Jayawant Tewari


Director | Bold Insight | France
Jayawant Tewari (JT) is a Partner UX Director at Microsoft India, where he leads design strategy and user experience for Microsoft Teams, OneDrive-SharePoint, Planner, and Copilot products in Bengaluru. With over two decades of experience in product design and leadership spanning productivity software, emerging markets, e-commerce, information visualization, and IT tooling, JT brings a unique perspective on how large-scale user research intersects with emerging AI capabilities.
Finding the Rhythm in Uncertainty: The Future of UX Research

Join us for two unforgettable days of design inspiration, innovation, and interaction at UX Masterclass 2025
Jayawant Tewari


Partner UX Director | Microsoft | India
Jayawant Tewari (JT) is a Partner UX Director at Microsoft India, where he leads design strategy and user experience for Microsoft Teams, OneDrive-SharePoint, Planner, and Copilot products in Bengaluru. With over two decades of experience in product design and leadership spanning productivity software, emerging markets, e-commerce, information visualization, and IT tooling, JT brings a unique perspective on how large-scale user research intersects with emerging AI capabilities.

Finding the Rhythm in Uncertainty: The Future of UX Research
UX research is entering a new era of uncertainty — shaped by AI, automation, and organizational change. In this talk, Jayawant Tewari (JT) brings a rare perspective: that of a design leader who also leads research, balancing the rigor of insight with the broader responsibility of shaping products and teams. Drawing from enterprise-scale challenges at Microsoft, he explores what it takes to deploy AI at scale in organizations and ensure its usage and impact. With provocative stories, unexpected metaphors, and an energetic lens, Jayawant will challenge researchers to see uncertainty not as a weakness to overcome, but as the driving rhythm of our future practice. Attendees will leave with frameworks, inspiration, and a few riffs they won’t soon forget.
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UX research is entering a new era of uncertainty — shaped by AI, automation, and organizational change. In this talk, Jayawant Tewari (JT) brings a rare perspective: that of a design leader who also leads research, balancing the rigor of insight with the broader responsibility of shaping products and teams. Drawing from enterprise-scale challenges at Microsoft, he explores what it takes to deploy AI at scale in organizations and ensure its usage and impact. With provocative stories, unexpected metaphors, and an energetic lens, Jayawant will challenge researchers to see uncertainty not as a weakness to overcome, but as the driving rhythm of our future practice. Attendees will leave with frameworks, inspiration, and a few riffs they won’t soon forget.
Partner UX Director | Microsoft | India
Jayawant Tewari (JT) is a Partner UX Director at Microsoft India, where he leads design strategy and user experience for Microsoft Teams, OneDrive-SharePoint, Planner, and Copilot products in Bengaluru. With over two decades of experience in product design and leadership spanning productivity software, emerging markets, e-commerce, information visualization, and IT tooling, JT brings a unique perspective on how large-scale user research intersects with emerging AI capabilities.

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DAYS
Get ready for two full days of immersive UX exploration. Whether you're a designer, researcher, or innovator, this event is packed with curated keynotes, deep-dive sessions, and hands-on workshops designed to challenge your thinking and spark new ideas. It’s not just a conference — it’s an experience crafted to elevate your UX mindset.
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EVENTS
Dive into a diverse lineup of 20+ sessions featuring cutting-edge topics in design, AI, accessibility, service design, and more. From thought-provoking panels to interactive case studies, every session is tailored to bring real-world insights and bold future perspectives. Whether you're looking to learn, share, or be inspired — we’ve got something for you.
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SPEAKERS
Meet 20+ trailblazers in UX from across the globe — from industry pioneers to emerging voices driving innovation. These speakers bring experience from top companies and real-world projects, delivering stories, strategies, and frameworks that leave a lasting impact. Get ready to learn from the best.


