Our Agenda
We designed #BeMore2023 to help you elevate your career. Here are the 4 tracks we are running this year:
1. Groundbreaking Work
2. Career Growth
3. Future Trends
4. Entrepreneurship
Our agenda is still growing, so check this page often for session updates and additions.
20th Sep, 8.30-9am PT
Opening Keynote: Next Chapter of ADPList
By:
Felix Lee
Co-founder and CEO, ADPList
Groundbreaking projects

20th Sep, 9-10am PT
Bright Ideas: Finding Brilliance Quickly
By:
Ruwan Fernando
UX Director, Ubisoft Toronto
Groundbreaking work
Design

20th Sep, 9-10am PT
Exist Loudly: How To Build A Breakthrough Career
By:
Stephen Gates
Founder, CRZY
Career growth

20th Sep, 9-10am PT
How AI Will Change UX Research
By:
Kritika Oberoi
Founder & CEO, Looppanel
Future trends
Research

20th Sep, 9-10am PT
The Importance of Women Communities in Tech: Floxies Community
By:
Claudia Cafeo
Founder, Floxies Community
Entrepreneurship
No-code

20th Sep, 10-11am PT
Stories from the Trenches - A Production Tell All
By:
Darryl Kay, Jessica Yee, Jil Lulu Perrevoort
Lead Producer, Revolving Games ; Producer, Cold Iron Studios ; Lead Producer, Storygrounds
Groundbreaking work
Growth

20th Sep, 10-11am PT
Strategic Approaches to Navigate Complex Workplace Challenges
By:
Cahyanto Arie Wibowo
Head of Product Strategy & Growth, Kapanlagi Youniverse
Groundbreaking work
PM

20th Sep, 10-11am PT
The Importance of Motion Design in Product and Brand
By:
K Minglani, Jonathan Howell, Robert Paige, Salih Abdul-Karim
Co-Founder & CEO, LottieFiles ; Design Director, Dropbox ; Creative Director, Instacart ; Creative Director / Principal Motion Designer, CōLab
Groundbreaking work

20th Sep, 10-11am PT
Product Design Meets Service Design in the Big Company World
By:
Federico Francioni, Stephen Barros
Head of Digital Ecosystem, Meta ; Staff Product Designer, Meta
Career growth

20th Sep, 10-11am PT
Unlocking AI in Tech: Today's Essentials for Tomorrow's Success
By:
Shriya Shekhar, Varun Sridharan, Vadym Pinchuk
Product Designer 2, Flipkart ; Senior Technical PM, Amazon ; Software Engineer
Future trends
Growth

20th Sep, 11am-12 PT
Design & Ethics - A Meaningful Impact at Multiple Levels
By:
Gabriela L. Lorenz
UX Design Director, UBS Switzerland
Groundbreaking work
Design

20th Sep, 11am-12 PT
Empathy for A**holes
By:
Cami Travis-Groves, Karen Faith
Transformational Coach, Coach Cami ; Founder & CEO, Others Unlimited
Career growth
Growth

20th Sep, 11am-12 PT
From Hurdles to High-Performing Teams: Mastering Collaboration, Career, and Beyond
By:
Christine Sheller, David Siglin, Jon Karlin, Stephanie Jensen Swift
Groundbreaking work

20th Sep, 11am-12 PT
The Next Future Applications of AI for Design
By:
Mohammed Abdoolcarim
CEO & Founder, DesignPro
Future trends
Design

20th Sep, 12-1pm PT
Designing for Data Privacy in a World of AI
By:
Natalie Kuhn
Sr. Design Management, Meta
Future trends
Design

20th Sep, 12-1pm PT
From Designer to Strategic Leader: How to Develop a Strategic Mindset
By:
Lola Salehu
Product Design Lead, Growth, Flicksocial
Career growth
Design
20th Sep, 12-1pm PT
Minimum Viable to Socially Responsible Products
By:
Tabassum Memon
Senior Product Manager, Amazon
Groundbreaking work
PM

20th Sep, 12-1pm PT
Working with Humans: Resolving Conflicts with Empathy
By:
Guy Segal
Director Design Systems, Thomson Reuters
Groundbreaking work
Design

20th Sep, 1-2pm PT
Being Fearless Navigating the Future of Change
By:
Shawn Johnson
Founder & CEO, SocioPunk & Seichō Syndicate
Career growth
Design

20th Sep, 1-2pm PT
Cultivating Designers: Crafting a Growth-Centric Culture with a Figjam Toolkit
By:
Brent Palmer
Head of Design, Handraise
Groundbreaking work
Design

20th Sep, 1-2pm PT
Design Thinking for Inclusive and Empathetic Leadership
By:
Jess Huang
Experience Design Manager, Wells Fargo
Groundbreaking work
Design

20th Sep, 1-2pm PT
Product Design for Entrepreneurs
By:
Macauley Kenney
Entrepreneur in Residence & Lecturer, MIT
Entrepreneurship
Design

20th Sep, 2-3pm PT
Balancing Data with Design Intuition
By:
Jon Yablonski
Senior Product Designer, Mixpanel
Groundbreaking work
Analytics

20th Sep, 2-3pm PT
From Academia to Tech: Role of Mentors in Facilitating Career Transitions
By:
Saeideh Bakhshi
ex-UX Research lead, Google
Career growth
Research

20th Sep, 2-3pm PT
The Designer's True Role: Design the Work + Design the Team
By:
Anieca Ayler, Esteban Pérez-Hemminger, Megan Wilkinson, Weinan Li
Groundbreaking work
Design

20th Sep, 2-3pm PT
Virtual Pioneers: Trailblazing Product Management in Remote Landscapes
By:
Alex Severino
Product Owner, Kwalee
Groundbreaking work
PM

20th Sep, 3-4pm PT
AI in Financial Markets: Shaping Tomorrow's Economy, Balancing Risks and Rewards
By:
Surendra Reddy Challapalli
Vice President, Citi
Future trends
Growth

20th Sep, 3-4pm PT
Balancing Career & Family with Finesse
By:
Bosky Mukherjee, Nicole Castillo, Tanvi Shah
Founder, PMDojo ; VP, Product, News Corp ; Principal Product Manager, Upwork
Career growth
PM

20th Sep, 3-4pm PT
Building an Authentic, Values-Led Personal Brand for Life
By:
Tom Briggs
Founder, epigraph
Groundbreaking work
Marketing

20th Sep, 3-4pm PT
Transforming Eng-Led Product Development to Design-Led
By:
Meesh Lin
Head of Design, Stealth Web3 Start-up
Groundbreaking work
Design

20th Sep, 4-5pm PT
10 Months of Listening to Job Hunters
By:
Joseph Kilrain
Design Leader, DED Company
Groundbreaking work
Design

20th Sep, 4-5pm PT
Career Pivot: Don't Let It Be A Setback
By:
Dysen Stoks
Associate Director, Product Design, IBM
Career growth
Design

20th Sep, 4-5pm PT
Hemispheric Design: Being Creative with Both Sides of Your Brain
By:
Joe Cahill
Experience Design Manager, Unqork Digital
Groundbreaking work
Design

20th Sep, 5-6pm PT
4% of Designers are Black: Strategies to Improve Representation in Design
By:
Milton A Jackson
VP & Head of Customer Growth, The Hartford
Groundbreaking work
Design

20th Sep, 5-6pm PT
AI led Digital Strategies for Product Growth and Engagement
By:
Varun Kulkarni
Senior Product Manager, Cisco Systems Inc.
Future trends
PM

20th Sep, 5-6pm PT
Leadership for Introverts
By:
Tim Yeo
Chief Introvert, The Quiet Achiever (& Design Director, IBM)
Career growth
Design

20th Sep, 6-7pm PT
AI Empowered: Supercharging Content Streaming Growth
By:
Rudra Roy Choudhury
Product Manager, Tubi
Future trends
PM

20th Sep, 6-7pm PT
Don’t Delay Design: Understand the Business Value of UX
By:
Sharanya Ravichandran
VP Design, JPMorgan Chase
Groundbreaking work
Design

20th Sep, 6-7pm PT
Design Systems Meet Operating Systems: Crafting a Seamless Multi-Platform Experience
By:
Crayon Hsieh
Head of Product Design Lab, OnePlus
Groundbreaking work
Design

20th Sep, 6-7pm PT
The Art of Salary Negotiation & Beyond
By:
Ermi Mendoza-Isais
Design Lead, FLEET
Career growth
Design

20th Sep, 7-8pm PT
Design Without Losing Your Soul
By:
Mario Van der Meulen
Head of UI/UX Design Excellence, Standard Chartered Bank
Groundbreaking work
Design

20th Sep, 7-8pm PT
Growing as a Freelancer & an Entrepreneur
By:
Maitreyee Kalaskar
Founder & Multi-disciplinary Designer, Mee Studios
Entrepreneurship
Design

20th Sep, 7-8pm PT
Inclusive Design: Unleashing the Inclusive Design Mindset
By:
Victoria Simansjah
Partner, Head of Project Lima & Product Management, Sixty Two
Career growth
Design
20th Sep, 7-8pm PT
Revolutionizing Code, The Dawn of Next Generation Software Engineering
By:
Dileep Pandiya
Principal Engineer, ZoomInfo
Future trends
Engineering

20th Sep, 8-9pm PT
How To Use LinkedIn To Stand Out In The Job Search
By:
Anna Miller
Founder and Career Coach, Second Careers
Groundbreaking projects
PM

20th Sep, 8-9pm PT
From Pixels to Strategy: How Product Designers Can Shape Product Strategy
By:
Julie Xu
Lead Product Designer, Carta
Groundbreaking work
Design

20th Sep, 8-9pm PT
UX Jobs: Stand Out With Your Story
By:
James Carleton
Sr UX Designer, Design Systems, Accessibility, PayPal
Career growth
Design

20th Sep, 9-10pm PT
Everything Kinda Sucks, And That's A Good Thing
By:
Andrew Macdonald
Senior Product Designer & Researcher, Rumor
Career growth
Design

20th Sep, 9-10pm PT
Designing for Impact: Creating Products That Make a Difference
By:
Davio White
UI Designer, Tweeq
Groundbreaking projects
Design

20th Sep, 9-10pm PT
How To Make Email Marketing Work For Your Business
By:
Aquibur Rahman
Cofounder & CEO, Mailmodo
Entrepreneurship
Marketing

20th Sep, 9-10pm PT
The "other AI" - Applied Improv - Getting Into Flow through Play
By:
Gary Ware, Julie Trell
Founder, Breakthrough Play ; Chief Play Officer, Playful Purpose
Future trends
Growth

20th Sep, 10-11pm PT
Data-driven Approach to Design: Why it Works
By:
Darren Lee
Product Designer, Agoda
Groundbreaking work
Analytics

20th Sep, 10-11pm PT
From Insights to Action: Harnessing Mixpanel for Our User Research
By:
David Arjun
Senior User Researcher, Mixpanel
Groundbreaking work
Research

20th Sep, 10-11pm PT
How We Designed an App for Deafblind People
By:
Maddalena Zampitelli
Co-founder & Designer, Anne
Entrepreneurship
Design

20th Sep, 11pm-12 PT
All In One Agents In The Age Of AI
By:
Barada Sahu
Co-Founder & CEO, Mason
Future trends
Growth

20th Sep, 11pm-12 PT
Empathy in Tech: from a Soft Skill to a Strategic Tool
By:
Angelina Severino
Brand and Product Design Lead, Gamgee BV
Groundbreaking work
Design

21st Sep, 12-1am PT
Everyone Can Become A Webflow Expert
By:
Marcin Rzymek
Senior Product Designer, Netguru
Future trends
No-code

21st Sep, 12-1am PT
Secret to Creating Engaging Case Studies
By:
Anfisa Bogomolova
Sr. Product Designer, MEWS & Content Creator
Career growth
Design

21st Sep, 12-1am PT
Beyond The Pixel: Pushing Design Forward with Advocacy at Scale
By:
Corey Lee
Designer Advocate, Figma
Groundbreaking work
Design

21st Sep, 1-2am PT
Dance Towards Doing Design Together
By:
Michelle Ou
Human Centred Design Training Lead, eHealth NSW
Career growth
Design

21st Sep, 1-2am PT
Mastering UX: Decoding Classroom Lessons versus Industry Demands
By:
Marzie Nadali
Product Design Manager, Amenitiz
Groundbreaking work
Design
21st Sep, 2-3am PT
Design with Generative AI
By:
Charu Choudha
Design Lead, Microsoft
Future trends
Design

21st Sep, 2-3am PT
Venturing Beyond the Job Title: It’s All in the Mindset
By:
Radu Jitea
UX Researcher & Information Architect, Granite Digital
Career growth
Research

21st Sep, 2-3am PT
Mentorship During War: What a Year of Helping Beginners in Ukraine Taught Me
By:
Roman Povzyk
Product Analyst, Bini Games
Groundbreaking work
Analytics

21st Sep, 3-4am PT
Curation in User Research: An Educator's Perspective
By:
Peter Yeomans
Lead Design Researcher - Global Trust Pillar, Wise
Groundbreaking work
Research

21st Sep, 3-4am PT
Grow into Leadership by Product Managing Your Career
By:
Mirza Besirovic
Director of Product Management, Dixa
Career growth
PM

21st Sep, 3-4am PT
Unleashing Success: Scaling Teams and Cultivating Culture from 0 to 1
By:
Flávio Bezerra
Principal Experience Designer, BCG X
Groundbreaking work
Design

21st Sep, 4-5am PT
Co-Designing for Successful Digital Products
By:
Rodrigo Narciso
Strategic Design Principal, BCG
Groundbreaking work
Design

21st Sep, 4-5am PT
Designing Impactful Product through Experimentation
By:
Fedora Devena
Sr. Product Designer, Booking.com
Groundbreaking work
Design
21st Sep, 4-5am PT
I'm Not Even Supposed To Be Here - From Criminology to Uber Eats
By:
Isaac Lai
Brand Marketing Lead, Uber
Career growth
Marketing

21st Sep, 5-6am PT
Faster to Market: The No-Code Advantage in Native App Development
By:
Karla Fernandes
UX/UI & Digital Product Designer, Vitamina K
Entrepreneurship
No-code
21st Sep, 5-6am PT
The Future of AI is Human-Centered
By:
Prashanth Shanmugasundaram
Senior UX Designer, Google
Future trends
Design

21st Sep, 5-6am PT
(U)X Marks the Spot: How Your Career Journey Leads to UX
By:
Frankie Kastenbaum
Senior UX Designer
Career growth
Design

21st Sep, 5-6am PT
Unveiling the Magic of Team Rituals: Applying Lessons from New Insights on Learning
By:
Leandro Butteri
Former Design Director, Globant
Groundbreaking work
Design

21st Sep, 6-7am PT
I wasn't Invited to the Meeting
By:
Kesavan Nampoothiry, Sheena Lakshmi
Content designer, Intuit ; Senior Content Designer, Intuit
Groundbreaking work
Design

21st Sep, 6-7am PT
Navigating Personal Branding & Ambiguity Around Career in Startups
By:
Shivani Tiwari
Senior Marketing Manager, Flipkart
Entrepreneurship
Marketing

21st Sep, 6-7am PT
Finding Your Voice Anywhere, Anytime
By:
Michael Tam
Global Design Principal, IBM
Career growth
Design

21st Sep, 6-7am PT
Opening the Black Box - Lessons from Changing Careers to Become a UX Researcher/Content Designer
By:
Bill Lord, Hannah Shelton, Peter Yeomans, Leah Zou, Ted Barker
Groundbreaking work

21st Sep, 7-8am PT
Articulating Your Design Impact and Becoming an Influential Designer
By:
Janus Tiu
Senior Experience Designer, Electronic Arts & Program Lead, Liftyz
Groundbreaking work
Design

21st Sep, 7-8am PT
100X Your Potential with Using Generative AI
By:
Vaibhav Sisinty
Founder, GrowthSchool
Future trends
Growth

21st Sep, 7-8am PT
Utilizing AI tools for Product Management
By:
Nikkho Shandittha
SVP Product, Amartha
Future trends
PM

21st Sep, 8-9am PT
From Runway to Roadmap: Crossing the Design Divide
By:
Alisha Tukol
Service Design Officer, IMF
Career growth
Design

21st Sep, 8-9am PT
Navigating Your Mental Health and Work
By:
Yan Grinshtein
Head of Design, Augment AI
Career growth
Design

21st Sep, 8-9am PT
How AI Can Help You Build A Product Customers Love
By:
Alex Hong, Joseph Lee
Founding Member, Syncly ; Co-Founder & CEO, Syncly (YC W23)
Future trends
PM

21st Sep, 8-9am PT
Unleashing Creativity: The Art of Prototyping
By:
Vidhunnan Murugan
Product Designer, BigBasket
Groundbreaking work
Design

21st Sep, 9-10am PT
Inside the Lessons of Designing Global Products for Millions
By:
Felix Lee, Ole Lütjens
Co-founder and CEO, ADPList ; VP, Product Design, Udemy
Groundbreaking work
