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Apr 19, 2012

Invitation to Sponsor/ Exhibit @ 2012 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (June 7-14th)

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We invite orga­ni­za­tions shap­ing the future of brain health and health over­all to become Spon­sors or Exhibitors @ 2012 Sharp­Brains Vir­tual Sum­mit: Opti­miz­ing Health through Neu­ro­plas­tic­ity, Inno­va­tion and Data (June 7-14th, 2012), in order to expand a crit­i­cal con­ver­sa­tion, engage an influ­en­cial com­mu­nity of early-adopters and decision-makers, and show­case inno­v­a­tive research, solu­tions, and ser­vices dur­ing the Sum­mit Expo (June 12-13th).

You can learn more via this Spon­sor­ship Brochure (opens PDF), and also con­sult this Sam­ple of Par­tic­i­pants in 2010/ 2011 Sharp­Brains Sum­mits (opens PDF). Par­tic­i­pants in pre­vi­ous Sharp­Brains Vir­tual Sum­mits include:

  • A Work­ing Mind, Inc.; Chief Med­ical Officer
  • AAA Cal­i­for­nia; CMO
  • AARP; Direc­tor of Aca­d­e­mic Affairs
  • AARP; Strat­egy and Plan­ning Director
  • AB Neu­ro­care; Physician
  • ABHOW; Assis­tant Vice President
  • Abing­ton Memo­r­ial Hos­pi­tal; Emer­i­tus Chair Depart­ment of Psychiatry
  • Aged CAre Team, St Vin­cents Hos­pi­tal; Clin­i­cal Neuropsychologist
  • Alberta Health Ser­vices ; Nurse Clinician
  • Ale­gent Health Immanuel Med­ical Cen­ter; Clin­i­cal Sup­port Ser­vices Executive
  • Algoma Uni­ver­sity; Strate­gic Advi­sor Com­puter Game Technology
  • All­state Insur­ance Com­pany; Asst. VP — Resaerch
  • Alzheimer’s Asso­ci­a­tion North­ern Cal­i­for­nia & North­ern Nevada; CMO
  • Amica Mature Lifestyles, Inc.; Cor­po­rate Man­ager of Well­ness & Vitality
  • Apply Imag­i­na­tion!; Prin­ci­pal Muse
  • Atten­tion Con­trol Sys­tems, Inc; Founder and President
  • Ball State Uni­ver­sity; Pro­fes­sor Emer­i­tus & Direc­tor Fisher Institute
  • Ban­gor Uni­ver­sity; Man­ager, Wales Insti­tute of Cog­ni­tive Neuroscience
  • Bar­row Neu­ro­log­i­cal Insti­tute; Director
  • Bay­crest; Pres­i­dent & CEO
  • Bay­lor Col­lege of Med­i­cine; Researcher
  • BCMT; Researcher
  • Bel­mont Vil­lage; Vicepres­i­dent Mem­ory Programs
  • BKIN Tech­nolo­gies; Pres­i­dent & CEO
  • Bon Sec­ours New York Health Sys­tem; Strate­gic Per­for­mance Manager
  • Bradley A. Schuyler, Ph.D.; Neuropsychologist
  • Brain Equa­nim­ity Cen­ter; Owner
  • Brain Fit­ness of Florida.com; Man­ag­ing Physician
  • Brain Mind & Mem­ory Insti­tute; Research Manager
  • Brain Resource Ltd; Gen­eral Manager
  • BrainAd­van­tage, LLC; Gen­eral Manager
  • BrainMindWellness.com; Researcher/Writer
  • Bright­Star; CEO
  • Camp­bell Soup Com­pany; Vice Pres­i­dent Global Nutri­tion and Health
  • Cat­a­lystRx; CMO
  • Cen­ter for Cog­ni­tion and Recov­ery; Exec­u­tive Director
  • Cen­ter for Hear­ing, Speech and Lan­guage; Direc­tor of Chil­dren and Ado­les­cent Clin­i­cal Services
  • Cen­ter for Life Man­age­ment; Licensed Men­tal Health Counselor
  • Cen­ter for Tech­nol­ogy and Aging; Exec­u­tive Director
  • Cen­ter For Trans­for­ma­tional Med­i­cine; Neurotherapist
  • Cen­tre­link; Psychologist
  • CFIT; Exec­u­tive Director
  • Chor­at­ech; Founder
  • Club One, Inc.; Chief Tech­nol­ogy Officer
  • Cogmed; CEO
  • Cog­niBeat; Founder
  • Cog­niFit; Pres­i­dent and Founder
  • Cog­ni­tive Media; President
  • Cognuse; Founder
  • Colum­bia Uni­ver­sity Col­lege of Physi­cians and Sur­geons; Pro­fes­sor, Clin­i­cal Neuropsychology
  • Dakim; VP Bus. Dev.
  • Dakim Brain­Fit­ness; CEO
  • Defense and Vet­er­ans Brain Injury Cen­ter; Regional Edu­ca­tion Coordinator
  • Depart­ment of Psy­chi­a­try, Uni­ver­sity of Louisville School of Med­i­cine; Pro­fes­sor and Vice Chair
  • East Wake Acad­emy; Headmaster
  • EDGE Inno­va­tion Net­work; Exec­u­tive Director
  • Edvice/Academic Ther­a­pists Asso­ci­a­tion; Director
  • Encini­tas Learn­ing Cen­ter; Speech Pathologist
  • EST Foun­da­tion Ltd; Man­ag­ing Director
  • Express Cre­ative Speech Ther­apy; Speech pathologist
  • Fam­ily vision & learn­ing cen­ter; Devel­op­men­tal optometrist
  • FDA/CDRH/ODE/DONED; Bio­med­ical Engineer
  • Feed­ing Your Kids Pro­gram for the Clin­ton Global Ini­tia­tive; Con­tent Architect
  • FitLife Club Net­work; Exec­u­tive Director
  • Fol­som Lake Col­lege; Pro­fes­sor of Biology
  • Foren­sics Plus; Neu­ropsy­chol­ogy & Psychotraumatology
  • Foun­da­tion For Learn­ing Devel­op­ment; Pres­i­dent, Psychologist
  • Foun­da­tion Think­a­gain ; Founder and president
  • GE; ECLP
  • Greek Asso­ci­a­tion of Alzheimer’s Dis­ease; Psychologist
  • Greenville Hos­pi­tal Sys­tem; Speech-Language Pathologist
  • HAP­PYNeu­ron; CEO
  • Har­vard Busi­ness Review; Editor
  • Health­Comm Inc.; President
  • Human Dimen­sion Task Force; Senior Consultant
  • Human Per­for­mance Group; President
  • Indi­ana Speech Lan­guage and Hear­ing Asso­ci­a­tion; Speech-Language Pathologist
  • Inno­va­tion Endeav­ors; Entrepreneur-In-Residence
  • Insti­tute for Behav­ioral Health Infor­mat­ics; Chair
  • Insti­tute for Per­sonal Excel­lence, P.A.; President
  • Insti­tute For The Future; Pro­gram Director
  • Intel’s Dig­i­tal Health Group; Senior Researcher
  • Intel’s Dig­i­tal Health Group; Senior Design Researcher & Strategist
  • Inter­aXon; Chief Exec­u­tive Officer
  • Inter­na­tional Soci­ety for Neu­ro­feed­back and Research; President
  • John­son & John­son; Direc­tor, New Busi­ness Development
  • Key­stone Neuro Rehab, Inc.; Pres­i­dent & CEO
  • Klik Men­tal Fit­ness; Director
  • LEAF Ltd; President
  • Learn­ing Insights; Psychologist
  • Learn­ingRx Indi­anapo­lis; Exec­u­tive Director
  • Life­Time Brain Fit­ness LLC; Owner
  • Los Ange­les County Dept of Pub­lic Health; Research Analyst
  • Lumosity.com; CEO
  • MaRS; Prac­tice Lead, Health­care and Life Sciences
  • Mayo Clinic; Neuropsychologist
  • McMas­ter Uni­ver­sity; Ph.D. Candidate
  • Med­ical Well­ness Cen­tre; MD
  • Medi­s­olve Inc; President
  • Memo­r­ial Home, Inc.; Well­ness Cen­ter Director
  • Mem­ory Arts LLC; President
  • Mente en Forma; Director
  • Mind­Mat­ters Learn­ing & Coun­sel­ing; Psychologist
  • Mind­ware Lab; Research scientist
  • Mobil­ity Works; Kinesiologist/Owner
  • Mod­ern­Brain; CEO
  • Mont­gomery County Pub­lic Schools; Instruc­tional Specialist
  • MSIP, Men­tal Health clinic; Psychotherapist
  • National Resource Ctr. Osher Life­long Learn­ing Insti­tutes; Direc­tor of Oper­a­tions and Communication
  • NEMHC; Man­ager, Research and QI
  • Neu­roCog­ni­tive Fit­ness LLC; CEO
  • Neu­roim­age Inc.; Pres­i­dent and Senior Consultant
  • Neu­rop­ti­mal; VP of Sales and Marketing
  • Neu­rotech­nol­ogy Indus­try Orga­ni­za­tion; Founder
  • nognz brain fit­ness; Founder
  • North­ern Vir­ginia Com­mu­nity Col­lege; Pro­gram Director
  • Nutri­tion Sci­ence Solu­tions; Chief Sci­ence Officer
  • Oak­land Uni­fied School Dis­trict; Adult Ed Teacher
  • One Lap­top Per Child; Coun­try Representative
  • Ontario Min­istry of Research and Inno­va­tion; Senior Pol­icy Adviser
  • Opti­minds; Owner
  • Optum Health Behav­ioral Ser­vices; CMO Strat­egy and Innovation
  • OptumHealth; Liveandworkwell.com Mktg Mgr
  • OptumHealth; Vice Pres­i­dent, Employee Assis­tance Programs
  • Ori­gin Active Lifestyle Com­mu­ni­ties; Gen­eral Manager
  • Over Drive My Brain Insti­tute; Direc­tor of Research
  • P&G; Health­care Tech­nol­ogy Manager
  • Pear­son; Assess­ment Consultant
  • Pen­guin Group; CFO
  • Pied­mont Gar­dens; Com­mu­nity Ser­vices Director
  • Pil­grim Haven; Direc­tor, Res­i­den­tial Ser­vices Programs
  • Prac­tice in Psy­chi­a­try; Geri­atric Psychiatrist
  • Pri­vate Prac­tice; Psychiatrist
  • Pri­vate Prac­tice; Occu­pa­tional Therapist
  • Pri­vate Prac­tice; Neurologist
  • Pri­vate Prac­tice; Neuropsychologist
  • Proac­tive Age­ing Pty Ltd; Com­pany Director
  • Psy­chol­o­gy­To­day; Writer/ Blogger
  • Q-COMP (The Work­ers’ Com­pen­sa­tion Reg­u­la­tory Author­ity); Senior Edu­ca­tion Advisor
  • Queen’s Uni­ver­sity Belfast; Post­grad­u­ate Research Student
  • Red­wood Ter­race; Admin­is­tra­tor of Health Services
  • Robert Wood John­son Foun­da­tion; Senior Pro­gram Officer
  • SBT; CEO
  • SCAN Health Plan; Direc­tor, Com­mu­nity Programs
  • School Dis­trict 47; Cogn­tion Therapist
  • Shell Point Retire­ment Com­mu­nity; Direc­tor of Res­i­dent Life
  • Sheri­dan Elder Research Cen­tre (SERC); Researcher
  • Sheri­dan Insti­tute of Tech­nol­ogy & Advanced Learn­ing; Director
  • Sheri­dan Insti­tute of Tech­nol­ogy and Advanced Learn­ing; Research Coordinator
  • Smart­brains Pol­ska; Partner
  • South­ern Ore­gon Uni­ver­sity; Direc­tor PRS-SOU Man­age­ment of Aging Ser­vices prog
  • Sov­er­eign Health; Sci­en­i­tific Advisor
  • Spanda Inc; Clinic Director
  • Stan­ford Uni­ver­sty; Post­doc­toral researcher
  • Stan­tord Media X; Exec­u­tive Director
  • Still Hopes Epis­co­pal Retire­ment Com­mu­nity; Direc­tor of Wellness
  • Strate­gic Fron­tiers, LLC; Owner
  • Sun Microsys­tems; Sr. Ser­vices Prod­uct Mgr
  • Tarnow Cen­ter for Self Man­age­ment; Speech Lan­guage Pathologist
  • Tech­nolo­gies for Aging Grace­fully TAGlab; Senior Researcher
  • The Bal­anced Brain; Owner
  • The Bethany Group; Psychologist
  • The George Green­stein Insti­tute, Inc.; Founder/CEO
  • The Neu­roDe­vel­op­ment Cen­ter; Director
  • The Synapse Con­nec­tion; Founder
  • The Well­ness Alliance; President
  • Ther­a­Peeds, Inc; Occu­pa­tional Therapist
  • Trin­ity Col­lege Dublin; Aca­d­e­mic Developer
  • U.S. News & World Report; Writer
  • UC-Berkeley Cog­ni­tive Con­trol and Devel­op­ment Lab; Researcher
  • UCSF; Assis­tant Professor
  • UMDNJ; Direc­tor of Edu­ca­tional Programs
  • United Home­Care; Pres­i­dent and CEO
  • Uni­ver­sity of British Colum­bia; Professor
  • Uni­ver­sity of North Car­olina at Greens­boro; Geron­tol­ogy Grad­u­ate Student
  • Uni­ver­sity of South Florida; Assis­tant Professor
  • Uni­ver­sity of South­ern Cal­i­for­nia; Rita and Edward Polusky Professor
  • Uni­ver­sity of South­ern Cal­i­for­nia Leonard Davis School of Geron­tol­ogy; Direc­tor of Intern­ship Training
  • Uni­ver­sity of Toronto / OHTN; Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor / Sci­en­tific DIrector
  • USAA; P Staff Underwriter
  • USC Geron­tol­ogy; Asst Clin­i­cal Professor
  • vibrant­Brains; CEO/Co-founder
  • Vig­or­ous Mind, Inc.; CEO
  • Wauke­sha Memo­r­ial Hos­pi­tal; Neuropsychologist
  • Well­Be­ingMD, LTD; Physician
  • Well­ness Alliance; President
  • West­min­ster Com­mu­ni­ties of Florida; Well­ness Coordinator
  • Win­ter Park Health Foun­da­tion; Pro­gram Director
  • Wun­der­ling Learn­ing Cen­ter; Edu­ca­tional Therapist
  • Yale Uni­ver­sity; Professor
  • Young Dri­vers of Canada; President
  • Your Health Your Choice Foun­da­tion; Direc­tor of Education

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