AUGUST 30, 2019 | OCAD 100 McCAUL ST.
A Conference for Early Stage Designers
Themes
Fighting Imposter Syndrome
Design Foundations
Difficult Conversations
Level Up Your Toolkit
Paths of Self Discovery
About
Ladders Conf. brings together early stage designers from multiple disciplines to amp up hard and soft skills and empower you to take your career to the next stage. Connect and collaborate with other industry professionals to level up your craft and build people skills at the conference in an open and inclusive environment of your peers.
Schedule
The conference is a one-day event filled with informative talks, candid panel discussions, and networking opportunities with over 200+ designers and creative professionals. It begins at 8.30 AM in the morning and goes until 4.30 PM in the afternoon with 2 snack breaks and a lunch break. There will also be a social in the evening, post conference. See below for detailed schedule of events.
Venue
OCAD U is the largest and most comprehensive art, design and media university in Canada. We’ve partnered with them to help you bring a one day intensive programming on leveling up your knowledge around craft and people skills, so you can better navigate your career.
Cost
In order to keep the one day conference accessible to early-stage folks, we’ve kept our ticket prices quite affordable.
Tickets are only $90 for early stage designers.
Tickets are only $90 for early stage designers.
Speakers
Dori Tunstall
Dean, Faculty of Design
OCAD University
Shu Lai
Director of Design
Coursera
Helen Tran
Founder & CEO
Jupiter
Tom Cotterill
Design Recruiter
London, UK
Samaneh S.
Partner
Playground Inc.
Sally Chan
Product Designer
WeWork NYC
Billy Kiely
VP of Design
Invision
Michael Sacca
VP Product
Dribbble
Ainsley Wagoner
Sr. Experience Designer
Adobe
Chris Govias
Chief of Design
Canadian Digital Services
Andrew Douglas
Manager, Design System
Telus
Andrea Burton
Design Advocate
Abstract
Laura Schaefer
Sr. Manager, UX Strategy
CIBC
David Han
Dir., Experience Design
Publicis Canada
Schedule
NOT JUST A ONE DAY THING
Thursday, Aug 29
BONUS | Only 50 spots
Portfolio Reviews
6 PM . Loopio 310 Spadina Ave #600
BONUS | Only 50 spots
Figma 101 Workshop
6PM . Brainstation 460 King St West
Friday,Aug 30 . OCAD
8.30 AM
Registration
Registration
9.30 AM
Opening Remarks
Preet Singh, DesignX Community
10.00 AM
Respectful Design
Keynote – Dean Dori Tunstall, OCAD
10.40 AM
Design Foundations
Shu Lai, Coursera
11.15 AM
Difficult Conversations
Andrea Burton, Samaneh S., Michael Sacca
12.00 NOON
Lunch Break
Served at venue
1.30 PM
Building Up Your Portfolio
David Han, Publicis
2.10 PM
Fighting Imposter Syndrome
Helen Tran, Billy Kiely, Sally Chan
3.00 PM
Map Your Path of Progression
Workshop by Laura Schaefer & Andrew Douglas
3.45 PM
Coffee + Donuts Break
Served at venue
4.15 PM
How to talk about design: presenting your work to anyone
Ainsley Wagoner, Adobe
4.45 PM
Paths of Self Discovery
Closing – Chris Govias, CDS
5.30 PM
Evening Drinks & Social
At the venue
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