About speaker

Jarno M. Koponen is an internationally recognized senior Product Design leader and AI pioneer who combines AI with human-centric product design and business to build impactful products, effective teams, and innovative organizations. Currently, he’s leading design for agentic commerce and Zalando AI Assistant, scaling the experience from zero to over 50 million customers across Europe. Previously he led AI-powered innovation in news media, transforming the way news experiences are created, personalized and distributed at scale to millions of customers. His work has been featured e.g. in The New York Times, NPR, Forbes, and MIT Technology Review, and his expert articles have been published on Fast Company, TechCrunch, and VentureBeat among others.