Understanding Screen Readers on Mobile: How And Why to Learn from Native Users [Sponsor Session] with Sam Proulx, Accessibility Evangelist, Fable

Opening Remarks with Lou Rosenfeld, Principal, Rosenfeld Media and Bria Alexander, Sr. Design Program Manager, Adobe

Theme One: DesignOps is Changing

Navigating the Rapid Shifts in Tech’s Turbulent Terrain with Angelos Arnis, Design Operations Manager, Smartly.io

Do More With Less: Equip and Lead Design Orgs Through Adversity with Bassel Deeb, Design Programme Lead, frog (part of Capgemini Invent) and Will Osborn, Service Design Director, frog (part of Capgemini Invent)

Changing Our Design Pressure Points with Tim Parmee, Lead Experience Designer & Strategist, Thoughtworks

The Power of Difficult Conversations: A Case Study on How We Introduced Design Ops in the Federal Government Space with Elena Naids, Senior UX Designer 2, AdHoc LLC and Liza McRuer, Senior User Experience Designer, Ad Hoc LLC

Principles of Team Wireframing [Sponsor Session] with Billy Carlson, Design Educator, Balsamiq

“Ask Me Anything” [Sponsor Session] with Dan Mall, Author of Upcoming Rosenfeld Title, Design that Scales 

Navigating the Ethical Frontier: DesignOps Strategies for Responsible AI Innovation with Jay Bustamante, UX Strategist, VMware

Keeping Design Weird with Lori Muszynski, Executive Director, Design Evolution – People, JPMorgan Chase, and Peter Merholz, Chief Humanist, Humanism at Scale

Online Shopping: Designing an Accessible Experience [Sponsor Session] with Sam Proulx, Accessibility Evangelist, Fable

Opening Remarks with Bria Alexander, Sr. Design Program Manager, Adobe

Theme Two: DesignOps is Practical

AI as a Design Partner: How to Get the Most Out of AI Tools to Scale Your Process with Kelly Dern, Senior Product Designer, Google

The Design System Rollercoaster: From Enabler and Bottleneck to Catalyst for Change with Nina Jurcic, Design Manager; Design System & DesignOps Advisor

How AI will Change DesignOps Tooling [Sponsor Session] with Lou Rosenfeld Principal, Rosenfeld Media; Billy Carlson Design Educator, Balsamiq; Jon Fukuda Co-founder, Limina.co; Maria Taylor CEO & Principal Consultant, Limina

Documentation Your Team Will Actually Use with Gabrielle Verderber, Manager, UX Operations, AppFolio

Knowledge is Power: Managing the Lifeblood of the Design Org with Maria Taylor, CEO & Principal Consultant, Limina

Bring your DesignOps Story to Life! The Definitive DesignOps Book Jam [Sponsor Session] with John Calhoun Co-author of The Design Conductors and Rachel Posman, Co-author of The Design Conductors

Design Planning and Management Support [Sponsor Session] with Jon Fukuda, Co-founder, Limina.co and Ellie Krysl, Design Discipline Lead, Limina

How to Define and Maintain a DesignOps Roadmap with Peter Boersma, DesignOps Consultant

Streamlining an Inclusive Design Practice with Zariah Cameron, Co-Director of Community + Research, Aroko Cooperative

Opening Remarks with Bria Alexander, Sr. Design Program Manager, Adobe

Theme Tbree: DesignOps+

Cultivating Design Ecologies of Care, Community, and Collaboration with Sahibzada Mayed, Trauma-Informed Researcher, Abolitionist, Pause & Effect and Lauren Lin, Designer, Researcher, Student, Northwestern University

Why Changing Hearts & Minds Doesn’t Work When Promoting DE&I Efforts, but Checklists Do with Theresa Slate, Design Operations Lead, Northern Trust and Erin Robertson, Design System Program Manager, Northern Trust

Why Social Justice Frameworks are Necessary for Successful DEI/JEDI Initiatives with Spencer L. A. Stultz, Sr Program Manager, Product Equity, Adobe, Inc

Paving the Path for Neurodiversity in Design with Pippa Lomas, Design Operations Manager (Research), BT

Today’s Design Ops and Programs Landscape & Career Paths with Abbey Smalley, Former Head of Design Programs, Amazon

Scaling Success: Paving the Path from DesignOps to VP with Deanna Washington, Design Program Manager, Adobe Design; Tim Allen, VP, Design & Research, Instacart; Jeff Courcelle, VP, User Experience & Chief Designer, MicroStrategy; John Maeda, VP of Design and Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft; Matt Raw, VP, Product Design Culture & Operations, The New York Times; Erica Tjader, VP of Design and Research, SurveyMonkey