Facilitators will guide attendees to become a living symphony—each participant offering a unique sound, rhythm, or beat. As individuals contribute their tones, the collective composition emerges, symbolizing how diverse knowledge, experience, and neural brilliance can harmonize. This interactive performance beautifully mirrors the collaborative nature of Brain Capital cultivation—dynamic, diverse, and unified.

Advancing brain health at every stage of life—from early development through old age—is essential to fostering resilience, unlocking human potential, and fueling inclusive growth. This session will bring together leading voices in neuroscience, public health, technology, and policy to examine the interventions and innovations shaping a new brain health agenda. From clinical care and mental health to nutrition and neurotechnology, speakers will spotlight life course interventions and discuss how these approaches can be adapted and scaled through global collaboration. The conversation will highlight where urgent action is needed and what it will take to prioritize brain health in public health and development agendas worldwide.

Led by the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative.

Led by the Ontario Brain Institute.

Suicide is the second leading cause of death among youth in North Carolina. This session highlights statewide efforts to reduce stigma and improve early access to mental health care through school-based services, digital tools, and public awareness campaigns. Panelists will share scalable strategies and policy solutions relevant to national and global contexts.

Led by Hazel Health.

Brain health is an urgent public health frontier—spanning mental health, cognitive decline, and neurological conditions. While awareness has never been higher, translating that momentum into systems that reach entire populations remains a global challenge. This panel explores how to move from aspiration to execution, leveraging cutting-edge technology and modern advances in population health management systems and models.

Led by Gainwell Technologies.

Drawing from the art of improvisation, participants will engage in intergenerational dialogue through unscripted, playful interactions. Guided by storytelling prompts and role-play exercises, attendees will explore wisdom sharing, generational empathy, and the spontaneous joy of co-creation. It’s a bridge-building exercise—where spontaneity meets shared insight.

This panel will explore how international collaboration can accelerate brain research and innovation, strengthen synergies across initiatives and address barriers to data sharing and capacity building. The discussion will highlight opportunities to align global efforts and ensure research translates into tangible benefits for citizens and societies worldwide.

This session will examine how brain health is gaining traction as a global policy priority, moving beyond health systems into the realms of social inclusion, sustainable development and economic resilience. Speakers will explore how international organisations and UN agencies can embed brain health into global agendas, ensuring it becomes a cornerstone of the post-2030 development framework.

Building on growing international momentum, this session will highlight why brain health must be prioritised as a global development and public policy issue. Experts from diverse regions and disciplines will explore how science diplomacy, advocacy, and innovation can converge to shape a more coordinated global approach—turning knowledge into action for healthier societies worldwide.

The President of the European Brain Council will close the 2025 Brain Days with a call to action, underlining the urgency of turning dialogue into delivery. Summarising the key insights from across the sessions, the remarks will stress the need for collective commitment to ensure that the discussions in New York translate into tangible outcomes—paving the way for a stronger global agenda on brain health, research, and innovation.