Steven Laureys MD PhD is a neurologist and neuroscientist renowned for his expertise on consciousness and cognition, neuroplasticity and neuromodulation. He currently is Chairholder of the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Neuroplasticity at CERVO Brain Research Centre, U Laval, CANADA; Invited Professor at BIDMC, Harvard Medical School; Honorary Research Director at the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research and founder at U Liège where he founded the ‘Coma Science Group’ and ‘GIGA Consciousness Research Unit’. He is Co-Founder of BRAIN-NM NeuroModulation Clinics Antwerp and Amsterdam and Mind Care International Foundation. Prof Laureys is a promoter of complementary medicine and author the international bestseller “The No-Nonsense Meditation Book” (Bloomsbury Publishing). He is a highly cited clinical neuroscientist with over 600 scientific articles (H-index 147), ranked top 10 most influential neurologists and Editor-in-Chief of “Brain Connectivity” (Liebert Publishers, NYC). Dr Laureys is a Member of the European Academy, Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology and the Belgian Royal Academy of Medicine and recipient of numerous awards (e.g., European Award in Medicine, Max Planck Institute, Society of Cognitive Neuroscience).