About

Yulia Barnakova is a creative technologist and AI Innovation Advisor at Accenture, where she helps leaders and creative teams explore what’s possible with emerging technologies. She designs and facilitates “Art of the Possible” workshops across industries, using generative AI, immersive media, and storytelling techniques to show how new tools can transform communication, creativity, and learning.

At Accenture, Yulia works at the intersection of AI implementation, learning strategy, and experience design. She helps organizations move from experimentation to real adoption, turning concepts into working prototypes and equipping teams to use technology confidently and effectively. Her projects span AI-powered search and planning assistants, knowledge bots, and conversational coaching tools, all aimed at improving how people learn, create, and collaborate.

A Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) since 2019 and a TEDx speaker, Yulia is recognized for making complex technologies clear, approachable, and relevant. She writes the “What the Tech?” column for Training Magazine, where she explores how tools like agentic AI and XR can make work and learning more impactful.

Yulia believes the best way to understand technology is to get your hands dirty. She constantly experiments with the latest AI and creative tools to see how they can add real value to work and everyday life, for her clients, herself, and her family. As a YouTuber and mentor with programs like Girls Who Code and Microsoft’s Imagine Cup, she shares that same curiosity and hands-on mindset, encouraging others to explore emerging tools with confidence and creativity.