Here's what happened at the final day of the Summit...

The day begun with a guided attention session, led by the UCLA's Mindfulness Awareness Research Center (MARC) and breakfast for all Summit attendees.

Emotional Regulation

Matt Lieberman, Ph.D. presented the opening session of the day, titled 'The Brain's Braking System'. Matt talked about the ways the brain regulates emotions, both the positive and negative and talked about strategies for managing emotions more effectively.

You can listen to the first few minutes of his presentation here:

Engagement

David Rock, co-founder of the NeuroLeadership Institute co-presented with Dr Yi-Yuan Tang, a session on the neuroscience of engagement. The session covered how to be more effective at collaborating with and influencing others for improved employee engagement, flow and motivation.

Social Pain and Pleasure

Following lunch, Naomi Eisenberger Ph.D. presented the latest findings from social cognitive neuroscience in relation to social pain and pleasure. Naomi identified some of the similarities between social and physical pain (from the physiological perspective), which identifies the importance of social connection for optimum performance.

You can listen to the first few minutes of Naomi's presentation here:

Making Change Stick

The Summit concluded with a panel discussion on what neuroscience can tell us about creating change and making it stick. Al Ringleb Ph.D., Dan Siegel, M.D. and Evian Gordon Ph.D. featured on the panel that was facilitated by David Rock.

Final Wrap Up

130 people from more than 17 countries converged on Los Angeles to take part in the 4th NeuroLeadership Summit. The event was a great success with outstanding feedback from participants. Here are a few of their highlights:

"This was truly an important event and is a long conversation which as barely begun"

"Compared with most conferences, access to speakers and researchers is fantastic at the Summit"

"Fantastic organization and food, great venue"

"The opportunities built into the conference to network and connect is outstanding"

"Thank you, what a wonderful gathering and opportunity to learn and grow!"

"Excellent conference I will definitely make it a priority to attend next year"

Audio recording from the Summit available now

If you missed the Summit and would like to catch up on what was covered, the entire conference was recorded and is now available for purchase.

2010 NeuroLeadership Summit - Hold the dates

Hold the dates for next year's Summit, which will be held in Boston from October 25 - 28. If you're interested in attending, then we invite you to complete the Expression of Interest Form. We look forward to seeing you next year!