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LAKENONA.COM 19 Lake Nona Institute Driven by Lake Nona’s focus on promoting better living, the Lake Nona Institute was formed as a non-profit, community-focused organization that incubates, activates, and measures the impact of innovative technologies and programs. With a goal of becoming a global model for building healthy, sustainable and inspired communities, the Lake Nona Institute bases its programs on three pillars: Health & Wellness, Education, and Sustainability. Along with collaborative partners, it seeks to develop a strategic architecture for a new health and wellness ecosystem designed to support optimal health within the Lake Nona community and beyond – exporting the practices and initiatives started here, around the world. The Institute’s effort to grow cutting-edge, healthy communities is apparent each year at the Lake Nona Institute Impact Forum. This convergence of 150 top leaders in academia, business, technology, government, and health care focuses on collaboration and accelerated innovation. “Lake Nona is very much about moving and driving meaningful innovation and advancements, and what we learn and apply at Lake Nona will be exported to other parts of the world.” DR. THADDEUS SEYMOUR, JR., PhD President, Lake Nona Institute