DAY 1

Registration & Breakfast
Welcome breakfast and networking

Plenary: Opening Address & Keynotes

• Shawn Lesser, Founder of The REAL Mental Health Foundation 

Keynote Addresses
The REAL Mental Health Foundation & A New Groundbreaking Mental Health Fund
- Heather Kelly, Executive Director, The REAL
- Ryan Dermody, Ambassador, The REAL Mental Health Foundation

REAL Talks with REAL People

Moderated by: Petra Velzeboer, CEO, PVL Learning & Development & Author; 

Speakers: Phillip Mossop, Chief Product Officer, Pentatonic; Gian Power, Founder TLC Lions; Amie Leighton, co-Founder Allia Health; Lorenzo Rizzi, Head of Counterparty Risks at Lloyds Banking Group

Coffee & Networking Break

Activate: Move, Breathe, Focus with Sarah Hunt from Conference Wellness

Panel: A Spotlight on UK & European Insurers, Life Sciences & Health Systems: A Systemic Lens on Mental Health

Moderated by: Pascal Joncour, Partner, Convergence Partners 

Speakers: Danny Bosch, Director of Business Development, South London & Maudsley Foundation Trust;  Iluminada Corripio Collado, Director of Innovation and Strategy for Territorial Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu; Victor Barzey, Product Lead Digital Healthcare, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company Europe; Jeroen Meijers, Head of Ventures, NN Group

Workshop: The Power of Self-Care -  by Alison Ritchie, Corporate Nutritionist & Wellbeing Expert, Super Wellness

Panel - How Family Offices Can Drive Systemic Change in Mental Health 

Moderator: Julia Balandina Jaquier, Founder & CEO, JBJ Consult & CIO Tara Family Office 

Speakers: Astrid Leyssens, Founder, We Are Impact Collective (WAIC); Antonis Schwarz, Founder, Good Move Initiatives

Workshop: How Nature Can Guide Us to Become More Resilient Leaders - facilitated by Andres Roberts, The Bio-Leadership Project

Networking Lunch

Panel - Scaling Change: The Role of Institutional Investors in Mental Health

Moderated by: Danish Munir, Founding Partner, Grey Matter Capital

Speakers: Amy Browne, Deputy Head of Sustainability, CCLA Investment Group; Ibramin Khan, Co-founder of Cur8 Capital & IFG; Emmanuel Boujon, Founder & Managing Partner, DAPM SA

REAL Roundtables: Real Conversations, Shared Insight

Pitches - Shlomi Raz, Partner, Negev Labs;  Dr. Fin Williams, co-Founder & CEO, MindPsy;  Alexandra Prieux, CEO, Alcediag

 Panel - Catalyzing Mental & Brain Health Innovation Through the VC Lens 

Moderator: Greg Kubin, General Partner, PsyMed Ventures & Host, The Business Trip Podcast

Speakers:; Daniel Koppelkamm, Managing Partner, Convergence Partners, Sabine Flechet, Partner, Masawa Fund: Charlie Finnie, Managing Partner, Awareness Capital & EFW Partners

Workshop: Mental Fitness for Entrepreneurs - the 3 Core Muscles to Work on Everyday - facilitated by Ravi Rai, Four Points Impact

Keynote - Spotlight on the Global Mental Health Financing Landscape Elisha London, CEO Prospira Global

Closing Remarks - MC & Shawn Lesser

Evening Networking Reception: Hosted by the Global Mental Health Taskforce & Clinicom

DAY 2

REAL Walk in Regents Park

Registration & Breakfast Welcome breakfast and networking session

Keynote Address: Poonacha Machaiah, CEO, The Chopra Institute & Cyperhuman.ai

Fireside Chat: From Seed to Scale to Exit - The Mental Health Founder’s Journey 

Moderated by: Shivan Bhavnani, Partner, evio.VC

Speakers: Christian Angermayer, Founder, Aperion Investment Group; Thomas Mechtersheimer, Founder & CEO, Neurocare Group AG

Panel Discussion -  Breaking Barriers in Mental Health Funding: From Research and Innovation to Widescale Adoption 

Moderated by Jules Chappell, CEO Kokoro 

Speakers: Miranda Wolpert, Director The Wellcome Trust; Pooja Sikka, General Partner, Meridian Health Ventures; Isaac Middleman, Accelerator Director, Strategic Fundraising, EIT Health; Josh Chauvin, Venture Chair (UK), Redesign Health

Panel - Rethinking Mental Health Support for Veterans 

Moderator: Daniel Page, Principle of Cornerman

Speakers: Ryan Dermody, Member at Veteran Mental Health Advisory Committee (Canada), Former Officer in Royal Navy; Dr. Michelle Tempest (MD), Brain & Mental Health Angel Investor ; Richard Roberts, CEO & Founder of Mitmark Group, Former Officer in Royal Forces

Coffee & Networking Break

Special Guest, Expert on Increasing Energy & Performance - Scott Robinson, Director, Deutsche Bank, aka, The Yogi Banker

Panel - Building a "European Mental Health Union": Envisioning a Roadmap for More Effective Cross-Border Integration 

Moderated by: Frédéric Destrebecq, Executive Director, The European Brain Council

Speakers: Katherine Ossenkopp, Country Manager, Germany, Future4Care; Willem Schüngel, Insurer Nationale Nederlanden; Isaac Middleman, Accelerator Director, Strategic Fundraising, EIT Health

 Panel - Fueling Investment: Making the Case for Investing in Psychedelics

Moderated by: Josh Hardman, Psychedelic Alpha

Speakers: Steve Jurvetson; Kabir Nath, CEO, Compass Pathways; Lyndsey Hoover, co-Founder & Managing Partner, JLS Fund; Genevieve Jurvetson, Jurvetson Foundation

Lunch & Networking Break

Panel - Innovate to Elevate: Shaping the Future of Global Youth Mental Health

Moderated by: Gaia Brignone, Head of Community & Communications, Kokoro 

Speakers: Dr. Marcia Brophy, Global Mental Health & Innovation Specialist, UNICEF; Jo Goodall, co-Founder Luna app; Dr. Anna Moore, Asst Professor in Child Psychology, Univ of Cambridge; Tanya Marwaha, Youth Ambassador, Beyond Youth Mental Health Charity

Panel - Fueling Impact: What's Needed to Build Healthcare System Readiness with Psychedelics Across Europe

Moderated by: Professor David Nutt, Imperial College London

Speakers: Tais Poda, PhD, Founder, Ukrainian Psychedelic Research Association; Tom McDonald, Founder, Clerkenwell Health; Dr. Henrik Jungaberle, Exec Director, MIND Foundation; Tadeusz Hawrot, Founder, PAREA

Panel - How Digital Mental Health & AI are Shaping the Future of Care

Moderated by: Aahuti Rai, NED & Advisor, Healthcare Innovation
Four Points Health

Speakers: Stefano Goria, co-Founder & CTO, Thymia; Jason Shaplen, co-Founder, Hyka; Dr. Andy Blackwell, Chief Science & Strategy Officer, Ieso Digital Health

Neurotech Innovation: Unlocking the Brain’s Healing Potential

Moderated by: Daniel Koppelkamm, Convergence Partners

Speakers: Caitlyn Baltzer, co-Founder & CEO, Myndspan; Laszlo Bax, co-Founder & CEO, Braingaze; Emanuela Kufel, co-Founder, Prosoma; Thomas Mechtesheimer, Founder, Neurocare

Panel - Digital Integrity by Design: Reclaiming Mental Health in the Age of AI & Social Media 

Moderated by: Sabine Flechet, co-Founding Partner, Masawa

Speakers: Tessa Adams, co-Founder & CEO, Everle; Kendal Parmer, CEO, Untapped AI;  Michal Wroczynski, CEO, Samurai Labs; Iliana Grosse-Buening, co-Founder & CEO, Deeply Human Innovation

Panel - Neuroscience of the Gut: Unraveling the Gut-Brain-Mental Health Connection

Moderated by: Jennifer Carr, Journalist & Founder, Mind & Plate 

Speakers: Guillaume Blivet, Chief Innovation Officer, RegenLife; Alessandra Ginsburg-Lechien, MCO, FNLP, Integrative Nutritionist, Holon.life

Panel - Making Mental Health Investable: Building the Framework for Scalable Capital 

Moderated by: Julie Rubenstein, Venture Investment Manager, Better Society Capital 

Speakers: Elisha London, Founder & CEO, Prospira Global; Alex Kuznetsov, Managing Partner, Kodori Ventures; Dr. Wolfgang Seidl, Partner Global Mental Health Consulting, Mercer; Emily Wheeler, Director of Research, Partnerships & Development, MQ Mental Health Research

The Lifecycles of Women & Women's Emotional & Brain Health - 

Moderated by: Martina Fuchs, Co-Founder, The Frequency School & International Business Journalist 

Speakers: Dr. Linda Gask, Emerita Professor, University of Manchester & Author, Out of Her Mind; Anna Delvig, Chief of Staff, The Healthy Brains Global Initiative; Andrea Cubitt, CEO Dionysis Care

Voices of the Future: Rethinking Gen Z with Austin Okolo

Closing Remarks: Shawn Lesser, Founder The REAL