The Brainiverse Experience: Jetting to Better Brain Health and Learning
Date/Time
Date(s) - August 26, 2023
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Date/Time
Date(s) - August 26, 2023
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location
ArtScience Museum, Singapore
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Saturday 26th August
9am – 5pm SG
ArtScience Museum, Singapore
Organised by our Centre for Lifelong Learning and Individualised Cognition (CLIC) programme, we welcome you to the “Brainiverse Experience,” a unique science festival that invites you to explore the fascinating world of flexible minds, learning, and mental well-being. The event will feature three keynote speeches from word-class researchers, dance performances, a game show, an inter-school competition, and an art gallery by special needs kids.
The event is free and open to the public. Registration is not a requirement to enter, however, we kindly ask that you consider pre-registering to give us an estimate of the headcount.
Event programme
9am – 10:30am
Opening ceremony speeches by Guests of Honour Mr Beh Kian Teik (NRF), Prof Shirley Ho (NTU), and Prof David Rowitch (CAM)
Take-off keynote delivered by Prof Trevor Robbins “Cognitive flexibility as the gateway to successful decision-making, creative thinking and optimal brain function”. Watch the recording here.
11am – 1:15pm
The Brainiverse Challenge – contest for secondary school students
1:45pm – 2:30pm
Mid-Flight keynote delivered by Prof David Rowitch “Trapped in a brain without myelin – How one substance has enabled human brain complexity, learning and is a target in childhood neurological disease”. Watch the recording here.
2:30pm – 3:15pm
Connecting Brain Science in Music and Dance – dance performance
3:15pm – 3:45pm
Brain Games: You, Yourself, and Your Brain – game show
4pm – 5pm
Landing keynote delivered by Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore “Sensitive periods of brain, cognitive and social development in human adolescence”. Watch the recording here.
Closing speech by Guest of Honour, British High Commissioner to Singapore Her Excellency Kara Owen
Read the write-up of the event here.
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