One Day Global Summit | March 2027 | Hong Kong

The Brain EconomyIn Focus

Brain Health as the Next Longevity Frontier

200+Senior leaders
1Day in Hong Kong
3rdAnnual edition

Brain health is your sleep, your stress, your hormones, your heart, your focus, your decisions, your parents, your burnout, your talent, your claims, your growth, our economy. It's everything.

Health in FocusHong Kong · since 2025

Previously at Health in Focus

20 March 2026 · Hong Kong · One dayHealthspan as a business strategy. Title sponsor: Prudential Hong Kong.
16–17 June 2025 · Asia Society Hong Kong · Two daysAsia's first global summit on women's health. 250+ attendees, 40 speakers, 95% rated it exceptional.
Past partners

In good company

20 organisations that have partnered with Health in Focus.

A packed room at Longevity in Focus, 2026
Attendees taking a selfie at Women's Health in Focus, 2025
A keynote on immune intelligence at Longevity in Focus, 2026
Guests in conversation at Women's Health in Focus, 2025
A panel on longevity innovation, 2026
A panel on women's health at Asia Society Hong Kong, 2025
Guests at the OM Longevity Blueprint experience
The audience at Women's Health in Focus, 2025
Who has taken the stage

67 speakers. Two summits.

  • Dr. Francesco Lo MonacoPreventive Cardiologist, Founder, The National Heart Clinic
  • Kodo NishimuraBuddhist Monk & Author
  • Tricia YapFounder, Limitless
  • Eva McLellanGlobal Biotech Executive
  • Anca GriffithsCEO, OM Health Hub
  • Christina SangGlobal Mental Health & Whole-Life Wellbeing Strategist
  • Jean-Baptiste RoyPartner, Seveno Capital
  • Lindsay JangWellness Entrepreneur
  • Jenny ChiuGeneral Manager, PHASE Scientific
  • Nicole DenholderCo-founder, Sophia
  • Danny LeeManaging Partner, VCA Capital
  • Emily LiChief Employee Benefits & Wellness Officer, AXA Hong Kong & Macau
  • Wayne FongHead of Corporate Affairs, Prudential Hong Kong
  • Beth WrightCo-founder & CEO, MAIA Health
  • Prof. Jed MontayreAssociate Head & Professor, School of Nursing, PolyU
  • Kristen CarusosFounder, CrossGen Health
  • Brian SiuExecutive Director, New Frontier Group
  • Dr. Maggie LoChief Manager, OASES, HKSAR Government
  • Candy Au YeungChief Customer Operations & Health Officer, Prudential Hong Kong
  • Maaike SteinebachCEO, FemTech Future
  • Dr. Felix LeeCo-CEO, GBA Healthcare Group
  • Haymans FungGlobal Head, Wealth & Retail Banking Marketing, Standard Chartered Hong Kong
  • Tracy ChanSenior Journalist, North Asia, HR Online
  • Joyce SmithChief Commercial Officer, Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong
  • Sarah VeeCo-founder, Women of Hong Kong
  • Vijay VaswaniCo-founder & CEO, Omniscope
  • Dr. Qicong HuManaging Director, BCG
  • Effie GuoAI & Digital Health Strategist
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It's personal

Behind every number in the brain economy is a person trying to sleep, think clearly, lead well, care for someone and still show up. This summit starts with them. It starts with you.

A young man looking out of a window, lost in thought
Your focusMy mind is in ten places. None of them is here.
A woman with her hand on her forehead, exhausted
Your burnoutThird headache this week. Still on the 8am call.
A man in glasses lying awake in bed, lit by his phone
Your sleepI signed off a million-dollar decision on four hours' sleep.
A woman looking up into warm sunlight
Your futureI want to be this sharp at eighty.

It's business

The same brains run your teams, your boardroom and your balance sheet. When sleep, stress and focus slip, so do productivity, decisions, retention and growth. Brain health is a workforce issue, a risk issue and an economic one.

Three colleagues silhouetted against a bright office window
Your workforce

Burnout, absence and people who show up but can't switch on. It all starts in the brain.

A man in a suit looking out over a city at sunset
Your leadership

Every strategy rests on the clarity of the people making the calls.

A woman walking away into warm haze
Your talent

Midlife, menopause and caring for parents push experienced people out of work too early.

A woman standing alone in soft golden light
Your growth

Healthier brains mean longer working lives, better decisions and a stronger economy.

Multiply them by every employee, customer and parent. That's the brain economy.

The Brain Economy in FocusOne-day global summit · March 2027 · Hong Kong

Brain health is
whole-body health

How you sleep, move, eat, cope and connect all ends up in the brain. And the brain shapes how the whole body ages. Brain health is now a productivity, risk and care issue for every business, insurer and health system.

The brain economy is the value created when the health of the whole person, body, mind and brain, is treated as a driver of productivity, innovation and growth. Today the conversation is fragmented. The Brain Economy in Focus brings every piece into one room.

Sleephow you restStress & moodhow you copeMovementhow you moveFood & gutwhat you eatHeartwhat keeps you goingHormonesevery life stageConnectionwho you're close toSight & hearinghow you take in the world

Everything flows in. Everything flows out.

Up to 45%of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by addressing 14 risk factors, most outside the brain.
30 yearsChanges linked to Alzheimer's can begin up to 30 years before any symptoms appear.
1 in 6people worldwide will be aged 60 or over by 2030.
US$2.3Ta year lost to depression, anxiety and dementia.

Sources: The Lancet Commission on Dementia, 2024; Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2019; WHO; OECD.

The Brain Economy in FocusOne-day global summit · March 2027 · Hong Kong

The programme

Four imperatives for the brain economy, from the boardroom to the clinic. The full agenda will be announced soon.

Theme 01

Safeguard

Brain health and economic growth

  • Connection and resilience in the age of AI
  • The ageing workforce
  • Caregiving
  • Cognitive longevity
  • The cost of brain health to business
Theme 02

Foster

Mental health and human performance

  • Burnout and stress
  • Mental health
  • Leadership performance
  • The brain in the age of AI
Theme 03

Build

Brain-health screening and measurement

  • Early detection
  • Sleep
  • Wearables
  • Biomarkers and cognitive assessments
Theme 04

Integrate

Whole-body solutions for brain health

  • Nutrition and the gut
  • Heart and metabolic health
  • Menopause and hormones
  • New treatments and technologies
The Brain Economy in FocusOne-day global summit · March 2027 · Hong Kong

Why attend

200+ senior leaders

A curated, cross-sector audience of C-suite leaders, decision-makers and subject-matter experts.

The whole picture

Business, insurance, healthcare, technology, investment and policy, in one room for one day.

Evidence you can act on

The strategy, evidence and partners to act on brain health in your organisation.

For you and your team

Practical ways to protect your own brain, and the performance and wellbeing of your people.

Who will be
in the room?

  • Business & workforceCEOs · CHROs · Chief People Officers · Benefits leaders · Occupational health leaders
  • Insurance & healthcareInsurers · Reinsurers · Health systems · Life sciences · Clinical leaders
  • Innovation & capitalMedTech · Digital health · Technology companies · Entrepreneurs · Investors
  • Science & policyResearchers · Academics · Policymakers · Public health leaders
The Brain Economy in FocusOne-day global summit · March 2027 · Hong Kong

Partner with us

Put your organisation at the heart of a fast-emerging business, health and economic agenda, and alongside the people shaping it. Packages can be tailored.

  1. 01
    Build authorityDemonstrate leadership in brain health, human performance and economic resilience.
  2. 02
    Create executive connectionsEngage senior decision-makers across business, insurance, healthcare, technology and policy.
  3. 03
    Showcase expertiseBring your thinking and solutions to life through curated content and experiences.
  4. 04
    Gain strategic insightUnderstand changing workforce, health, technology and investment priorities.
  5. 05
    Extend your reachBuild visibility through event, editorial, digital, PR and partner channels.
The Brain Economy in FocusOne-day global summit · March 2027 · Hong Kong

Why now

From global health bodies to Davos, brain health is moving from the clinic to the boardroom.

Format · In person · One day · Hong Kong · Venue to be announced

  1. 2022WHO publishes its first position paper on brain health.
  2. 2024The Lancet: nearly half of dementia cases preventable or delayable.
  3. 2026At Davos, the World Economic Forum and McKinsey launch the brain economy agenda.
  4. 2027The Brain Economy in Focus, Hong Kong.
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