brain-research

The Brainnova­tions Pitch Con­test just start­ed accept­ing sub­mis­sions from star­tups world­wide work­ing on ways to har­ness brain research and emerg­ing tech­nolo­gies to help every human being thrive in the dig­i­tal age.

Star­tups: Please sub­mit your idea and pitch your solu­tion in front of our expert Judges and 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit par­tic­i­pants for a chance to get feed­back, boost indus­try recog­ni­tion, meet like-mind­ed pio­neers and win a prize pack­age that could give a boost to your ven­ture and solution.

Who Should Apply

The com­pe­ti­tion is open to every start­up in the space that meets the fol­low­ing criteria:

• Has been oper­at­ing for five years or less
• Has a run­ning website
• Can be struc­tured as a for-prof­it or non-prof­it, but needs to show a clear rev­enue model
• If it is select­ed as a Final­ist, one of the Co-founders can present a Pitch at the Sum­mit, on Decem­ber 6th, 2017 (requires no trav­el, as event is virtual)

GUIDELINES, FAQS AND SUBMISSION FORM HERE

We look for­ward to a fan­tas­tic Pitch Con­test and Sum­mit overall!

 

12 Final­ists will get to pitch on Decem­ber 6th, and the Sharp Tank will select a Win­ner per cat­e­go­ry, facil­i­tat­ed by Alvaro Fer­nan­dez, Sharp­Brains’ CEO & Edi­tor-in-Chief, and Dr. Bob Bilder, Direc­tor of the UCLA Ten­nen­baum Cen­ter for the Biol­o­gy of Cre­ativ­i­ty.

Top Brain­no­va­tions in Health­care will be judged by:

• Dr. Adam Haim, PhD, Chief of the Small Busi­ness Inno­va­tion Research (SBIR) and Small Busi­ness Tech­nol­o­gy Trans­fer (STTR) Pro­grams at the Nation­al Insti­tute of Men­tal Health (NIMH)
• Dr. David Barash, Chief Med­ical Offi­cer and ED of Glob­al Health at GE Foun­da­tion
• Dr. Edward Kli­phuis, Invest­ment Direc­tor at Mer­ck Ventures
• Dr. Karen Postal, Pres­i­dent of the Amer­i­can Acad­e­my of Clin­i­cal Neu­ropsy­chol­o­gy (AACN)

Top Brain­no­va­tions in the Work­place will be judged by:

• Char­lie Hartwell, Oper­at­ing Part­ner at Bridge Builders Collaborative
• Dan­ny Dankn­er, CEO and Co-founder of Applied Cog­ni­tive Engineering
• Lisa Neu­berg­er, Man­ag­ing Direc­tor of Strat­e­gy + Inno­va­tion at Accen­ture Cor­po­rate Citizenship
• Kath­leen Herath, Asso­ciate Vice Pres­i­dent Health & Pro­duc­tiv­i­ty at Nation­wide Insurance

Top Brain­no­va­tions in Edu­ca­tion will be judged by:

• Bill Tuck­er, Senior Advi­sor to the K12 Edu­ca­tion Pro­gram at the Bill & Melin­da Gates Foundation
• Eduar­do Briceño, CEO and Co-founder of Mind­set Works
• Neil Alli­son, Direc­tor of Busi­ness Mod­el Inno­va­tion at Pear­son North America
• John Cam­mack, Angel Investor

Top Brain­no­va­tions for Qual­i­ty of Life will be judged by:

• Alexan­dra More­house, Chief Mar­ket­ing Offi­cer at Ban­ner Health
• Ariel Garten, Founder and Chief Evan­ge­lism Offi­cer at Inter­aX­on
• Dr. Bill Reich­man, Pres­i­dent and CEO of Bay­crest
• Col­in Mil­ner, Founder and CEO of the Inter­na­tion­al Coun­cil on Active Aging (ICAA)
• Zack Lynch, Gen­er­al Part­ner at JAZZ Ven­ture Partners

This Call for Sub­mis­sions is open from Sep­tem­ber 21st till Octo­ber 31st, 11 PM US Pacif­ic Stan­dard Time. Time to rev up those sharp brains!