Opportunities and Challenges for Product Designers in the AI Era
Speaker
  • Liu Yan Liu Yan Microsoft Principal Product Designer

    Currently serving as the Principal Product Designer at Microsoft's AI department, I am responsible for overseeing the user experience and development of several key products including Teams, Microsoft 365, Copilot, and others. My duties encompass leveraging data-driven methods to provide personalized user experiences and exploring the potential applications in emerging fields such as human-computer interaction, virtual reality, and augmented reality. Since 2018, I have accumulated extensive experience in product design and research through roles at leading companies like Spotify, consulting giant Boston Consulting Group, and unicorn startup Nextdoor, where I contributed to various enterprise product designs. I have honed unique expertise in leading product growth, shaping product vision and strategy, devising effective go-to-market strategies, and innovating in the realm of 0-1 products. I am passionate about transforming my ideas into impactful products and achieving common goals through collaborative teamwork.

    My design philosophy revolves around the tight integration of business and technology to tackle complex problems and create value for users.

Opportunities and Challenges for Product Designers in the AI Era

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Session C1
Meeting room 301A
Time 08/17 14:30-17:30
Type Workshop
Language Mandarin
Direction Design Thinking
keynote content
Content Introduction

As an AI product designer at Microsoft, I was tasked with leading over a dozen product line iterations. My responsibilities include leveraging a data-driven approach to delivering personalized user experiences and exploring application potential in emerging areas such as human-computer interaction, virtual reality, augmented reality, and more. I not only focus on the technical realization of the product, but more importantly, how to make these technologies serve the needs of users and ensure the competitiveness of the product in the market.

At the same time, I will share with the audience the growth path of designers in the era of artificial intelligence, the opportunities and challenges encountered, and how to maintain creativity and innovation in this field. In addition, I will explore the new trends and technologies that designers may face in the future, as well as approaches and strategies to address these challenges. Share examples of star AI unicorns, such as OpenAI's GPT technology revolutionizing natural language processing, DeepMind's breakthrough in reinforcement learning, and Waymo's leadership in autonomous driving technology. These cases not only show the cutting-edge application of AI technology, but also provide us with valuable learning and reference.

The content outline is as follows:
1. The status quo of product design in the AI era, as well as cutting-edge applications, tools and methods
A. Current situation:
1. The wide application of AI in product design: intelligent recommendation, personalized customization, etc
2. Data-driven design methods: user behavior analysis, A/B testing, etc
B. Cutting-edge applications:
1. Application of deep learning in product design
2. Intelligent generation design tools and algorithms
3. Product design experience of augmented reality and virtual reality
Second, the career path of product designers, thinking about future career promotion
A. Career path:
1. Job content and skill requirements of entry-level designers
2. Responsibilities and ability improvement of intermediate designers
3. Changing roles of senior designer and leader
B. Thinking about future promotion:
1. The importance of continuous learning and updating of skills
2. Develop leadership and team management skills
3. Explore the balance between depth and breadth of expertise
3. Case sharing and discussion
A. Introduction to typical cases:
1. How does a product design team use AI technology to improve the product user experience
2. How does a designer use data analysis to optimize product functional design
3. Innovative practices and achievements of a company in the field of product design
Iv. Conclusion and Prospect
A. Summarize the content and discussion points of the speech
B. Looking forward to the development prospect of product design in the AI era and the role positioning of designers

Structure and Agenda

1、The current state of product design in the age of AI, as well as cutting-edge applications, tools, and methods
2、Case sharing and discussion
3、Introduction to Design Sprint, group project practice

Target Audience

1、UXUI Designer, Product Designer, Visual Designer, AI Designer
2、Tech company practitioner
3、Practitioners interested in how AI projects land

Participants Benefit

1、Learn about the current state of product design, cutting-edge applications, tools and methods in the AI era
2、Learn about the career path of product designers and think about future career advancement
3、Learn about the successful cases of 20+ outstanding companies at home and abroad

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