Zack Lynch is the executive director of the Neurotechnology Industry Organization (NIO) and co-founder of NeuroInsights. He serves on the advisory boards of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT,Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics, the Center for Neuroeconomic Studies and SocialText, a social software company. He is currently writing a book on how neurotech is shaping business, politics and culture. Please send newsworthy items or feedback - to Zack Lynch.
I'll be posting highlights from NBIC 2004 throughout the day. My talk on emerging neuropolicy issues went very well. Here is a response I received from John Sargent, senior policy analyst at the U.S. Department of Commerce:
I found your talk thought-provoking and the implications profound. I would like to have you come in and talk about your work with Under Secretary Bond and some of my colleagues at Commerce.