The forum offered the opportunity to hear from neuroscience thought leaders from Rhode Island to Israel about their insights and perspectives on the evolution of neuroscience research and what excites them about the future prospects for the field. RI Secretary of Commerce provided opening remarks for the forum. The keynote speaker was Professor Alon Friedman, M.D., Ph.D., who led the establishment of the Inter-Faculty Brain Sciences School at Ben-Gurion University of the Nege

On Thursday and Friday, September 12th and 13th, Khouloud Ayuti, the Co-CEO of PresenTense visited Rhode Island. This visit was a result of year-long work with Oscar Mejias, President of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Mayor Diossa from Central Falls. During her visit, she gave an excellent presentation to the public at an evening event at the Blackstone Tourist Center and the day after, she had multiple meetings with Mayor James Diossa from Central Falls and other mem