September 18–19, 2026 · Moscone West, San Francisco Browse talks, workshops, and panels across all six tracks.
Doors open. Grab a coffee, pick up your badge, and find your people in the Atrium.
Sarah Chen (Airbnb) — "Scaling Without Chaos: The Design Systems Maturity Model"
Design Systems: "Token Architecture for Multi-Brand Products" — Priya Kapoor, InVision
Design–Eng: "Ship Tokens, Not PNGs: A Live Demo" — Wei Zhang, Shopify
Metrics: "What Good Looks Like: A DesignOps Scorecard" — Ananya Patel, Google
AI: "Generative UI in Production: Lessons from 6 Months" — Sam Rivers, Adobe
Team Structure: "The Manager-IC Ratio That Actually Works" — Lee Park, Atlassian
Leadership: "Getting Headcount: Making the Design ROI Case" — Elena Rodriguez, Figma
Structured lunch roundtables by company stage: Startup, Scale-up, and Enterprise. Self-facilitated, high-signal conversations.
Workshop: "Design System Audit in 60 Minutes" — hands-on, bring your laptop
Panel: "Embedded vs. Central: A Debate" — Marcus Williams + 3 practitioners
Lightning Talks: 5 × 10-min practitioner talks across all tracks
Submit your real work for group critique. Anonymous optional. Honest feedback guaranteed.
Drinks, bites, and views. Sponsored by Figma. Wristbands required — included with all passes.
Kai Thompson (Vercel) — "Design Tokens as Product: From Figma to Prod in Under a Day"
"Building a DesignOps Charter" — 3-hour facilitated workshop, limit 40 attendees
"Figma Variables & Modes: A Practical Deep Dive" — 3-hour technical workshop
"Leading AI-Augmented Design Teams" — 3-hour strategy workshop
James Okafor (DesignSync) — "The Embedded Model vs. The Center of Excellence: What the Data Actually Says"
Each attendee leaves with one public commitment to share with the community. See you in 2027.
Early Bird tickets close July 31. Lock in your spot before the price goes up.