MD, United States, 2018-Dec-10 — /EPR Network/ — ViveDC — a global startup ecosystem focused on fostering and enabling entrepreneurs – announced the strategic event to help startups realize the true potential of disruptive technologies, such as artificial intelligence and blockchain, on December 13^th, 2018 at I/O Spaces, MD.

The event promises to bring a comprehensive overview of promising technologies that are disrupting the world to the startup environment – including application, challenges, opportunities and more. The event also includes live talks with subject matter experts and leading mentors to discuss how these technologies can help startups make the most out their time and effort, elevating their local business to the global level.

“We are really excited to be taking our startup accelerator success and supporting events in a new direction focusing on Digital Health, GovTech, CitizenTech, SaaS, Enterprise and Emerging Technology categories,” said Iris Sherman, President ViveDC. “We think the power of AI based on self-learning algorithms combined with blockchain just may be the secret sauce to solve extraordinary challenges in these areas.”

Here is the list of insightful leaders who would be talking at the event:

Iris Sherman

Iris is a visionary leader with over 15 years of experience in directing startups and innovative solutions in multi-billion-dollar life science and digital health market spaces. She is a key player in six successful tech ventures and has helped increase revenue from seed to over $150M with high valued returns to investors. Iris holds a BS in Health Science with advanced studies in Immunology along with MBA from Northeastern University.

Shaun Daniels

Shaun is a veteran political operative with over 10 years of experience working on political and issue advocacy campaigns. Shaun has managed 16 campaigns, ranging from local municipal elections to statewide campaigns for Senate and Governor, across seven states. As a strategic advisor and consultant he has helped dozens more campaigns across the country. Shaun has worked almost exclusively on challenger campaigns and has experience in every aspect of electoral politics from managing budgets and media plans to press relations and fundraising.

Dr. Luke Reding

Dr. Luke holds a PhD. In integrative biology from the University of Texas at Austin and he is working as a data scientist at Cerebri AI – an AI-powered solution that lifts your KPIs for customer success. As a graduate student, he brought the era of big data to his lab and the quantitative study of animal behavior. As a data scientist for Cerebri AI, he uses models and AI to better understand human behavior to allow companies to drive KPIs. He has also been active in the startup scene in Austin, where he led teams of graduate students on market research projects for startups through the Texas Venture Labs program.

Habeeb Syed J.D.

Habeeb is a corporate and securities partner at B.J. Kang Law, PC, heads the ICO and STO working group of the Government Blockchain Association and organizes various blockchain conferences around the world, bringing together regulators and the private sector to foster understanding and innovation. He also serves on the executive committee of OPEN Washington D.C., an organization focused on fostering entrepreneurship.

“The progress in AI and blockchain has the potential to unlock tremendous social benefits alongside business advantage in sectors from innovating the customer journey, provide insights toward trust and transparency within our government to unleashing new breakthroughs in healthcare” added Iris.

Apart from experts, the event also features presentations from ViveDC startup Alumni, who will be pitching their ventures to the panelist to get real-time feedback and advice on how to implement AI and blockchain to make their startups more profitable and efficient.

• TrustWire – Secure file exchange and distributed wallet
• HerDomain – Social Impact on women and technology
• LifeTagger – Social and Citizen Tech
• Junebrain – Medical Device in Neuro-tech.

Want to learn more? Register here to join ViveDC on December 13^th: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ai-blockchain-to-unlock-startup-growth-tickets-52710129416