Five highly recommended sessions on brain, health, wellness, big data, and brain fitness centers

Thank you to the 118 sharp minds who have already ordered their $15 tick­ets to cel­e­brate Brain Aware­ness Week by watch­ing the lat­est on neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty, brain health and inno­va­tion. We need many more well-informed ambas­sadors of brain health and cog­ni­tive fit­ness, and are proud to expand the con­ver­sa­tion that took place at the 2012 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit.

Among all the online pre­sen­ta­tions now avail­able (check out full Sum­mit Agen­da), let me share the five that impressed me the most. Each one pro­vides an excel­lent entry point into the wealth of infor­ma­tion and insights shared by 40+ speak­ers, so you can select the one most rel­e­vant to your inter­ests, and start watch­ing there. (If you don’t have your pass yet, click here to order one).

• How will Health incor­po­rate Brain? What will it take for the brain to receive as much atten­tion and proac­tive care as the heart does, both as a key organ on its own and as a key enabler of health.
• How Nation­wide Insur­ance rolled-out a Brain-based Cor­po­rate Well­ness Ini­tia­tive. An in-depth case study out­lin­ing busi­ness ratio­nale, ven­dor selec­tion, pilot test and roll-out, and return-on-investment.
• How will the era of Big Data and Glob­al Vir­tual Access trans­form brain health? What are the oppor­tu­ni­ties and chal­lenges to improve stan­dards of brain and men­tal health care in light of emerg­ing dig­i­tal tools and glob­al access to exper­tise and inte­grated data­bases that enable detec­tion and long-term mon­i­tor­ing through analy­sis of vari­a­tions in genet­ics, brain struc­ture, brain func­tion, and behavior?
• What paths to mar­ket and busi­ness mod­els will enable the com­mer­cial­iza­tion of research-based inno­va­tion? Three inno­va­tors with com­bined research + busi­ness “hats” will dis­cuss their respec­tive paths to mar­ket, includ­ing technology/ con­tent licens­ing, strate­gic con­tracts and grants, and ven­ture capital.
• How to Set Up a Brain Fit­ness Cen­ter to Enhance Cog­ni­tive Retrain­ing and Reha­bil­i­ta­tion. Learn the nuts and bolts of open­ing a rehab-ori­ent­ed “brain fit­ness cen­ter”, includ­ing staffing, mea­sure­ment of behavioral/ cog­ni­tive out­comes, selec­tion and roll­out of inter­ven­tions, and inte­gra­tion of cen­ter-based with home-based use. Learn the obsta­cles and tips for repli­cat­ing such a cen­ter in a satel­lite location.

–> You can ORDER A $15 PASS NOW (reg­u­lar price is $295). Pass hold­ers receive two-month log-in access to the online pre­sen­ta­tions, begin­ning on March 11^th.