Speaking

Talks and workshops

Speaking is my way of giving back to the community and sharing knowledge. Feel free to contact me about speaking engagements.

Upcoming: AI-Native Design talk at UX+ Conference, Manila

Published

The Good Circle · 2026

What is an "AI-Native" Designer?

I take apart three claims: AI will replace designers, Figma is dead, and only humans have taste. Then I show my "Visionary + Builder" workflow and end with an AI 101 glossary.

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DDX · 2026

AI Driven Apps — with good design?!

I look at what happens to design craft when the product is powered by a model, and how the designer role is shifting from "pixel pusher" to design-engineer, orchestrator, and curator.

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Design Buddies · 2021

Actionable Guide to UX / Eng Collaboration

I surveyed 277 engineers at Google about what they need from designers and turned the findings into a practical guide. 800 signed up for the public readout, which hit Zoom's 300-person cap.

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Singapore Global Network

From Mountain View to Tokyo: Meet the self-taught Singapore UX designer who is the driving force behind multiple projects at Google and YouTube

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Speaking history

2026 The Good Circle
2026 DDX
2026 AI Tinkerers
2026 Tokyo Design Forum
2025—now Vibe Coders
2021 Design Buddies
2021 NUS School of Computing
2020 General Assembly
2019—now Career talks @ Various

Gallery

Xinni on stage at DDX Tokyo in front of a full auditorium, beside a slide reading From "Pixel Pusher" to "Design-Eng", "Orchestrator" & "Curator" — DDX Tokyo

Xinni speaking at DDX Tokyo, microphone in one hand and her phone in the other, in front of a black banner carrying the DDX chevron mark — DDX Tokyo

Xinni on a DDX Tokyo panel with a microphone, seated beside Amit Patel and Daria Tarawneh, the speaker slide behind them billing her as Senior UX Designer, Google (ex-YouTube) — DDX Tokyo

Xinni mid-sentence at a packed workshop table, gesturing at a wall screen showing a checklist of the commandments of modern AI-generated web design — DDX Tokyo workshop

A Tokyo Design Forum session, Xinni seated on stage with two other panellists while a host introduces them, the slide behind showing headshots labelled Wakana, Xinni, and Elvin — Tokyo Design Forum

Xinni co-hosting the opening of a Vibe Coders Tokyo meetup in a Vibe Coders Tokyo tee, beside a slide titled Meetup Purpose — Vibe Coders Tokyo

Xinni presenting at a podium to a hybrid room at OpenGov, the screen showing a comic strip of a design-to-engineering handoff next to a grid of remote attendees — UX/Eng collaboration @ OpenGov