Reminder (and Discount code): BrainFutures 2017 to take place September 6–7th in Washington, DC

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Brain­Fu­tures 2017 is a one-and-a-half-day con­fer­ence fea­tur­ing renowned lead­ers shar­ing research-to-prac­tice inno­va­tion to opti­mize brain health and trans­form men­tal health care. Keynote speak­ers include Dr. Nor­man Doidge, Dr. Alvaro Pas­cual-Leone, Dr. John Ratey, Dr. Adam Gaz­za­ley, Alvaro Fer­nan­dez, and more. The con­fer­ence is cer­ti­fied to offer CEU and CME credits.

• Where: Gay­lord Nation­al Resort (Wash­ing­ton, D.C.)
• When: Sep­tem­ber 6–7, 2017 

Descrip­tion: Until recent­ly, sci­en­tists believed that brain devel­op­ment came to a halt dur­ing adult­hood. Today we know that our brains are con­stant­ly chang­ing through­out our lives and form­ing new path­ways in response to our envi­ron­ment, actions, think­ing and emo­tions. This is good news for all of us, whether we want to improve learn­ing out­comes for kids, main­tain sharp think­ing as we age, opti­mize func­tion­ing at work or enhance treat­ment for a men­tal health or sub­stance use problem.

Break­throughs in under­stand­ing of brain plas­tic­i­ty have spurred new direc­tions in neu­ro­science research, pro­duc­ing a wide range of prac­ti­cal appli­ca­tions through the use of:

• games, apps and com­put­er-assist­ed learning
• mag­net­ic and elec­tri­cal med­ical devices
• new med­ica­tion and therapies
• mind­ful­ness prac­tice, diet and exercise

–> To Learn More, check out con­fer­ence agen­da HERE.

Sharp­Brains read­ers can receive a $100 dis­count by fol­low­ing this link to reg­is­ter, and enter­ing the pro­mo­tion­al code SHARPBRAINS as you select tick­ets at checkout.

Addi­tion­al­ly, Brain­Fu­tures is offer­ing some schol­ar­ship oppor­tu­ni­ties, which can be request­ed by con­tact­ing Susan Link­ous at 443–901-1550 ext. 235 or slink­ous at mhamd dot org.

The Conference in Context

• Five rea­sons the future of brain enhance­ment is dig­i­tal, per­va­sive and (hope­ful­ly) bright
• Info­graph­ic on the Dig­i­tal Brain Health Mar­ket 2012–2020
• 10 neu­rotech­nolo­gies about to trans­form brain enhance­ment and brain health
• 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit: Brain Enhance­ment in the Dig­i­tal Age (Decem­ber 5–7th, 2017)
• Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy can improve our lives…if we first address these Pri­va­cy and Informed Con­sent issues
• Solv­ing the Brain Fit­ness Puz­zle Is the Key to Self-Empow­ered Aging