Morning Roundtable Discussions

Oct 20 • 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM • Meridian Hall — Lower Lobby

• Roundtables

Doodle Square by Cantoo City

Oct 20 • 8:45 AM - 1:45 PM • Meridian Hall — Main West Lounge

• Other Programming

Morning Icebreaker

Oct 20 • 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM • Meridian Hall — Main Lobby

• Other Programming

Opening Remarks

Oct 20 • 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM • Meridian Hall — Main Stage

• Talk

The Art of Seeing: How letter design changes the way you see the world

Martina Flor • Oct 20 • 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM • Meridian Hall — Main Stage

• Keynote

Freedom, Risk and Reward

Edel Rodriguez • Oct 20 • 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM • Meridian Hall — Main Stage

• Keynote

Your Arabic is Showing

Maya Moumne • Oct 20 • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM • Meridian Hall — Main Stage

• Inspire Stream
• Talk

Making Your Mark: Exploring sustainability through hands-on creation

Rachael Seatvet RGD • Oct 20 • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM • Meridian Hall — Rehearsal Hall

• Create Stream
• Workshop

The Art of Showing Up: The anti-awkward networking rehearsal

Marjorie Malpass • Oct 20 • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM • Meridian Hall — Lower Lobby

• Engage Stream
• Interactive Session

Probably Right: Designing in the age of AI agents

Maggie Chen • Oct 20 • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM • Meridian Hall — Castlepoint Numa Lounge

• Learn Stream
• Talk

Stupid People Start Companies All the Time

Lauren Wong Lee & Gabby Lord • Oct 20 • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM • St. Lawrence Centre — Jane Mallett Theatre

• Innovate Stream
• Talk

Spectacular Results: The one print tool every designer should know 

Dominic Ayre RGD • Oct 20 • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

• Workshop

Tasty Stories

Erika Barbieri • Oct 20 • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM • Meridian Hall — Main Stage

• Inspire Stream
• Talk

Let’s Speak Data

Valentina D’Efilippo • Oct 20 • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM • St. Lawrence Centre — Jane Mallett Theatre

• Innovate Stream
• Talk

Trading Busywork for Better Work: Design faster without looking like everyone else

Lee Eldridge • Oct 20 • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM • Meridian Hall — Castlepoint Numa Lounge

• Learn Stream
• Workshop

Creative Recess: A play lab for designers

Lauren McConnell • Oct 20 • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM • Meridian Hall — Rehearsal Hall

• Create Stream
• Workshop

Afternoon Roundtable Discussions

Oct 20 • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM • Meridian Hall — Lower Lobby

• Engage Stream
• Roundtables

Out of Trends: How going offline from global aesthetics made me a global creative

Guillermo Flores Pacheco • Oct 20 • 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM • Meridian Hall — Main Stage

• Inspire Stream
• Talk

Branding Awards Ceremony

Oct 20 • 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM • St. Lawrence Centre — Jane Mallett Theatre

• Award Ceremony

InDesign to Acrobat: A practical guide to accessible PDF workflows

Eric Forest RGD • Oct 20 • 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM • Meridian Hall — Castlepoint Numa Lounge

• Learn Stream
• Workshop

Pirate Printing

Diana Varma RGD • Oct 20 • 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM • Meridian Hall — Rehearsal Hall

• Create Stream
• Workshop

See the Streets!

Jay Wall RGD • Oct 20 • 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM • Walking Tour

• Other Programming

In Conversation: Martina Flor

Martina Flor • Oct 20 • 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM • Meridian Hall — Lower Lobby

• Engage Stream

The Abundance Paradox: When more creative creates less impact

Jason Boyer • Oct 20 • 4:20 PM - 4:45 PM • Meridian Hall — Main Stage

• Keynote

Make It Exist

Temi Coker • Oct 20 • 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM • Meridian Hall — Main Stage

• Keynote

Delegate Party

Oct 20 • 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM • CRAFT Beer Market

• Other Programming