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The Importance of UX in the Age of AI

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Event Summary

Our daily lives now involve almost continuous interactions with technologies via their interfaces. Artificial intelligence is changing the way we interact with some technologies: AI lets us talk to our devices naturally, using everyday language and gestures. However, not all interfaces are AI, and just having AI embedded does not ensure productivity, simplicity, and enjoyment for all use cases. Thus, user experience (UX) design is important to ensure our increasingly technology-enabled lives are productive, efficient, and enjoyable. In this presentation, experienced UX designer Erik Summa will share how UX continues to play an important role in making technologies useful and enjoyable, and especially how AI is changing UX and the way we design technologies for the maximum benefit of humans.

Erik Summa is an AI Experience Leader at Dell Technologies who specializes in designing intuitive human-AI interactions through natural interfaces. With 15+ years in the creative industry and over five years mentoring future designers, he transforms complex AI capabilities into seamless, human-centered experiences.

Attendance Instructions

In-person

Join us at The Center for Government and Civic Service, ACC Rio Grande: Building 3000 where you will be checked in at the front. Parking map here! Street parking is free after 6 pm.

In-person attendees, please join us from 5:15 to 6:15 for networking and snacks. We look forward to chatting with you face-to-face!

Virtual

Once you register via Eventbrite, you will receive the virtual link one day before the event.

Speaker

  • Erik Summa

    Erik Summa

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