UX Design
Leading Design London 2026
A two day gathering of design leaders from around the globe
20Speakers
2Sponsors
56Sessions
19Companies · in total
Speakers
Programmed at Leading, in alphabetical order.
Ben Sheppard
Co-founder & Chair · Design for Good
Birgit Geiberger
Global Head of Product UX Design · IKEA
Chris How
Head of Experience Design · Clearleft
Dan Makoski
Chief Design Advisor · Uplifting Design
Dominique Ward
Design Quality & Excellence · Amazon Design
Johanna Evans
VP Product Design at Guru · Guru
Julia Whitney
Executive and Leadership Coach · Whitney and Asscociates
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
Michelle Lee
Partner + Managing Director, San Francisco · IDEO
Morgane Peng
Head of Product Design & UK AI Officer · Societe Generale CIB
Nicole Burrow
VP of Product Design · Spotify
Rebecca Groves
Rich Rutter
Cofounder · Clearleft
Sarah Deford Moser
Design Director · Slack
Shani Sandy
VP, Experience Design · IBM
Soo Basu
Sr Director, Product Design · Salesforce
Sponsors
The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Agenda
Selected from 56 sessions.
- 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
Keeping leadership playful in uncertain times
- 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
- 11 November 10:00 – 10:30
AX & the unknown
- 11 November 10:30 – 11:00
Popping hype bubbles
Company intelligence
What does it mean when 19 companies show up, and 1 bet on three roles at once?
Nineteen companies. one are betting more than once.
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