Schedule
Conference Program
June 22 - Presenting to the world and arrival and Libreville
While we formally present the project to the world, this day is for you to arrive in Libreville.
June 23 - Opening ceremony
Spirituality, Tradition, and Societal Health
- Opening
- 9:00 am
- 12:00 pm
Official Opening Ceremony
Opening of the Summit by the President of Gabon, the President of the Organizing Committee (Moughenda Village), and the Bwiti leaders. Presentation of the general objectives.
Introduction to Bwiti and the sacred plant (Iboga).
Artistic performance by a Bwiti group.
June 24 - Origins and Applications of Iboga and Ibogaine
Spirituality, Tradition, and Societal Health
- Panel
- 9:00 am
- 10:30 am
Iboga for Healing and Spiritual Exploration
This panel explores the spiritual dimension of Iboga: its role in Bwiti, the non-material processes of healing, and the inner transformation it enables. It highlights the ancestral understanding of Iboga as a tool for awakening, truth, and energetic balance — and questions its place in a modern world searching for meaning.
- Break
- 10:30 am
- 11:00 am
Break
- Break
- 12:00 pm
- 2:00 pm
Lunch break
- Break
- 3:30 pm
- 4:00 pm
Break
- Workshop
- 4:00 pm
- 6:00 pm
First workshop
Details forthcoming
June 25 - Bwiti, Ethics, and Biomedical Research
- Workshop
- 10:45 am
- 12:00 pm
Second Workshop
Details forthcoming
- Break
- 12:00 pm
- 2:00 pm
Lunch Break
- Panel
- 2:00 pm
- 3:30 pm
First panel
Details forthcoming
- Panel
- 2:00 pm
- 3:30 pm
Second panel
Details forthcoming
- Break
- 3:30 pm
- 4:00 pm
Break
- Workshop
- 4:00 pm
- 6:00 pm
Third Workshop
Details forthcoming
June 26 - Inaugurations and Gala
Celebrate the meeting of science and tradition
June 27 - Cultural Immersion
A full-day immersive visit to a traditional Bwiti centre of practice.
- Field trip
- 9:00 am
- 6:00 pm
Visit of Moughenda Village, Moyen-Ogooué
You will be introduced to the sites, rituals, symbols, ancestral knowledge, and the community dynamics surrounding Iboga at Bwiti House. An essential experience for understanding Bwiti in practice and place.
June 28 - Return and Reflect
Informal wrap-up circle and closing gathering
- Closing
- 10:00 am
- 12:00 pm
Return to Libreville
Travel back and informal closing.