PROF JOEL​ PEARSON

The sheer excitement of discovery and innovation

I am passionate about discovery and catalysing discovery for others.

An exciting keynote speaker who engages, inspires and connects to his audiences, Joel will stretch and expand your definition of science, innovation, art and fill the audience with excitement about discovery and change what you think of science. No other speaker spans Science and Innovation in such a modern dynamic way.

Joel is a Psychologist, Neuroscientist, Public Intellectual, Company Founder and Keynote Speaker, working at the Forefront of Science, Innovation, Agile Science and new mind measurement technologies.

​​Joel started his career in Arts and film, then decided to apply his passion for creative discovery to the scientific mysteries of human consciousness and the complexities of brain, completing his science PhD in 2 years, started two science labs, a company and a one of a kind Innovation lab.

Joel started his career in Arts and film, then decided to apply his passion for creative discovery to the scientific mysteries of human consciousness and the complexities of brain, completing his science PhD in 2 years, started two science labs, a company and a one of a kind Innovation lab.

THE SCIENCE OF INNOVATION LAB

Joel is the founder and director of the University of New South Wales’ Science of Innovation Lab or SIL. A hands on empirical lab that develops new methods to scientifically study all related aspects of innovation using Psychology and Neuroscience. Many of the qualities or skills thought to be important for innovation: intuition, creativity, resilience, thinking outside the box etc. rely on subjective self-report questionnaires or are considered beyond the scope of science we are changing all that!