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Seventh editionThe lineup5 confirmed · more soon

Who’s inthe room

People who have had to hold the line themselves.

No keynote circuit. Every speaker is here because they are working on the questions inside a real organization, right now.

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01 — The lineup

This year’s voices,
announced.

5 speakers confirmed for the seventh edition. Session formats and the full lineup will be announced as the programme takes shape.

Monzo

Vuokko Aro

Chief Design Officer

Shopify

Cynthia Savard

VP of UX

Gusto

Amy Thibodeau

Chief Design Officer

TD Bank

Christian Rohrer

VP of Design

Humanism at Scale

Peter Merholz

Consultant & Author

Open call

Know who should be on this stage? ↗

02 — How we choose

Nobody is here
to sell you anything.

01Doing the work now

In-seat leaders facing live organizational decisions, not full-time speakers.

02A claim in the talk

Something specific that a reasonable person in the room could disagree with.

03Staying for the room

The talk is an opening move. Speakers join the off-record conversations too.

04Different chairs

In-house, public sector, product, brand, scale-up and enterprise perspectives.

03 — Open call

Who belongs
in the room?

Tell us who can answer one of the summit’s questions with something concrete, useful and earned.

Nominate a speaker ↗
04 — Sixth edition

The 2025
mainstage.

Last year’s voices are still here — talks, bios, and the sixth-edition room that made this year’s three days possible.

2025Joann Wu

Vice President and Global Head of Design · Uber

Profile ↗2025Jess Greco

VP, Product Experience Design · Mastercard

Profile ↗2025Jen Cardello

Managing VP, Head of Research and Design Operations · Capital One

Profile ↗2025Matt Raw

Deputy Head of Product Design · The New York Times

Profile ↗2025Chris Avore

Design leader · Diligent

Profile ↗2025Alice Quan

Head of Design, UX Director for Enterprise · GoFundMe

Profile ↗2025Jessa Parette

Head of Design · Yum!

Profile ↗2025Lenny Laurier

Design leader

Profile ↗2025Armin Tabrizi

Design leader

Profile ↗2025Silke Bochat

Design leader

Profile ↗2025Clark DeLashmet

Design leader

Profile ↗2025Sebastian Speier

Design leader

Profile ↗2025Bob Baxley

Design leader

Profile ↗2025Peter Merholz

Consultant & Author · Humanism at Scale

Profile ↗2025Femke van Schoonhoven

Workshop host

Profile ↗