[1] In addition to keynote presentations, it also features roundtable talks and debates that set up opposing viewpoints against each other, meant to encourage audience members' participation.

[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Brain Bar was founded 2015[citation needed] by Gergely Böszörményi-Nagy with the goal of creating a platform concerned mostly with future studies.

[13][14] In 2017 the platform "Future Jobs" was launched, which offers jobs from the fields of communication, design, IT, services and business and claims to be a "opportunity for young people to learn what employers are looking for, to inform educators about the requirements of tomorrow, and to help employers learn more about today’s talent.

[19][20] Brain Bar has featured figures including Canadian psychologist Jordan B. Peterson,[21][22] model and dietitian Maye Musk,[23][24][25] PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel,[26] restaurateur Massimo Bottura,[27] EU Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager, sci-fi author Ted Chiang,[28] Google Vice President Jacquelline Fuller,[29][30] former President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves,[31] retired astronaut Chris Hadfield[citation needed], paleontologist Jack Horner[citation needed], criminal law professor Gabriel Hallevy[citation needed], co-founder of Pirate Bay Peter Sunde[32] and robot Sophia.

[33] Brain Bar formed partnerships with Deloitte, BMW, Vodafone, OTP, Bosch, MOL and WIRED as its media partner.