AI Visionary, former AI and Design Fellow at Logitech, founder of NONOBJECT Studio, MIT Press published author. Branko is an AI Visionary, and an award-winning designer and innovator. Most recently Branko was AI and Design Fellow at the Swiss-American multinational Logitech where he cofounded the Creative & Design AI Lab. Prior to that he founded NONOBJECT studio, a design and innovation studio focused on positive disruption. Branko is also the author of the book Nonobject, published by MIT Press and by Tsinghua University Press in China. Focus： AI product vision and innovation • Human AI collaboration • Team leadership • Cross functional AI design • Model in the loop prototyping • AI Workflow research and development • AI Transformation • Taste and judgment www.instagram.com/copyself.xyz www.brankolukic.com

Christopher Noessel is a veteran of the interaction design industry, having designed products, crafted services, and helped clients with design strategy across many disparate domains for more than 20 years. In that time, he co-founded a small interaction design agency where he developed interactive exhibitions and environments for museums. He worked as a director of information design at international Web consultancy marchFIRST, where he also helped establish the interaction design Center of Excellence. For ten years, he worked with a boutique interaction design agency in San Francisco, where he led the “generator” half of that practice. For a time he was Design Principal at IBM, running the Design for AI guild to help equip that community of practice with world-class skills and tools. Christopher was one of the founding graduates of the now-passing-into legend Interaction Design Institute Ivrea in Ivrea, Italy, where his thesis project was a comprehensive service design for lifelong learners called Fresh. The project was presented at the MLearn conference in London in 2003. He has since helped to visualize the future of counterterrorism as a freelancer, built prototypes of coming technologies for Microsoft, and designed telehealth devices to accommodate the crazy facts of modern health care.

Hugh Dubberly studied graphic design and received a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from Yale University. At Apple Computer for nearly ten years, Dubberly was a Creative Director, managing graphic design and corporate identity; he also produced the technology-forecast film “Knowledge Navigator,” presaging the internet and interaction via mobile devices. At internet pioneer Netscape for five years, he was Vice President of Design, managing groups responsible for the design, engineering, and production of Netscape’s web services. In 2000, he co-founded Dubberly Design Office, a systems, software, and service design consultancy. Much of the practice focuses on systems that support health and wellbeing, for clients such as Accenture, Alere, Amgen, Johnson & Johnson, Lilly, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and a range of start-up firms. Dubberly has served on AIGA’s national board, the SIGGRAPH Conference Committee, and chaired ACD’s “Design for the Internet” Conference. Dubberly has taught design courses at San Jose State, Art Center, CMU, Stanford, IIT/ID, Northeastern, CCA, and UC Berkeley. He edited a column “On Modeling” for the Association of Computing Machinery’s journal, Interactions, and has published more than 50 articles on design. He was elected to the ACM CHI Academy; named a Fellow of the AIGA; and nominated for the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt Museum National Design Award three times.

John Maeda is widely recognized as an American design thinker with extensive leadership experience in product experience across both consumer and enterprise sectors. He was an early pioneer in promoting the commercial application of generative art and computational design in Web2 and Web3. As the first recipient of the White House National Design Award, he was honored for his algorithmically generated visualizations powered by data and AI. Additionally, he is a renowned author, online influencer, and investor in diverse startups. Currently, he serves as Vice President of Design and Artificial Intelligence at Microsoft. Previously, he held roles including Chief Technology Officer at Everbridge, Board Member of Sonos and Wieden+Kennedy, Partner at Kleiner Perkins, Head of Data Visualization at the MIT Media Lab, Head of Design & Inclusion at Automattic, Executive Vice President and Chief Experience Officer at Publicis Sapient, and the 16th President and CEO of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). He has authored five books, including the beginner-friendly guide to AI/ML "How to Speak Machine" and the 2006 technology bestseller "Laws of Simplicity." His writings, interviews, and talks have been featured in prominent media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, TED, BBC, the World Economic Forum, the UN Climate Change Conference (COP), CNN, The Economist, Forbes, USA Today, Fortune, Fast Company, and Esquire. His accolades include three honorary doctorate degrees, being named to TIME's "Best Twitter 140" list, receiving the White House National Design Award, Fast Company's "Masters of Innovation" title, LinkedIn's "Top 10 US Influencer" recognition, Esquire's "75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century," and the Tribeca Film Festival Disruptor Award for initiating the STEM to STEAM movement in the United States. Wired Magazine once remarked, "Maeda is to design what Warren Buffett is to finance."

I was the founding designer and principal designer for building an AI Powered spreadsheet from 0 to 1 for the past 2 years. It launched on Canva recently (2 months ago) and it's called Canva Sheets. With 15+ years of experience working in New York City, San Francisco, China, Singapore, and now Australia, Jay Demetillo has built an impressive resume of experience and creating impact. Jay has designed for Twitter, Pinterest, Yahoo, and Grab. Jay was an adjunct professor at California College of the Arts in San Francisco and has spoken/lectured in China for ACG. He’s worked on notable projects like the Bay Lights, Gaspar Brasserie, San Francisco’s Park System SFPark, GrabFood, Grab's Facial Recognition for Drivers, and Grab AudioProtect. Jay is passionate about building products and designs that are inclusive, having empathy for your users, and dismantling yourbiases. Currently, he's at Canva where he led and launched Canva Sheets this year.

She is a recipient of the 2025 German Red Dot Product Design Award and was honored with the "AI Nomination" at the BRICS Women’s Entrepreneurship Competition. As the Co-Founder and Design Director of Dexterous Heart, Skillful Hands (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd., she has led the design of a dexterous hand prototype that has achieved remarkable milestones. The prototype won the championship in the dexterous hand category of the Zhongguancun Bionic Robot Competition and was recognized as a Top 10 AI Innovation at the 2024 Zhongguancun Forum. Its applications span globally, with deployments in prestigious institutions such as: ·Tsinghua University’s Brain-Inspired Computing Research Center ·Peking University’s School of Life Sciences and Frontiers Science Center for Computational Research ·University College London (UCL) Department of Computer Science ·International leading universities including Stanford, MIT, Oxford, Cambridge, and Deakin University On the industrial front, her design innovations have been adopted by research platforms like the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Research, and Tencent Research. Collaborations have also been established with industry leaders such as Tianlian Robotics, Ruishi Technology, Huawei, Xiaomi, Foxconn, and Samsung. The project has secured over hundreds of millions of RMB in funding from renowned investors, including Sequoia Capital, Ant Group, and CICC Capital. Its influence extends to mainstream media, with features on CCTV programs like China’s Intangible Cultural Heritage, The Craftsmanship of China, and Reading China, as well as Hubei TV’s AI Robot Conference. These achievements highlight her exceptional ability to integrate technology with cross-disciplinary design influence.

He is the design director of Alibaba Cloud and the design director of Tongyi. He led the Alibaba Cloud Design Department to become a national-level industrial design center, practicing and promoting professional development in the fields of artificial intelligence design and cloud computing design. Li Jianye is a renowned industrial designer in China. His designs have always been a dialogue between tradition and modernity, local and global, Eastern and Western cultures. He is also the designer and chief engineer of the "Flying" torch for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and a member of the Expert Committee of the China Industrial Design Association. Awarded the title of Outstanding Design Talent in Beijing's Industrial Design in 2023 and Senior Engineer of WGDO Green Design. Served as a judge for the iF Design Award for Industrial Design and was among the first batch of experts in the Digital Culture and Art Think Tank of the China Media Group's Central Museum. During his over 20-year design career, he has created many design works with practical significance and won market recognition at the same time. The "Flying" torch of the Winter Olympics is his most representative and influential design work. His representative work, the "Love You for 500 Years" ring, features a symbolic design with profound and rich implications, which is deeply loved by the Chinese people and even inspired a new wave of local aesthetics. Li Jianye has achieved remarkable success in the field of commercial design. For instance, his highly innovative design language and brand design for smartphones during the Smartisan Technology era, as well as the first-class Fidelio product series in terms of texture and experience during the Philips period.

Prof. Pradyumna Vyas is the President of the World Design Organisation (WDO) and currently serves as Senior Advisor for Design Promotion and Innovation at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). He was the Director of the National Institute of Design (NID), India’s premier design institute, from 2009 to 2019, and played a pivotal role in NID attaining the status of Institute of National Importance through an Act of Parliament. An alumnus of IIT Bombay with a Master’s in Industrial Design, Prof. Vyas was awarded an Honorary Master of Arts degree by the University for the Creative Arts, UK. He was instrumental in establishing the India Design Council in 2009 and served as its first Member Secretary. Under his leadership, the India Design Mark (I-Mark) was launched in collaboration with the Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP). With over 38 years of experience, Prof. Vyas has significantly contributed to design education, policy, and promotion in India and globally. He has served on juries of prestigious international awards including G-Mark (Japan), German Design Award, and Taiwan International Student Design Competition. He is an Independent Director on the boards of Titan, Dynamatic Technologies, and Carysil, and continues to champion design for sustainable and inclusive development.

A dedicated explorer in the internet industry, Shi Kaiwen began his entrepreneurial journey at the age of 17. He initially ventured into the music sector and co-founded Jing.fm, a personalized music platform, where he gained deep industry insights and product experience through hands-on practice in a niche field. Later, he shifted his focus to innovative social product development and launched Blink, a video-based social app that explored new forms of user interaction with its unique approach. This further honed his ability to drive product innovation and achieve market implementation. Currently, as Vice President of Product at Lark, Shi Kaiwen is actively driving innovation at Lark amid the waves of digital transformation and artificial intelligence. At a sub-forum of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2025, he highlighted how AI presents new opportunities for business growth by enhancing organizational mobilization and addressing talent challenges in traditional industries. As the lead of Lark Multi-dimensional Table, he has guided the team through a comprehensive product upgrade, achieving industry-leading standards in capacity, speed, permission management, and data analysis, thereby helping enterprises advance their digital transformation efficiently. With unwavering passion for the industry, Shi Kaiwen continues to explore and contribute across various domains, driving progress in the field.

Thomas Tang, the former general manager of Tencent User Experience Design Center and vice president of Xiaomi Ecological Chain, Thomas Tang,, with his precise industry insight and trend selection, became a significant driving force behind the rapid growth of both companies. While at Tencent, he founded the User Experience Design Center (CDC), responsible for the user experience of internet products used by hundreds of millions of users, and cultivated a group of design talents who entered the core management of multiple internet enterprises. After joining Xiaomi, he led the core R&D team to pioneer the smart home ecology, launching super hits such as the "Xiao'ai Speaker" and "Xiaomi Router" with sales exceeding 100 million units. This established Xiaomi's leading position in the global AIoT industry. Soon afterwards, Thomas Tang, viewed the smart home industry as a trillion-dollar market for the next decade and decisively founded inSpace, aiming to establish the third user entry-level product system after mobile phones and smart cars, continuing his successful entrepreneurial journey.

Senior Industrial Designer with overseas study experience and 16 years of professional and managerial expertise in industrial design. Currently serves as Co-founder, Vice President & Chief Designer of XPENG AEROHT, and General Manager of Styling Design Center at XPENG MOTORS. As a pioneer designer in China's new energy vehicle industry, he innovatively established the "Sensory and Rational" Design Philosophy, seamlessly integrating Eastern aesthetics with cutting-edge technology. He has led the design of iconic models including the P7+, G7, X9, and the all-new P7. In the field of innovative aircraft design, Mr. Wang Tan spearheaded the breakthrough development of multiple generations of flying car products: T1, X1, X2, and the "Land Aircraft Carrier" X3. The Voyager X2 not only features a highly futuristic sci-fi aesthetic but also sets the benchmark for flying car design with its revolutionary autonomous driving system and comprehensive safety design. The "Land Aircraft Carrier" X3, the world’s first modular flying car with separable ground and air modules, caters to diverse usage scenarios and accelerates the adoption of low-altitude mobility. It is also the world’s first mass-production flying car. These designs showcase his forward-thinking vision and leadership in future transportation, solidifying XPENG AEROHT's leadership in low-altitude mobility. Guided by the brand philosophy "Technology in the Left Hand, Art in the Right Hand", Wang Tan has redefined the aesthetic standards for intelligent mobility products. His pioneering design paradigm has not only driven the transformation of China's automotive industry from manufacturing to creation but also set an exemplary model of industrial design-driven innovation. His works have become key case studies in global design circles for understanding Chinese innovation.

Ph.D., Doctoral Advisor, Chair Distinguished Professor at Tongji University, Editor-in-Chief of Design Issues, Distinguished Alumnus of Carnegie Mellon University, Founder of XXY Innovation, Chair of the China Service Design Conference, Think Tank Expert at the China Service Outsourcing Research Center, Individual特邀Standing Director of the China Industrial Design Association, and Visiting Professor at Taiwan's Shih Chien University, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, and West China School of Clinical Medicine at Sichuan University. Professor Xiangyang Xin is an internationally renowned expert in interaction, experience, and service design. He has served as a judge for prestigious competitions such as the International Interaction Design Award, Japan's G-Mark, and the Red Star Design Award. Previously, he held the position of Dean of the School of Design at Jiangnan University and founded the Interaction Design program at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has provided consulting services for organizations including the United States Postal Service, Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute, Huawei, and Changhong. Among his numerous accolades are the "Voice of the Future in Interaction Design" award from the International Interaction Design Association, the National Teaching Achievement Award (twice), the Gold Medal of the China Design Contribution Award, and honors such as "One of the Forty Designers Shaping China's 40 Years of Reform and Opening-up" and "One of the Seventy Designers in the 70 Years of New China."

He led the design of various generations of systems from Huawei EMUI to HarmonyOS, established the brand image of HarmonyOS, and designed an integrated experience for all-scenario devices. As the UX design director, he is responsible for establishing visual, interaction, experience and functional innovations, creating the HarmonyOS family design from flagship phones (Mate, Pura series, watches, smart screens, HarmonyOS computers, smart cabins (Huawei Select Car 5), etc. Let the visual elements of the HarmonyOS ring serve as distinctive features to initiate the design language of Huawei Harmony Dessign. And led the Huawei UX design team to win 39 international design awards.