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2020 Program

Sessions are subject to change

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Tuesday, November 10
Wednesday, November 11
Thursday, November 12

Track All

Career+Talent
Design+Creativity
Dieline
Experience Design
HOW-TO
Leadership
Main Stage
Marketing+Branding
Pre-Conference Workshop
Sponsored

Career Focus All

Branding
Design Firm + Agency
Digital Design
Freelance/Independent
In-House
Marketing
Print Design

Tuesday, November 10

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Exhibit Hall Opening Track:

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM	Welcome and Opening Remarks with Amy Conover Track: Main Stage

9:15 AM - 9:45 AM	Dis and Un's: How to Overcome the Barriers to Creativity and Change Stephen Gates , Head Design Evangelist , InVision Track: Main Stage

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Can We Save Graphic Design From UI/UX Design? Stella Guan , Founder & CEO , Path Unbound Track: Career+Talent

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	There is no new normal - only the future you create Scott Morrison , Founder and Bringer of the Boom! , the Boom! Track: Leadership

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Our 4 Cents: Pages from the Hoodzpah Playbook Jennifer Hood , Co-Founder , Hoodzpah Amy Hood , Co-Founder , Hoodzpah Track: Design+Creativity

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	The Creative Chaos of Marketing, Brand, Design and Advertising Laurel Rossi , , Cecilia Ambros , Global Executive Creative Director , Amazon Advertising Allison Puff , Professor of Visual Communications and an Academic Program Manager , Farmingdale State College Lydia Hummel , Principal , LRH212 Track: Marketing+Branding

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Designing for a Connected World Kate Stone , CEO , Novalia Track: Experience Design

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	The DNA of Remote Creative Teams: How to Bring Together People, Process, and Tech Melissa Talcott , Studio Manager , Workfront Track: Sponsored

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Tase me, bro: Tattooed Whales & Feeding Tubes: Working on the Work You Don’t Talk About…Until You Do Tony Biaggne , VP of Brand Creative , Axon Track: Marketing+Branding

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Why Trends in Logo Design Matter James I. Bowie , Principal , Emblemetric Track: Design+Creativity

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Lunch Break / Exhibit Hall / Roundtables Track:

1:00 PM - 1:15 PM	HOW Connection Stefan Mumaw , Director of Narrative Strategy , First Person Track:

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM	On Freedom and Risk Edel Rodriguez , Visual Artist, Author , Edel Rodriguez Studio Track: Main Stage

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Unknowing: Using Confusion To Your Advantage Mitch Goldstein , Associate Professor, College of Art and Design , Rochester Institute of Technology Track: Design+Creativity

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Shaping the Way We Work with Design Systems Sarah Beth Federman , Senior Frontend Developer , Atlassian Track: Experience Design

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Solicited Advice Jason Richburg , Curriculum Director, Copywriter, & Co-Author , Good Fucking Design Advice Brian Buirge , Owner, Creative Director & Co-Author , Good Fucking Design Advice Track: Leadership

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Solving For Disposability While Maintaining Its Virtues Tom Szaky , Founder and CEO , TerraCycle Track: Dieline

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM	Coffee Break sponsored by Mailchimp Track:

3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	The Closing Culture Gap Between Creative and Corporate Culture Linda Quarles , Director, Strategy + Organizational Design , frog Track: Leadership

3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Session Info Coming Soon Francesco Cordua , , Track: Marketing+Branding

3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	NOW IS WOW Zipeng Zhu , Founder and Creative Director , Dazzle Studio Track: Dieline

3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Sole II Soul Brandon Rochon , Managing Chief Creative Officer , Kastner & Partners Track: Design+Creativity

3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Beards, BBQ and Insecurity - A Guide to Creative Self Discovery Chris Thomas , Founder , Yonder, an Agency for the Wild & New Track: Design+Creativity

4:15 PM - 4:45 PM	How to Build a Career of Balance, Collaboration, and Good Justin Ahrens , Chief Evangelist , Rule29 Track: Design+Creativity

4:15 PM - 4:45 PM	Making Space to Imagine: Cultivating a Better World Through Arts Advocacy Janet Galore , Creative Director , Amazon Track: Marketing+Branding

4:15 PM - 4:45 PM	Eike Konig, HORT Eike Konig , , Track: Dieline

5:15 PM - 5:45 PM	Main Stage to be announced soon Track: Main Stage

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Exhibit Hall Open Track:

Wednesday, November 11

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Exhibit Hall Open / Speed Coaching / Table Topics Track:

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Unleash your Creativity Chase Jarvis , Photographer, Founder & CEO , CreativeLive Track: Main Stage

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	SHOWTIME: HOW to Pitch Your Ideas and Present Finished Work to Anyone, Anywhere Jezra Kaye , Speaker Coach and President , Speak Up for Success Track: Career+Talent

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Fire It Back Up: Breaking Out of the Creative Rut Stefan Mumaw , Director of Narrative Strategy , First Person Track: Design+Creativity

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Design for Diversity™: Diversity as a Design Process Jahan Mantin , Co-Founder , Project Inkblot Boyuan Gao , Co-Founder , Project Inkblot Track: Leadership

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Session Info Coming Soon Track: Sponsored

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	In Defense of Human Connection Ivan Cash , Award-winning artist, Filmmaker & Founder , Cash Studios & IRL Labs Track: Design+Creativity

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Session Info Coming Soon Jolene Delisle , Co-Founder and Creative Director , The Working Assembly Track: Dieline

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Template intervention: The 9 most common template mistakes and how to fix them Garrett Jestice , Director of Marketing , Lucidpress Track: Sponsored

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Free Your Wings Adriana Caliri , International Certified Executive Coach and Founder , Renaissance-CEC Track: Marketing+Branding

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Rewire Your Team: Nurturing a Neurodiverse Workplace Amy Johnson , Product Designer , Tandem Track: Career+Talent

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch Break / Exhibit Hall / Table Topics Track:

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM	DEFINITION The Art and Design of Hip-Hop Cey Adams , Creative , Cey Adams Track: Main Stage

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Make it Awesome: Rebooting the eos Brand in One Year Soyoung Kang , Chief Marketing Officer , eos Products Julia Beardwood , Founding Partner , Beardwood&Co. Track: Marketing+Branding

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM	From Righteous to Retched: 2020 Logo Trends Bill Gardner , Founder and President , LogoLounge.com Track: Design+Creativity

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Session Info Coming Soon Badal Patel , Graphic Designer and Art Director , Track: Dieline

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Creative Democracy: How Design Disrupted The Evolution of Human Kind Adrian Franks , UX Creative Director , IBM Track: Experience Design

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM	Coffee Break sponsored by Mailchimp / Exhibit Hall open Track:

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM	Top 5 Methods to Master Adobe Illustrator Von Glitschka , Creative Director , Glitschka Studios Track: HOW-TO

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM	Refresh Your Process In 5 Simple Steps With Adobe Capture Robert Generette III , Illustrator and Self-Proclaimed "Vector Art Monster" , ZILLA! Track: HOW-TO

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM	Session Info Coming Soon Track: HOW-TO

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM	Experience Design - Unwrapping How to Make Impact Brooke Foley , CEO/Agent of Intrigue , Jayne Agency, LLC Track: Experience Design

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM	Session Info Coming Soon Track: HOW-TO

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM	Session Info Coming Soon Track: HOW-TO

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM	Session Info Coming Soon Track: HOW-TO

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Main Stage to be announced soon Track: Main Stage

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Networking Reception - Exhibit Hall Track:

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM	After Hours Track:

Thursday, November 12

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Exhibit Hall / Speed Coaching / Table Topics Track:

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Even Solutions Have Problems Emily Oberman , Award Winning Multidisciplinary Designer , Pentagram Track: Main Stage

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Stress Addiction: From Morning Coffee to the Cardiac Wing Taylor Cashdan , Principal, UX Design , Fidelity Investments Track: Design+Creativity

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Session Info Coming Soon Mitzi Okuo , Interaction and Visual Designer , HP Track: Dieline

10:00 AM - 10:30 PM	Designer In the Mirror: Finding Your Data to Grow Alison Entsminger , Design Lead , IBM Track: Career+Talent

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	The High Cost of Perfectionism: Impostor Syndrome in the Workplace Lauren C. Miller , Leadership Coach, Lecturer, Workplace Consultant , Carnegie Mellon University Track: Career+Talent

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Through the Never: Rock ‘n Roll Insights on Creativity and Leadership Marc Reiter , Chief Creative Guy , Blackened Recordings Stephen Gates , Head Design Evangelist , InVision Track: Leadership

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Burger King & Design: Your Way, Way Better Rapha Abreu , VP, Global Head of Design , Restaurant Brands International Track: Dieline

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Designing for Attention Victor Yocco , UX Research Director , EY-Intuitive Track: Design+Creativity

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Exhibit Hall / Lunch Break / Table Topics Track:

1:30 PM - 1:45 PM	Spark Yocasta Lachapelle , Director of Talent , COLLINS Track: Main Stage

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Session Info Coming Soon Roxane Gay , Author/Film & Television Writer , Roxane Gay Track: Main Stage

2:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Session Info Coming Soon Track: Sponsored

2:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Power to the People Alex Sinclair , Strategic Storytelling , iX Business Development Team Track: Experience Design

2:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Session Info Coming Soon Tommy Perez , Maker , Tommy Perez Design Track: Dieline

2:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Beyond Commodity: How to Master Your Message & Stand Out in a Sea of Sameness Terri Trespicio , Speaker and Brand Advisor , Terri Trespicio, LLC Track: Design+Creativity

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM	Coffee Break sponsored by Mailchimp Track:

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Finding A New Creative Home During A Pandemic — Adapting Your Creativity for the Future Rob Harrigan , Lead Designer , Y Media Labs Track: Career+Talent

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	The Introverts Guide to Career Progression Jennifer Aldrich , Senior Manager of Design Community Partnerships , InVision Track: Leadership

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Session Info Coming Soon Carlos Whittaker , Author , Carlos Whittaker Track: Design+Creativity

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Research Without Reason is Chaos Chris Wilkinson , Director, Product Design , Devbridge Track: Experience Design

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM	Closing Remarks with Amy Conover Track: Main Stage

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Main Stage to be announced soon Track: Main Stage

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Keith (aka Smitcat) manages Pacific Communications’ creative digital assets (online and locally), design/production Studio, technology updates (Mac/PC) and art/photographic archives. He developed and monitors an efficient design/production workflow system that helps his staff create the highest quality print/web/interactive deliverables. In short, he provides the agency’s creative staff with all the tools, assets and support necessary create award-winning sales/marketing materials.

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