Month: February 2018

When the right businesses and institutions are located in proximity, they have the ability to foster collaboration and generate industry breakthroughs. At Lake Nona, in less than a decade, we have built a community on this strategy that has allowed us to bring in the right new industries to the region to fuel economic growth and job creation.

That vision was evident last night as Sandi Peterson, Global Worldwide Chair, Johnson & Johnson announced the $18 million expansion of the corporation’s Human Performance Institute, a multidisciplinary training center and global hub for continuing research and development into science-based approaches to improve human energy capacity for performance, resilience and leadership.

Mark Britnell, Chairman & Partner, Global Health Practice of KPMG LLP explained the company is building a $400 million, 55-acre, state-of-the-art campus with 800,000 square feet of space for meeting, classroom, residential, and dining facilities to train future accountants. The campus will feature cutting-edge technology, including an innovation center that will support training and client engagement, and a heritage center to highlight the firm’s rich history and culture.

And, Dr. Mehmet Oz, founding partner of SleepScore Labs™, the company behind the most advanced non-contact sleep improvement system for consumers, presented critical information to raise awareness of how sleep habits have a major impact on the overall health and productivity of U.S. workers and its effect on the economy. SleepScore has partnered with Lake Nona’s WHIT Home, the Living Lab for a Healthy Home to help change the conversation around sleep.

The best part of this discussion? During the Q&A a start-up pioneering technology to improve sleep was introduced to Carlos Nunez, MD, Chief Medical Officer, ResMed.

This is what the Lake Nona Impact Forum is all about – collaborative problem solving to create an ecosystem of healthier living.

Through Participation in Leading Health Forum, SleepScore Labs and Dr. Oz Tackle the Impact of Sleep on Health and Productivity

SleepScore Labs to be Featured in Lake Nona’s WHIT, the Living Lab for a Healthy Home, Along with Other Ecosystem Partners

SleepScore Labs™, the company behind the most advanced non-contact sleep improvement system for consumers, today announced its partnership with the Lake Nona Institute and participation in the Lake Nona Impact Forum, an invitation-only event where nationally recognized thought leaders and business executives come together for a cooperative discussion to develop solutions to improve health, wellbeing and sustainable living . During the Impact Forum, SleepScore Labs founding partner, Dr. Mehmet Oz will present critical information to raise awareness of how sleep habits have a major impact on the overall health and productivity of U.S. workers and its effect on the economy.

Dr. Oz, a professor of surgery at Columbia University and eight-time Daytime Emmy® Award winner for “The Dr. Oz Show,” will present “Change Begins Tonight – The Impact of Sleep on Health and Productivity” to the audience of collaborative and creative industry leaders. The presentation will highlight significant problems facing U.S. businesses due to a lack of proper sleep, and seek to catalyze a national conversation around sleep habits and solutions.

While researchers and other medical professionals have recognized lack of sleep as a growing epidemic across the country for many years, public awareness is rapidly going up too.  According to SleepScore Labs user data, 55% of people sleep less than 7 hours per night equaling 12.1 million work hours lost or $506 billion in productivity lost. In light of these trends, there is an opportunity for companies to offer new solutions to their employees that can help them take control and advance their sleep quality by gaining an understanding of their sleep profile and following science-based advice and recommendations for improvement.

A panel of experts will join Dr. Oz for a comprehensive discussion about the need for proper sleep and what business leaders can do to make sleep a priority in their organizations. Dr. Nathaniel Watson, director of the University of Washington Medical Clinic and former president of the American Academy of Sleep Science; Anddria Clack-Rogers Varnado, vice president and head of strategy and business development at Williams Sonoma; and Dr. Carlos M. Nunez, chief medical officer at ResMed, will share insights and advice for addressing the sleep-related health issues facing companies today.

“Our national lack of proper sleep is an unseen public health crisis and it is time for leading voices to change the conversation to focus on solutions,” said Dr. Oz. “Improving the sleep health of Americans is critically important work, and the solutions that will emerge from the Lake Nona Impact Forum — from SleepScore Labs and other thought leaders — will have a tremendous positive impact on our national wellbeing.”

Additionally, SleepScore Labs will be featured in the master bedroom of WHIT, a living lab of the Lake Nona Institute. SleepScore Labs’ personal sleep improvement system provides insights and actionable advice, and as a strategic partner of WHIT, SleepScore Labs will help guests envision how holistic smart home health technology can have a major impact on sleep health. Other partners from the SleepScore Labs ecosystem will also be featured along with technologies currently in the WHIT home, such as circadian lighting, air and water purification systems and an interactive digital cooktop.

WHIT is located within Lake Nona, a 17-square-mile integrated, master-designed community in Orlando, home to one of the fastest-growing health and life sciences clusters in the nation and a model for the design of a comprehensive, healthy community that is the current focus of a longitudinal study by Johnson & Johnson Health & Wellness known as the Lake Nona Life Project (liveworkparticipate.com).

“The information Dr. Oz and our panel of experts has compiled for the Lake Nona Impact Forum is vital to the wellbeing of all Americans, and will benefit the national conversation around sleep,” said Colin Lawlor, CEO of SleepScore Labs. “We are honored to showcase our ultra-personalized sleep improvement system alongside the cutting-edge technology in Lake Nona’s WHIT home, and share our goals to enhance the quality of sleep and promote healthier lifestyles.”

The Lake Nona Impact Forum SleepScore panel will be available via livestream on Wednesday, February 28 at 6:30 PM EST (time subject to vary), at https://www.facebook.com/lakenonainstitute and can be followed on Twitter using the hashtag #LNIF18.

Visit the SleepScore Labs website for more information about its products and how to improve sleep quality. Connect with SleepScore Labs on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

To learn more about the Lake Nona Impact Forum and the Lake Nona Institute, visit http://www.LakeNonaImpactForum.org and http://www.LakeNonaInstitute.org.

Construction of state-of-the-art, 35,100-square foot research and  training facility expands commitment in Florida

 

The Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute today announced it is expanding its footprint in the Lake Nona community in Orlando, Florida with the construction of its new global headquarters. The $18 million state-of-the-art campus, located in Lake Nona Medical City, will house the Human Performance Institute’s multidisciplinary training center and serve as the global hub for continuing research and development into science-based approaches to improve human energy capacity for performance, resilience and leadership. Construction will be completed by the end of the year.

The announcement comes as more than 250 health and wellness thought leaders from around the globe attend the annual Lake Nona Impact Forum, an invitation-only conference that brings the best and brightest minds in healthcare together for thoughtful and collaborative conversations about how to accelerate the impact of health innovation. The Forum has been supported by Johnson & Johnson since its inception six years ago.

“At the Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute, we are passionate about our mission to enable individuals to identify their purpose and sustain peak performance. With this investment, we are accelerating our ability to impact human wellbeing globally,” said Lowinn Kibbey, Global Head of Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute. “In creating this world-class training environment, right in the heart of a vibrant community for medical care, research and education, the new facility will anchor our efforts to help individuals and organizations unleash their potential and their capacity for peak performance and wellbeing.”

“Johnson and Johnson’s decision to invest to further expand their footprint in Lake Nona is a testament to our city’s success in diversifying our economy and building infrastructure that drives Orlando’s reputation as a desired location for corporate expansion,” said Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer. “We welcome the company’s new facility, as it will create quality employment opportunities and provide a number of targeted and specialized services to our community.”

This state-of-the art training and research facility in Lake Nona will serve as the global flagship for the Human Performance Institute, will enable more workplace innovation concepts and will serve as an expression of Johnson & Johnson’s human-centered design capabilities and commitment to wellcare. To complement the physical expansion, the Human Performance Institute is transforming the brand expression across all key touch points, beginning with a relaunch of the company’s online portal at www.jjhpi.com to provide users with the latest practical insights, case studies and research on expanding energy capacity and improving personal performance.

“I am especially proud of the expansion of the Human Performance Institute’s new facility in Orlando – the same city we have called home for more than 20 years,” reflected Jack Groppel, Co-Founder of the Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute. “There has never been a greater need – from those starting out in their careers to the upper reaches of the boardroom – to develop vital energy-management skills. As our world grows more complex and frenetic, our research continues to prove that discovering and living your personal purpose brings energy, fulfillment and wellbeing to your life. Living a life of character brings energy, fulfillment and wellbeing to the lives of others as well.”

For more than 30 years, the Human Performance Institute has been a pioneer in proven, sustainable behavior change science, working with professional athletes, military Special Forces and Fortune 500 CEOs in the field of high performance and energy management. Human Performance Institute programs are grounded in the sciences of performance psychology, exercise physiology and nutrition to deliver proven sustainable behavior change and help individuals become physically energized, emotionally connected, mentally focused and fully engaged for real results.

Today, the Lake Nona Institute, the nonprofit organization of Tavistock Development Company that aims to inspire healthy, sustainable communities of the future, announced a partnership with Florida Hospital to further advance its health and wellness initiatives within Tavistock’s innovative, best-selling Orlando community, Lake Nona. Lake Nona is home to one of the fastest-growing health and life sciences clusters in the nation and is recognized as a global model for the design of a comprehensive, healthy community according to the Global Wellness Institute.

The Lake Nona Institute is researching and analyzing information on human, physical, and environmental elements in real-time to better understand the interaction and effects of the built environment and lifestyle behaviors on human wellbeing. Through the partnership, Florida Hospital will participate in several of Lake Nona’s current health and wellness research initiatives, including:

• Lake Nona Impact Forum, an annual thought leadership forum that aims to unlock innovation, advance quality of life and move the needle on health care, globally
• Lake Nona Life Project, a groundbreaking, multi-generational study that focuses on better understanding communities and the factors that lead to better overall health
• WHIT, Lake Nona’s Wellness Home built on Innovation and Technology, that serves as an incubator for development of forward-thinking home health technologies

“We are incredibly excited to collaborate with Florida Hospital on our promising research projects, and look forward to the many collaborative opportunities that will arise with our innovative partners – all of whom have come to Lake Nona to push the limits and make a lasting, positive impact so that we many all have a chance at a better, healthier tomorrow,” said Gloria Caulfield, executive director of the Lake Nona Institute.

Known for its culture of innovation and collaboration, Lake Nona is globally recognized as a ‘living lab’ with multiple onsite initiatives and organizations whose common goal is to improve our overall health and wellbeing. Florida Hospital joins this notable group of innovators, including Cisco, Delos, GE, GuideWell Innovation, Johnson & Johnson Health & Wellness Solutions, Siemens, and Technogym.

Florida Hospital is known for its spirit of innovation and enthusiastic collaboration with many partners to improve the health of our community, and to transform the way that health care is delivered. Florida Hospital looks forward to adding its HelloWell platform to the health-care innovations on display at the WHIT house. In addition, Florida Hospital will be deeply involved with the Life Project, which aligns with the organization’s focus on adopting healthy habits, the importance of preventive care and population health. Florida Hospital was pleased to participate in last year’s forum and will do more in 2018.

“We are honored to join a prestigious group of partners who have committed to advance health and wellness. Together with our resources and complementary initiatives, we believe we will change the future of health care, and create a healthier future for generations to come in this living lab Tavistock has built from scratch at Lake Nona,” said Rick Wassel, vice president, Strategic Innovation & Partnering for the Florida Division of Adventist Health System, the parent company of Florida Hospital.