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.

Attendees talking in small groups in a bright loft venue
A small group chatting over coffee
A name badge on a patterned lanyard
A speaker facing a packed auditorium
An empty auditorium with wooden seats and a blue-lit stage
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.