digital age

Trend: Celebrating neurodiversity in the workforce to harness all brains for good

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Fight­ing Cyber­crime with Neu­ro-Diver­si­ty (Project Syndicate):

“Cyber­se­cu­ri­ty is one of the defin­ing chal­lenges of the dig­i­tal age. Every­one, from house­holds to busi­ness­es to gov­ern­ments, has a stake in pro­tect­ing our era’s most valu­able com­mod­i­ty: data. The ques­tion is how that can be achieved…

The key to suc­cess is diver­si­ty of tal­ents and per­spec­tives. This includes neu­ro­log­i­cal diver­si­ty [Read more…] about Trend: Cel­e­brat­ing neu­ro­di­ver­si­ty in the work­force to har­ness all brains for good

Slidedeck: What do 7.5 billion human brains need to thrive in the Digital Age, and what are key opportunities to better equip them?

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What do 7.5 bil­lion human brains need to thrive in the Dig­i­tal Age, and what are key oppor­tu­ni­ties to bet­ter equip them? (full record­ing requires reg­is­tra­tion; slid­edeck avail­able above and Here)

  • Álvaro Fer­nán­dez, CEO and Edi­tor-in-Chief of Sharp­Brains
  • Sarah Lenz Lock, Senior Vice Pres­i­dent for Pol­i­cy at AARP and Exec­u­tive Direc­tor of the Glob­al Coun­cil on Brain Health (GCBH)
  • Dr. April Bena­sich, Direc­tor of the Baby Lab at the Rut­gers Cen­ter for Mol­e­c­u­lar and Behav­ioral Neuroscience
  • Chaired by: Dr. Cori Lath­an, Co-Chair of the World Eco­nom­ic Forum’s Coun­cil on the Future of Human Enhancement

Slid­edeck sup­port­ing ses­sion held dur­ing the 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit: Brain Health & Enhance­ment in the Dig­i­tal Age (Decem­ber 5–7th). All ses­sion record­ings avail­able for pur­chase (50+ Speak­ers, 15+ Hours, $150).

Reminder: Last 12 hours to submit pitches to the Brainnovations Pitch Contest!

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This is the Brain­no­va­tions Judg­ing Panel…our very own “Sharp Tank”

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A quick reminder that the Brainnova­tions Pitch Con­test is accept­ing sub­mis­sions until today, Octo­ber 31st, 11 PM US Pacif­ic Stan­dard Time. We are look­ing for star­tups world­wide, found­ed no ear­li­er than 2012, for-prof­it or non-prof­it, work­ing on ways to har­ness brain research and emerg­ing tech­nolo­gies to help every per­son thrive in the dig­i­tal age. [Read more…] about Reminder: Last 12 hours to sub­mit pitch­es to the Brain­no­va­tions Pitch Contest!

Reminder: Last days to submit pitches to the Brainnovations Pitch Contest!

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This is the Brain­no­va­tions Judg­ing Panel…our very own “Sharp Tank”

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Just a quick reminder that the Brainnova­tions Pitch Con­test is accept­ing sub­mis­sions until Octo­ber 31st, 11 PM US Pacif­ic Stan­dard Time. We are look­ing for star­tups world­wide, found­ed no ear­li­er than 2012, for-prof­it or non-prof­it, work­ing on ways to har­ness brain research and emerg­ing tech­nolo­gies to help every per­son thrive in the dig­i­tal age. [Read more…] about Reminder: Last days to sub­mit pitch­es to the Brain­no­va­tions Pitch Contest!

SharpBrains Announces new Brainnovations Pitch Contest and ‘Sharp Tank’ to promote Brain Health & Enhancement in the Digital Age

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– Judg­ing Pan­el for the Brain­no­va­tions Pitch Contest

In order to spark inno­v­a­tive col­lab­o­ra­tions between brain sci­en­tists, tech­nol­o­gists and entre­pre­neurs world­wide, inde­pen­dent mar­ket research firm Sharp­Brains has launched a Brainnova­tions Pitch Con­test open to star­tups har­ness­ing brain research and emerg­ing tech­nolo­gies to help every human being thrive in the dig­i­tal age.

The Call for Sub­mis­sions is open until Octo­ber 31st, 11 PM US Pacif­ic Stan­dard Time. 12 Final­ists will pitch at the 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit: Brain Enhance­ment in the Dig­i­tal Age (Decem­ber 5–7th, 2017).

“We are hon­ored to count on such a dis­tin­guished ‘Sharp Tank’ to dis­cuss and select the most promis­ing star­tups in the dig­i­tal health and neu­rotech space,” says Alvaro Fer­nan­dez, Sharp­Brains‘ CEO & Edi­tor-in-Chief, who will co-facil­i­tate the con­test with Dr. Bob Bilder, Direc­tor of the UCLA Ten­nen­baum Cen­ter for the Biol­o­gy of Creativity.

Keep read­ing press release Here.

Learn more & Reg­is­ter Here.

Announcement: The Brainnovations Pitch Contest is Accepting Submissions!

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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!

This is the Brain­no­va­tions Judg­ing Panel…our very own “Sharp Tank”!

 

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!