Vivien Puppa Kocsis

Vivien Puppa Kocsis is an award-winning artificial intelligence scientist, conducting research for Harvard University, NASA, and other institutions. Her primary research area is “AI for Good” use cases, particularly for mitigating climate change through space technology and better understanding the human brain and behavior especially when it comes to inducing creativity and motivation. In addition, she talks about AI’s impact on the World economy and businesses.

Her keynote speeches are very engaging with a high educational factor, making the audience laugh, think hard, work through thought-provoking questions, interact with the topic, and eventually walk away with clear insights and achievable action items. Kocsis’ key strength is storytelling, according to a senior business leader: “I really like how Kocsis develops a story and shares insights which continue to challenge the audience's preconceived perceptions.” Kocsis is very invested in the audience’s experience and emotional journey which allowed her to entertain and educate various groups, including the general public, politicians, business professionals, and scientists both through live events and on television. Her speaking engagements include United Nations, TEDx, SXSW South by Southwest, NASA, Harvard, VidCon, and more.

Kocsis is a data scientist and business strategist by training: she has a master's in data science from Harvard and an MBA from Wharton. She has previously worked as a consultant at McKinsey, as a strategist for Google, and as a global venture developer for Rocket Internet. She conducted research for NASA and the United Nations. She visited close to 80 countries and holds a Guinness World Record in long-distance cycling.