Talks
Talks and workshops on designing with AI
Sessions built from shipped work, not slideware. Every talk draws on the systems, decisions and failures documented on this site.
Current talks
Three sessions, each available as a conference talk or a hands-on team workshop, virtual or in person.
Key takeaways
- Adoption beats coverage
- Contribution that ships
- Release discipline
Key takeaways
- Automation boundaries
- Human ownership
- Drift control
Key takeaways
- Fresh context patterns
- Verification loops
- Human checkpoints
Media kit
Everything you need to announce the session: headshots and ready-to-paste bios.
Short bio
Petri Lahdelma is a Design Systems Lead with 20+ years shipping UX at scale. He's built design systems for SAP, City of Helsinki and S-Media and now helps teams adopt AI-assisted workflows without sacrificing craft or accessibility. Founder of Digitaltableteur, KnobSmith Audio and VertaaUX.
Long bio
Petri Lahdelma is a Design Systems Expert and AI workflow specialist with 20+ years of experience shipping UX. He led the design system for SAP Build Apps, contributed to Helsinki Design System (open-source, government-scale) and has trained 10+ teams on design system governance and adoption. Today, Petri runs Digitaltableteur (design consulting), KnobSmith Audio (audio tooling) and VertaaUX (automated accessibility audits). His workshops focus on practical patterns: what actually ships, what doesn't and how AI changes the game for design system teams.
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Talks and workshops for product, design and engineering teams. Virtual or in-person.