10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
Olfaction, our oldest and most primal sense is deeply intertwined with our memory, emotion, cognition, and behavior. Aaron Wisniewski, Co-Founder and CEO of OVR Technology explores how combining this often overlooked and misunderstood sense with today’s most cutting-edge technology is the crucial missing piece that can positively impact healthcare and therapy. With a focus on mental health applications - like exposure therapy for PTS in war Veterans and first responders - this talk will highlight how Olfactory Virtual Reality works and how clinicians might use it to meet urgent human needs.