Grand One AI Day 2025 speaker
Hong Ding
Global Head of Design, Alibaba.com
Hong is a design leader with more than 15 years of experience in product design and digital commerce. As Global Head of Design at Alibaba.com, Hong led a design team based in Hangzhou and Sunnyvale.
A champion of lean and agile development principles, Hong is passionate about integrating design with product and business strategy, large-scale product development and emerging technologies.
Perspective on AI Transformation of Digital Commerce
Hong examined how AI was being applied in e-commerce, what had proved effective and how AI-native shopping experiences might change the way people shop. The session covered opportunities, challenges, organisational adaptation and developments in China’s technology ecosystem.