Shimon Peres, President of Israel, delivers his vision about the role of science to better humanity at the May 9, 2012 brain research roundtable in Toronto. The event was hosted by Baycrest, in partnership with the Ontario Brain Institute and the Canada-Israel Industrial R&D Foundation.

 To the left of Mr. Peres  is one of the roundtable innovation leaders, Dr. Randy McIntosh, Vice President of Research and Director of the Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest. Dr. McIntosh is leading an international team of scientists to develop the world’s first virtual, functional brain for research and clinical use. Mr. Peres called for deeper collaboration between Canada and Israel in neuroscience, industry and academia to advance new breakthroughs in diagnostics and treatments for neurological disorders such as Epilepsy, Stroke, Autism, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

Photo by Gary Beechey for Baycrest