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

4 Archetypes of the Complete Design Leader

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

Embracing the
Chaos

Thomas Lowry, Design Advocate,
Figma

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/ Pradeep Nayar, Jasmine Friedl, Tanner Christensen, 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