hall Main Floor)

        Thursday 11th, 2025 Evening Cocktail 

Friday, December 12th, 2025

 

New York Academy of Medicine

103rd St & 5th Avenue, New York City

GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH SUMMIT FOR THE AMERICAN IBOGAINE INITIATIVE: A BIPARTISAN IBOGAINE RESEARCH BILL JANUARY 2026 - SIGN THE PETITION

Global Mental Health Summit Agenda  

Title: The American Ibogaine Initiative: A Bipartisan Call to Healing “Ibogaine Research Act”
Dates: December 12th, 2025 
Venue: The New York Academy of Medicine  103rd St & 5th Ave, NYC., New York 


Hosted by: Knowledge Recovery Foundation Institute (KRFI) in Private Public Sector Partnership with the Global Mental Health Security Fund


The program will feature a Mental Health Policy & Science Roundtable on Thursday, December 12th, 2025

evening launched with Corporate cocktail at 6 PM in the 1st Floor Presidential Hall of New York Academy of Medicine.


Speakers invited are Governor Kathy Hochul, Commissioner Chianzo Cummingham of OASAS, Bryan Hubbard, Director of Americans for Ibogaine, James Hunt, Former DEA chief (TBA), and other UN Missions and Ambassadors for the Ibogaine PPP ABS-IP with UNCED agreements.

A Turning Point in Ibogaine Addiction Research and Global Mental Health Policy

The American Ibogaine initiative represents a bipartisan ibogain research bill breakthrough in U.S. mental health policy, connecting New York State and Texas, and US based opioid abatement legislation and advocacy through a unified clinical research consortium and with Private Public Sector Partnership for Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) framework for sustainable ibogaine production in West Africa, Gabon, Ghana, Cameroon, DRC, and in the Amreicas such as Costa Rica, Brazil, and others tropical nations for forever forest biodiversity program..


The KRFI’s Questors Contract Research Organization (CRO) and Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS) platform, support the FDA Investigational New Drug (IND) application for ibogaine and Psychedelics to accelerate cross-border data integration for clinical, regulatory compliance, tracibility for the mental health products.. The Knowledge Recovery Foundation/ Institute (KRFI), is a  Public Benefit Corporation, a 501(c)(3) not for profit research and clinical development organization. 

 

The American Ibogaine Initiative: A Bipartisan support to NYS Ibogaine Research Bill requires your support for Governor Hochul's sign off during the January General Senate Assembly in NYS, Albany.  We request your Ibogaine testimonials for the Assembly bill.  KRFI Questors Online Hybrid Global Mental Health Summit for Global Drug Policy Coalition for Global Mental Health Summit.   

 

In May, 2026,  KRFI Questors Gala Award Dinner Benefit Event for the Ibogaine Clinical Trial is now planned at the New York Academy of Medicine.

 

On December 11–12th, 2025, The December 12th event will address the American Ibogaine initiatives introduces the Global Mental Health Security Fund’s by the Private Public Sector Partnership for matching fund development for the opioid FDA Clinical Trial Grant funding.

The fund aims to support the OASAS Commission and Governor Hochul for signing of the NYS Bipartisan Ibogaine Research Bill, a grant to support the nation’s first-ever consortium for FDA clinical trial for ibogaine treatment for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) / Substance Use Disorder, TBI, and other conditions like Parkinson's Diseases.    


This historic Ibogaine research bill initiative unites state leadership, federal regulators, scientific researchers, and global public–private partners to advance safe, ethical, and science-based clinical access to ibogaine, a plant-derived compound showing potential to transform addiction treatment and mental health care.  

 Live Online Broadcast Summit Program
December 12th, Friday Hall 20 2nd Floor

Opening Remarks and Keynote Speaker ​

  • ​8:00 AM Private Public Sector Corporate Breakfast at Presidential Hall, 1st Floor, Global Mental Health Security Partnership investment meeting​

  • 9:00-10:30 AM  Moderated by W. Bryan Hubbard, Americans for Ibogaine, Global Mental Health Security Fund and Ibogaine Consortium (TBA)  by a Private Public Sector Partnership in Ibogaine Clinical Research in NYS Ibogaine Research Bill and States action plan of the TX, AZ, OH, CO, and, USA.  

  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM RT Panel Moderated by MyungHi S. Lee.  Keynote speaker on policy view with NYS initiatives invited guests such as NYS Commissioner Sullivan, of Mental Health (TBA),  an exploration on the NYS Ibogaine Research Bill lead by Natalie Rodriguez(D), Jacob Ashby (R),  NYS Senate Bipartisan Bill leaders on Mental Health and Health Equity for Addiction are amongst the invitees. 

Live Online Broadcast Afternoon Event Highlights

Lunch on Main Floor Reception Hall (Presidential Hall 1st Floor) 12:00 noon  5th Floor 

  • 1:00–2:30 PM: ​Roundtable on "Health Equity and Human Rights in State-operated PPP for Ibogaine for Veterans and Indigenous Tribal Access. Moderated by Margret Luge, Director of KRFI.  Speakers: Access for Benefit Sharing for Biodiversity and Carbon Credit Technologies for the PPP for Indigenous Entheogen Agricultural Programs and Biodiversity & Carbon Credit protocols for US and Emerging Market Private Public Sector Partnerships.  Alice Hoot JD (TBA) NYS, Psilocybin bill, Chacuna Indigenous rights, and KRFI Ibogaine IP shareholding for PPP for Tropical Nations emerging role of Ibogaine ABS-IP for the Private Public Sector Partnership in-country coordinating mechanism for partnership. Central America: Costa Rica and KRIBB Extractive Library and the ABS-IP for Genomics and Chemical Library Data Silos for ABS-IP registrations.

  • 2:30 - 4:30 PM: Moderated by  Ken Alpert M.D (TBA)  A Global alliance on FDA/MHRA/EMEA/ANIVSA registered Clinical Trial Reporting and collaboration for ABS-IP, DSCS Hyperledger, as a vision of dashboard for NYS OASAS Ibogaine Research Bill.   a vision of a national Ibogaine Clincal Trial for Clinical Research Alliance Atai in the UK, MHRA for Ibogaine, CU Medical School with IboOxy, ”A synthetic “safer ibogaine analog”, Gilgamesh/Abbie (TBA),  and current, ANIVSA (AUD) Phytostan Brazil, and Delix, Atai, UCLA on Synthetic Ibogaine on the national clinical trial alliance and reporting.

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“Addressing addiction requires both courage and innovation. The Ibogaine Initiative unites justice reform and medical science under one shared goal: saving lives.”

MyungHi Sonserai Lee

Sponsorship and Attendance


Individual Tickets: $250 individual members, $500 Partnering members, $2,500 Corporate members;


All contributions are tax-deductible and support the KRFI “Ibogaine Research Act” in Consortium successes of the KRFI Questors FDA Clinical Trial Initiative and the Global Mental Health Security Fund.

RSVP by December 10, 2025
📧 events@krfi.org/Register 🌐 www.krfi.org/donate

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“Nations that conscript policies of guns and drugs as personal protection weaponize their own youth. The war against addiction begins with peace in the human mind.”

MyungHi Sonserai Lee

Founder, Knowledge Recovery Foundation/Institute

About the Knowledge Recovery Institute (KRFI)

The Knowledge Recovery Institute (KRFI) is a 501c3 nonprofit scientific organization dedicated to advancing Drug Policy and Drug Research for neglected diseases, including Ibogaine and psychedelic medicine, and in bringing indigenous knowledge of natural products through FDA-regulated clinical research.  KRFI’s Questors: AI-driven hyperledger-based clinical trial management,  Hyperledger and Tokination of Data Silos for the Biodiversity and Carbon credit-driven protocols, in the private-public partnerships for the Global Mental Health Task Force. KRFI serves as the Contract Research Organization (CRO) for the American Ibogaine Initiative, with Global Ibogaine Therapeutics Alliance through Original Manhattan Project, developing ethical access, supply chain transparency, and clinical validation of ibogaine-based therapies.

About the Global Mental Health Security Fund (GMHSF)

The Global Mental Health Security Fund mobilizes philanthropic and public-sector investment into scalable, data-driven solutions for addiction, trauma, and mental health innovations and technologies. Through matching funds and impact infrastructure, GMHSF supports clinical trials, global regulatory alignment, and biodiversity-driven ABS/IP security and Drug Supply Chain Security Hyperledger.

Media Contact

Press Inquiries:
📩 media@krfi.org | 📞 (212) 722 3960
Press Kit: www.krfi.org/press
Event Media Access Request: www.krfi.org/ibogaineinitiative

Honorary Chairman
George Soros, OSF Chairman/Alex Soros, OSFPresident
Attorney General Leticia James
James Hunt, Former DEA Chief

KRFI NYS Mental Health Security Task Force: Ibogaine Research Act Committee 

Brian Kolodny, JP Morgan Chase
Andrew Romero, Managing Director, Global Mental Health Security Fund
Terrance Keeley, ESG Evaluation Lab

Drug Policy and Ibogaine Research Act Tx, Az, OH, NYS

Brian Hubbard, JD, Americans for Ibogaine.org

MyungHI Sonserai Lee DAOM, KRFI Questors for Ibogaine ABS-IP

Alison Hoot JD, Chacuna for Indigenous ABS-IIP 

Lisa Gora, JD, NJ Psilocybin Bill Legislature 

Margret Luge, KRFI Biodiversity and Carbon Offset Fund Director

Andrew Romero MBA., Global Mental Health Security Fund

Program Committee Officers:

Petition Director  Marcelo Maia 

Media Director: Paul Sladkus, press@krfi.org

Andrew Romero, Investment Relations Outreach 

Media Presenter: Aron Ranen

Global Ibogaine for Research Act: A Consortium for Private Public Sector Partnership
American for Ibogaine
Knowledge Recovery Institute
Global Ibogaine Therapist Alliance (GITA) - NYS
Association for Prescriptive Psychedelics

Open Society Foundation

Corporate Partners
Psychedelic initiative
Psychedelic Association
American Botanical Association


In partnership with 

CASA-Columiba
NYS HHS

NYS Commission for Human Rights,

NYS Commission for OASAS, 
UNCBD, WHO, UNEP 

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