22 Oct Vivienne Ming
Speaker: DR VIVIENNE MING
A Theoretical Neuroscientist, Serial Entrepreneur and Author Of “How To Robot-Proof Your Kids” and “The Tax On Being Different”
Speech Topics Include:
- A Post-Gender Business World: Is it Possible?
- Engineering Environments for Success
- The Tax on Being Different
- How to Robot Proof Your Kids
Frequently featured for her research and inventions in The Financial Times, The Atlantic, Quartz and the New York Times, Dr. Vivienne Ming is a theoretical neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and author. She co-founded Socos Labs, her fifth company, an independent think tank exploring the future of human potential. Dr. Ming launched Socos Labs to combine her varied work with that of other creative experts and expand their impact on global policy issues, both inside companies and throughout our communities. Previously, Vivienne was a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley’s Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, pursuing her research in cognitive neuroprosthetics. In her free time, Vivienne has invented AI systems to help treat her diabetic son, predict manic episodes in bipolar sufferers weeks in advance, and reunited orphan refugees with extended family members. She sits on boards of numerous companies and nonprofits including StartOut, The Palm Center, Cornerstone Capital, Platypus Institute, Shiftgig, Zoic Capital, and SmartStones. Dr. Ming also speaks frequently on her AI-driven research into inclusion and gender in business. For relaxation, she is a wife and mother of two.
- A Post-Gender Business World: Is it Possible? (Diversity/Inclusion, Neuroscience)
- Engineering Environments for Success (Neuroscience, Cultural Genome, Diversity/Inclusion)
- The Tax on Being Different (Diversity/Inclusion)
- How to Robot Proof Your Kids (AI, Education, Neuroscience)
