Jason Mars
Jason Mars’ work is at the intersection of science, technology, and entrepreneurship with the mission to have meaningful impact in the lives of every human. This commitment is demonstrated by a long list of intellectual and technical contributions. Jason is a professor of computer science at the University of...
Sharon Gai
Sharon Gai is a China-born Canadian who has had 10+ years in ecommerce, digital marketing and branding. Immigrating at a young age to a new country where she did not speak the local language has trained her skills of adaptability and resilience as well as sparking her inner creativity...
Timnit Gebru
Dr Timnit Gebru is a researcher in artificial intelligence, working to reduce the potential negative impacts of AI. Until her recent firing from Google which ignited a labor movement resulting in the first union to be formed by tech workers at Google, Timnit co-led the Ethical Artificial Intelligence research...
Sebastian Thrun
Sebastian Thrun is an innovator, entrepreneur, educator, and a computer scientist. He is the CEO of the Kitty Hawk Corporation, chairman and co-founder of Udacity. Before that, he was a Google VP and Fellow, a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, and before that at Carnegie Mellon University....
Edith Yeung
Recognized by Inc Magazine as one of the Silicon Valley investors you must know, Edith Yeung is a venture capitalist, technology executive, and China Internet expert. As a partner at 500 Startups, the world’s most active early seed investor, Edith has invested in more than 40 mobile, AI and...
Anita Schjøll Brede
Anita Schjøll Brede is the CEO and Co-Founder of Iris.ai, one of the 10 most innovative artificial intelligence companies in 2017 according to Fast Company. Iris.ai is aiming to build the world’s first ‘AI researcher’, and currently offering research discovery tools for Academia and the Chemical industry. Anita is...
Ivana Bartoletti
Ivana Bartoletti is the Global Privacy Officer at Wipro, and an internationally recognised thought leader in the field of responsible technology. Author of “An Artificial Revolution, on Power, Politics and AI”, she starts a Visiting Policy Fellowship at Oxford University on international flows of data in January 2021, alongside...
Alison Burns
Alison Burns LL.B Dip LP NP FRSA – who started her career as an engineer, lawyer, and jazz singer – is now an in-demand futurist keynote speaker on ethical futurism and business ethics. For over 30 years, she has been a trailblazer in the fields of engineering, entertainment, technology...
Safiya Noble
Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the Department of Information Studies where she serves as the Co-Director of the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry. She also holds appointments in African American Studies and Gender Studies. She is...
Ed Newton-Rex
Ed Newton-Rex is one of the world’s leading experts and speakers on Generative AI. He is one of only a handful of people to have founded and sold a Generative AI company and has a breadth of experience working at a senior level for social media giants TikTok and...
