United Nations General Assembly High-level Dialogue on the International Brain Initiative
Date:19 September 2016
Location:
United Nations Headquarters,
United States
Hosted by: The National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of State, Global Partnerships Forum, The Kavli Foundation
High-level stakeholders
- High-level dialogue with key stakeholders to establish brain science as a foreign policy priority and to work toward the launch of an International Brain Initiative
Stakeholder engagement:
- The National Science Foundation
- Germany
- U.S. Department of State
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- Argentina
- Japan
- Sweden
- U.S. National Institutes of Health
- Allen Institute for Brain Science
- GE Ventures and Healthymagination
- Princess Khaliya
- Nobel Laureate Torsten Wiesel
- Wellcome Trust
News/media releases:
- U.S. State Department press release
- Newsweek op-ed by Vaughan Turekian (State) and Robert Conn (Kavli)
Outcomes:
- High-level dialogue with key stakeholders to establish brain science as a foreign policy priority and to work toward the launch of an International Brain Initiative
Stakeholder engagement:
- The National Science Foundation
- Germany
- U.S. Department of State
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- Argentina
- Japan
- Sweden
- U.S. National Institutes of Health
- Allen Institute for Brain Science
- GE Ventures and Healthymagination
- Princess Khaliya
- Nobel Laureate Torsten Wiesel
- Wellcome Trust
News/media releases:
- U.S. State Department press release
- Newsweek op-ed by Vaughan Turekian (State) and Robert Conn (Kavli)
Outcomes:
- High-level dialogue with key stakeholders to establish brain science as a foreign policy priority and to work toward the launch of an International Brain Initiative
Stakeholder engagement:
- The National Science Foundation
- Germany
- U.S. Department of State
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- Argentina
- Japan
- Sweden
- U.S. National Institutes of Health
- Allen Institute for Brain Science
- GE Ventures and Healthymagination
- Princess Khaliya
- Nobel Laureate Torsten Wiesel
- Wellcome Trust
News/media releases:
- U.S. State Department press release
- Newsweek op-ed by Vaughan Turekian (State) and Robert Conn (Kavli)