All 24 sessions, one page

Two founders on winning a design budget, saying no to stakeholders and showing the value of design in numbers the board reads.

The opening keynote: why the work people remember is rarely the most polished, and how to keep the rough edges that make a brand feel human.

What changes when the interface can guess what you want, and the patterns that keep people in control of it.

Take one feature from your own product and cut it down to what fits on a phone. You leave with a smaller, clearer version of it.

Designing for a screen nobody looks at: turn-taking, recovering from errors and writing for the ear.

A talk at the start of dinner on the rooftop about markets, menus and the design of tables people share.

How to grow a component library from one product to ten without a design-system team of twenty.

Reorganisations, new tools and new owners: how to keep a creative team making good work while the ground moves.

When motion explains and when it only decorates, with live prototypes you can take home and copy.

Storing, finding and reusing research, so that a finding from March still changes a decision in October.

How to present a visual direction so the room argues about the idea, not about the shade of blue.

The evening talk on the rooftop: empathy as a habit you practise every week, not a poster on the wall.

Build accessibility into the first sketch instead of the last sprint, with a checklist for every step.

Bring a screen you are working on. In small groups we write a one-page art direction brief and test it on each other’s work.

Turning a brand book into stories people share, on a website, in a feed and in a printed programme.

Map what you publish, who it is for and what to stop doing. Templates included.

How to find research participants who are not already fans, and what changes when you do.

An open conversation about first jobs, changing careers and asking for the role you want.

Using numbers without letting them design for you: dashboards, experiments and the questions behind them.

The first five minutes decide the next five months. Patterns that teach a product without a tour.

Rewrite real error messages, empty states and buttons with an editor at your side.

For founders and team leads: the brief, the portfolio review and the first ninety days.

Bring your questions. Six speakers, one stage and no slides, hosted by Michael Greenwood.

Drinks, music and a last chance to swap details before we close Eventside 2026.