Young Global Leader

Dr. Corinna Lathan on Optimizing the Interaction between People and Technology

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Dr. Lath­an will dis­cuss Opti­miz­ing the Inter­ac­tion between Peo­ple and Tech­nol­o­gy, at the upcom­ing 2012 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (June 7–14th, 2012).

Corin­na Lath­an is the CEO & Co-Founder of Anthro­Tronix. Dr. Lathan’s diverse back­ground includes research, teach­ing, and con­sult­ing in the areas of human per­for­mance engi­neer­ing, med­ical device design, and assis­tive tech­nol­ogy. Pre­vi­ously, [Read more…] about Dr. Corin­na Lath­an on Opti­miz­ing the Inter­ac­tion between Peo­ple and Technology

Protect Your Asset by Being Your Own Brain Fitness Coach

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Last week I had the good for­tune of spend­ing four days in Nue­vo Val­lar­ta, Mex­i­co, with over 300 amaz­ing indi­vid­u­als from 40+ coun­tries who had been named Young Glob­al Lead­ers by the World Eco­nom­ic Forum. The sum­mit agen­da was insight­ful and inspir­ing, con­ver­sa­tions with oth­er par­tic­i­pants always proved to be eye-open­ing and stim­u­lat­ing, and the over­all atmos­phere was con­struc­tive. You can read more about some of those con­ver­sa­tions here.

What I’d like to high­light in this arti­cle is the remark­able (and option­al) activ­i­ty that start­ed off every day at 7 in the morn­ing. Called “Pro­tect Your Asset” [Read more…] about Pro­tect Your Asset by Being Your Own Brain Fit­ness Coach

Upcoming Q&A on the Future of Brain Health to celebrate Brain Awareness Week

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Info­graph­ic based on 2011 Sharp­Brains Sum­mit’s Meet­ing Report

Alvaro Fer­nan­dez, co-founder and CEO of Sharp­Brains, has been named a Young Glob­al Leader by the World Eco­nom­ic Forum, an hon­or rec­og­niz­ing the most dis­tin­guished lead­ers under age 40 from around the world.

Mr. Fer­nan­dez will dis­cuss “How to Retool Brain Health for the 21st Cen­tu­ry” via a one-hour vir­tu­al Q&A ses­sion host­ed live at SharpBrains.com on Fri­day, March 16 from 10 to 11a.m. US East­ern Time. The con­ver­sa­tion will be based on the Meet­ing Report from the 2011 Sharp­Brains Sum­mit, which gath­ered 250+ inno­va­tors worldwide.

“The way we do brain health is essen­tial­ly bro­ken,” he said. “We need a new cul­ture and toolk­it to empow­er sharp brains of all ages to take more proac­tive care of their brain.” [Read more…] about Upcom­ing Q&A on the Future of Brain Health to cel­e­brate Brain Aware­ness Week

SharpBrains’ Alvaro Fernandez named Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum

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Alvaro Fer­nan­dez

Alvaro Fer­nan­dez, Sharp­Brains’ CEO & Co-Founder, has been named a Young Glob­al Leader by the World Eco­nom­ic Forum (WEF) – an hon­our which recog­nis­es the most dis­tin­guished young lead­ers under the age of 40 from around the world.

He joins a select forum of glob­al lead­ers, includ­ing Wikipedia founder Jim­my Wales, Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Lar­ry Page, and Salman Kahn, founder of the Kahn Academy.

Mr. Fer­nan­dez, born in Spain and based in the USA since 1999, was cho­sen from among thou­sands of young lead­ers from across the globe by a selec­tion com­mit­tee com­pris­ing the world’s promi­nent busi­ness lead­ers, politi­cians, and media lead­ers. [Read more…] about Sharp­Brains’ Alvaro Fer­nan­dez named Young Glob­al Leader by World Eco­nom­ic Forum