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January 26–27

UNFOLD Design Summit 2023

A gathering of creative individuals, looking to develop their skills and unfold the perplexities of design.

Meet the hosts

  • Jessica Brown

    Sr. Graphic Designer
  • Kay Evans-Stocks

    Design Engineer

This year's themes

  • Personal Stories

  • Inclusion

  • Collaboration

  • Tips & Tricks

  • Business/Strategy

  • Personal Stories

  • Inclusion

  • Collaboration

  • Tips & Tricks

  • Business/Strategy

  • Personal Stories

  • Inclusion

  • Collaboration

  • Tips & Tricks

  • Business/Strategy

  • Personal Stories

  • Inclusion

  • Collaboration

  • Tips & Tricks

  • Business/Strategy

Key note speaker

Corinne Schmid

VP Marketing, Tucows Domains Services
Talk TBD
Mastodon: What is the potential/opportunity?
Mastodon: What is the potential/opportunity?

Team speakers

Anna Kang

Lead Product Designer
Tips for cross-cultural design

Janelle Leung

Associate Product Designer
What design taught me about business

Jennifer Wilson

Sr. Graphic Designer
Perfection is overrated

Keven Lupien

Design Operations Manager
Talk TBD

Meredith House

Sr. Product Designer
Starting your career young: What I wish I had known at 20 years old

Monique Lopes

Product Designer
The UX lessons I've learned from En Plein Air Painting

Nitya Rao

UX Research Manager
How respectful parenting has taught me to be a better team leader: Lessons from the field

Richard Howard

Copyrighter/Content Specialist
Doing creative work when your brain don't work

Stephanie Forest

Creative Director
Step right up: How to take your place at the table

Tiago Einloft

Associate UX Researcher
Anxiety and web accessibility

COMING SOON

Agenda

Keep an eye on the #design-all-staff channel for updates on the agenda.

Agenda

10:00 am

Breakfast and small talk

10:25 am

Day 1 kick-off with Jess and Kay

10:30 am
Personal Stories

"Starting your career young: What I wish I had known at 20 years old"Meredith House

10:50 am

Break

11:00 am
Collaboration

Lemon Zest with Lauren Bride

11:05 am
Business & Strategy

"What design taught me about business"Janelle Leung

11:30 am
Inclusion

"Tips for cross-cultural design"Anna Kang

12:00 pm

Lunch break

1:00 pm
Personal Stories

"Perfection is overrated"Jennifer Wilson

1:25 pm
Collaboration

Lemon Zest with Lauren Bride

1:35 pm
Business & Strategy

"Mastodon: What is the potential/opportunity?" – Corinne Schmid

1:55 pm

Q&A with Corinne

2:20 pm

Class dismissed with Jess and Kay

9:30 am

Breakfast and small talk

10:00 am

Welcome to Day 2 with Jess and Kay

10:10 am
Personal Stories

"How respectful parenting has taught me to be a better team leader: Lessons from the field"Nitya Rao

10:35 am
Personal Stories

"The UX lessons I've learned from En Plein Air Painting"Monique Lopes

10:55 am

Break

11:10 am
Collaboration

Lemon Zest with Lauren Bride

11:15 am
Tips & Tricks

"The Keven Show: Tune in for random thoughts and stories"Keven Lupien

11:40 am
Personal Stories

"Doing creative work when your brain don't work"Richard Howard

12:00 pm

Lunch break

1:10 pm
Business & Strategy

"Step right up: How to take your place at the table"Stephanie Forest

1:30 pm
Collaboration

Lemon Zest with Lauren Bride

1:35 pm
Inclusion

"Anxiety and web accessibility"Tiago Einloft

1:55 pm

The End – Jess and Kay close the day