The future of Relationships in the age of AI
2026 - Italy, Futureshots
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As our interaction with AI evolves from using a tool into an intimate relationship built on trust, the velocity of global tech deployment has left us living in a continuous live experiment. Because today's innovations export the values of isolated tech hubs—where builders paradoxically shield their own children from the very apps they engineer for the world—we cannot afford to remain passive consumers of a future designed by others. We must look past data centers and algorithms to reclaim our agency and actively design a shared, human-centric vision for the next generation.
Design Leadership and Management
2025 - Seattle, Adobe Design Talks
A conversation about the challenges and rewards of leading creative teams. with Ken Ouellette, Director of Design for 3D & Immersive at Adobe.
Building AVs for All
2022 - San Francisco, Panel at TechCrunch's Mobility 2022
Panel moderated by Kirsten Korosec
Panelists: Summer Fowler, Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer, Argo AI; Riccardo Giraldi, Senior Director of Experience, Zoox; Alisyn Malek, Executive Director, Coalition for Reimagined Mobility
Will robotaxis, self-driving trucks and delivery bots be good citizens in the cities in which they operate? And what does a “good AV citizen” even look like?
We’ve invited three experts to our stage to sift through this complex subject and talk about how design, the vehicle’s self-driving system and a developer’s approach to operations can affect the accessibility, equity, safety and usability of AVs.
This panel discussion will explore issues such as inclusive product design for physical accessibility and operational equity to ensure that both private and public AVs are available in all communities.
Good AV citizenship also means a vehicle that safely interacts with the cyclists, pedestrians and human-driven cars it will encounter every day.
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The Evolution of our Relationship with Technology
2017 - Calgary, Canada at CAMP Festival
We are on the verge of a technology awakening that will change what it means to be human.
As humans we have hacked the world around us using its materials in new ways to help improve our lives. From using dumb and predictable objects that helped us solve our primary needs to crafting more advanced tools that help us solve the same problems more efficiently and solve higher needs. But the more advanced tools tend to me more complex, less predictable, requiring feedback, states, and advanced user interfaces to help reduce the time between our intentions and actions.
With the industrial revolution, our relationship with technology changed, accepting that machines can outperform us physically. With the introduction of computers, we accepted that machines can outperform our minds. We are now at the point where our technological solutions are becoming more aware, independent, and capable of making decisions in complex situations without specific instructions. In this new scenario, we are at the verge of a new phase of human computer interaction.
This is a moment where we are not just using technology but rather collaborating with it, and that requires teaching technology how to become human literate to successfully make decisions on our behalf.
The Evolution of our Relationship with Technology
2017 - Barcelona, Spain. Public lecture at Harbour.space University
"With the industrial revolution, our relationship with technology changed, accepting that machines can outperform us physically. With the introduction of computers, we accepted that machines can outperform our minds. We are now at the point where technology is becoming aware, independent, and capable of making decisions on its own. In this new scenario, we are at the verge of a new phase of human computer interaction. The definition of a new relationship with technology. This is a moment where we are just only using technology but rather teaching technology how to become human literate and make decisions in our behalf."
Design of Future Experiences
2016 - Milan, Italy. First edition of Digital Design Day
Experimenting at the Edge of Digital
2012 - Namur, Belgium at KIKK Festival
Back to Reality
2012 - Warsaw, Poland at Imagination Day
Cannes Lions Imagination Day was a conference taking place in Warsaw, Poland attended by over 1000 creatives. The event had the goal to inspire and stimulate people's imagination by sharing the best case studies and creating a space for the exchange of ideas and experiences.
Other talks and panels
2025 - Seattle, Adobe Design Talks: "What is good design leadership and management?"
2022 - San Francisco, TechCrunch at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 - "Building AVs for All"
2020 - Italy, H-Farm new campus inauguration - "Vinci"
2020 - Autonomous Vehicles, AV20 - "Personalizing the vehicle of the future"
2017 - Calgary, Canada at CAMP Festival - "The Evolution of Our Relationship with Technology"
2017 - Barcelona, Spain at Harbour.Space University - "The Evolution of Our Relationship with Technology"
2017 - LA, USA at Automobility LA - "Design and Developer Challenge" with Mike Milley and Seleta Reynolds
2016 - Milano, Italy at DDD - "Design of Future Experiences"
2013 - London, UK at GLUG - "Collaborate to Innovate"
2013 - Toronto, Canada at FITC - "Media Convergence?" with Kerry Morrison, Ana Serrano, and Irene Pereyra.
2013 - Toronto, Canada at FITC - "Experimenting at the Edge of Digital: Robots, Technology and Natural Interactions"
2012 - Namur, Belgium at KIKK Festival - "Experimenting at the Edge of Digital"
2012 - Warsaw, Poland at Imagination Day - "Back to Reality"
2012 - Cannes, France at Cannes Lions - "Experimenting at the Edge of Digital"
2012 - Toronto, Canada at FITC - "Back to the Good Old Tangible World"
2012 - Amsterdam, Netherlands at FITC - "The Secrets Of Creation" with Aaron James Draplin, Ivan Poupyrev, and Jason Theodor.
2012 - Graz, Austria at Springsessions - "Back to the Good Old Tangible World"
2012 - Amsterdam, Netherlands at FITC - "Back to the Good Old Tangible World"
2011 - Amsterdam, Netherlands at FITC - "The Metamorphosis of Digital Productions"
Teaching
2018 - "Intro to Interaction Design" in Kochi, India at CIID
2018 - "Intro to Interaction Design" in Copenhagen, Denmark at CIID
2017 - "Experience Design" in Barcelona, Catalunya at Harbour.Space
2017 - "Intro to Interaction Design" in Copenhagen, Denmark at CIID
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