International Conference on Addiction Medicine, Mental Health and Psychiatry 2027

Sam Vaknin (http://samvak.tripod.com/mediakit.html) is the author of Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited as well as many other books and e-books about topics in psychology, relationships, philosophy, economics, international affairs, and award-winning short fiction. He is a Professor of Clinical Psychology and Management Studies in CIAPS (Commonwealth of International Advanced Professional Studies), Cambridge and Birmingham, UK; Ontario, Canada; Lagos, Nigeria; a Visiting Professor of Psychology and Economics in South East European University (SEEU); and a former Visiting Professor of Psychology, Southern Federal University, Rostov-On-Don, Russia. He was the Editor-in-Chief of Global Politician and served as a columnist for Central Europe Review, Pop Matters, eBook Web, and Bella online, and as a United Press International (UPI) Senior Business Correspondent. He was the editor of mental health and Central East Europe categories in The Open Directory and Suite101. His YouTube channels garnered 100,000,000 views and 450,000 subscribers.

Dr. Meera Vaswani is a Tenured Professor and Director of the WHO Collaborative National Drug Dependence Treatment Center at All India Institute of Medical Sciences. She holds a PhD from University of Delhi and completed postdoctoral training at AIIMS. Dr. Vaswani received prestigious awards from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, chaired Addiction sessions at American Psychiatric Association meetings (2002–2012), and was awarded a UN Fellowship at the University of Glasgow. She is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and Member of the National Academy of Medical Sciences. She has been invited to publish chapters on addiction for “Elsevier Publications”; in “International Series of Addiction” Praeger Publications, USA"; in "Advances in Psychology “Nova Science Publishers’, Inc. USA". in "Genomics and Health in the Developing World” Oxford Publishers" ; in "Substance Use Disorder, Indian Publishers"

Dr. Jaime Sebastián is PhD in psychology, Msc. In psychology, Msc. In systemic psychotherapy. He was head of the research and postgraduate division, actually Dean of psychology faculty in the University of San Luis Potosí. He has 19 years as psychotherapist and has written more than 30 papers, four books and 10 books chapters.

Dr. Michael Conforti is a Jungian analyst and the Founder and Director of the Assisi Institute. He is a faculty member at the C.G. Jung Institute of Boston, and New York, and for many years served as a Senior Associate faculty member in the Doctoral and Master's Programs in Clinical Psychology at Antioch New England. A pioneer in the fi eld of matter-psyche studies, Dr. Conforti is actively investigating the workings of archetypal fi elds and the relationship between Jungian psychology and the New Sciences. He has presented his work to a wide range of national and international audiences, including the C.G. Jung Institute - Zurich and Jungian organizations in; Australia, Austria, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, Greece, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Romania, Russia, South Africa, the Ukraine and Venezuela. He is the author of Threshold Experiences: The Archetype of Beginnings (2007) and Field, Form and Fate: Patterns in Mind, Nature and Psyche (2002). His articles have appeared in Psychological Perspectives, The San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal, Roundtable Press, World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution, and Spring Journal. His books have been translated into Italian, Russian, and Spanish. Dr. Conforti maintains a private practice in Mystic, CT and consults with individuals and corporations around the world. He provides his insights as a sought-after consultant to businesses, government institutions, and the fi lm industry. He was selected by The Club of Budapest and the University of Potsdam to be part of a 20member international team of physicists, biologists, and dynamical systems theorists to examine the role and infl uence of informational fi elds. He is a recipient of the Vision Award presented by the Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis.

Psychologist and specialist in clinical psychology, he is co-director of ALECES, Institute of Integrative Trauma Psychotherapy with 40 years of experience. He is an international trainer, current president of the Iberian Association of Brainspotting and Founder of the Ibero-American Association of Psychotrauma (AIBAPT). Is an international trainer, lecturer and author of the 5 books: Beyond the Self: Healing Emotinal Trauma and Brainspotting 2016, 2022), Who Am I? from dissociation to integration, (2022), and The Two Faces of Nina (2024), Our Internal Citadel (2025) and co-author of the book The Power of Brainspotting (2018).

Stephanie Leopold, MSN, CRNA, APRN, is a nurse anesthesiologist with more than 20 years of clinical experience spanning critical care, anesthesia, and perioperative medicine. She is the co-founder of KNEW Integrative Health and CANOE Health Alliance, where her work focuses on addiction recovery, trauma-informed care, nervous system regulation, and emerging therapeutic approaches. Stephanie has served in multiple leadership roles throughout her career, including Chief CRNA, entrepreneur, and healthcare executive. She currently serves on the Government Relations Committee for the Colorado Association of Nurse Anesthesiologists and is a national and international speaker on addiction medicine, trauma neurobiology, provider well-being, and innovative approaches to behavioral health.