The only AI Summit in the world that matters
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09 – 10 October 2024
Taets Art & Event Park, Amsterdam
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2024: The year of reckoning for AI?
Last year we saw GenAI upend the entire industry. And now, the explosion of AI’s capabilities has ushered a combination of groundbreaking innovations and daunting challenges.
AI advancements have propelled industries into new realms of efficiency and effectiveness, offering solutions to some of the world’s most pressing issues. On the other hand, the rapid pace of progress has ignited a global debate on ethics, privacy, and public trust, stirring a call for a delicate balance between harnessing AI’s potential and safeguarding human values.
World Summit AI is the epicenter of AI innovation; where the boundaries of technology meet the forefront of business and societal transformation. Mark your calendars for the 9th and 10th of October 2024, as we return to Amsterdam to create a future where technology and humanity merge to create a more inclusive, equitable world. As we move forward, the choices made today will fundamentally shape the legacy of AI for generations to come, making 2024 a critical year for reflection and decisive action in the world of AI.
What’s World Summit AI?
Seen by tech leaders as the platform to launch their latest AI products and services and regarded as the world leading startup and investor network, WSAI gathers the global AI ecosystem of Enterprise, Big Tech, Startups, Investors, Science and Academia to set the global AI agenda, every October in Amsterdam.
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The full AI ecosystem, startups, academics, investors, business leaders, all the big tech companies, and the brightest AI brains as speakers.
Founders, CEOs, CTOs, COOs, CDOs, CFOs, CMOs, CIOs
EVPs, SVP, VP’s, Directors and Heads of AI, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Cognitive Computing, Data Science, Data Analytics, Technology, Innovation
Professors, Ph.D. candidates, students, interns
Data Scientists, Data Analysts, Software Engineers, Developers and more…
What’s in store
The summit always covers ground-breaking stories of AI in Action, Deep-dive Tech Talks, Moonshots, Responsible AI, the Metaverse and more. We’re at an exciting inflection point for AI — at the tip of the iceberg for world-defining innovation! We’re going even BIGGER:
HUMAN-AI CONVERGENCE isn’t science fiction anymore. It’s revolutionising everything – from healthcare and education to work and entertainment.
MOONSHOT MOTHERSHIP. Escape the ordinary. Forget the meaning of ‘impossible’. Be part of the conversation shaping a world fuelled by groundbreaking innovation.
Witness INNOVATION IN ACTION; solving critical challenges across industries thanks to cutting-edge technology and mind-blowing #AIForGood.
Imagine a world where healthcare and patient services are smarter, faster, and available to everyone, everywhere. It’s more than just health. It’s INTELLIGENT HEALTH.
Witness the rise of AI’s most pioneering and visionary START UPS, SCALE UPS & UNICORNS – pushing boundaries and shaping the future of #TechForGood at breakneck speed.
Join leading AI brains for hands-on and unforgettable DEEP DIVE TECH TALKS – exploring the most intricate and groundbreaking advancements in AI.
Discover how MONEY & AI are converging to spearhead a new era of financial empowerment. Championing more streamlined services, democratising access and building a more secure and transparent financial future.
How is AI impacting ECONOMY, EMPLOYMENT & EQUITY? How can we build a future where AI benefits everyone, boosts our markets and shapes the future workforce for the better?
When building #TechForGood, we must also build trust. With RESPONSIBLE AI & GOVERNANCE, we’re shaping a future where AI empowers – not exploits.
Fortify your AI systems against cyberattacks and data breaches by effectively MANAGING CYBER SECURITY, PRIVACY AND RISK. Safeguard user privacy, implement responsible practices and build trust and transparency in AI-powered solutions.
We bring together leading innovators, policymakers and social change makers harnessing AI FOR GOOD. Be a part of it. Join us in our mission to deploy AI that creates a brighter world and betters humankind for all.
Say hello to THE MEDIAVERSE. Where the lines between the physical and the digital are blurred – and keep blurring still. Revolutionising how we experience content, connect with others, and interact with the world around us.
Stuck in AI slow lane? Floor it! World Summit AI is your roadmap to ACCELERATING AI ADOPTION. Identify the perfect AI use cases for your businesses and learn how to adopt them efficiently, confidently, and at speed.
From crafting new materials to composing symphonies, the limitless potential of GENERATIVE AI & LLMS sees man and machine collaborate to change, enhance and improve the human experience for all.
And with more content to be announced, expect a jam-packed, high-impact experience!
OFFICIAL CITY PARTNER
Amsterdam is a city renowned for its history, culture, business climate and innovation. With AI firmly established as the defining technology of the future, Amsterdam is putting plans in place to become a true world-leader in AI in the coming years.
Meet the leading 2024 AI brains
THOMAS WOLF
CO-FOUNDER & CSO
HUGGING FACE
THOMAS WOLF
CO-FOUNDER & CSO
HUGGING FACE
Thomas Wolf is co-founder and Chief Science Officer (CSO) of Hugging Face where he has been at the inception of the open-source, educational and research efforts.
Thomas enjoys creating open-source software that makes complex research, models and datasets widely accessible (for instance by creating the Hugging Face Transformers and Datasets libraries). When he’s not building OSS libraries, he can be found pushing for open science in research in AI/ML, trying to lower the gap between academia and industrial labs through projects like the BigScience Workshop on Large Language Models (LLM) which leads to the BLOOM experiments, model and dataset. His current research interests revolve around LLM accessibility and measuring and overcoming present limitations of Large Language Models. He also enjoys writing and filming educational content on AI, ML and NLP, including writing the reference book “Natural Language Processing with Transformers” published at O’Reilly with amazing co-authors, writing (not often enough) in his blog and recording (also not often enough) educational videos like The Future of Natural Language Processing.
NAVEEN JAIN
FOUNDER & CEO
VIOME
NAVEEN JAIN
FOUNDER & CEO
VIOME
Naveen Jain is an indomitable force fueled by curiosity and an unwavering commitment to propel humanity toward a future of limitless possibilities. Embracing audacious ideas, he stands at the forefront of innovation, challenging the boundaries of what is achievable. As the Founder and CEO of Viome, Naveen spearheads a revolution in personalized health and human longevity that extends beyond conventional approaches. Viome’s groundbreaking AI-driven platform analyzes not only the intricate interplay between food, our microbiome, and our human cells but also pioneers early diagnostics and preventative wellness strategies. By decoding the molecular information within each individual, Viome aims to empower people to take proactive steps towards optimal health, preventing chronic diseases.
ATHINA KANIOURA
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF STRATEGY AND TRANSFORMATION OFFICER
PEPSICO
ATHINA KANIOURA
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF STRATEGY AND TRANSFORMATION OFFICER
PEPSICO
Athina Kanioura is Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer at PepsiCo. PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $86 billion in net revenue in 2022, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Lay’s, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker, and SodaStream. PepsiCo’s product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.
An accomplished innovator and transformation leader, Kanioura oversees PepsiCo’s end-to-end strategy to win both as a total company and in key markets, including our digitalization strategy. She also leads company-wide transformation—ensuring that our scale is leveraged as we focus on accelerating profitable growth and identifying areas of cost efficiency and optimization—in addition to overseeing Data Products, Platforms, and Talent.
Prior to joining PepsiCo, Kanioura was the Chief Analytics Officer and Global Head of Applied Intelligence at Accenture, where she specialized in applying AI and analytics to drive business value. During her 15 years at Accenture, Kanioura grew the Applied Intelligence function from a subspecialty to a global group at the forefront of scale business transformation. She also ran Sales and Customer Analytics globally and drove the company’s offerings in customer relationship management and personalization.
Kanioura specializes in transforming businesses with emphasis on data and technology, and brings many years of practical experience globally in industries such as telecomms, oil and gas, financial services, and consumer packaged goods, having worked with companies such as Mondelez, Unilever, P&G, Reckitt Benkiser, Phillip Morris, and Adidas.
Kanioura is a member of the Royal Statistical and Economics Society, where she contributes to shaping government policy around how data is used by bodies like the IMF. She also sits on the board of the Institute of Marketing Sciences and is a keen educator who has held lectureships at UMIST (UK), Imperial College London (UK), and the University of Sheffield (UK), where she also earned her PhD in Econometrics and Quantitative Economics. Kanioura is based in Purchase, N.Y
ROBERT SILVERS
UNDER SECRETARY, OFFICE OF STRATEGY, POLICY, AND PLANS DEPARTMENT
HOMELAND SECURITY
ROBERT SILVERS
UNDER SECRETARY, OFFICE OF STRATEGY, POLICY, AND PLANS DEPARTMENT
HOMELAND SECURITY
Robert Silvers was confirmed by the Senate as the Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans on August 5, 2021. He is responsible for driving policy and implementation plans across all of DHS’s missions, including counterterrorism; cybersecurity, infrastructure security, and resilience; border security and immigration; international affairs; and trade and economic security. Mr. Silvers also Chairs the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force, the Cyber Safety Review Board, and oversees the Supply Chain Resilience Center.
Mr. Silvers previously served in the Department of Homeland Security during the Obama-Biden Administration as Assistant Secretary for Cyber Policy. In that role he oversaw private sector engagement, federal government incident response, and diplomatic outreach pertaining to cybersecurity and emerging technology. Mr. Silvers also previously served as DHS’s Deputy Chief of Staff, managing execution of policy and operational priorities across the entire Department.
Prior to his appointment, Mr. Silvers was a partner at the law firm Paul Hastings LLP, where his practice focused on cybersecurity and data privacy, government security review of foreign investments, and investigations and litigation at the intersection of law and national security. After graduating law school, he clerked for Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Mr. Silvers holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law and a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. He taught as an adjunct professor in the M.S. in Cybersecurity Risk and Strategy Program co-offered by the NYU Law School and NYU Tandon School of Engineering.
MICHELINE CASEY
SVP AND CHIEF DATA & ANALYTICS OFFICER
SIEMENS ENERGY
MICHELINE CASEY
SVP AND CHIEF DATA & ANALYTICS OFFICER
SIEMENS ENERGY
Micheline Casey is the Chief Data & Analytics Officer at Siemens Energy in Berlin, Germany. With over two decades leading data, AI, and digital innovation strategy for Global 500 companies across the U.S., Europe and Asia, Micheline is an expert in leveraging data and AI to drive value and solve complex business challenges. She is passionate about driving data and AI transformations, revolutionizing business models, and the convergence of physical with the digital.
Her leadership shines in dynamic, disruptive settings where she excels at aligning business and IT, merging strategy with execution, and navigating the data value chain to foster change in intricate business landscapes. Micheline’s prior roles include executive data and AI positions at A.P. Møller-Maersk, Ford Motor Company, and the U.S. Federal Reserve Board. She’s been recognized multiple times by CDO Magazine Global Women in Data and contributes to the tech ecosystem as an advisor for Berkeley Skydeck startups.
Outside of work, Micheline loves the outdoors, enjoying skiing, hiking, paddleboarding, and yoga. She’s also a globetrotter, interior design enthusiast, and loves board games.
MICHAEL BRONSTEIN
DEEPMIND PROFESSOR OF AI
OXFORD UNIVERSITY
MICHAEL BRONSTEIN
DEEPMIND PROFESSOR OF AI
OXFORD UNIVERSITY
NABIHA SYED
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
MOZILLA FOUNDATION
NABIHA SYED
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
MOZILLA FOUNDATION
Nabiha Syed is Executive Director of Mozilla Foundation, the global nonprofit that does everything from championing trustworthy AI to advocating for a more open, equitable internet.
Nabiha was the Chief Executive Officer of The Markup, an award-winning journalism non-profit that challenges technology to serve the public good. Under her leadership, The Markup’s unique approach was referenced by Congress 21 times, inspired dozens of class action lawsuits, won a national Murrow Award and a Loeb Award, and recognized as “Most Innovative” by FastCompany in 2022.
Prior to The Markup, Nabiha was a highly acclaimed media lawyer. Nabiha’s legal career spanned private practice, the New York Times First Amendment Fellowship, and leading BuzzFeed’s libel and newsgathering matters, including the successful defense of the Steele Dossier litigations. She sits on the board of the Scott Trust, the $1B+ British company that owns The Guardian newspaper, the New York Civil Liberties Union, the Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press, the New Press, and serves as an advisor to ex/ante, the first venture fund dedicated to agentic tech.
PHILIPPE RAMBACH
CHIEF AI OFFICER
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
PHILIPPE RAMBACH
CHIEF AI OFFICER
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
Philippe Rambach is the SVP, Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer of Schneider Electric.
Philippe Rambach joined Schneider Electric in 2010 through the acquisition of AREVA. He has more than 20 years of experience in strategy, innovation, and business responsibility in many industries.
He is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique in France and has held various leadership roles in Industrial Automation. Most recently, as SVP Industrial Automation Commercial, he has led the commercial organization with strong results and impact. He has an international career background and is currently based in France, reporting to the Chief Digital Officer, Peter Weckesser.
LAMBERT HOGENHOUT
CHIEF DATA, ANALYTICS AND EMERGING TECH
UNITED NATIONS
LAMBERT HOGENHOUT
CHIEF DATA, ANALYTICS AND EMERGING TECH
UNITED NATIONS
Lambert Hogenhout is Chief Data and AI at the United Nations Secretariat. He is also an author, keynote speaker and advisor on AI and responsible use of technology. He has 25 years of experience working both in the private sector and with international organizations such as the World Bank and the United Nations. He leads governance and strategy in the areas of data and AI and oversees its practical implementation. He has published on data privacy, data governance, the societal implications of technology and responsible use of AI.
CIHANGIR KOCAK
BUSINESS STRATEGIST & AI ADVISOR
HP
CIHANGIR KOCAK
BUSINESS STRATEGIST & AI ADVISOR
HP
We are thrilled to introduce Cihangir Kocak, an expert in business strategy and AI advisory. He is known for creating opportunities and building strong ecosystems that empower businesses to thrive. Cihangir has successfully guided numerous organizations through the challenges of digital transformation and strategic business development. He is appreciated for his ability to simplify complex concepts and inspire actionable insights. Cihangir is passionate about enabling business growth in the AI industry for HP, its customers, and partners, ranging from emerging startups to established enterprises.
WORLD SUMMIT AI
GLOBAL SUMMIT SERIES
7-11 October 2024
Amsterdam, Netherlands
World AI Week is the planet’s only week dedicated to the global AI ecosystem, a bustling, thriving series of 40+ cutting-edge business, science, tech and networking gatherings showcasing how AI is transforming business and society, with a focus on automation, creativity, diversity, innovation, responsibility, and optimisation.
9-10 October 2024
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Seen by tech leaders as the platform to launch their latest AI products and services and regarded as the world leading startup and investor network, WSAI gathers the global AI ecosystem of Enterprise, Big Tech, Startups, Investors, Science and Academia to set the global AI agenda, every October in Amsterdam.
10-11 December 2024
Doha, Qatar
We are delighted to debut World Summit AI in the bustling MENA region. Together, we will make the transformative power of artificial intelligence accessible to all regions and communities, contributing to the collective advancement of AI on a global scale.
HELD UNDER THE OFFICIAL PATRONAGE OF MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, STATE OF QATAR
Previous AI Brains
PETER NORVIG
PIONEER IN AI, AUTHOR OF BEST-SELLING TEXTBOOK, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: A MODERN APPROACH, DISTINGUISED EDUCATION FELLOW
GOOGLE AND STANFORD INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN-CENTERED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
PETER NORVIG
PIONEER IN AI, AUTHOR OF BEST-SELLING TEXTBOOK, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: A MODERN APPROACH, DISTINGUISED EDUCATION FELLOW
GOOGLE AND STANFORD INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN-CENTERED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Peter Norvig is a Distinguished Education Fellow at Stanford’s Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Institute and a researcher at Google Inc; previously he directed Google’s core search algorithms group and Google’s Research group.
He was head of NASA Ames’s Computational Sciences Division, where he was NASA’s senior computer scientist and a recipient of NASA’s Exceptional Achievement Award in 2001. He has taught at the University of Southern California, Stanford University, and the University of California at Berkeley, from which he received a Ph.D. in 1986 and the distinguished alumni award in 2006.
He was co-teacher of an Artificial Intelligence class that signed up 160,000 students, helping to kick off the current round of massive open online classes. His publications include the books Data Science in Context (to appear in 2022), Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (the leading textbook in the field), Paradigms of AI Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp, Verbmobil: A Translation System for Face-to-Face Dialog, and Intelligent Help Systems for UNIX. He is also the author of the Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation and the world’s longest palindromic sentence. He is a fellow of the AAAI, ACM, California Academy of Science and American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
VANDI VERMA
CHIEF ENGINEER OF ROBOTIC OPERATIONS - MARS 2020, JET PROPULSION LABORATORY (JPL)
NASA
VANDI VERMA
CHIEF ENGINEER OF ROBOTIC OPERATIONS - MARS 2020, JET PROPULSION LABORATORY (JPL)
NASA
Vandi Verma, Chief Engineer of Robotic Operations – Mars 2020, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA (USA)
Vandi Verma is the Chief Engineer for Robotic Operations for the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, and the Assistant Section Manager for Mobility and Robotics Systems at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She specializes in space robotics, autonomous robots and robotic operations. She has worked on a number of Space Robotics and Artificial Intelligence research and technology development tasks and has designed, developed, and operated rovers on Mars, the Arctic, Antarctica, and the Atacama Desert.
She has been working at NASA since graduating with a Ph.D. in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University. She works on new capabilities from early design, through development, testing and launch, to landing and surface operations. Since 2008 she has been driving rovers on Mars (Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity, and Perseverance) and operating the robotic arm and sampling system as a Rover Planner. She enjoys coding and has written flight software that runs onboard Curiosity and Perseverance, and simulation software used in operations.
JOELLE PINEAU
CO-MANAGING DIRECTOR | META AI RESEARCH
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND WILLIAM DAWSON SCHOLAR, SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE | MCGILL UNIVERSITY
JOELLE PINEAU
CO-MANAGING DIRECTOR | META AI RESEARCH
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND WILLIAM DAWSON SCHOLAR, SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE | MCGILL UNIVERSITY
MICHAEL KAGAN
CTO
NVIDIA
MICHAEL KAGAN
CTO
NVIDIA
COLIN MURDOCH
DIRECTOR OF APPLIED AI AND CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER
DEEPMIND
COLIN MURDOCH
DIRECTOR OF APPLIED AI AND CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER
DEEPMIND
MICHAEL SPRANGER
COO
SONY AI
MICHAEL SPRANGER
COO
SONY AI
Michael Spranger is the COO of Sony AI Inc., Sony’s strategic research and development organization established April 2020. Sony AI’s mission is to “unleash human imagination and creativity with AI.” Michael is a roboticist by training with extensive research experience in different areas of AI including Natural Language Processing, robotics, and foundations of Artificial Intelligence. Concurrent to Sony AI, Michael also holds a Senior Researcher position at Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc., and is actively contributing to Sony’s overall AI ethics strategy.
MICKY ADRIAANSENS
MINISTER OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND CLIMATE POLICY
GOVERNMENT OF THE NETHERLANDS
MICKY ADRIAANSENS
MINISTER OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND CLIMATE POLICY
GOVERNMENT OF THE NETHERLANDS
PROFESSOR FRANCESCA ROSSI
PRESIDENT
AAAI
FELLOW AND AI ETHICS GLOBAL LEADER
IBM
PROFESSOR FRANCESCA ROSSI
PRESIDENT
AAAI
FELLOW AND AI ETHICS GLOBAL LEADER
IBM
Francesca Rossi is an IBM Fellow and the IBM AI Ethics Global Leader.
She is based at the T.J. Watson IBM Research Lab, New York, USA, where she leads AI research projects.
Before joining IBM, she has been a professor of computer science at the University of Padova, Italy, for 20 years.
Her research interest span various areas of AI, from constraints to preferences, from graphical models to social choice, to neuro-symbolic AI.
She co-chairs the IBM AI Ethics board and she participates in many global multi-stakeholder initiatives on AI ethics, such as the Global Partnership on AI, of which both US and France are members.
She is the president of AAAI, the world-wide association of AI researchers.
MARK SURMAN
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE
MOZILLA FOUNDATION
MARK SURMAN
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE
MOZILLA FOUNDATION
KERSTI KALJULAID
FORMER PRESIDENT (2016-2021)
ESTONIA
KERSTI KALJULAID
FORMER PRESIDENT (2016-2021)
ESTONIA
Kersti Kaljulaid
- President of Estonia 2016-2021
- United Nations Secretary-General’s Global Advocate for Every Woman Every Child since 2021
- Mother of four and grandmother of four
- Speaks Estonian, English, French, Russian, Finnish
- Born in 1969 in Estonia
Kersti Kaljulaid served as the President of the Republic of Estonia from 2016-2021. During her time in office, she made her presence felt in both her homeland and the international arena.
Previously she had been serving as a Member of the European Court of Auditors, advising Prime Minister Mart Laar and holding diferent top level positions in energy, investment banking and telecom sector. Genetic engineer and economist by education, she has been a member of the Supervisory Board of the Estonian Genome Center and the Council Chair of the University of Tartu from 2012 to 2016.
In summer 2021, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed President Kaljulaid to the position of Global Advocate for the ‘Every Woman Every Child’ strategy on the health and well-being of women, children and adolescents around the world for the next two years. She was also the first Estonian to be featured in the Forbes World’s 100 Most Powerful Women.
Kersti Kaljulaid has become a sought-after speaker at high-level forums on digital, security and foreign-policy topics and more broadly for analysing and interpreting societal and economic change.
President Kaljulaid is a vocal advocate of human rights, rule of law, freedom of speech and democracy. One of the principles in the in office of president has been the one she set out upon her inauguration: “I am never silent when our security is in question, when our freedoms are at stake or when those weaker than us are treated unjustly.
MANISHA MISTRY
Chief Operating Officer - R² Factory
Rolls-Royce
MANISHA MISTRY
Chief Operating Officer - R² Factory
Rolls-Royce
IAIN MCGILCHRIST
THE MASTER AND HIS EMISSARY: THE DIVIDED BRAIN AND THE MAKING OF THE WESTERN WORLD
AUTHOR
IAIN MCGILCHRIST
THE MASTER AND HIS EMISSARY: THE DIVIDED BRAIN AND THE MAKING OF THE WESTERN WORLD
AUTHOR
Dr Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist, neuroscience researcher, philosopher and literary scholar. He is a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, an Associate Fellow of Green Templeton College, Oxford, a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and former Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Director at the Bethlem Royal & Maudsley Hospital, London.
He has been a Research Fellow in neuroimaging at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore and a Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Studies in Stellenbosch. He has published original articles and research papers in a wide range of publications on topics in literature, philosophy, medicine and psychiatry. He is the author of a number of books, but is best-known for The Master and his Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World (Yale 2009), In November 2021 his two-volume work The Matter with Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions and the Unmaking of the World was published by Perspectiva Press.
PROFESSOR ANIL SETH
PROFESSOR OF COGNITIVE AND COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX
PROFESSOR ANIL SETH
PROFESSOR OF COGNITIVE AND COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX
Neuroscientist Anil Seth is interested in understanding the biological basis of conscious experience, a topic he considers one of the greatest challenges for 21st century science. His groundbreaking research provides fascinating insight into what this means for storytelling. His 2017 TED talk has been viewed over 5 million times.
Seth is Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex and Codirector of the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science. He seeks to understand the biological basis of consciousness by bringing together research across neuroscience, mathematics, AI, computer science, psychology, philosophy and psychiatry. Key to his work is exploring the relationship between perception and hallucination, and how this applies to the experience of being a “self.” Seth is also Editor in Chief of the academic journal Neuroscience of Consciousness, a Senior Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, and a Wellcome Trust Engagement Fellow. He was the 2017 President of the British Science Association (Psychology Section).