Generative AI Product Design Pioneer; Founder & CEO of Vibes Ai, Founder & Fellow of A.I. Design Corps & Host of "DesignedBy.Show" Podcast
Joanna Peña-Bickley Biography
Joanna Peña-Bickley, a design engineer, is known as the mother of Cognitive Experience Design and a pioneer in Generative AI in Product Design. She is propelled by multidisciplinary acumen in research, design, technology, and media. Her dedication to lifelong learning and insatiable curiosity has produced 150+ enduring, market making products and smart experiences for the Ai era.
Peña-Bickley’s award-winning hand has galvanized earth's most recognized brands and companies, such as IBM, Land Rover, L'Oréal, Sephora, American Express, Boeing, NASA, MTV, Pepsi and Jay Z, to imagine and launch transformational inventions, products and services with a philosophy of radical collaboration and remarkable craft. Whether creating one of the first streaming video players that changed the delivery of live news for ABC, designing the first banking app on the Apple Watch for Citibank, reinventing the connected car as a smart mobility platform for General Motors, inventing new A.I. powered Alexa Devices at Amazon, or reimagining the way world moves goods for Uber, Peña-Bickley’s customer obsession and tenacious creativity delivers business results.
Named one of Fortune's Most Powerful Women, a 2022 Hispanic Star, a Power Woman of New York and a D&AD Jury President her visionary, executive leadership is fueled by a mission to design inventions that work for everyone, everywhere, everyday. She stands as a dynamic voice, organizer and advocate for women and girls in the fields of design and tech. As a passionate advocate, her transformative work has not only catalyzed the representation of women on U.S. currency, but also propelled advancements in refugee resettlement and the promotion of STEAMD education for women and girls. Her efforts have elevated AI literacy and fueled workforce enhancement through her work in the AI Design Corps. These notable accomplishments have made her a coveted advisor to legislators, CEOs and a keynote speaker at prestigious conferences, including Fortune's Brainstorm Design, CES, Cannes Lions, the World Economic Forum, The One Show, SxSW, AWS re:Invent, the TriBeCa Film Festival and C2 Montreal.
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Joanna Peña-Bickley Speaking Topics
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AI, MACHINE LEARNING & GENERATIVE AI Topics
AI: The Human Made Species
What if the most significant species on Earth in 2030 isn’t born, but built? Today, we’ll explore how AI is evolving from tool to companion, creating what experts are now calling ‘a new digital species’ that will journey alongside us through life.
The Four AIs: Intelligence Reimagined
We’re not in an AI revolution—we’re in an intelligence renaissance, where four distinct forms of intelligence are converging to create something entirely new.
The Wisdom Drought: Surviving in a World Drowning in Cheap Intelligence
We’re witnessing the final days of expensive AI. DeepSeek’s MoE architecture + FP8 precision have slashed inference costs by 90%. As we enter this era of abundance, we’re facing an unexpected crisis: a wisdom drought that threatens to undermine everything we’ve built.
The Wisdom Continuum
Are we creating AI in our image, or are we remaking ourselves in AI’s image? What wisdom from our ancestors might save us from the pitfalls of unchecked technological advancement?
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COGNITIVE HEALTH & WELLNESS Topics
The Voice of Your Mind: How Speech Reveals Cognitive Health
What if I told you that the subtle patterns in your everyday speech could reveal early signs of cognitive decline years before traditional symptoms appear? Today, we’ll explore how your voice might be the most powerful health monitoring tool you already use.
The Sound Bath That Cleans Your Brain: 40Hz and the Cognitive Washing Machine
MIT’s Studies show that 40Hz sound therapy assists with glymphatic clearance—essentially washing toxic proteins out of your brain. What if the solution to maintaining your cognitive reserve isn’t another supplement, but simply the right frequency?
Hearing the Future: Voice Biomarkers as Predictive Tools for Cognitive Health
What if we could identify those at risk for Alzheimer’s years before symptoms appear? A recent study from a Framingham Heart Study showed that voice-based linear classifiers can predict incident dementia with an under curve of 0.812.
Beyond Pills: The 40Hz Sound Revolution Your Neurologist Won’t Tell You About
While pharmaceutical companies race to develop the next dementia drug, researchers have discovered that 40Hz sound therapy can reduce amyloid beta plaques, tau pathology, and synaptic loss—the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease. Why isn’t this non-invasive approach making headlines?
Joanna Peña-Bickley Videos
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Joanna Peña-Bickley is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as AI, MACHINE LEARNING & GENERATIVE AI Topics, COGNITIVE HEALTH & WELLNESS Topics, PRODUCT DESIGN Topics and AI LITERACY & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT Topics. The estimated speaking fee range to book Joanna Peña-Bickley for your event is $20,000 - $30,000. Joanna Peña-Bickley generally travels from New York, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Zack Kass, Ayesha Khanna, Allie K. Miller, Adam Cheyer and Mike Walsh. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Joanna Peña-Bickley for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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