ANNOUNCEMENT: Initial Speakers for 2016 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (Dec. 6–8th) — Reinventing Brain Health in the Digital Age

We’re thrilled to announce the first round of speak­ers at the upcom­ing 2016 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Decem­ber 6–8th). More to come…stay tuned! (and reg­is­ter soon to ben­e­fit from ear­­ly-bird rates) We can’t wait to dis­cuss the lat­est work and insights from… Dr. Ali­son Fen­ney, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor of the Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy Indus­try Orga­ni­za­tion Alvaro Fer­nan­dez, CEO of Sharp­Brains Dr. Bob Bilder,…

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At the fron­tier of Big Data and Brain Health

At the fron­tier of Big Data and Brain Health from Sharp­Brains Dur­ing this ses­sion we explored cut­t­ing-edge ini­tia­tives to accel­er­ate research & devel­op­ment via Big Data, crowd­sourc­ing, tech­nolo­gies for the extend­ed mind, and 

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How to mea­sure and improve brain-based out­comes that mat­ter in health care

Please con­sid­er join­ing us at Sharp­Brains’ upcom­ing vir­tu­al con­fer­ence (Novem­ber 17–19th), which will include this fan­tas­tic ses­sion: Tues­day Novem­ber 17th, 10.00 — 11.30am. How to mea­sure and improve brain-based out­comes that mat­ter in health care. Pio­neers advanc­ing health research, pre­ven­tion and treat­ment will help us under­stand emerg­ing best prac­tices where tar­geted assess­ments and inter­ven­tions can transfer…

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September update: Revolutions in neurotechnology will soon influence every aspect of human life

Time for Sharp­Brains’ Sep­tem­ber e‑newsletter, wrap­ping up this month’s key brain-relat­ed news. Our brain is at the core of every­thing we do, from the every-day deci­sions we make to the epic emo­tions we feel when we fall in love. And neurotechnologies–especially those that, being dig­i­tal, are emi­nently scal­able, and that, being non-inva­­sive, pose few if any negative…

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Cogniciti and Johnson & Johnson Innovation partner to improve cognitive screenings for early identification of dementia

Cog­nic­i­ti Announces Col­lab­o­ra­tion with John­son & John­son Inno­va­tion to Eval­u­ate Online Cog­ni­tive Screen­ing to Iden­ti­fy Indi­vid­u­als at Risk for Demen­tia (Bay­crest press release): “Cog­nic­i­ti Inc., the Toron­­to-based devel­op­er of a 20-minute online cog­ni­tive test for adults con­cerned about mem­o­ry changes, today announced a col­lab­o­ra­tion agree­ment with Janssen Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals, Inc. to eval­u­ate online screen­ing strate­gies for…

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Carving Out Future Brain Health Directions + Expo Day (Rosetta Stone, Peak, Cogniciti, Arrowsmith Program)

Carv­ing out Future Brain Health Direc­tions + Expo Day from Sharp­Brains Enjoy these great pre­sen­ta­tions on the future of brain health, deliv­ered at the 2014 Sharp­Brains Vir­tual Sum­mit and fea­tur­ing: Dr. Ken Kosik, Co-Direc­­tor of the UC San­ta Bar­bara Neu­ro­science Research Insti­tute For Roset­ta Stone/ Fit­Brains: Steve Quan, Head of Busi­ness Devel­op­ment & Strate­gic Partnerships…

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