Dr. Boris Nikolai Konrad
A good memory can be learned!
lectures by Dr. Boris Nikolai Konrad
Profile
The brain researcher and AI expert teaches at various universities and is currently researching the foundations of outstanding memory and thinking skills at Radboud University. The expert for AI Dr. Boris Nikolai Konrad is the author of the highly amusing Ariston top title "Alles nur in meinem Kopf - die Geheimnisse unseres Gehirns" (All in my head - the secrets of our brain) and the classic book on memory training "Superhirn - Gedächtnistraining mit einem Weltmeister" (Goldegg). As a world-class memory athlete, he holds numerous world records, is a multiple team world champion and a regular guest on TV and radio in Germany (Wetten, Dass...?!, Markus Lanz, Galileo, Planet Wissen, Deutschlands Superhirn and many more), China, Japan, USA, Great Britain and the Netherlands. As a memory expert, he is also a sought-after interview partner in the print media worldwide (including Spiegel, New York Times, Psychology Today, Wired).
With his enormous memory capacity, the brain researcher has already entered the Guinness Book of Records several times. His enthusiasm for learning techniques, learning methods and memory training has long since become a passion, which he passes on to his audience in amusing and instructive memory shows with amazing experiments. Mnemonics using mnemonic words and pictures have been tried and tested for centuries and are child's play to learn, but never before have they been taught in such a sparkling way!
As light-footed as the artificial intelligence expert presents his learning strategies, as profound are the scientific foundations on which his knowledge of learning techniques and the memory capacity of the human brain is based: After studying physics and computer science, Dr. Boris N. Konrad did his doctorate at the Max Planck Institute on the neuronal basis of extraordinary memory performance. He is currently a neuroscientist at the Donders Institute in Nijmegen/Netherlands.
Brain researcher Dr Boris Nikolai Konrad won the show "Germany's Super Brain" with Jörg Pilawa and on Chinese television over 100 million viewers watched his appearance on "The Brain". The world record holder, who is known far beyond Germany, Austria and Switzerland, also promotes his hobby of memory training as president of "MemoryXL": The European Society for the Promotion of Memory is the largest memory sports association in the world. In addition, he is successful nationwide in competitions for knowledge communication, such as Science Slam and FameLab.
For his outstanding success as a speaker, AI expert Dr. Boris Nikolai Konrad has already received the 5 Star Speaker Award three times: in the category "Best Newcomer", for his extraordinary achievements and as "Best Performer Trainer". Konrad also received the certificate as a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP). His audio book "Das perfekte Namensgedächtnis" (The Perfect Name Memory) is also one of the best-selling books in the 5 Star Shop. In 2016, Dr. Boris Nikolai Konrad became the youngest speaker in the world to be awarded the highest international distinction for full-time speakers by the American National Speakers Association: only 7 percent of speakers worldwide can call themselves "Certified Speaking Professional".
Successes in memory sports:
- since 2004 winner of numerous memory championships
- since 2009 several world records in memory sports
- 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013 and 2015 - World Team Champion in memory sports.
- 2012 the memory trainer is winner of "Germany's super brain" on ZDF
- 2013 World record in remembering words (119 in 5 minutes), world champion in remembering names
- 2014 Guinness world record in knowing capitals
- 2015 Improved own world record - remembering 215 names and faces in 15 minutes
- 2016 Presented in the Guinness Book of World Records
Publications:
- Scientific publications in journals and volumes, e.g.
- "The perfect memory for names - remembering names with the 5-star method", audio book, Gabal Verlag 2011
- "Super brain. Memory training with a world champion", Goldegg Verlag 2013
- "Everything only in my head: The secrets of our brain", Ariston Verlag 2016
Additional information:
- President of MemoryXL, the European Memory Advancement Association
- Boris Nikolai Konrad has been in the Top 10 Memory rankings worldwide for years
- German representative of the World Sport Stacking Association
