Brain to Market Summer School 2021

What is Brain to Market ?

The Brain to Market summer school is an annual programme combining neuroscience and entrepreneurship, with an international dimension. Each year the scientific theme is defined according to current events or needs expressed by experts.

During one week, 50 international participants with a scientific business profile, managers, engineers, designers and developers will first follow a series of conferences given by experts in entrepreneurship, scientific and clinical fields. In a second step, the participants will work in groups to define a project to be defended in front of a jury of experts and investors.

Together, they will take the different innovative concepts and bring them to life through business models and functional prototypes.

What is this year's theme ?

This year's theme is Adult Psychiatry with a focus on stress and addiction.

The trigger of an emotion, its perception and management vary according to the individual. In some cases, the expression of stress is so strong that it becomes pathological.

One might then ask whether and how stress and addiction are linked? Which forms of stress can lead to addiction? How do we know when the situation is pathological and how can we deal with individuals in this case?

This subject raises many questions and is all the more topical at the moment with the pandemic. If you want to join us and experience what it takes to innovate and make a real difference to patients; research and development; and healthcare systems, then register now.

What you will learn ? 

• To apply knowledge on the scientific basis of a pathology, its current stakes in order to found a tech startup.
• Apply theories and methods on entrepreneurship, marketing and innovation to a concrete case proposed by the Living Lab of the Brain Institute. (https://institutducerveau-icm.org/fr/living-lab-cllaps/)
• Linking knowledge and skills from several fields (scientific and business) to create a viable business plan around a defined problem.
• Collaborate within a multidisciplinary and international group.
• Support and argue a project orally before a jury of experts and investors.

Practical information:

• Dates: 6 to 10 September 2021
• Location: Brain Institute, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, 47 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013
• Registrations are open until 9 August, 2021.
• For more information: You can write to the following address: scientific.affairs@icm-institute.org or visit the website of the Open Brain School