Duisburg, Germany – From May 28 to 31, 2025, the city of Duisburg became the center of the world’s most significant in-person gathering of individuals with profound giftedness. The event, egg999, was organized by the prestigious Triple Nine Society (TNS) and brought together representatives from over 20 countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, France, the United States, Austria, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Belgium, Denmark, Canada, Brazil, Italy, Norway, Romania, South Africa, Poland, the UAE, Finland, and Mexico.
TNS is widely recognized as the most rigorous high IQ society in the world, requiring admission scores in the 99.9th percentile (minimum IQ 146), obtained through scientifically supervised testing. The organization strictly rejects non-verified or self-administered online tests, which reinforces its psychometric credibility.
Representing Brazil and the international scientific community, Dr. Fabiano de Abreu Agrela Rodrigues, neuroscientist, post-PhD in Neuroscience, and International Director of the International Intelligence Society (IIS), President of ePiq and President of ISI Society, attended the event. Dr. Fabiano is also a member of Sigma Xi and the Royal Society of Biology, and the author of the DWRI concept (Development of Wide Regions of Intellectual Interference). Recognized by RankBrasil as the Brazilian with the highest IQ ever recorded in a supervised test validated by the Federal Council of Psychology, he reinforces the global visibility of Latin American research on intelligence.
Unlike other societies for high cognitive performers, egg999 focuses exclusively on profound giftedness — a far rarer and more complex cognitive condition. While traditional giftedness is generally defined as IQ above 130, profound giftedness is marked by meta-reflective thinking, emotional adaptability, cognitive flexibility, and resistance to interpersonal conflict.
According to several attendees, even among gifted individuals, those with profound giftedness often feel misunderstood. Within egg999, there is a shared sentiment: true intellectual comfort only occurs among those with equally high levels of depth and abstraction. As one Swiss participant noted, “Here, there are no rigid opinions, no ego battles, no ideological conflicts. It’s as if elevated intelligence naturally aligns with listening, moderation, and openness.”
For Dr. Fabiano de Abreu, this environment of mutual respect and cognitive parity is essential for authentic innovation:
“Among profoundly gifted individuals, there is less intellectual vanity and more focus on shared purpose. The absence of personal attacks or hierarchical disputes creates a unique space for functional creative thinking.”
The event featured workshops and presentations in fields such as neuroscience, artificial intelligence, philosophy, physics, music, and psychology. Yet, according to former TNS president and event coordinator Thorsten Heitzmann, the most valuable insights came from informal conversations:
“It’s in spontaneous idea exchange that the most meaningful formulations arise.”
In this context, egg999 positions itself as the event with the highest true intellectual density in the world — not merely by statistical criteria, but through the qualitative sophistication of its dialogues. The presence of Dr. Fabiano, a distinguished international figure in applied neuroscience and intelligence studies, marks an important recognition of Brazil’s scientific standing and strengthens global cooperation in high-level cognitive research.