UX Design

Leading Design London 2026

A two day gathering of design leaders from around the globe

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14Speakers
2Sponsors
20On the bill · sessions
14Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Leading, in alphabetical order.
Ben Sheppard
Co-founder & Chair · Design for Good
Birgit Geiberger
Global Head of Product UX Design · IKEA
Dan Makoski
Chief Design Advisor · Uplifting Design
Dominique Ward
Design Quality & Excellence · Amazon Design
Johanna Evans
VP Product Design at Guru · Guru
Kevin Bethune
President · ImagineCo Studio
Kuba Bartwicki
Head of Design · Government Digital Service
Kwame Nyanning
Designer & Author · Agxncy Ltd.
Liz Danzico
VP Design · Microsoft AI
Marla Mitelman
Executive Director - Design Lead - Digital Enablement · JPMorgan
Rebecca Groves
Rich Rutter
Cofounder · Clearleft
Shani Sandy
VP, Experience Design · IBM
Soo Basu
Sr Director, Product Design · Salesforce
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Amazon DesignPremier
BadgyAssociate
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Agenda

Selected from 20 sessions on the bill.
  • 10:00 – 10:30

    AX & the unknown

  • 10:00 – 10:30

    Becoming nonlinear: A new leadership mindset

  • 10:30 – 11:00

    Information coming soon

  • 10:30 – 11:00

    Popping hype bubbles

  • 11:45 – 12:10

    Design effectiveness in legacy organisations

  • 11:45 – 12:10

    The quiet craft of design leadership

  • 12:10 – 12:35

    Doing creative work in organisations that weren't built for it

  • 12:10 – 12:35

    How to talk to your CEO about design

  • 12:10 – 12:35

    I gave my job to the machines (and I'd do it again)

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 14 companies show up, and 1 bet on three roles at once?

Fourteen companies. one are betting more than once.

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Who's in the room
1All threespeak · spons · exh
1Sponsoringsponsor only
12Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Amazon Design

Speakers by seniority

71% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite17%
  • Founder / Owner214%
  • VP-level321%
  • Director / Head of429%
  • Engineer · IC17%
  • Other roles321%

Of 14 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Amazon DesignSp·P1V
  2. 02BadgySp·A
  3. 03Agxncy Ltd.1V
  4. 04Clearleft1V
  5. 05Design for Good1V
  6. 06Government Digital Service1V
  7. 07Guru1V
  8. 08IBM1V
  9. 09IKEA1V
  10. 10ImagineCo Studio1V
  11. 11J.P. Morgan1V
  12. 12Microsoft AI1V
  13. 13Salesforce1V
  14. 14Uplifting Design1V
Sponsors by tier
associate1
50% of 2
premier1
50% of 2