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# Designing the Future of Human<>Agent Collaboration


- **Date:** Thursday, Jul 10, 2025
- **Time:** 17:30–18:00 (30 min)
- **Room:** Stage 10
- **Event:** World Congress 2025

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1447-designing-the-future-of-human-agent-collaboration)

## Description

Figma has always believed that the best products are built by the most collaborative teams, who work together to explore the possibilities, iterate on ideas, and craft innovative solutions. Now, a new collaborator has entered the mix with a promise to supercharge this workflow: AI agents.

Emil Sjölander, Director of Engineering for Figma’s developer tools, discusses how to integrate agents that will help your teams—not replace them. Learn how designers and engineers can leverage agents and MCP servers for closer collaboration, faster iteration, and to build higher quality products.

## Speaker

### [Emil Sjölander](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@emil-sjolander)

Director of Engineering, Figma


## Related talks at this congress

- [Beyond the IDE: A new era of agent collaboration](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/824-beyond-the-ide-a-new) — Ryan J. Salva
- [On a Secret Mission: Developing AI Agents](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/695-on-a-secret-mission) — Jörg Neumann
- [Leading efficiency, empathy, and the human experience with AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/803-leading-efficiency) — Alexander Birke, Benjamin Perlzweig, Emmanuel Viale, Ming Wu
- [Beyond Chatbots: How to build Agentic AI systems](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/761-beyond-chatbots-how) — Philipp Schmid