DesignOps Summit 2025
September 10-11 • Live online conference
The DesignOps Summit 2025 is where you’ll find your true peers, stay up-to-date on the state of the art, and make new connections—regardless of where you a
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The DesignOps Summit 2025 is where you’ll find your true peers, stay up-to-date on the state of the art, and make new connections—regardless of where you are in your career or on planet Earth. Regardless of how long you’ve been in DesignOps, you’ll walk away with new ideas, tools, and colleagues.
Videos
September 10, 2025
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 • DesignOps Summit 2025
From Standards to Innovation: Why Inclusive Design Wins
Samuel Proulx
• Accessibility Evangelist, Fable
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 • DesignOps Summit 2025
Scaling User Research with AI: Continuous Discovery of User Needs in Minutes
Joerg Beringer
• Co-founder, ProContext Inc.
Thomas Geis • Principal Consultant, User Research and User Requirements Engineering, ProContext Inc.
Thomas Geis • Principal Consultant, User Research and User Requirements Engineering, ProContext Inc.
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 • DesignOps Summit 2025
DesignOps without Boundaries: Building More with What You Have
Ryan Matthew
• Co-founder and UX Lead, Neuron
Alex Kurchev • Senior UX/UI Designer, Neuron
Alex Kurchev • Senior UX/UI Designer, Neuron
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 • DesignOps Summit 2025
The Future of Design Operations: Transforming Our Craft
Alnie Figueroa
• Head of Product and Design Operations, Netflix
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 • DesignOps Summit 2025
Cartography for Design Communities
Saara Kamppari-Miller
• Inclusive DesignOps Program Manager, Intel
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 • DesignOps Summit 2025
From Sprints to Systems: Operationalizing Continuous Discovery Through DesignOps
Bianca Jefferson
• Director, Product Operations, CompanyCam
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 • DesignOps Summit 2025
Feedback: The Other F-Word
Vanessa Varin
• Sr Design Program Manager, Amazon
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 • DesignOps Summit 2025
From Tradition to Transformation: Unlocking Startup Agility in a Legacy Enterprise
Jenny Price
• DesignOps Lead, IBM
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 • DesignOps Summit 2025
All the Ops: Successful cross-functional collaboration
Jon Fukuda
• Co-founder, Limina.co
Jake Burghardt • Consultant and Writer, Integrating Research
Jose Coronado • Advisor, Fractional Design Executive, Digital Impulsum
Natalie Dunbar • Principal UX Content Strategist, Author, Speaker
Denise Tilles • CPO / Founder, Grocket
Jake Burghardt • Consultant and Writer, Integrating Research
Jose Coronado • Advisor, Fractional Design Executive, Digital Impulsum
Natalie Dunbar • Principal UX Content Strategist, Author, Speaker
Denise Tilles • CPO / Founder, Grocket
September 11, 2025
Thursday, September 11, 2025 • DesignOps Summit 2025
Operationalizing Inclusive Design in Design Ops
Gabriela Barneva
• Accessibility Research Lead, Fable
Thursday, September 11, 2025 • DesignOps Summit 2025
Weaving Knowledge Management into the Fabric of Our Design Practice
Sean Baker
• Director of Design Strategy and Operations, The Lab at OPM
Sara Romanoski • Supervisory Design Strategist, The Lab at OPM
Sara Romanoski • Supervisory Design Strategist, The Lab at OPM
Thursday, September 11, 2025 • DesignOps Summit 2025
Designing the Designer’s Journey: Scaling Teams, Culture, and Growth Through DesignOps
Ebru Namaldi
• Senior DesignOps Manager, Commencis
Thursday, September 11, 2025 • DesignOps Summit 2025
The (r)evolution of designOps: It’s Time to Think (really) BIG
Patrizia Bertini
• Managing Partner, Euler Associates Ltd.
Thursday, September 11, 2025 • DesignOps Summit 2025
New Shapes and Emerging Identities for Design Ops
Aletheia Delivre
• Senior Program Manager, Design-Engineering Collaboration and Strategy, Microsoft
Thursday, September 11, 2025 • DesignOps Summit 2025
DesignOps Exposed: What do our peers really think of us?
Frances Yllana
• Senior Manager, Design Operations, Coforma
Kaaren Hanson • Founding Member, Design Leaders Community
Husani Oakley • Creative Executive
Dan Olsen • Product Management Trainer & Consultant, Olsen Solutions
Kaaren Hanson • Founding Member, Design Leaders Community
Husani Oakley • Creative Executive
Dan Olsen • Product Management Trainer & Consultant, Olsen Solutions
Thursday, September 11, 2025 • DesignOps Summit 2025
DesignOps and the Next Frontier: Leading Through Unpredictable Change
Doug Powell
• Vice President of Design, IBM Design
Thursday, September 11, 2025 • DesignOps Summit 2025
Bridging Design and Code: AI-Powered Design System Integration
Ryan Matthew
• Co-founder and UX Lead, Neuron
Alex Kurchev • Senior UX/UI Designer, Neuron
Alex Kurchev • Senior UX/UI Designer, Neuron
Thursday, September 11, 2025 • DesignOps Summit 2025
GenAI for UXers: A Rosenbot Demo and Discussion
Louis Rosenfeld
• Founder, Publisher, & CEO, Rosenfeld Media
Peter Van Dijck • UX and AI builder, CEO Sputnik Legal
Peter Van Dijck • UX and AI builder, CEO Sputnik Legal