Uber SEA Design Night: Beyond the Screen

Great product experiences are shaped by more than the final interface. Join Uber Design and Seattle’s design community for an evening exploring what it means to design beyond the screen. Through three lightning talks spanning autonomous systems, AI, and Uber Delivery, followed by a cross-disciplinary panel, we’ll explore the different ways designers extend their influence beyond an individual feature or surface. Hear how designers are approaching complex problems, collaborating across disciplines, and shaping the broader experiences their products enable. Stay afterward for food, drinks, and conversation with Seattle’s design community. Agenda5:00 PM — Doors open + check-in5:30 PM — Welcome5:40 PM — Designing Human Judgment into a Live Autonomous System5:50 PM — Designing closer to the material with AI6:00 PM — Light guided picking6:10 PM — Where Design Has Influence — Panel + Q&A6:55 PM — Closing remarks7:00–8:00 PM — Networking mixer + food & drinks Lightning talks by: Meghdad Abbaszadegan is a mission-driven product designer with over a decade of experience shaping products from early vision to global scale. He currently works on Uber’s Autonomous Mobility & Delivery team, focusing on AV Supply Management, and has previously worked at Turo, Delta Dental, and Coplex to name a few. Outside of design, he’s passionate about soccer and poetry and has published a poetry app on the App Store. Lisa Kuznietsova is a Lead Product Designer focused on tools that help operate Uber’s marketplace. Her work spans product vision, UX strategy, and hands-on design, with an emphasis on creating scalable experiences that help people navigate complexity and make confident decisions. Pushkar Joshi is a Lead Product Designer at Uber Eats, designing experiences for Grocery & Retail. He enjoys bringing ideas to life through prototyping and storytelling, helping teams envision what the future could look like. Panel discussion Where Design Has Influence A conversation with Charlie Waite, Sr Director, Design @Uber · Amit Fulay, VP of Product @Uber · Mario Kosmiskas, Principal Engineer @Uber. Together, they’ll explore how systems, engineering, tools, and cross-functional partnerships allow design decisions to extend beyond a single product surface. — *Registration will close on Sunday, September 27th. All confirmed attendees will receive building checkin and registration information via email 1–2 days before the event.