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NB: Focus Groups and Think Tanks are delegate only sessions.
The Warm Up Day : 08 March 2026
Sketch to Sample: A Hands-On Footwear Creation Pre-Mixer
Innovation Lab Lobby
Elias Stahl, Board Member, CEO & Founder, Made in Old Town
Day 1 : 09 March 2026
Gear Up & Grab Your Badge - Coffee Provided!
Break Lobby
Hello & Welcome to Stride USA 2026!
Chairman's Address Room 1
Michael Ratcliffe, Director - Content & Production, PI
Scarcity, Speed, and Sell-Outs: Inside KEEN’s Product Engine
General Session Room 1
Scott Labbe, SVP - Product & Innovation, KEEN
Start-up Tech Sparks
Startup Stage Room 1
Ronald Dod, CEO & Co-Founder, Realift, LLC
Bite, Sip, and Tread - Refreshment Break
Break Expo Hall
121 Meetings - Meeting Friends, Old & New
Meetings Expo Hall
Digital Forge: Smoothing the Transition from Digital to Machining
Workshop Room 1
Alberto Franco, CTO & Chief Software Architect, Design&Develop
How Do You Build Coherent Digital Content Workflows at Scale?
Think Tank Breakout - Room 2
AI Guardrails, Gains & Growing Pains
Panel Room 1
Sean Lane, Director, Digital Innovation and AI, Vans
Jake Rivas, VP Footwear Design, Ariat International, Inc.
Erin Bornstein, Founder & Design Director, Reborn Designs
Helping Designers Adapt to the Digital Pipeline
Deep Dive Breakout - Room 2
Mary Grim, Head of Global Digital Operations, New Balance
What Does It Take to Design for Circularity?
Deep Dive Breakout - Room 3
Alan Lugo, Product Sustainability Expert, Founder, Alanandres LLC
Time for Lunch - Buon appetito!
Break Covered Patio
Roundtables: Click Below for Topics & Hosts
Roundtables Room 1
The Quest for Digital Accuracy in Fit, Form & Function
Deep Dive Breakout - Room 2
Automation in Action: BOMs, Libraries & Eliminating the Mundane
Deep Dive Breakout - Room 3
Rewiring Product Creation: Integration, Automation & What’s Next
Workshop Room 1
Computational Design as the Next Creative Frontier
Deep Dive Breakout - Room 2
From AI Hype to Hard Value in Footwear Creation
Think Tank Breakout - Room 3
Stomp & Snack - Refreshment Break
Break Expo Hall
121 Meetings - Meeting Friends, Old & New
Meetings Expo Hall
Fit, Growth & the Reinvention of Kids’ Footwear
General Session Room 1
Satyajit Mittal, CEO & Founder, Aretto
Inside the 3D-Printed Footwear Revolution
Panel Room 1
Cornelius Schmitt, Co-Founder & CEO, Zellerfeld Shoe Company Inc.
Day 1, Over & Out
Chairman's Address Room 1
Michael Ratcliffe, Director - Content & Production, PI
Now Raise a Glass!
Break Room 1
Day 2 : 10 March 2026
Breakfast Briefing - Footwear Creation in the Age of Tech
Think Tank Covered Patio
The Morning After the Night Before
Chairman's Address Expo Hall
Michael Ratcliffe, Director - Content & Production, PI
Render First, Build Later: Lessons from Automotive 3D Pipelines
General Session Room 1
Lauriane Bensabbah, 3D Visualization Lead, Singer Vehicle Design
Davoud Ohadi, 3D Design Director, lululemon
Sips & Bites - Refreshment Break Expo
Break Expo Hall
121 Meetings - Meeting Friends, Old & New
Meetings Expo Hall
Designing Faster, Freer, Smarter with AI
Workshop Room 1
Circularity Under Pressure – Designing for Impact When Margins Are Tight
Deep Dive Breakout - Room 2
Miranda Morrison, VP, Design & Sustainability, Steve Madden
From Pilots to Progress: Can We Build a Shared DPC Innovation Alliance?
Deep Dive Breakout - Room 3
Ellery Connell, Digital Design Innovator, Independent/Former-Kalypso & Foundry
Footwear’s Next-Gen Talent: Bridging Industry, Education, and Emerging Voices
Panel Room 1
Caroline de Baere, Footwear Industry Expert & Adjunct Professor, California College of the Arts
Miranda Morrison, VP, Design & Sustainability, Steve Madden
Emilio Alvares, Industrial Design Student, California College of the Arts
Nick Fenselau, Footwear Designer, Equestrian & Countryside Footwear, Ariat International
Getting Data Right From Color Accuracy to DAM
Deep Dive Breakout - Room 2
GenAI Augmentation vs. Replacement
Deep Dive Breakout - Room 3
Sean Lane, Director, Digital Innovation and AI, Vans
Meals on Heels
Break Covered Patio
Roundtables: Click Below for Topics & Hosts
Roundtables Room 1
Personalization at Scale
Deep Dive Breakout - Room 2
Workflow Clinics: Shared Solutions for Digital Adoption
Deep Dive Breakout - Room 3
Can US Footwear Factories Deliver on Local?
Panel Room 1
Sean Scott, Co-Founder & CEO, COMUNITYmade
Alexander Zar, CEO, Lalaland Production and Design
Digital Twins for Testing & Validation
Deep Dive Breakout - Room 2
Agile Pipelines & Rethinking Speed to Market
Deep Dive Breakout - Room 3
What Can We Learn from Emerging Brands about Connection, Speed & Tech?
Panel Room 1
Chris McGrath, Head of Design & Innovation - Footwear & Apparel, NOBULL
Satyajit Mittal, CEO & Founder, Aretto
David Filar, Founder & Design Partner, David Filar Studio
Chao Ding, CEO, FIZO
How Do We Balance Brand, Creativity & Innovation in an Age of Reinvention?
Panel Room 1
Gregg Meyer, Chief Sustainability Officer, Steve Madden
Jon Tudor, Global Creative Director, Stanley 1913
Marisa Byrne, Brand President & General Manager Journee, KNS International
Thank You & See You Soon!
Chairman's Address Room 1
Michael Ratcliffe, Director - Content & Production, PI