China 2015 - What If: Your Mind Can Be Read?
Channel: World Economic Forum
Date: 24/09/2015

http://www.weforum.org/

Leaps in brain research have propelled the development of brain interface technologies from prosthetics to attention-powered vehicles, while neuroscientific evidence is increasingly entering courtrooms. What if technologies for reading thoughts, memories and cognitive ability become commonplace?

Join an in-depth discussion that explores the possible, plausible, and probable impacts of advanced neural engineering.

• P. Murali Doraiswamy, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, The Duke Institute for Brain Sciences (DIBS), USA; Global Agenda Council on Brain Research
• Nita A. Farahany, Professor, Law and Philosophy, Duke University, USA
• Ariel Garten, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Interaxon, Canada
• Thomas R. Insel, Director, National Institute of Mental Health, USA; Global Agenda Council on Mental Health

Moderated by
• I-han Chou, Senior Strategy Editor, Nature, Nature Publishing Group, USA; Global Agenda Council on Brain Research