2025 KEYNOTES
ASHLEY ARON
Global CMO @ Supergoop!
PAOLA ANTONELLI
Senior Curator of Architecture & Design @ the MoMA
SUSAN RETTERBUSH
Creative Director @ Color Factory
2023 KEYNOTES
GABBY HIRATA
Former CEO @ Diane von Furstenberg
JOSH HAAS
Founder @ Bubble Group, Inc
STUART WEITZMAN
Founder @ Stuart Weitzman
2023 FIRESIDE CHATS
ERIK CARTER
Independent Graphic Designer & Art Director
JOE GEBBIA
Co-Founder @ Airbnb
MARYELLIS BUNN
Founder & CEO @ MUSEUM OF ICE CREAM
2023 PANELISTS
ANDY BARON
Executive Creative Director @ Turner Duckworth
EDDIE OPARA
Partner @ Pentagram
PHIL BICKER
Creative Editor @ Instagram
JACOB BENBUNAN
CEO @ Saffron Brand Consultants
ZOEY ZHU
Senior Creative Technologist @ IDEO
ERIN LEFORCE
Design Director @ Work & Co
2023 WORKSHOPS
GABRIEL SEIBEL
Partner & COO/CFO @ EAT Studio
MIGGI CARDONA
Designer Advocate for Education @ Figma
RENATA AMARAL MORRIS
Founder & CEO @ EAT Studio
2023 EXECUTIVE SEMINARS
BEN SOLOMON
Former Creative Director @ Conran Design Group
BRIAN CROSS
CEO @ Elasticity
DAVID HEASTY
Founder @ Triboro
JOSH LUCAS-FALK
CEO @ Grand Studio
JOSHUA BURCHAM
Managing Director & Creative Director @ Radish Lab
PEK PONGPAET
CEO & Chief UX Strategist @ Impekable
MASON CARTER
Director of Business Development @ Design In DC
RUPALI STEINMEYER
Managing Director @ MetaDesign
MINDY ALVAREZ
Multimedia Designer @ RDG Planning & Design
TATE LUCAS
CEO @ Dot Dash
NUSRAT AHMED
Former Senior Learning Experience Director @ IDEO
2022 KEYNOTES
CYNTHIA PRATOMO
Director @ Instagram Design Studio
DANIEL ARSHAM
American Visual Artist
NATASHA JEN
Partner @ Pentagram
2022 PANELISTS
ALLISON PALMADESSO
Director of Design Services @ Shake Shack
ALYSSA NGUYEN
Director @ Design Nation 2020
ENVER RAMADANI
Director @ Design Nation 2019
AMANDA LINDEN
Former Head of Design @ Facebook
JOANNE CHAN
CEO @ Turner Duckworth
EDUARDO VELAZQUEZ
Former Head of Design @ Walmart
MIHIKA KAPOOR
Founder @ Design Nation
NICOLE MCLAUGHLIN
Fashion Designer
MATT WALLAERT
Former Head of Creative Design @ frog
RUDI ANGGONO
Former Global Creative Director @ Google
XIMENA O’REILY
Global Head of Visual Identity @ Nestlé
RAINA WELLMAN
Freelance Journalist
2022 EXECUTIVE SEMINARS
ALISA WOLFSON
EVP Head of Design @ Leo Burnett
AMI WERNER
Head of Strategy @ Bulletproof
ANNIE YANG
Former Senior Brand Designer @ Conran Design Group
BLAIR HANNAH
Founder & Managing Partner @ Concentric Design
BRIAN STATON
CEO @ HMC Architects
DAVE JOHNSTON
Senior Principal @ STG Design
CORY BRUGGER
CTO @ HKS, Inc.
DAVID LAI
Founder & Former CEO @ Hello Design
DANIEL VAN DER WINDEN
Former Partner & CDO @ Bakken & Bæck
ERIN YOUNG
Founder & Principal @ Slide UX
DARREN GOLDBERG
Partner & CEO @ Atlantic Pictures
FELIPE CARRERA
VP of Business Development @ Onetree
GALA JOVER
Former Head of Product Design @ Bakken & Bæck
JEREMY REDING
Senior Principal @ DLR Group
KATHY LARCHIAN
Co-Founder & Principal @ Pensa LLC
LEONARDO CARRASCO
UX Designer @ Onetree
LI ZHANG
Chair of the Department of Art and Design @ Purdue University
MARGA PECES
VP, Group Creative Director @ RAPP
MARK BALDINO
Co-Founder @ Fuzzy Math
MIKE HOUSTON
National Studio Leader @ RDG Planning and Design
MOA NETTO
Former North America CCO @ RAPP
NATHALIE DE VALLIÈRE
Former Senior Product Designer @ Bakken & Bæck
NIGEL SIELEGAR
Founder @ Corse Design Factory
RYAN SCHRAM
Former President & COO @ IZEA
STEVEN COOK
Head of UX & Product Design @ MetaDesign
TANESHA SMITH
Former Senior Product Manager @ frog
TRISHA OKUBO
Founder @ Maison Miru
VINCENT MAZZA
Managing Partner @ eDesign Interactive
ZIAD FOTY
CEO @ Design In DC