Outer Banks Blue Mind: BLUEMiND2 Event Lineup Announced!

2012 Outer Banks Blue Mind Poster

The BLUEMiND2 Summit is getting close! June 4th & 5th will be here before we know it. We are making great progress with the planning.

We have a variety of logistics to pull together, but everything is progressing well, and the buzz is starting to grow.

And now we have the first look at the full event lineup!

Wow. This is going to be an amazing conference.

To paint a quick picture; a national group of top neuroscientists meeting on Outer Banks to discuss the amazing positive effects that the Outer Banks has to our health and happiness; including data points from the first study of its kind – focused on the Outer Banks – all while overlooking the ocean at the brand new, “green”/ocean-minded Jennette’s Pier.

Check out this awesome lineup…

BLUEMIND2: Where Nostalgia is Born

4 June 2012, Jennette’s Pier, Nags Head, Outer Banks, North Carolina

• Dinner + Keynote presentation, TBA

5 June 2012, Jennette’s Pier, Nags Head, Outer Banks, North Carolina

•  7 am Open Water Swim w/ Bruckner & Michelle Chase -or- BLUEMIND Beach Yoga
•  8 am Breakfast
•  9 am Welcome: Moderator, Timothy Dykman, OceanRevolution.org
•  BLUEMIND Overview. Dr. Wallace J. Nichols, California Academy of Sciences
•  Opening remarks: Where Nostalgia Is Born. Fabien Cousteau, PlantAFish.org

10 am Invited Speakers:

• The Healing Power of Ocean Memories: From the Sea to Prison and Back Again. Dr. Amir Vokshoor and marine photographer Charles Seaborn
•  REDMIND v BLUEMIND: Extreme ocean sports, stress and the brain. Dr. Catherine Franssen, Longwood University and Joao De Macedo, Rip Curl Team & Planet Ambassador, Co-Founder of World Surfing Reserves movement, and author
•  Neuromarketing the ocean: Results of a BLUEMIND pilot project. Dr. Steven Sands, Sands Research and award winning filmmaker Bob Talbot
• The Blue Marbles Project: Importance of gratitude and play to saving the ocean. Dr. M.A. Greenstein, GGI, Sarah Marquis, NOAA Thank You Ocean Campaign and hybrid communicator/producer Sarah Kornfeld

12:30 – 1:30 pm LUNCH

• Youth On the Ocean: Open Water Opens Minds. Michelle Evans-Chase, University of Pennsylvania, School of Social Policy & Practice, Bruckner Chase, Endurance Waterman / Ocean Advocate and Bryan Flores, 5^th District Commissioner, Monterey Co. Mental Health Commission
• PTSD, Relaxation and the Ocean. Dr. Jordan Grafman, Kessler Foundation, Jim Dolan, Heroes on the Water and Jeff Denholm, Patagonia Surfing Ambassador and founder of Atira Systems
• The ‘Ocean View’ Premium. Dr. Scott Huettel, Duke University and Adam Norko, Coldwell Banker
• The Million Dollar Fish: NeuroEconomics and Seafood. Dr. Rick Larrick, Duke University and Timothy O’Shea, CleanFish
• Closing remarks: Dr. Steven Sands

6 pm DINNER. Special Musical Guest

Amazing! Can’t wait to be a part of this historic event on the Outer Banks. We are truly humbled to be a part of spreading the Blue Mind message.

This video gets me excited for BLUEMiND2 every time I watch it.