UX Principles - Is it all just fluff

speaker at ux+ conference manila 2023 (philippines)

Spoke to an energised room of 2000+ UX designers in Manila, Philippines at UX+ Conference about a super nerdy topic - UX principles.

Bridging culture in design

inside shopify ux podcast 2023 (youtube)

Host and UX Director Lola Oyelayo-Pearson speaks to Aditi Kulkarni and Farai Madzima about designing for different cultures, and why designers need to evolve the idea of good design beyond a Western-centric point of view

 

Navigating cultural complexity in a remote world

speaker at design matters 2022 (tokyo)

Aditi at Design Matters Tokyo 2022

I had the rare privilege to represent Shopify and speak at Design Matters Tokyo 2022 to a massive audience of 500+ people from Japan, APAC & Europe

 

Is your design team ready for radical change?

Speaker at UXDX APAC 2021 (Australia, remote)

Is your design team ready for radical change? My talk at UXDX covered critical topics facing people managers and design leaders during Covid times

 

Decisions beyond design

speaker at audiogyan design podcast 2021 (India, remote)

Decisions beyond design with Aditi Kulkarni

'Where are the designers?' is an Audiogyan series that features the top 12 influential Design leaders wherein they talk about their process of hiring, challenges in finding and retaining talent and some tips and tricks for young designers

 

Designing for E-commerce during a pandemic

speaker at ixda singapore 2020 (remote)

With the ongoing pandemic situation and many people staying at home, Ecommerce transactions has grown tremendously over the last 6 months. This exponential growth doesn't stop at just people buying things online but also people setting up their own online shop and started selling online.

 

Remote design in radical uncertainty

speaker at design sprint singapore 2020 (remote)

 

AMA at national design center 2019 (singapore)

Aditi-AMA-Singapore

I did my first AMA (Ask Me Anything) format at the National Design Centre, organized by UXSG and learned so much! Discussions were super interesting and we covered everything from design metrics, design research, leadership and even what kinds of bosses I’ve had in the past

 

The Tubelight - How I learned things years after they were taught to me

speaker at ixda education summit 2018 (france)

Aditi Kulkarni speaks at IXDA Education Summit in France
 

It’s not AI - Designing for automated conversations

speaker at UXSEA summit 2018 (singapore)

UX SEA Summit 2018

I feel like the quality of questions is a pretty good indicator of how your talk did with an audience. I got lucky with an excellent crowd and a mix of designers from Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia and India. If you're curious about my talk, check out this medium article that summarises most of my points: It’s not AI: Designing for automated conversations

 

Design metrics for better design decisions

speaker at tech in asia 2017 (Singapore)

Aditi Kulkarni speaks at Tech in Asia 2017 Singapore
 

speaker at glasgow school of art 2016 (singapore)

Aditi Kulkarni speaks at the Glasgow school of design
 

Supercharging design for SaaS

speaker at designup 2016 (bangalore)

Aditi Kulkarni - Ex VP of Design Postman talks about her experience of working for SaaS products. How do make most out of working on seemingly invisible products that need as much attention and detailing as consumer products? Aditi has the answers, at Design Up 2016

 

speaker at design bootcamp asia 2016 (singapore)