New Global Future Councils by the World Economic Forum: Shaping the present and future via cross-sector collaborations

By SharpBrains | September 22, 2016

Glob­al Future Coun­cils: A Knowl­edge Net­work for the Fourth Indus­tri­al Rev­o­lu­tion (press release): “The World Eco­nom­ic Forum today con­venes the Net­work of Glob­al Future Coun­cils, a com­mu­ni­ty of world-lead­­ing experts and inno­va­tors to pro­vide bold visions for solv­ing crit­i­cal glob­al, region­al and indus­try chal­lenges… The net­work will com­prise more than 800 inno­va­tors (Edi­tor’s Note: includ­ing our…

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Shaping the Future of Human Enhancement

By Alvaro Fernandez | July 18, 2016

—– Dear Sharp­Brains com­mu­ni­ty, It is an hon­or to share that I’ve been asked to join the Coun­cil on the Future of Human Enhance­ment, orga­nized by the World Eco­nom­ic Forum, for its 2016–2018 term. It will be my plea­sure to 

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121 newly recognized Young Global Leaders train their brains (and others’) by solving important, meaningful and complex problems

By SharpBrains | March 16, 2016

Meet the Young, Tech-Savvy, Civic-Mind­ed Inno­va­tors Dri­ving The Fourth Indus­tri­al Rev­o­lu­tion (World Eco­nom­ic Forum press release): “The World Eco­nom­ic Forum announced today 121 sci­en­tists, gov­ern­ment lead­ers, future busi­ness lead­ers, social activists and artists, aged under 40, who are shak­ing up pol­i­cy, soci­ety and the world around them.

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10 Ways To Improve Health & Well-being Based On Latest Non-Invasive Neurotechnologies

By Alvaro Fernandez | October 22, 2014

— Last month I had the for­tune to join over 1,900 pio­neers from 90 coun­tries at the World Eco­nom­ic Forum’s Annu­al Meet­ing in Tian­jin, Chi­na, to dis­cuss how inno­va­tion can improve the state of the world. Through­out hun­dreds of pan­els, work­shops, pri­vate meet­ings and social gath­er­ings, we exam­ined how to deal with cli­mate change, how to invest…

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