Dr. Vivian Chan is Founder & CEO of Sparrho, the only platform in the world that democratizes science by aggregating, curating, and summarising cutting-edge research using augmented intelligence - the convergence of AI and human expertise. Dr. Chan founded Sparrho as a tool to help rectify the inherent barriers that exist within the scientific ecosystem. Since founding the industry-leading start-up, Dr. Chan has had the opportunity to address the EU Ministers of Research and Innovation about Open Science, discussing the pressing need for scientific information to be accessible to all. She currently sits on the UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sports Digital Economy Advisory Group.

In the Autumn of 2018, Dr. Chan was named one of the UK's Top 100 BAME leaders in Technology by the FT and Inclusive Boards. She has also had the honor of being named in the MIT Tech Review ‘35 Under 35 Innovators’ in 2017, and the Top 5 Asian Stars in UK Tech in 2018.