Leaders in Design: Design Teams in the Age of AI

Join us for a forward-looking conversation with design leaders exploring how AI, and increasingly autonomous agents, are reshaping how design teams work, collaborate, and create.

Speakers

David Goligorsky - Senior Staff Product Designer, Shopify
David Goligorsky is a Senior Staff Product Designer at Shopify, working on the mobile app and AI-powered product initiatives. With nearly 20 years of experience across agencies, startups, and global companies, he focuses on turning ambiguity into shipped products and exploring new design workflows in the AI era. Previously, David was Principal Designer at Spotify, Senior Design Director at IDEO New York, and Head of Design at a Google Ventures–backed startup. He has also partnered with early-stage companies, including a venture spun out of IKEA, and has led multidisciplinary teams building products used by millions. He has guest lectured at Harvard, MIT, and Yale, and holds an MS from Stanford University and a BS from Boston University.

Adam Williams - Head of Experience Design, Lloyds Banking Group
Adam Williams is Head of Experience Design at Lloyds Banking Group, where he leads multidisciplinary design teams shaping digital banking experiences for millions of customers. He focuses on combining user research, design strategy, and cross-functional collaboration to create intuitive, customer-centred financial journeys that support the bank’s broader digital transformation.

Event Overview
Join us for an insightful panel discussion examining how modern design teams are adopting AI tools and agentic systems to accelerate workflows, expand creative possibilities, and rethink collaboration.

01 - How Design Teams Are Adopting AI
Explore how design teams are integrating AI into everyday workflows, from research and ideation to prototyping and delivery, and what separates meaningful adoption from surface-level experimentation.

02 - Working with Agents: Designing for Autonomy & Trust
Examine how designers collaborate with intelligent agents that can reason, act, and adapt. Learn what designers must consider around transparency, control, reliability, and UX when introducing autonomy into creative and product processes.

03 - The Future of Design Team Collaboration
Discover how AI is reshaping team structures, roles, and skill sets. We’ll discuss how designers partner with engineers, researchers, and machines, and what design leadership looks like in an AI-native organisation.