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Sehnaz Arasan

Consumer Insights AI Platform Manager

Philips

Sehnaz Arasan is Consumer Insights AI Platform Manager at Philips, where she leads the development and deployment of an internal Consumer Insight & Innovation solution. With a strong background in AI, digital transformation, and marketing technology, Sehnaz brings deep expertise in translating complex technologies into tools that drive actionable insights and brand growth. Before joining Philips, Sehnaz held several roles at Unilever, including Global Consumer Experience Technology Business Partner and Product Manager for AI Sales Innovation & Digital Transformation. Sehnaz holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Toronto and is passionate about leveraging technology to create personalized, insight-driven consumer experiences that foster loyalty and impact business outcomes.

Sessions

Jun 23

2:35 PM - 2:55 PM GMT+2

Blue Stage

AI Personas / Synthetic Humans

Concept Testing

Idea Screening

Innovation

How Philips Accelerates Consumer-Centric Innovation with AI

At Philips, a campaign idea now meets its first consumer before it ever reaches a research agency. The consumer happens to be an AI Persona.

Co-created with Market Logic, AI Personas are now part of how one of the world's most innovative companies tests claims, refines messaging, and pressure-tests concepts long before fieldwork begins. The consumer stays at the center of every decision. The work just moves differently.

In this 20-minute session, Sehnaz Arasan and Andrea Gonçalves da Silva from Philips, together with Joe Rini from Market Logic, get into the actual work: how Philips teams use AI Personas, what is actually changing because of them, and where the limits are. They will show how AI Personas live inside Philips' own insights environment, how the Synthetic Persona Panel extends conversational work into quantitative concept evaluation at scale, and where the partnership goes from here.

What you’ll see:

  • Real use cases from Philips design and claims teams: where AI Personas changed decisions, not just briefs
  • An honest take on when AI Personas help, and when they do not replace fielded research
  • The Synthetic Persona Panel: conversational depth, quantitative scale
  • What it actually takes to set this up: data, time, governance, integration
  • A look at what is next on the Philips–Market Logic roadmap

For insights and marketing leaders trying to move AI past the showcase phase, this is a rare look at how one of the world's most innovative companies is actually doing it.

Also speaking

Joseph Rini photo

Senior Director of Product Management, Market Logic Software

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Andrea Gonçalves da Silva photo

Senior People & Trends Insights Manager, Philips

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