Talks
2025 July
[Friends of Figma World Tour] The Compiler Generation: Turn high-level intent into working reality
Sharing learnings about the following. While many fear AI will replace designers, the opposite is happening: AI makes design thinking more powerful by removing the translation layer between idea and execution. When traditional handoffs create invisible costs (”Design cascade debt”), designers who think like compilers — translating high-level intent into working reality — may drive the next era of product building. Link.
Sharing learnings about the following. While many fear AI will replace designers, the opposite is happening: AI makes design thinking more powerful by removing the translation layer between idea and execution. When traditional handoffs create invisible costs (”Design cascade debt”), designers who think like compilers — translating high-level intent into working reality — may drive the next era of product building. Link.
2023 July
Industry panel at University of Washington's Master of Human-Computer Interaction and Design program
Invited to share industry insights and experiences for the graduating class.
Invited to share industry insights and experiences for the graduating class.
2022 May
Team rituals for better design jams, hosted by Figma
Shared how jams can be used from team building, to brainstorming, and gathering input from around the company.
Shared how jams can be used from team building, to brainstorming, and gathering input from around the company.
2022 January
Innovation Design Talk at ByteDance
Invited to give a talk at ByteDance (parent company of TikTok) on how to push growth and catalyze change as a designer.
Invited to give a talk at ByteDance (parent company of TikTok) on how to push growth and catalyze change as a designer.
2019 September
‘Designing for Incubation’ at Future Conference 2019 by Fast Campus
Ending speaker session at Future Conference to 1,000 designers and design students.
Ending speaker session at Future Conference to 1,000 designers and design students.
2019 May
Industry Talks at Hongik University
Second time invitation to Hongik University. Invited talk to 100 design students about industry and how to grow as a designer.
Second time invitation to Hongik University. Invited talk to 100 design students about industry and how to grow as a designer.
2018 November
NAVER Alpha & Importance of experimentation in design
Speaker to 500+ attendees at NAVER Design Colloquium 2018. Replay here.
Speaker to 500+ attendees at NAVER Design Colloquium 2018. Replay here.
2018 March
Hongik University's Design Colloquium
Invited talk to 270 design and art major students
Invited talk to 270 design and art major students
2018 February
SpectrumCon 오늘, 그리고 내일의 디자이너 by Wanted & Design Spectrum
Invited talk to over 800 designers and students
Invited talk to over 800 designers and students
2017 December
2017 November
Combining design & technology to bring your ideas to life
Guest lecture to students at Chung-Ang University 중앙대학교
Guest lecture to students at Chung-Ang University 중앙대학교
2017 September
Pursuing your ideas and what you love as a creative
Guest talk to designers and creatives at Samsung SDS
Guest talk to designers and creatives at Samsung SDS
2017 September
회사에서 티나게 딴짓하기 hosted by LG
Guest talk to HR experts at LG 인화원
Guest talk to HR experts at LG 인화원
2017 September
Pursuing your ideas and what you love as a creative
Guest speaker at Framer Meetup Korea
Guest speaker at Framer Meetup Korea
2017 September
Pursuing your ideas and what you love as a creative
Invited speaker at TED x SNU
Invited speaker at TED x SNU
2017 August
Self-initiating and driving a vision as a creative
Guest talk to NHN Technology Services Design Team
Guest talk to NHN Technology Services Design Team
2017 August
Discover & Create - Incubation Studio
Speaker to 300+ attendees at NAVER Design Colloquium 2017. Replay here.
Speaker to 300+ attendees at NAVER Design Colloquium 2017. Replay here.
2017 April
2017 March
Invited Talk '회사에서 티 나게 딴짓하기'
Main speaker at CA Conference
Main speaker at CA Conference
2017 February
'Pursuing your idea & Finding the opportunity you will love' and portfolio review
Guest talk given to School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University
Guest talk given to School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University
2016 September
2016 February
Guest lecture and design critique
Invited talk to 51626 | Prototyping for Interaction Design at Carnegie Mellon University
Invited talk to 51626 | Prototyping for Interaction Design at Carnegie Mellon University
2016 February
Guest lecture
Invited talk to MDes graduate students at Samsung Art and Design Institute
Invited talk to MDes graduate students at Samsung Art and Design Institute
2015 December
#시작, 디자인 톡톡, 열정에 답하다
Invited to Seoul's DDP (Dongdaemun Design Plaza) to give a guest talk to 300 designers, students, and others in design field around Seoul
Invited to Seoul's DDP (Dongdaemun Design Plaza) to give a guest talk to 300 designers, students, and others in design field around Seoul
2015 September
Presentation to Bill Gates
2015 March
"What I learned as a designer in the industry"
Guest lecture to graduate students at Samsung Art and Design Institute
Guest lecture to graduate students at Samsung Art and Design Institute
2014 December
"Working with Designers, stuff I learned from being a designer and a PM"
Guest talk to program managers internally at Microsoft
Guest talk to program managers internally at Microsoft