AUGUST 30, 2019 | OCAD 100 McCAUL ST.

A Conference for Early Stage Designers

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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.

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

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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