Boris Nikolai Konrad

Profession:

Memory world record holder

Expertise:

Memory training, learning technology, remembering names

Languages:

German, English, Dutch

A good memory can be learned!

Would you like to remember the name of a new customer right away? Give lectures without taking notes or learn languages with ease? In his entertaining lectures, a rousing mix of entertainment, show and memory training, brain researcher, artificial intelligence expert and world record holder in remembering names Dr. Boris Nikolai Konrad proves to an enthusiastic audience that anyone can bring their memory to peak performance! "Germany's super brain" Dr. Boris Nikolai Konrad shows you how fascinating and amusing learning can be. The brain researcher talks about artificial intelligences (AI) such as Chat GPT in an amusing and descriptive way. He explains the brain of the future in a playful way. Combined with the latest findings from neuroscience, he answers questions about whether we will remain smarter than robots and how technology is changing the way we think.Whether as a talk guest on ORF, NDR, VOX or ZDF - the likeable brain researcher is a welcome guest and a sought-after brain trainer for actors.

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"Fascinating talk by Boris Nikolai Konrad, world record holder in remembering names."

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"Boris Nikolai Konrad also delighted the guests of honor with his memory exercises."

MACH AG - Hendrik Deus

"Dr. Boris Nikolai Konrad amazed our audience by remembering over 40 names and faces in a short time and recognizing them in the lecture. Entertaining and refreshing, Dr. Konrad then revealed his learning techniques. An invigorating, educational and entertaining lecture!"

lectures by Boris Nikolai Konrad

Memory training for eyerone

Names, digits, full presentations - whoever is capable of storing these in their memory with ease has a clear advantage compared to most of the population. Memory world record holder Boris Nikolai Konrad explains his techniques in this engaging keynote speech.

Super brain - memory training with a world champion

It's easy to remember names, numbers and lectures: if you can do this, you have a clear advantage - both privately and professionally. The methods for this can be learned by everyone. Get to know the memory techniques of Dr. Boris Nikolai Konrad and use the training talent of the multiple world record holder and winner of the TV show "Deutschlands Superhirn" to motivate yourself to explore your own memory in a new way.

Memory training for unforgettable events

You want your event to be remembered for a long time? With the multiple memory world record holder Dr. Konrad, you can ensure an unforgettable event. After the lecture, your participants will not only be able to remember more, but will also remember your event in the best and longest lasting way.

Lecture aritficial intelligence - are we staying smarter than robots?

From Intel's Watson to Google's DeepMind to MindJourney and ChatGPT. Many developments in the field of artificial intelligence have impressed and even shaken people and companies.
Where is it still headed? Speculation abounds, but what are robots really capable of and what else will they learn? Is an AI that generates impressive images, even works of art, creative itself - or is it just plagiarizing creators of art? The charismatic computer scientist and brain researcher Dr. Boris Nikolai Konrad reports on the opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence. He is up close and personal with the current state of research and is able to captivate his audience with exciting insights.

Future brain - how technology changes our thinking

How will future technologies change our ability to think and remember? How can we optimise our memory? And how vulnerable is our brain? In his lecture, the brain researcher and 5-star speaker Dr. Boris Nikolai Konrad gives a trend-setting overview of the latest questions and findings in brain research, which will soon influence our private and professional lives. The exceptional scientist will show his audience how the interaction between our memory and new technologies works, what opportunities and dangers they hold and how companies can prepare for future developments in good time.

Why diversity is necessary for innovation and learning

Memory needs diversity to develop effectively. Consequently, lived diversity in companies leads to significant competitive advantages. This is what this lecture shows. 5 star speaker and neuroscientist Dr. Boris Nikolai Konrad explains impressively why our brain works more efficiently in a diverse work environment. Diversity in the working world stimulates the memory of entrepreneurs and employees and ensures more creativity, innovation and learning ability.

Space in our head: stress-free through life

Most people find it increasingly difficult to get down from their daily stress levels in their private and professional lives. But what possibilities are there to create space in one's head and thus go through life stress-free? The 5-star speaker and brain researcher Dr. Boris Nikolaus Konrad has been dealing with this important question in his studies for many years. In his exciting lecture, the world champion in memory now gives his audience valuable tips on how everyone can succeed in dealing with the daily flood of information in a relaxed manner.

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.
"Grenzen menschlicher Gedächtnisleistungen", in "Grenzen unseres Geistes", Hirzel Verlag 2010.
"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

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