Given their very limited size, a $7 fee is required to secure your spot.

Topics:

Designing Your Career Path: Navigating Growth in an In-House Environment
Moderated by Michael Young RGD
We’ll chat about defining your own metrics for success, being proactive in building visibility and leveraging cross-team collaboration.

Biscriptual Design: Working beyond the Latin Script in brands and layouts
Moderated by Jumanah Abualkhair Associate RGD
Participants in this roundtable will discuss challenges, tips, resources, considerations and inspiration when working with multiscriptual projects. Together, we’ll explore how we can navigate these projects to create more thoughtful designs for multilingual audiences.

Unmute Yourself: Strategies for speaking up and being heard
Moderated by Tyler Dias RGD
Visual communication is what we do best, but how can we leverage those skills to improve our verbal communication skills? In this discussion, we will explore communication and presentation techniques designed to captivate your audience’s attention. We’ll share valuable insights and best practices to help you become a more persuasive and engaging communicator.

Overcoming Creative Block: Sharing tips and tricks for overcoming creative obstacles and maintaining momentum
Moderated by Maggie Ostler RGD
It’s happened to all of us—the moment the ideas stop flowing. We’ll share tips and tricks for getting unstuck and keeping the creative momentum going. Join our roundtable conversation and talk what to do when you hit creative block.

Setting Boundaries and Managing Scope: Ensuring healthy working relationships and project success
Moderated by Wendy Millard RGD
Does your briefing system work or are you and your internal clients speaking two different languages? We’ll discuss how to maximize the effectiveness of the first step in the design process by creating simple, yet effective, briefs that help you get on the same page as your stakeholders and distill the most important information from lengthy documents.

Trust by Design: Finding where trust breaks
Moderated by Matt DeAbreu RGD 
Trust isn’t something we can simply declare—it is earned or eroded through experiences, behaviours, relationships and systems over time. Designers are skilled at noticing the gaps and disconnects where trust begins to break down. From brands and products to organizations and communities, how can we make those fractures visible and help shape the conditions in which trust can grow? Join us to explore what builds trust, what undermines it and how design can foster confidence, credibility and lasting relationships.

All about Certification (AMA)
Moderated by Andrew Boardman RGD
Ask me anything, Certification style! Spend an hour chatting with a Certification Committee member who’ll answer your pressing questions and offer advice on preparing your application to become a Certified RGD.

Tools That Make Designers’ Lives Easier—and Help Them Deliver Better Results
Moderated by Denis Leclerc RGD
Join a practical conversation on the tools designers rely on to save time, collaborate better and produce stronger creative work. Participants will discuss what’s out there and share their favourite tools, tips and lessons learned–covering everything from project management and client communication to design, automation and AI.

The Rise of the “Ugly”: Why ugly design Is winning in 2026
Moderated by Jim Hopkins RGD
The rise of the “ugly’” looks at why bold, messy and imperfect design became so popular in 2025. In this roundtable, we’ll talk about what’s driving this trend, why people are drawn to it and how it’s changing the way we think about branding and design.

Mental Health in Design: Nurturing creativity and clarity of mind
Moderated by Mateusz Napieralski RGD
Let’s talk about what it really takes to protect your sanity while doing creative work. This roundtable is a space for honest conversation about burnout, balance and the practices that help us stay grounded and inspired.

Getting Paint on Your Hands: The importance of tactile design work in branding
Moderated by Aidan Searle RGD
Are there ways to use analog, art-forward and tactile processes to help support a company’s vision and brand essence? Absolutely! In this discussion, we share how we link different analog creative techniques to a brand’s story.