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Antonio Damasio

Author of the best-selling Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain and Professor of Neuroscience and Director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California, Dr. Damasio is an internationally recognized leader in neuroscience with interests in the neurobiology of mind and behavior with an emphasis on emotion, decision-making, memory, communication, and creativity. His work has had a major influence on the current understanding of neural systems.

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Industry, academia, government, and professionals from a variety of fields share their knowledge and insights about the development and effects of technologies in the information realm. Some of the areas explored by the Forum are emerging technologies, organizational development, economic competition, and the changing concept of security, writ large. The Forum provides no formal reports or consensus recommendations, but rather serves as a catalyst for creativity and enhanced decision-making. Discussions are off-the-record and not for attribution.