Human data management is the critical block needed to move science forward.
Dr. Walid Juffali
Founder, The Brain Forum, Switzerland
It is my burning passion to understand before I die how the water of the brain gives rise to the wine of my conscious.
Dr. Christof Koch
CSO of Allen Institute for Brain Science, USA
The world around us is in constant motion and nearly every form of life can detect a stimulus and respond to it.
Prof. Stephanie Lacour
Professor at EPFL, Switzerland
Brain energy consumption is a window to visualise the human brain at work.
Prof. Pierre J. Magistretti
Dean of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering at KAUST, Saudi Arabia; Professor at EPFL, Switzerland; President of IBRO
These disorders – schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s, depression, addiction – they not only steal our time to live, they change who we are.
Prof. Edward Boyden
Associate Professor at MIT, USA
Biology is analog, not digital.
Prof. Chris Toumazou
Director of the Centre for Bio-Inspired Technology at Imperial College London, UK
The brain has amazing computing capabilities, it runs at very low power, it doesn’t need any software, it’s fault tolerant.
Prof. Karlheinz Meier
Professor at University of Heidelberg, Germany; Co-director of the Human Brain Project
There is a need for a renewed faith between science and politics, and between science and society.
Prof. Elena Cattaneo
Professor and Director of UniStem at University of Milan, Italy
If you think you’re going to understand the brain on your own, forget about it.
Prof. Henry Markram
Professor at EPFL, Switzerland; Co-director of the Human Brain Project
The human brain is the most complicated organ in our body and it is the only one that controls our body function and defines who we are.
Prof. Nancy Ip
Dean of Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China
Big data is the oil of the 21st century.
Prof. Patrick Aebischer
President of EPFL, Switzerland
In a real-time economy, we need real-time healthcare.
Dr. Jamil El-Imad
CEO, The Brain Forum, Switzerland
When we talk about human brains, there are lots of them around, but not many of them are accessible.
Prof. Sean Hill
Professor at EPFL, Switzerland; Co-director of the Human Brain Project
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