Dheeren Velu
Head of Innovation, AU/NZ
Capgemini
Dheeren is an award-winning leader in emerging technology, innovation, and digital transformation, with over a decade of experience in implementing large-scale AI and cognitive solutions across multiple industry domains. A visionary at heart, Dheeren specialises in digital innovation, continuously exploring emerging trends and technologies to help organisations thrive in the face of disruption. His current areas of focus include the rapid developments in Generative AI and Web3, two cutting-edge fields that are revolutionising technology and shaping the future.
Dheeren also chairs the AI Industry Board at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia, where he strives to shape the future of AI and its applications, fostering collaboration between academia and industry to drive transformative change.
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Linkedin Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/dvelu/
Program sessions
Opening Keynote
With the intersect of AI and human ingenuity, how might we inspire a new renaissance of creative expression, where design artifacts evolve as living entities?
In "Convergence: The Symbiotic Future of Design in the Age of AI and Human Ingenuity," Dheeren Velu and Finbar O'Hanlon chart the course of design's future, where the fusion of human creativity and artificial intelligence signals a new era of innovation. Their narrative weaves a captivating tale from past to present, culminating in a vision where AI extends the realm of the possible, allowing for 'Infinite Artefacts' — design outputs that evolve and respond, marking a departure from static creations to 'living' design elements.
As they explore the transformative role of AI in design, Dheeren and Finbar illuminate how these intelligent systems are becoming collaborative partners rather than replacements, catalysing new forms of creativity and artistic expression. They present a world where AI's ability to democratise design is matched by its potential to enrich human ingenuity, culminating in a renaissance of innovation where every artistic endeavour is imbued with a distinct, irreplicable human touch.