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Opening keynote

Figma product launch

Theme:Keynote

Dylan Field
CEO & Co-founder
Figma

Dylan Field
CEO & Co-founder
Figma

Mezzanine stage

No flags, just wins: reimagining the NFL app

Theme:Product management
Topic:Strategy
Topic:Scalability
Topic:Visual design

Lauren Manning
Head of Product Design, UX Research
NFL
Arjun Kalyanpur
Sr. Director of Product Strategy
Code and Theory

Lauren Manning
Head of Product Design, UX Research
NFL
Arjun Kalyanpur
Sr. Director of Product Strategy
Code and Theory

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When:May 69:00AM – 9:00PM PDT Moscone North
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When:May 612:00PM – 9:30PM PDT Howard Street
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When:May 79:00AM – 10:20AM PDT Main stage | Exhibitor Level: Hall ABC
Opening keynote
Figma product launch
- Theme:Keynote
- Dylan Field
  CEO & Co-founder
  Figma
  Dylan Field
  CEO & Co-founder
  Figma
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- Dylan Field
  CEO & Co-founder
  Figma
  Dylan Field
  CEO & Co-founder
  Figma
When:May 710:35AM – 11:35AM PDT Exhibitor Level: Hall ABC
Main Stage
- Theme:Figma deep dives
- Figma deep dive
  - Rogie King
    Designer Advocate
    Figma
  - Lauren Budorick
    Software Engineer
    Figma
  - Tim Van Damme
    Software designer
    Figma
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- Figma deep dive
  - Rogie King
    Designer Advocate
    Figma
  - Lauren Budorick
    Software Engineer
    Figma
  - Tim Van Damme
    Software designer
    Figma
When:May 710:40AM – 12:00PM PDT Mezzanine level
Mezzanine stage
- Theme:Product building
- Theme:Design craft
- Topic:Collaboration
- Topic:Brand
- Topic:Strategy
- Topic:AI
- Topic:UX
- Topic:Hardware
- Topic:Independent
- From storytelling as a PM to storytelling as a film director
  - Ebi Atawodi
    Director of Product Management, YouTube Studio
    YouTube
- Beyond agents: AI as a creative partner
  - Joel Lewenstein
    Head of Product Design
    Anthropic
- The maximalist theory of minimalism
  - Keegan McNamara
    Craftsman & Founder
    Mythic Computer Co
- Poetry Camera: How to fall back in love with technology
  - Kelin Carolyn Zhang
    Co-founder
    Poetry Camera
  - Ryan Mather
    Co-founder
    Poetry Camera
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- From storytelling as a PM to storytelling as a film director
  - Ebi Atawodi
    Director of Product Management, YouTube Studio
    YouTube
- Beyond agents: AI as a creative partner
  - Joel Lewenstein
    Head of Product Design
    Anthropic
- The maximalist theory of minimalism
  - Keegan McNamara
    Craftsman & Founder
    Mythic Computer Co
- Poetry Camera: How to fall back in love with technology
  - Kelin Carolyn Zhang
    Co-founder
    Poetry Camera
  - Ryan Mather
    Co-founder
    Poetry Camera
When:May 711:10AM – 12:10PM PDT Level 2
Level 2 stage
- Theme:Design craft
- Topic:Brand
- Topic:Strategy
- Topic:Independent
- Topic:Research
- Topic:Web design
- The shapes of creative work
  - Kevin Twohy
    Founder & Principal
    Twohy Design Works
- Growth design as art and science
  - Becca Ramos
    Brand Designer
    Figma
- Unlearning design: how testing transformed my work
  - Grace Walker
    Creative Director
    Spellbook
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- The shapes of creative work
  - Kevin Twohy
    Founder & Principal
    Twohy Design Works
- Growth design as art and science
  - Becca Ramos
    Brand Designer
    Figma
- Unlearning design: how testing transformed my work
  - Grace Walker
    Creative Director
    Spellbook
When:May 711:40AM – 12:00PM PDT Exhibitor level: Hall E
Maker stage
- Theme:Product management
- Topic:Collaboration
- Maximize design collaboration with Atlassian and Figma
  - Christina Nguyen White
    VP Design, Loom
    Atlassian
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- Maximize design collaboration with Atlassian and Figma
  - Christina Nguyen White
    VP Design, Loom
    Atlassian
When:May 712:00PM – 12:20PM PDT Exhibitor level: Hall E
Maker stage
- Theme:Product building
- Topic:AI
- The rise of the design engineer
  - Honey Mittal
    CEO & Co-founder
    Locofy.ai
  - Sohaib Muhammad
    Co-founder & Chief Architect
    Locofy.ai
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- The rise of the design engineer
  - Honey Mittal
    CEO & Co-founder
    Locofy.ai
  - Sohaib Muhammad
    Co-founder & Chief Architect
    Locofy.ai
When:May 712:20PM – 12:40PM PDT Exhibitor level: Hall E
Maker stage
- Theme:Design craft
- Topic:Collaboration
- Topic:UX
- UserTesting x Figma: faster feedback, smarter design
  - Mike McDowell
    Sr. Solutions Consultant
    UserTesting
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- UserTesting x Figma: faster feedback, smarter design
  - Mike McDowell
    Sr. Solutions Consultant
    UserTesting
When:May 712:25PM – 1:25PM PDT Mezzanine level
Mezzanine stage
- Theme:Design craft
- Theme:Product management
- Topic:Motion design
- Topic:Collaboration
- Topic:Strategy
- Topic:Scalability
- Topic:Visual design
- And...cut! The design process behind animation tools
  - Ruchita Lodha
    Product Designer
    Pixar Animation Studios
  - Rehan Butt
    Senior Product Designer
    Walt Disney Animation Studios
- No flags, just wins: reimagining the NFL app
  - Lauren Manning
    Head of Product Design, UX Research
    NFL
  - Arjun Kalyanpur
    Sr. Director of Product Strategy
    Code and Theory
- Designing positive futures
  - John LePore
    Co-founder & Exec Creative Director
    BlackBox Infinite
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- And...cut! The design process behind animation tools
  - Ruchita Lodha
    Product Designer
    Pixar Animation Studios
  - Rehan Butt
    Senior Product Designer
    Walt Disney Animation Studios
- No flags, just wins: reimagining the NFL app
  - Lauren Manning
    Head of Product Design, UX Research
    NFL
  - Arjun Kalyanpur
    Sr. Director of Product Strategy
    Code and Theory
- Designing positive futures
  - John LePore
    Co-founder & Exec Creative Director
    BlackBox Infinite
When:May 712:35PM – 1:55PM PDT Exhibitor Level: Hall ABC Turn
Main stage
- Theme:Design craft
- Topic:Accessibility
- Topic:Research
- Topic:UX
- Topic:Strategy
- Topic:Collaboration
- Topic:Content design
- Designing in disaster
  - Megan Metzger
    Senior Product Designer
    Forerunner
- Crossing the chasm between quality and performance
  - Ricardo Vazquez
    Director, Product Design
    Dropbox
- Writing is designing
  - Andy Welfle
    Content Designer, Author
    Glean
- Designing for play and friction in a fast-paced world
  - Michelle Lee
    Partner & Managing Director
    IDEO
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- Designing in disaster
  - Megan Metzger
    Senior Product Designer
    Forerunner
- Crossing the chasm between quality and performance
  - Ricardo Vazquez
    Director, Product Design
    Dropbox
- Writing is designing
  - Andy Welfle
    Content Designer, Author
    Glean
- Designing for play and friction in a fast-paced world
  - Michelle Lee
    Partner & Managing Director
    IDEO
When:May 71:10PM – 1:55PM PDT Level 2
Level 2 stage
- Theme:Design craft
- Topic:Brand
- Topic:AI
- Topic:Strategy
- The evolution of brand identities
  - Mike Abbink
    Executive Director of Design, Craft
    GM
  - Phi Hoang
    Brand Experience Designer
    Perplexity AI
  - Ryan Putnam
    Brand Designer
    Perplexity AI
  - Damien Correll
    Creative Director
    Figma
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- The evolution of brand identities
  - Mike Abbink
    Executive Director of Design, Craft
    GM
  - Phi Hoang
    Brand Experience Designer
    Perplexity AI
  - Ryan Putnam
    Brand Designer
    Perplexity AI
  - Damien Correll
    Creative Director
    Figma
When:May 71:35PM – 1:55PM PDT Exhibitor level: Hall E
Maker stage
- Theme:Design craft
- Topic:AI
- Topic:Design systems
- Figma + Coda Brain: Design systems in an AI first ecosystem
  - Bharat Batra
    Product Manager
    Coda
  - Noah Silverstein
    GTM Lead
    Coda
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- Figma + Coda Brain: Design systems in an AI first ecosystem
  - Bharat Batra
    Product Manager
    Coda
  - Noah Silverstein
    GTM Lead
    Coda
When:May 71:55PM – 2:15PM PDT Exhibitor level: Hall E
Maker stage
- Theme:Product building
- Design journey: the magic of ‹div›RIOTS plugins
  - Georges Gomes
    CEO
    ‹div›RIOTS
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- Design journey: the magic of ‹div›RIOTS plugins
  - Georges Gomes
    CEO
    ‹div›RIOTS
When:May 72:15PM – 3:15PM PDT Exhibitor Level: Hall ABC
Main stage
- Theme:Dev & code
- Topic:Design systems
- Topic:Scalability
- From canvas to code: building design systems, together
  - Jake Albaugh
    Developer Advocate
    Figma
  - Chad Bergman
    Designer Advocate
    Figma
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- From canvas to code: building design systems, together
  - Jake Albaugh
    Developer Advocate
    Figma
  - Chad Bergman
    Designer Advocate
    Figma
When:May 72:15PM – 3:15PM PDT Level 2
Level 2 stage
- Theme:Design craft
- Theme:Product building
- Topic:Prototyping
- Topic:Strategy
- Topic:UX
- Topic:Collaboration
- Influencing via prototyping
  - Cheechee Lin
    Product Designer
    Instagram
- When products must die
  - Subham Agarwal
    Director of Product
    Ramp
- Pitch perfect: how to present ideas to cut through the noise
  - Wojtek Dziedzic
    Senior Product Designer
    Nord Security
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- Influencing via prototyping
  - Cheechee Lin
    Product Designer
    Instagram
- When products must die
  - Subham Agarwal
    Director of Product
    Ramp
- Pitch perfect: how to present ideas to cut through the noise
  - Wojtek Dziedzic
    Senior Product Designer
    Nord Security
When:May 72:25PM – 3:45PM PDT Mezzanine level
Mezzanine stage
- Theme:Product building
- Theme:Design craft
- Topic:Strategy
- Topic:Independent
- Topic:AI
- Topic:Web design
- Topic:Typography
- Topic:Collaboration
- Topic:UX
- Topic:Research
- Building digital products as a company of one
  - Christine Vallaure de la Paz
    Founder
    moonlearning
- Just... go for it!
  - Parteek Saran
    Co-founder
    Stealth
- The space-filling curve of design
  - Helena Zhang
    Designer, Director, Writer
    Independent
- Building in public with Figma: designers should be creators
  - Nolan Perkins
    Founder
    Rad Collab
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- Building digital products as a company of one
  - Christine Vallaure de la Paz
    Founder
    moonlearning
- Just... go for it!
  - Parteek Saran
    Co-founder
    Stealth
- The space-filling curve of design
  - Helena Zhang
    Designer, Director, Writer
    Independent
- Building in public with Figma: designers should be creators
  - Nolan Perkins
    Founder
    Rad Collab
When:May 73:20PM – 3:40PM PDT Exhibitor level: Hall E
Maker stage
- Theme:Dev & code
- Topic:Scalability
- Topic:Collaboration
- Design to code: unlocking creativity with GitHub and Figma
  - Diana Mounter
    Head of Design
    GitHub
  - Cole Bemis
    Staff Research Engineer
    GitHub
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- Design to code: unlocking creativity with GitHub and Figma
  - Diana Mounter
    Head of Design
    GitHub
  - Cole Bemis
    Staff Research Engineer
    GitHub
When:May 74:00PM – 5:00PM PDT Main stage, Exhibitor Level: Hall ABC
Closing keynotes
- Theme:Keynote
- Topic:Scalability
- Topic:Collaboration
- Topic:Visual design
- Topic:Hardware
- Topic:AI
- Topic:Strategy
- Crafting quality that endures
  - Karri Saarinen
    Co-founder & CEO
    Linear
- Designing dystopia: the creative vision behind Severance
  - Jeremy Hindle
    Production Designer
    Severance
- Building the next computing platform
  - Dylan Field
    CEO & Co-founder
    Figma
  - Andrew "Boz" Bosworth
    CTO & Head of Reality Labs
    Meta
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- Crafting quality that endures
  - Karri Saarinen
    Co-founder & CEO
    Linear
- Designing dystopia: the creative vision behind Severance
  - Jeremy Hindle
    Production Designer
    Severance
- Building the next computing platform
  - Dylan Field
    CEO & Co-founder
    Figma
  - Andrew "Boz" Bosworth
    CTO & Head of Reality Labs
    Meta

When:May 89:00AM – 10:00AM PDT Main stage, Exhibitor Level: Hall ABC
Opening keynotes
- Theme:Keynote
- Topic:Design
- Topic:Brand
- Augmental MouthPad^: interaction beyond the hands
  - Corten Singer
    Co-founder & President
    Augmental
  - Ryan Hudson-Peralta
    Creative Director & Disability Advocate
    Rocket & Equal Accessibility
- How to be a robot whisperer
  - Dr. Madeline Gannon
    Designer and Founder
    Atonaton
- Breaking and entering (and building culture along the way)
  - Jeff Staple
    Founder & Executive Creative Director
    STAPLE / Reed Art Department
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- Augmental MouthPad^: interaction beyond the hands
  - Corten Singer
    Co-founder & President
    Augmental
  - Ryan Hudson-Peralta
    Creative Director & Disability Advocate
    Rocket & Equal Accessibility
- How to be a robot whisperer
  - Dr. Madeline Gannon
    Designer and Founder
    Atonaton
- Breaking and entering (and building culture along the way)
  - Jeff Staple
    Founder & Executive Creative Director
    STAPLE / Reed Art Department
When:May 810:35AM – 11:35AM PDT Exhibitor Level: Hall ABC
Figma deep dive
- Theme:Figma deep dives
- Figma deep dive
  - Anthony DiSpezio
    Designer Advocate
    Figma
  - Aashima Garg
    Software Engineer
    Figma
  - Tom Giannattasio
    Principal Product Designer
    Figma
  - Adam Lehman
    Product Manager
    Figma
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- Figma deep dive
  - Anthony DiSpezio
    Designer Advocate
    Figma
  - Aashima Garg
    Software Engineer
    Figma
  - Tom Giannattasio
    Principal Product Designer
    Figma
  - Adam Lehman
    Product Manager
    Figma
When:May 810:40AM – 11:40AM PDT Mezzanine level
Mezzanine stage
- Theme:Design craft
- Topic:UX
- Topic:Typography
- Topic:Design systems
- Topic:Illustration
- Topic:Visual design
- Typography is the foundation of any design system
  - Elliot Jay Stocks
    Designer
    Independent
- The art of not naming your layers
  - Inga Hampton
    Product Designer & Illustrator
    Raycast
- Please, no glue on the cutting mat
  - Annie Atkins
    Graphic Designer & Author
    Independent
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- Typography is the foundation of any design system
  - Elliot Jay Stocks
    Designer
    Independent
- The art of not naming your layers
  - Inga Hampton
    Product Designer & Illustrator
    Raycast
- Please, no glue on the cutting mat
  - Annie Atkins
    Graphic Designer & Author
    Independent
When:May 810:50AM – 11:50AM PDT Level 2
Level 2 stage
- Theme:Dev & code
- Topic:UX
- Topic:Prototyping
- Topic:Motion design
- Topic:Visual design
- Topic:Collaboration
- The endless canvas: Figma, 2D pixels & 3D shaders
  - David Galavotti
    Design Engineer
    Designer In The Loop
- The future of the web is paved with shaders
  - Maxime Heckel
    Software Engineer
    Tango Technology
- Design meets code: interactive animations with Figma
  - Carmen Ansio
    Design Engineer
    LottieFiles
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- The endless canvas: Figma, 2D pixels & 3D shaders
  - David Galavotti
    Design Engineer
    Designer In The Loop
- The future of the web is paved with shaders
  - Maxime Heckel
    Software Engineer
    Tango Technology
- Design meets code: interactive animations with Figma
  - Carmen Ansio
    Design Engineer
    LottieFiles
When:May 811:55AM – 12:55PM PDT Exhibitor Level: Hall ABC
Figma deep dive
- Theme:Figma deep dives
- Figma deep dive
  - Nikolas Klein
    Product Manager, Interactivity
    Figma
  - Daniel DeStefanis
    Product Designer
    Figma
  - Darragh Burke
    Software Engineer
    Figma
  - Alex Kern
    Software Engineer
    Figma
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- Figma deep dive
  - Nikolas Klein
    Product Manager, Interactivity
    Figma
  - Daniel DeStefanis
    Product Designer
    Figma
  - Darragh Burke
    Software Engineer
    Figma
  - Alex Kern
    Software Engineer
    Figma
When:May 812:00PM – 12:20PM PDT Exhibitor level: Hall E
Maker stage
- Theme:Product building
- Topic:Research
- Topic:AI
- Better research, better design
  - Ned Dwyer
    Co-founder & CEO
    Great Question
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- Better research, better design
  - Ned Dwyer
    Co-founder & CEO
    Great Question
When:May 812:20PM – 12:40PM PDT Exhibitor level: Hall E
Maker stage
- Theme:Design craft
- Topic:Design systems
- Topic:Scalability
- Topic:AI
- Using AI to turn designs into clean code
  - Steve Sewell
    Co-Founder & CEO
    Builder.io
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- Using AI to turn designs into clean code
  - Steve Sewell
    Co-Founder & CEO
    Builder.io
When:May 812:40PM – 1:40PM PDT Mezzanine level
Mezzanine stage
- Theme:Figma deep dives
- Figma deep dive
  - Kaitie Chambers
    Advocate
    Figma
  - Natasha Tenggoro
    Product Designer
    Figma
  - Aosheng Ran
    Product Designer
    Figma
- Figma deep dive
  - Miggi
    Designer Advocate, Education
    Figma
  - Giorgio Caviglia
    Product Designer
    Figma
  - Kelly Hu
    Product Designer
    Figma
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- Figma deep dive
  - Kaitie Chambers
    Advocate
    Figma
  - Natasha Tenggoro
    Product Designer
    Figma
  - Aosheng Ran
    Product Designer
    Figma
- Figma deep dive
  - Miggi
    Designer Advocate, Education
    Figma
  - Giorgio Caviglia
    Product Designer
    Figma
  - Kelly Hu
    Product Designer
    Figma
When:May 81:00PM – 2:00PM PDT Level 2
Level 2 stage
- Theme:Product building
- Theme:Product management
- Topic:Strategy
- Topic:Scalability
- Topic:Prototyping
- Topic:Collaboration
- Tech as a playbook, not as the solution
  - Raylene Yung
    Board Member & Advisor
    U.S. Digital Response
- Figma x Coda
  - Lane Patrick Shackleton
    Chief Product Officer
    Coda
  - Mihika Kapoor
    Product Manager
    Figma
- Design at the speed of startups
  - Gabriel Valdivia
    Fractional Founding Designer
    Valdivia Works
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- Tech as a playbook, not as the solution
  - Raylene Yung
    Board Member & Advisor
    U.S. Digital Response
- Figma x Coda
  - Lane Patrick Shackleton
    Chief Product Officer
    Coda
  - Mihika Kapoor
    Product Manager
    Figma
- Design at the speed of startups
  - Gabriel Valdivia
    Fractional Founding Designer
    Valdivia Works
When:May 81:40PM – 2:00PM PDT Exhibitor level: Hall E
Maker stage
- Theme:Design craft
- Topic:Accessibility
- New options for accessible design
  - Tal Kailler
    Group Product Manager
    Evinced
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- New options for accessible design
  - Tal Kailler
    Group Product Manager
    Evinced
When:May 82:10PM – 3:10PM PDT Exhibitor Level: Hall ABC
Main stage
- Theme:Design craft
- Topic:Brand
- Topic:Strategy
- Topic:Collaboration
- Topic:Research
- Topic:UX
- The wild west of collaborative brand design
  - Mike Smith
    Co-founder & Creative Director
    Smith & Diction
  - Chara Smith
    Co-founder & Copy Chief
    Smith & Diction
- Trust is the currency
  - Jude Sue
    Member of Technical Staff
    World Labs, Design
- Context is everything
  - Felipe Rocha
    Founder & Executive Creative Director
    PORTO ROCHA
  - Carlo Michelangelo Luetto
    Head of Creative
    Robinhood
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- The wild west of collaborative brand design
  - Mike Smith
    Co-founder & Creative Director
    Smith & Diction
  - Chara Smith
    Co-founder & Copy Chief
    Smith & Diction
- Trust is the currency
  - Jude Sue
    Member of Technical Staff
    World Labs, Design
- Context is everything
  - Felipe Rocha
    Founder & Executive Creative Director
    PORTO ROCHA
  - Carlo Michelangelo Luetto
    Head of Creative
    Robinhood
When:May 82:10PM – 3:10PM PDT Mezzanine level
Mezzanine stage
- Theme:Dev & code
- Topic:Design
- Topic:Collaboration
- Topic:UX
- Topic:Strategy
- Topic:Design systems
- Inclusive development through web components
  - Nick Villapiano
    Director, Front End Development
    One North
- Connecting code with craft
  - Katie Langerman
    Staff Systems Designer
    GitHub
  - Lukas Oppermann
    Staff Systems Designer
    GitHub
- Programmable colors: bridging design and code
  - Irina Nazarova
    CEO
    Evil Martians Inc.
  - Arthur Objartel
    Product Designer
    Evil Martians
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- Inclusive development through web components
  - Nick Villapiano
    Director, Front End Development
    One North
- Connecting code with craft
  - Katie Langerman
    Staff Systems Designer
    GitHub
  - Lukas Oppermann
    Staff Systems Designer
    GitHub
- Programmable colors: bridging design and code
  - Irina Nazarova
    CEO
    Evil Martians Inc.
  - Arthur Objartel
    Product Designer
    Evil Martians
When:May 82:20PM – 3:00PM PDT Level 2
Level 2 stage
- Theme:Dev & code
- Topic:AI
- Topic:Collaboration
- Power of collective intelligence
  - Chris Lattner
    Co-founder & CEO
    Modular Inc.
  - Sho Kuwamoto
    VP, Product
    Figma
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- Power of collective intelligence
  - Chris Lattner
    Co-founder & CEO
    Modular Inc.
  - Sho Kuwamoto
    VP, Product
    Figma