Specialization: Artificial Intelligence
Dr. John Ricketts
Qualifications:
Ph.D., University of Birmingham
BSc, University of Leeds
Profile
Prof. Ricketts has founded several companies, served as a Non-Executive Director for many listed companies, and held global roles within WPP/Ogilvy & Consulting. He is credited with the naming and building the first social media – in ‘94 in Tokyo.
As the CEO of Significance Systems, he created the earth.ai platform, which leverages Big Data and AI to deliver insights on society, culture and markets. Earth.ai has been widely used by government bodies, corporations, funds, and NGOs to inform policy and improve decision-making.
Since 2018, he has been the Co-Director of the Virtual Living Lab (VLL) located at the University of Tokyo; the VLL leverages earth.ai. to deliver insight into the key areas of mental & public health.
He has a wide range of interests around communication, computation, & consciousness.