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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

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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)
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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)
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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)

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