Speakers
People who built the thing, not people who sell it.
The full line-up is announced in three waves. Every speaker is paid, and half of them are speaking for the first time.
DAY 1 · 10:00
The boring parts of design systems
A design systems lead at a public broadcaster
DAY 1 · 10:50
Accessible by default, not by audit
An accessibility specialist at a bank
DAY 1 · 12:00
Type on screen: what we got wrong
A type designer and front-end developer
DAY 1 · 14:00
Research that ships
A research lead at a travel start-up
DAY 2 · 10:00
Performance is a design problem
A performance engineer at a news site
DAY 2 · 14:00
Workshops, three rooms
Ninety minutes each, twenty-five places
Last year
The hallway is half the point.





Want to speak?
First-time speakers especially welcome.
Paid, with travel and a hotelEvery speaker, every talk. No exposure deals.
A mentor from last yearTwo rehearsals, a slide review, and someone in the front row.
Anonymous selectionProposals are read without names, by a panel of five.
600 seats, one room
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Two days, eighteen talks, lunch both days and a party on the first night. Team tickets come with a sixth seat free.