Monday
Nov 4
Tuesday
Nov 5
Wednesday
Nov 6
Monday, Nov. 4
Day 1 @ Isabel Bader Theatre
8:00 AM
Registration & Breakfast
Breakfast served at the venue
9:15 AM
Conference Opening Remarks
Preet Singh, Founder, DesignX Community
9:40 AM
Beyond the UX
Tipping Point
Jared Spool,
Keynote Speaker
10:50 AM
Scaling
User Research
Jen Cardello, VP, UX Research & Insights, Fidelity Investments
11:30 AM
Using Stories to Inspire Teams
Davis Neable, UX Director
Manulife
11:45 AM
Designing for
Trust
Michael Chanover, VP Design
Khan Academy
12:15 PM
Design &
Distributed Teams
Shipra Kayan, Prev. UX Director
Upwork
12:45 PM
Conference Break
& Lunch
Served at the venue
3:00 – 5:00 PM
Studio Talks
Fostering Cross Functional Collaboration
Location
TWG, 425 Adelaide Street West, 3rd floor, Toronto
3:15 – 3:45 PM
Shaping Vision –
Connecting the Digital + the Physical @ Uber
Dana Bright, Design Manager, Uber & Danielle Lindsay-Chung, Designer, Uber
3:55 – 4:30 PM
Journey from
Design-Afterthought to Design-First
Dan Winterberg, Design Director
Salesforce
4:35 – 5:15 PM
Fireside chat on Cross Functional Collab
3:00 – 5:00 PM
Studio Talks
Scaling Design & Design Orgs.
Location
Shopify, 620 King Street West, Toronto
3:15 – 3:45 PM
Operationalizing Design
Anne Purves, Director of Design Ops,
Pinterest
3:55 – 4:30 PM
Archetypes of Design Leadership
Peter Merholz, Consultant and Author, Co-Founder, Adaptive Path
4:35 – 5:15 PM
Fireside Chat on Scaling Design
Peter Merholz, Consultant & Author, Amy Thibodeou, Shopify & Anne Purves, Pinterest
3:00 – 5:00 PM
Studio Talks
Innovating from Within
Location
Miami Ad School, 639 Queen Street West, Toronto
3:15 – 3:45 PM
Evolving an in-house design practice
Pradeep Nayar, VP of Global Design
Hyatt Hotels
3:55 – 4:30 PM
Fostering Cross Functional “Brain trust”
Tareq Ismail, Principal Designer, Amplitude Analytics
4:35 – 5:15 PM
Innovating at Scale at RBC
Hector Crespo, Head, Strategic Design, RBC Ventures
Tuesday, Nov. 5
Day 2 @ Isabel Bader Theatre
8:00 AM
Registration & Breakfast
Breakfast served at the venue
9:45 AM
Conference Opening Remarks
Preet Singh, Founder, DesignX Community
10:00 AM
Transforming Organizations
Daniela Jorge, Paypal
Kaaren Hanson, Wells Fargo
10:50 PM
Building Diverse, Inclusive Teams
Jenna Bilotta, Design Director
Dropbox
11:30 AM
Platform Design & Content Strategy
Elizabeth McGuane, Sr. UX Manager, Shopify
11:45 AM
Design at Scale is People
Peter Merholz
Consultant & Author
12:30 PM
Lunch
Break
Served at the venue
2:00 PM
Leading Growth Driven Design
Chetana Deorah, Ex Design Director,
Netflix
2:35 PM
Leading Through Uncertainity
Tanner Christensen, Product Design,
Lyft
3:00 PM
Amplifying Design
Value
Dave Malouf
Design Ops Leader
3:30 PM
Coffee & Donuts Break
Served at the venue
4:00 PM
State of Design Leadership
Panel Discussion w/ Jasmine Friedl, Pradeep Nayar, Lisa Platt & Iain McConchie
5:00 PM
Closing Keynote Speaker
Margaret Stewart, VP of Product Design
Facebook
5:45 PM
Closing
Remarks
Preet Singh, Founder, DesignX Community
6:00 PM
After Party
Concert Hall, 888 Yonge. St.
Wednesday, Nov. 6
Day 3 @ OCAD U CO
Design Your
Design Organization
Peter Merholz
Consultant & Author
Intentional Design Ops for Delivering Maximum Value
Dave Malouf
Design Ops Leader