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Under the overarching theme, “United for Brain Innovation”, the Brain Innovation Days aim to bring together key opinion leaders and stakeholders from the ever-growing brain innovation ecosystem to create synergies and showcase the importance of brain innovation and how, one innovation at a time, it is changing Europe and the world.

DIGITAL EVENT – 26 January 2021

From Innovative Ideas to Creative Brain Interventions

The European Brain Council and beLean.net are pleased to announce the second Brain Innovation Days digital session, to take place on 26 January 2021 at 12:30 (CET).

The lunchtime digital session “From Innovative Ideas to Creative Brain Interventions” will bring together stakeholders from across the brain space and host the first ever Brain Innovation Days Pitch Competition.

Nine finalist start-ups will go head-to-head to pitch their business for the chance to win the 1^st Brain Innovation Awards The Jury Award will be awarded by a jury of esteemed experts in related fields, , while the audience will determine the winner of the 1st Brain Innovation Public Award for Best Pitch.

Furthermore, look forward to a panel discussion on the challenges faced by innovators in Europe – from idea to business – and the support structures that exist to alleviate and guide the process.

Why Brain Innovation

Brain disorders are on the rise: 1 in 3 Europeans will live with a brain disorder at some stage in their life. In parallel, brain science and innovative solutions for treatment are booming. However, the question remains: what is currently working for patients and their quality of life? We still have a way to go and the accelerating brain innovation revolution needs to be tackled in a collaborative manner. This is what the Brain Innovation Days stand for.

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Themes and Topics

Under the theme “Disrupt and rewire: how brain innovation is changing Europe”, the Brain Innovation Days entered one full year of brain innovation activities in October 2020. This year of brain innovation explored how the actors involved are finding new ways to work together, what exists and can still be done to support this cooperation, what breakthroughs can lead us to better brain health and how brain innovation is changing the world as we know it. This year will culminate at the upcoming Brain Innovation Days on 12-13 October 2021.

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Brain Talks

Brain Talks is a podcast produced by Brain Innovation Days, the online community of key opinion leaders and stakeholders from the ever-growing brain innovation ecosystem.

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Job and funding opportunities

Looking for a job or a funding opportunity in the brain innovation field? One of the aims of the Brain Innovation Days is to create matchmaking and networking opportunities for all members of the brain community, facilitate business opportunities and value creation.

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Videos

On the occasion of the launch of the Brain Innovation Days on 13 October 2020, messages came in from key stakeholders in the brain community supporting the initiative and explaining the importance of brain innovation.

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Articles

Researchers, start-ups and innovators, big pharma and beyond are all working tirelessly to provide innovative solutions. The Brain Innovation Days aim to highlight the importance of understanding the brain, showcase the potentials of increased innovation in the brain field and the impressive work coming out of the brain innovation space.

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Brain Innovation Journey Highlights

Virtual launch event, exploring how brain innovation is changing Europe

Online panels, interviews and more with prominent speakers in their fields

“My Start-up in 180 seconds” Pitching Competition with an award for the ‘Best Pitch’

Matchmaking and networking opportunities

Online content streams with regular updates on the latest in brain innovation

MATCHMAKING

The Brain Innovation Days stand out from other events as they put a large emphasis on networking and potential matchmaking within the community.

Acting as a catalyst for a community that can often be fragmented, the Brain Innovation Days, throughout the year, aim to create a hub – an extended community, of sorts – for maximum exposure for all attendees, connecting innovators with funders, researchers with start-ups and keen innovation partners, policymakers with the health & research communities and more.

BECOME PART OF THE BRAIN INNOVATION DAYS

Are you a company, funder/investor or start-up interested in supporting the Brain Innovation Days? A number of sponsorship packages are available to choose from, bringing extra perks such as programme access, customised multimedia for online communication and additional perks for the future on-site event.

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PITCHING SESSIONS

After careful analysis of over 90 applications from start-ups all over Europe, 9 finalists had a chance to impress the jury and the public by pitching their product or idea in 180 seconds during the second digital event held on 26 January 2021. We are very pleased to announce that PIPRA AG (short for Pre-Interventional Preventive Risk Assessment) became the winner of the 1^st Brain Innovation Jury Award for Best Pitch. PIPRA AG is developing a cutting-edge AI-based pre-operative test to assess patient’s risk of suffering from cognitive disorders after a surgery. The 1^st Brain Innovation Public Award for Best Pitch went to Icompanion, the digital companion for people with neurological conditions and their physicians.

The Jury Award winner is awarded with an in-depth review from all jury members and two workshops. The first workshop, led by beLean.net, will focus on the winning start-up’s business plan (including diagnosis, modelling and/or internationalisation) and the second workshop, led by IMEC.ISTART, will be a tailored Innovatrix or international market identification. Furthermore, both the Jury and Public Award winners will receive free access to the Brain Innovation Days physical event to be held in Brussels on October 12 and 13, 2021.

Congratulations to our winners!