Schedule

Design Leadership 2020 will run on Wednesday, May 13 and Thursday, May 14.

Wednesday will consist of a half-day Leadership Forum involving discussion topics and workshop-like activities, facilitated by Amir Ansari and conference Director Steve Baty. More details about the forum will be included in the below schedule closer to the event. Thursday will include a full day of conference presentations.

Tickets to the forum and presentation day are sold separately and are available now.

All times are in AEST.

Wednesday, May 13 - Leadership Forum

Time:	Presentation Activity:
1:00 pm	Leadership forum commences
2:45 - 3:05 pm	Afternoon break
3:30 pm	Leadership forum continues
5:00 pm	Leadership forum concludes

Thursday, May 14- Leadership Presentations

Time:	Presentation/Activity:
9:00 am	Event Commences
9:00 am	Welcome to Country + Opening Remarks
9:10 am	Zoe Guiraudon Calleja - From strategy to Purpose, Together.
9:55 am	Mags Hanley - What to do when your Senior Designer Wants to be More… The Five Ways to Guide Your Designer to the Next Level
10:15 am	Lucy Denton - How to be an Effective Mentor (When you’re not the Manager)
10:35 - 11:05 am	Morning Break sponsored by Aquent
11:10 am	Leander Kreltszheim - Psychological safety in Design: The role of Leadership in Creating Optimal Climates for Innovation
11:30 am	Diana Ayoub and Alan Chen - Learning Creativity: The Art of Adaptation
11:50 am	Keegan Luiters & Sarah Stokes - Leading a Feedback Culture in Design Teams
12:40 - 1:25 pm	Lunch Break Networking Activity sponsored by Blueegg
1:30 pm	Cyril Secourgeon - How to Successfully Onboard into a Design Leader Role
1:50 pm	Kat Bak - The Best Leaders have Empathy
2:10 pm	Tania Nally - Challenging the Design Challenge – A Framework for More effective UX Recruitment
2:30 pm	Samantha Yuen - Against the Grain: Growing Designer Rigour through the use of Self
3:00 - 3:30 pm	Afternoon Break
3:35 pm	Justin Cheong and Will Farrier - Designer as Storyteller: Influencing Leadership through Visual Metaphor
3:55 pm	Chetana Deorah - Leading Growth-Driven Design: Levers for sustained Growth
4:25 pm	Iain Barker - Designing Better Organisations
5:10 pm	Closing Remarks
5:20 pm	Event Concludes