Morning Roundtable Discussions

Oct 21 • 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM • Meridian Hall — Lower Lobby

• Roundtables

Doodle Square by Cantoo City

Oct 21 • 8:45 AM - 1:45 PM • Meridian Hall — Main West Lounge

• Other Programming

Morning Icebreaker

Oct 21 • 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM • Meridian Hall — Main Lobby

• Other Programming

Opening Remarks

Oct 21 • 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM • Meridian Hall — Main Stage

• Talk

Form, Function and Feeling

Christina Worner & Alice Shaughnessy • Oct 21 • 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM • Meridian Hall — Main Stage

• Keynote

Elevation, Not Reinvention: Making a respected brand contemporary without losing trust

Paul Jen • Oct 21 • 10:30 AM - 10:40 AM • Meridian Hall — Main Stage

• Keynote

Fearless by Design

Barrington Reeves • Oct 21 • 10:40 AM - 11:25 AM • Meridian Hall — Main Stage

• Keynote

Your Arabic is Showing

Maya Moumne • Oct 21 • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM • Meridian Hall — Main Stage

• Inspire Stream
• Talk

Personal Branding for Creative Introverts

Goldie Chan • Oct 21 • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM • St. Lawrence Centre — Jane Mallett Theatre

• Innovate Stream
• Talk

From Sketch to Wall: Designing Murals and Lettering for Public Space

Andrea Rodriguez RGD • Oct 21 • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM • Meridian Hall — Rehearsal Hall

• Create Stream
• Workshop

Meet your Monster: How to conquer perfectionism, imposter syndrome and career paralysis

Robert Smith RGD • Oct 21 • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM • Meridian Hall — Lower Lobby

• Engage Stream
• Interactive Session

Practical Uses for AI with InDesign

Eric Forest RGD • Oct 21 • 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM • Meridian Hall — Castlepoint Numa Lounge

• Learn Stream
• Workshop

Book Signing

Goldie Chan • Oct 21 • 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM • Meridian Hall — Mezzanine

• Other Programming

The Designer’s Mini MBA

Mike Ukstins • Oct 21 • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM • Meridian Hall — Castlepoint Numa Lounge

The Geometry of Form: Building Letterforms from Scratch

Thomas Hull • Oct 21 • 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM • Meridian Hall — Rehearsal Hall

• Create Stream
• Workshop

Virtual Community Meet-up: Solo Designers (RGD Members Only)

Oct 21 • 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM • Meridian Hall — Lower Lobby East side

• Other Programming

Virtual Community Meet-up: Firm Owners (RGD Members Only)

Oct 21 • 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM • Meridian Hall — Board Room (Lower Lobby)

• Other Programming

Virtual Community Meet-up: BIPOC Designers (RGD Members Only)

Oct 21 • 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM • Meridian Hall — Lower Lobby East side

• Other Programming

Speed Mentoring

Oct 21 • 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM • Meridian Hall — Lower Lobby

• Other Programming

How to Design a City

Benji Wiedemann & Alex Lampe • Oct 21 • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM • St. Lawrence Centre — Jane Mallett Theatre

• Innovate Stream
• Talk

How are Pop-up Books Made? Make a Pop-up to find out!

Kelli Anderson • Oct 21 • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM • Meridian Hall — Castlepoint Numa Lounge

• Learn Stream
• Workshop

Personal Work: Art for fun, profit and whatever comes next

Adam J. Kurtz • Oct 21 • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM • Meridian Hall — Main Stage

• Inspire Stream
• Talk

Afternoon Roundtable Discussions

Oct 21 • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM • Meridian Hall — Lower Lobby

• Engage Stream
• Roundtables

Basics of Modern Brush Pen Calligraphy

Serena Wong • Oct 21 • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM • Meridian Hall — Rehearsal Hall

• Create Stream
• Workshop

What lies. A head?

Chip Kidd • Oct 21 • 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM • Meridian Hall — Main Stage

• Inspire Stream
• Talk

From Idea to Campaign: Building visual stories with Firefly Boards

Lucas O’Keefe • Oct 21 • 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM • St. Lawrence Centre — Jane Mallett Theatre

• Innovate Stream
• Talk

Humanist Letterforms

Jamie Chang • Oct 21 • 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM • Meridian Hall — Rehearsal Hall

• Workshop

Panel Discussion on AI

Nicola Hamilton RGD, Maggie Chen, Wendy Millard RGD, Jacqueline Lane RGD • Oct 21 • 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM • Meridian Hall — Lower Lobby

• Engage Stream
• Interactive Session

See the Streets!

Jay Wall RGD • Oct 21 • 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM • Meridian Hall Lobby

• Other Programming

Second Skin

Guillermo Flores Pacheco • Oct 21 • 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM • Meridian Hall — Castlepoint Numa Lounge

• Learn Stream
• Workshop

Creativity Loves Context

Jeff Chemeres • Oct 21 • 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM • Meridian Hall — Main Stage

• Keynote

Let’s get close!

Nikki Gonnissen • Oct 21 • 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM • Meridian Hall — Main Stage

• Keynote

Book Signing

Kelli Anderson, Adam J. Kurtz, Chip Kidd • Oct 21 • 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM • Meridian Hall — Mezzanine

• Other Programming