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8:00am
Registration and Breakfast - Exhibition Opens
Start your day with a bite to eat and a chance to visit the exhibition.
 
9:00am
Welcome to Design Operations Los Angeles 2023
Conference Chair
Meredith Black, Founder, DesignOps Assembly
 
9:10am
Amplifying the Power of Design Across the Enterprise
Design isn’t just for designers: it enables people to solve challenging problems, drive change, and reimagine experiences, regardless of their background. Amplifying the power of design across the enterprise requires creating intentional connections between design professionals and non-designers....
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Lona Moore, Principal Design Program Manager, ExxonMobil
 
9:40am
Unifying Cross-Functional Collaboration at Scale
Applying Effective Coordination Practices. Farid Sabitov tackles the practical realities and challenges of connecting design, product management, and engineering through coordination practices at scale. Based on Farid’s experience pursuing cross-functional integration within large-scale organizat...
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Farid Sabitov, DesignOps Consultant, EPAM
 
10:10am
How to Rise Above the Creative Crisis
In this forward-looking talk, we explore the future of the creative industry, focusing on three pivotal challenges: the ever-growing creative work with insufficient talent, the uncertain impact of AI on creative careers, and the organizational complexities faced by design operations professionals...
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Ronnie Kwesi Coleman, Co-Founder and CEO, Meaningful Gigs
 
10:40am
Networking & Visit the Exhibition
Your chance to visit the exhibition and network with your fellow Design Ops Professionals.
 
11:10am
Releasing The Power Within: Embrace, Enhance, Excel for Success in DesignOps
In the dynamic realm of DesignOps, it takes more than a superpower to thrive! Join Changying (Z) Zheng who spearheads DesignOps at Cloudfare, as she explores the essential skills required to excel in the field and reveals the keys to success as a DesignOps leader. Covering:
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Changying (Z) Zheng, Head of Design Operations, Cloudflare
 
11:40am
Unveiling the Future of Design Operations
Join us for an exclusive panel discussion led by Meredith Black, in which five acknowledged experts dive deep into the future of Design Operations. Leading industry pioneers Brennan Hartich, Dominique Ward, Kyle Caruso, Kristin Skinner, and Silke Bochat share their views, including, based on exte...
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Panel Moderator
Meredith Black, Founder, DesignOps Assembly
Panelists
Brennan Hartich, Director of Design and Research Operations, LinkedIn
Kyle Caruso, Head of Engineering, Product, and Design Operations, Lattice
Dominique Ward, Head of Design Operations, Atlassian
Silke Bochat, Head of Design, Weleda
Kristin Skinner, Founder, &GSD
 
12:40pm
Exploring Automation in the Design Process
Automation has become a beacon, ushering in a profound shift in how we think about creating graphics. It is the driving force entering us into an era of creative change. Join us as we explore the foundations of this change:
  • Smart Templates Redefine Graphics: Smart templates exemplify the...
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Sarah Tinsley, Product Marketing Manager, Lytho
 
1:00pm
Lunch & Visit the Exhibition
Time to have some lunch and visit the exhibition. See you back at 2:00PM for the afternoon sessions!
 
2:00pm
Clear Thinking Made Visible: How We Design at ThoughtSpot
In this half-hour talk, Bob will share a variety of the tools, rituals, and practices that he and his team have built over the past four years. These include a range of operational methods related to strategy, hiring, career development, asynchronous communication, design critiques, and more.  Dr...
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Bob Baxley, SVP Design , ThoughtSpot
 
2:30pm
Operationalizing a Business Framework for a Maturing Design Org
The Speakers One is a journeyman designer, recovering engineer and pragmatic operations thinker. The other is a newly minted (graduated) data scientist exploring the DesignOps world.  Like any good collaboration, they have different perspectives and approaches to amplifying their team’s value and...
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Brian Duchek, Lead Design Program Manager, DocuSign
Ying Zhang, Product Experience Operations Data Scientist, DocuSign
 
3:00pm
Why DesignOps is a Leadership Competency
Is DesignOps really a new discipline? One could say that operations have always been part of a Design Leader’s responsibility, independent of team size or type of organisation. Let’s consider:
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Silke Bochat, Head of Design, Weleda
 
3:20pm
Networking & Visit the Exhibition
Your chance to visit the exhibition and network with your fellow Design Ops Professionals.
 
4:00pm
LA Creative Summit 2023: The Bottom-Line Takeaways
Four Chairs of the Four Events Discuss the Multiple Outcomes. Unmissable! We bring together the chairs of the four co-located events: Creative Operations, DesignOps, Photo Studio Operations, and Creative Production.  They share the insights, strategies and take-home messages that have impressed t...
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Panel Moderator
Thomas Stilling, Digital Strategy & Transformation Leader
Panelists
Meredith Black, Founder, DesignOps Assembly
Andrea B Ruskin, Partner & Strategic Advisor, Blum Consulting Partners, Inc.
Paul Nicholson, Creative Ops Production & Technology Leader
Lauren Stefaniak Smith, Director, Creative Operations, Cricut
 
5:00pm
Drinks & Networking
Continue networking, sharing ideas and celebrate a great day at the official drinks reception!
 
6:00pm
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