Olivier Oullier, PhD, is a neuroscientist, entrepreneur and investor. He is a Visiting Professor at the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence's (MBZUAI) Human Computer Interaction Department in Abu Dhabi.
Prof. Oullier is the founder and CEO of Inclusive Brains, a company building neuro-adaptive AI systems and multimodal neural foundation models for machines to adapt to their users cognitive, affective and physical state in real time. Inclusive Brains has achieved 3 non-invasive brain computer interface world firsts.
Olivier is also the Chairman of Biotech Dental Group's AI Institute.
In 2023, with other Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum, he founded the Assistive Tech & Artificial Intelligence for Inclusion Impact Initiative to support, fund and scale tech solutions that improve inclusion at school and in the workplace .
His previous roles include Global Head of Strategy in Health and Healthcare Industries and Member of the Executive Committee of the World Economic Forum; President of EMOTIV, the global leader of wearable brain sensing neurotechnologies; Professor of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at Aix-Marseille University, he also taught at the Universities of Oxford and Geneva's executive education programs. From 2009 to 2012, he was the director of the Neuroscience and Public Policy Program at the French Prime Minister's Center for Strategic Analyses. A former expert at the European Commission's DG SANCO, he sat on France's Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology (OPECST) and High Council for Strategic Education and Research (CSFRS).
Olivier has (co-)authored more than 300 scientific, medical, business and mainstream publications including "The Science of Engagement, "The Science of INgagement" and the first ever market report on Pervasive Neurotechnologies and their impact on business.
He studied at the Universities of the Mediterranean, Cincinnati, the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
He also works in the creative arts sector creating innovative shows and performances combining music, ballet, neuroscience, AI and generative visual arts.