Program
Shapeshift Summit: Program
Navigating Our Future with AI
Drawing from four global salons, the 2025 Shapeshift Summit equips participants to navigate AI’s rapidly changing landscape.
Through real-world case studies and insights, participants explore how emerging technologies can solve complex challenges while creating business value and positive social change.
Wednesday
Day 1: Immersion
Wednesday, May 28
Explore AI’s real impact across the global city of Chicago.
Curated by the Institute of Design in collaboration with Murmur Ring, our Immersion will explore real-world applications of AI across Chicago to make the abstract tangible.
Through a series of site visits with speculative artists data scientists, policymakers, and more, an intimate group of participants will see and experience the implications of AI at work in a variety of contexts and models. Space is limited.
Detailed program coming soon.
Thursday
Day 2: AI + Systems
Thursday, May 29
Explore the intersection of AI with social, urban, and civic systems. On Day Two, we focus on the challenges and opportunities AI presents for societies and networks worldwide.
Highlights
Opening Keynote: Rohit Prasad, SVP and Head Scientist, Artificial General Intelligence at Amazon
Design Talk: Ryan Powell, Director, Head of User Experience at Waymo
Student/Faculty Showcase
NYC Salon Recap: Future of Media and Information
Design Talk: Moneta Ho Kushner, Director, Head of Consumer Design at WhatsApp
Auckland Salon Recap: Democracies and Culture
Closing Keynote: Abdulaziz AlJaziri, Deputy CEO and COO of Dubai Future Foundation
Detailed program coming soon.
Friday
Day 3: AI + Humans
Friday, May 30
Explore the impact of AI on human connections, relationships, community building, and skill development. On Day Three, we investigate how AI can enhance and disrupt our social lives and the human experience.
Highlights
Opening Keynote: Anamitra Deb, Managing Director of Responsible Tech at Omidyar Network
Design Talk: TB Bardlavens, Director of Product, Product Equity at Adobe
Tokyo Salon Recap: Mental Health and Wellbeing
Student/Faculty Showcase
Corporate Panel: Brian Walker, SVP, Chief Product Officer at Grainger | Jeff Hsu, Chief Innovation Officer at Far Eastern Group | Ellie Kemery, Principal AI User Research Lead at SAP Business AI
Pune Salon Recap: Skill Building and Social Impact
Closing Event
Detailed program coming soon.