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Conference talks, workshops, guest lectures for undergraduates, hackathon judging, event hosting and UX Seed, a YouTube channel in English and Sinhala.

Moderating the international workshop at the IFS.ai R&D Expo 2024
01 / Talks and conferences
2025 · Colombo

Design for Tomorrow: The Shift in UX Thinking

Speaker and workshop host at the Scrum Alliance Regional Scrum Gathering. The talk explored how AI is reshaping UX thinking. The interactive workshop for industry professionals covered achieving great UX through personalisation, with full content planning and delivery.

On stage at the Regional Scrum Gathering, Colombo
On stage at the Regional Scrum Gathering, Colombo
Delivering Design for Tomorrow: The Shift in UX Thinking
Delivering Design for Tomorrow: The Shift in UX Thinking
Industry professionals during the session
Industry professionals during the session
Appreciation from the organisers
Appreciation from the organisers
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2024 · Singapore

Figma Config APAC

Attended Figma's APAC flagship conference as the IFS UX representative. Brought back insights on design tooling, AI-assisted design workflows and collaborative design practices, and shared them across the IFS global UX community.

Keynote hall at Figma Config APAC
Keynote hall at Figma Config APAC
The Config APAC experience floor
The Config APAC experience floor
Meeting the global design community
Meeting the global design community
At the Config APAC venue in Singapore
At the Config APAC venue in Singapore
Highlights from Config APAC 2024
Highlights from Config APAC 2024
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2023 and 2024 · IFS

Event hosting and moderation

Moderated the IFS.ai R&D Expo 2024 international workshop. Hosted the IFS Sri Lanka 25th Anniversary Night in 2023.

Moderating the international workshop at the IFS.ai R&D Expo 2024
Moderating the international workshop at the IFS.ai R&D Expo 2024
On stage at the IFS.ai R&D Expo
On stage at the IFS.ai R&D Expo
Hosting a session at the R&D Expo
Hosting a session at the R&D Expo
Introducing speakers at the R&D Expo
Introducing speakers at the R&D Expo
With the IFS.ai R&D Expo team
With the IFS.ai R&D Expo team
Hosting the IFS Sri Lanka 25th Anniversary Night
Hosting the IFS Sri Lanka 25th Anniversary Night
On stage at the 25th Anniversary celebration
On stage at the 25th Anniversary celebration
Co-hosting the 25th Anniversary Night
Co-hosting the 25th Anniversary Night
Backstage with the anniversary night crew
Backstage with the anniversary night crew
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02 / Universities and mentoring

Bridging academic UX theory and industry practice.

UX academic resource person in the IFS Sri Lanka University Collaboration Program, and part of the IFS Purple Force branding team.

  • Guest lectures on HCI and UX methodology for undergraduate programmes
  • Judging hackathons and evaluating student submissions
  • Portfolio reviews and online and in-person UX workshops for students and practitioners
  • UX mentor for 1000+ university students passionate about UX and product design
Guest lecture: Why UX?
Guest lecture: Why UX?
A full lecture hall for a UX session
A full lecture hall for a UX session
Guest lecture on HCI and UX methodology
Guest lecture on HCI and UX methodology
Undergraduates during a UX session
Undergraduates during a UX session
Judging a student hackathon grand finale
Judging a student hackathon grand finale
Presenting awards at a student summit
Presenting awards at a student summit
With students after a session
With students after a session
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03 / UX Seed on YouTube
UX Journey in Sri Lanka, a UX Seed video thumbnail

Founder and creator, youtube.com/@UXSeed

A self-produced UX education channel covering research, career development, product critique and industry trends. Content is delivered in English and Sinhala.

ResearchCareer developmentProduct critiqueIndustry trendsEnglishSinhala

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