Summit
Chicago: 2025 Shapeshift Summit
May 28–31, 2025
We can do better. Using design to move urgent discussions about AI from theory to practice while accounting for the quietest voices, we can make AI useful and valuable to us all.
In May 2025, key leaders from global organizations convene in Chicago, ID’s home and a global city known for its design and architecture, to focus on AI’s implications for the future of design and human culture.
Now is the moment to collectively build our local and global approaches to AI for good. The 2025 Shapeshift Summit will bring the global creative, technology, and business communities together for a rich exchange of ideas and action plans.
Schedule
Confirmed Speakers
Fostering an environment for dialogue and revelation, the Summit will be hosted at the Kaplan Institute, the award-winning home of the Institute of Design, right in the vibrant heart of Chicago.
Confirmed Speakers Include:
• Avani Agrawal, Product Designer, WhatsApp (Meta)
• Timothy Bardlavens, Director of Product, Product Equity, Adobe
• Jeff Hsu, Chief Innovation Officer and Vice Chairman, Far Eastern Group
• Anijo Mathew, Dean, Institute of Design at Illinois Tech
• Rohit Prasad, SVP and Head Scientist, Artificial General Intelligence, Amazon
• Moneta Ho Kushner, Director, Head of Consumer Design, WhatsApp (Meta)
• Ryan Powell, Director, Head of User Experience, Waymo
• Albert Shum, Former CVP of Design, Microsoft
• Brian Walker, SVP, Chief Product Officer at Grainger
A Full Schedule is Forthcoming. Join Our Mailing List for Updates.
The Summit in Chicago will feature a range of programming, including Opening and Closing Keynotes, Panel Discussions, Small Group Action Planning, Workshop Sessions, Research Presentations, and plenty of refreshments. A limited number of private pods and meeting areas are available for reservation.
Registrants will also receive a greeting gift, complete with Summit essentials (notebooks, totes, mugs) as well as area visitor recommendations.
Convenient nearby hotels include the Blackstone Hotel and Hyatt Regency at McCormick Place.
