JANUARY 29 – 31, 2024 | TORONTO, CANADA

Schedule

9:00 AM

Metrics for impact: How to elevate design in the business landscape

Susanne Junglas, Sandra Griffel

1:00 PM

Design Leadership Fundamentals Masterclass

Peter Merholz

9:30 AM

Kickoff

Preet Singh, Founder, DesignX Community

9:45 AM

Design Leadership Is Not Leading Design

Peter Merholz

10:30 AM

Leading Design for Growth

Dana Bright, Instagram

11:00 AM

Scaling Design Teams

Stephen Boak, Kamdyn Moore, Aniruddha Kadam, Moderated by Andrea Ong

12:00 PM

Lunch Break

We’ll be walking across the street District Eatery Caza Mezcal

1:30 PM

Values-Driven Design

Levon Sharrow, Patagonia

2:15 PM

Fireside Chat on Design Leadership

Daniela Jorge, Kaaren Hanson

3:00 PM

Roundtables

For the rest of the evening, we’ll be heading to:

The Ballroom, 145 John St, Toronto ON M5V 2E4

5:30 PM

Evening Social

The Ballroom

9:30 AM

Metrics for Impact: Elevating Design in the Business Landscape

Susanne Junglas, Sandra Griffel

10:15 AM

AI Meets Design: A Dialogue

Matthew Richmond, Kris Woyzbun, Karan Walia, Moderated by Emily Krause

11:30 AM

Oh, the places you’ll go! (by taking a fresh look at stale processes)

Shelby Bower, DocuSign

11:55 AM

I Love Good Meetings

Milena Tasic, Veterans Affairs Canada

12:15 PM

Lunch Break & Roundtables

We’ll be just taking the elevators to Malaparte (6th Floor)

2:30 PM

Operational lessons from "Atypical" brains

Nariman Gathers

3:00 PM

Humanizing Technology: Ethics and Design in the Age of AI

Katrina Alcorn, IBM

4:00 PM

Unseen lives of Design Leaders

Katrina Alcorn, Levon Sharrow, Christina Goldschmidt, Moderated by Bob Baxley

Tickets

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Got Questions?

FAQs

What is the cancellation policy, in case something comes up and I cannot attend anymore?

While the time is going to fly by fast, we do understand it’s tough to estimate your workload, schedule, and life in advance.
You can get a 100% refund if you cancel up to a month before the summit. You can also request a 50% refund up to two weeks before the summit.

Do you have any hotel recommendations?

We’re working on getting some preferred rates for hotels close to the summit venue. We’ll keep you posted.

What does the summit price include?

Your ticket includes the access to the conference, an invite to the summit app and slack group. You’ll also get access to the DLS official party, some way cool swag, and all the fun activities we have planned at the event.

I need a visa in order to come to Canada for the Design Leadership Summit. Can you help with this?

Yes, we can write you a letter of recommendation for you to apply for a visa. Email support@designx.community your name, business address, and ticket order number. Please check with your local government office for any visas waiting periods

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