🎥 Highlights from the World Brain Health Forum 2026
Held in Paris for the 15th anniversary of the Paris Brain Institute, this landmark event brought together scientists, policy leaders and experts worldwide to place brain health at the heart of global priorities.
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Great day at the World Brain Health Forum 2026 organised by @institutducerveau.bsky.social at @unesco.org! 🌍
🧠 The NERV Lab showcased its #BCI research to members of the @bkmfoundation.bsky.social. An inspiring exchange on brain health & emerging tech 💡
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🌍 On the final day of #WBHF2026, international roundtables gathered researchers, policymakers, and public health leaders to translate scientific evidence into coordinated global action on brain health, amid increasingly interconnected scientific, health, social, and geopolitical challenges.
🧠 Last day of the World Brain Health Forum! On Friday, January 16, 2026, the Paris Brain Institute brought together leading international figures at the Institut de France – Académie des sciences for a landmark event dedicated to brain health.
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🎙️"To collaborate effectively, we must acknowledge that brain health is a social, economic, and financial priority. We cannot separate the scientific and medical aspects of brain health from its real-world consequences." Stephanie Debette, Executive Director of the Paris Brain Institute.
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🎙️"The brain makes us what we are as individuals" Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization.
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🎙️"We must work together to integrate brain health to international policies" H.E. Ban-Ki-moon, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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🎙️ “The World Brain Health Forum can and must become a global reference.” Philippe Baptiste, French Minister of Higher Education, Research and Space
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🧠 World Brain Health Forum 2026 : A call for action on brain health
🎙️ "The World Brain Health Forum organized by Paris Brain Institute illustrate the need of global collaboration at an international level" Antoine Triller, Perpetual Secretary of the French Academy of Sciences
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The World Dementia Council was proud to join this important conversation on advancing brain health and dementia research. Collaboration is key to driving progress and improving lives worldwide.
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🔬 As part of the #WBHF2026, the Paris Brain Institute was honored to welcome H.E. Ban Ki-moon, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations, Dr Heinz Fischer, former President of Austria, and members of the Ban Ki-moon Foundation, highlighting the Institute’s scientific mission and unique model.
🌍 The World Brain Health Forum 2026 continues today at the UNESCO House with its main conference, opened by Serge Weinberg, Jean Todt, Olivier Goy, Didier Samuel, and Stéphanie Debette, followed by inaugural speeches from Khaled El-Enany, H.E. Ban Ki-moon, and Dr. Tedros.
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🌍 The fifth and final session of the World Brain Health Forum highlighted the urgent need to strengthen international and multi-stakeholder cooperation to accelerate brain health innovations that are accessible to all.
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🌍 The fourth session focused on brain health across the lifespan, highlighting how advances in genomics and multi-omics can drive prevention and targeted therapies. With global aging and rising mental health disorders in young adults, a lifelong brain health approach is critical.
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🔬 As part of the World Brain Health Forum 2026, the Paris Brain Institute had the honor of welcoming His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations, for a visit highlighting the Institute’s scientific mission and the uniqueness of its model.
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🧠 The third session of the day explored how AI and data science are transforming brain health, from diagnosis to prevention, creating new opportunities for research, therapies, and global cognitive development.
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🧠 The second session of the day highlighted opportunities to transform brain disorder management. Experts explored how neuroscience, AI, and molecular approaches can help overcome current limitations in treatments and prevention.
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Pr Moro on the scene and big screen of the World Brain Health Forum held at Unesco, Paris
Pr Elena Moro from @ugrenoblealpes.bsky.social and Pdt of the European Academy of Neurology explains at the World Brain Health Forum how to get more attention from the European Parliament, on behalf of the 45000+ neurologists in Europe. #wbhf2026
🌍 The first session of the World Brain Health Forum 2026 focused on a holistic approach to brain health, redefining neurological and psychiatric diseases by biological and molecular markers to advance biomarkers, therapies, and targeted prevention.
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🌍 The World Brain Health Forum 2026 continues today at the UNESCO House with its main conference, opened by Serge Weinberg, Jean Todt, Olivier Goy, Didier Samuel, and Stéphanie Debette, followed by inaugural speeches from Khaled El-Enany, H.E. Ban Ki-moon, and Dr. Tedros.
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🧠 World Brain Health Forum Main Conférence : Words of welcome and inauguration
🎙️"Brain health is no longer an isolated topic: it concerns everyone. [...] The human mind must be protected" Khaled El-Enany, Director-General of @unesco.org.
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🧠 World Brain Health Forum Main Conférence : Words of welcome and inauguration
🎙️"It's a real honour to open the World Brain Health Forum at UNESCO, a place that embodies dialogue between nations." Serge Weinberg, President of the Paris Brain Institute.
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Opening adress of the World Brain Health Forum at the @unesco.org by Serge Weinberg @institutducerveau.bsky.social
Mentionning Psychiatry alongside Neurology right from the beginning. #wbhf2026
🔬 As part of the World Brain Health Forum 2026, the second session of the day explored emerging perspectives in neuroscience through the insights of early-career researchers.
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🧠 Future Perspectives Through the Lenses of Early-Career Researchers
🎙️ “The early-career investigators community is very active at the Paris Brain Institute and represents one quarter of the Institute’s entire staff.” Stéphanie Debette, Executive Director of the Paris Brain Institute.
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🧠 How Memory Guides Value-Based Decision Making
🎙️ “Decision-making is something we face every day. But how do we learn from experience to make good decisions?” Daphna Shohamy, Professor at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social
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🎙️ “The Dream Team studies sleep mechanisms. But how can we access the dream black box? At the Paris Brain Institute, the team studies lucid dreamers with narcolepsy…”. Paolo Bartolomeo, Co-leader of the “PICNIC Lab” at the Paris Brain Institute.
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🧠 Critical Discoveries in Cognitive Neuroscience
🎙️ “Our work focuses on understanding how the brain gives rise to conscious cognition.” Liane Schmidt, Co-leader of the “BEND” team at the Paris Brain Institute.
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🧠 Led by experts from the Paris Brain Institute, the opening session highlighted the Institute’s key scientific achievements of the past 15 years, spanning cellular and molecular neurobiology, integrative neurophysiology, AI in neuroscience, and clinical and translational advances.
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