• Date: Friday, October 16, 2026
• Time: 2:00–3:30 PM Lisbon | 6:30–8:00 PM India | 8:00–9:30 PM Vietnam
• Format: Online
• Language: English
• Admission: Free
• Register HERE

The webinar features 3 experts with extensive experience in product design, digital experience development, and user behavior research.

1. Manuel Lima – Designer, author, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

Manuel Lima explores how design shapes culture, technology, and society, encouraging designers to look more critically at the broader consequences of their work. He has more than 15 years of experience at Google, Microsoft, Nokia, and R/GA. He is also the author of four books, including The New Designer: Rejecting Myths, Embracing Change.

Manuel has delivered more than 100 talks across four continents at organizations and events including TED, Harvard, MIT, Yale, and the Royal College of Art. His talks have attracted more than three million views.

At the webinar, Manuel will discuss the broader responsibilities of the design industry and the assumptions that today’s designers need to reconsider.

2. Saptarshi Prakash – AVP of Design at Swiggy

Saptarshi Prakash is Assistant Vice President of Design at Swiggy, as well as a design educator and content creator. He brings hands-on experience in product development and design leadership.

Beyond his role at Swiggy, Saptarshi shares his design knowledge through talks, workshops, and online platforms, with more than 700,000 followers across YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, and X. After studying engineering at IIT Madras, he transitioned into product design. He has since delivered more than 150 talks and workshops, including three TEDx talks.

At the webinar, Saptarshi will share practical lessons from product development, exploring how design decisions affect users and influence the way products are built and operated.

3. Ameet Palkar – Design Director at Lollypop Design Studio

With more than 20 years of experience, Ameet Palkar has worked on products and experiences across multiple industries, including digital products, education, and gaming. His background in behavioral psychology complements his experience in learning and development, UX research, digital interface design, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

At the webinar, Ameet will explore how to put responsible design into practice, from identifying the right problems to choosing appropriate solutions and building stakeholder support for design decisions.

The discussion will be moderated by Shelta Phung, Associate Director of Marketing & Account Management at Lollypop Design Studio. By connecting the speakers’ perspectives and raising key questions, Shelta will guide the conversation through real-world challenges designers face, including competing priorities and the need to justify design decisions to stakeholders.

Sustainable design is about more than creating an intuitive interface or delivering a product that meets its requirements. Throughout the development process, designers must often balance competing priorities. A feature may increase conversion rates while making the experience more complicated. A solution that meets immediate needs may become difficult to maintain as a product grows.

These situations require more than execution skills. Designers need to ask the right questions, evaluate potential consequences, and explain the reasoning behind their decisions. This ability becomes increasingly important as AI shortens the time needed to generate design options, making critical evaluation and informed decision-making essential parts of design expertise.

Through the speakers’ diverse perspectives, the webinar will explore how designers can identify trade-offs, consider long-term consequences, and make decisions that align with a product’s broader goals and context.

The webinar is part of Designathon 2026 – Global Edition, a 24-hour UI/UX design challenge organized by Lollypop Design Studio in Ho Chi Minh City on November 14–15, 2026. This year’s edition expands its reach internationally, bringing together designers from Vietnam and around the world to tackle a shared design challenge and exchange perspectives on the industry.

Under the theme Where Everything Aligns, Designathon 2026 encourages designers to look beyond immediate requirements and develop solutions that address real needs while creating lasting value.

As AI speeds up the design process, the challenge is no longer just about delivering a product within a limited timeframe. Designers must also identify the right problems, choose appropriate approaches, and explain the reasoning behind their decisions.

Through the webinar and the competition, Lollypop aims to bring the design community together across geographical boundaries, creating opportunities to exchange experience and learn from different perspectives. Both activities invite designers to reflect on their role in shaping products that serve people and create lasting value.

Interested in responsible design and how sustainable thinking can be incorporated into product development? Join Sustainable Design at Scale to hear from experienced design professionals, explore practical challenges, and take part in a conversation about the future of the industry.

Register for the free webinar HERE

Designers can also take part in Designathon 2026 – Global Edition, where design thinking and decision-making will be put to the test in a 24-hour challenge.

Explore and register for Designathon 2026 by October 23, 2026: https://lollypop.design/designathon2026/

Contact information

• LinkedIn: Lollypop Design Studio
• Website: https://lollypop.design/
• Email: mktvietnam@terralogic.com

Lollypop is a global design studio founded in India, with more than a decade of experience creating digital products that deliver value to users and businesses. From its beginnings in India, Lollypop has expanded its presence to the United States, the UAE, and Vietnam, building a network of more than 14 offices across four countries.

Today, products designed by Lollypop have reached more than two billion users, and the studio has worked with over 1,000 clients worldwide, reflecting its continued growth as a global design partner.