Day 1, 13:50 — Room 1 ● Roundtables
Roundtables: Click Below for Topics & Hosts
1. Storytelling Through Design: Building Consumer Connection
Design Futures
Exploring how authentic narratives in branding, marketing, and design can forge lasting cultural relevance.
Presented by:
Nigel Keen
Principal Designer, Nigel Keen Design
2. What Can Legacy Brands Learn From Emerging Disruptors?
Design Futures
Exploring how new brands challenge speed, structure, and consumer connection.
Presented by:
David Filar
Founder & Design Partner, David Filar Studio
3. Is Computational Design the Next Core Skill for Designers
Design Futures
4. Evolving a Heritage Brand Without Losing Its Soul
Design Futures
How creative leaders balance brand DNA, new audiences, and modern tools at scale
Presented by:
Jon Tudor
Global Creative Director, Stanley 1913
5. Precision: How Perfect Do Assets Really Need to Be?
Digital Workflows
Defining the Right Fidelity for Your Goal - From Manufacturing's Digital Twin to Marketing's Virtual Twin
Presented by:
Chad Knight
3D Footwear Innovator, ChadKnight
6. Who Connects the Dots When No End-to-End Workflow Exist?
Digital Workflows
Examining ownership, alignment, and decision-making in fragmented workflows.
Presented by:
Jake Rudin
3D Innovation Strategist, Rudin Consulting (formerly adidas)
7. Should Footwear, Apparel & Accessories Share a Pipeline?
Digital Workflows
8. Where Should AI Automation Start?
AI in Practice
9. Where Are AI & 3D Workflows Most Fragile?
AI in Practice
Identifying the failure points between tools, data, and teams
Presented by:
Baron Gumban
Senior 3D Designer, Ariat
10. Can Local and Small-Batch Supply Scale?
Sustainable Supply
11. Materials Matter: Which Levers Really Count?
Sustainable Supply
12. Beyond Leather, What’s Real in Sustainable Materials Now
Sustainable Supply
Day 2, 13:20 — Room 1 ● Roundtables
Roundtables: Click Below for Topics & Hosts
1. Consumers as Co-Creators: Where’s the Line?
Design Futures
Exploring collaboration, control, and creativity in consumer-led design.
Presented by:
Erin Bornstein
Founder & Design Director, Reborn Designs
Patrick Choe
Product Development Guru, Reborn Designs
2.The Art of Being Alone: Loneliness, Creativity, Leadership
Design Futures
Exploring how loneliness shapes purpose, growth, and human connection.
Presented by:
David Filar
Founder & Design Partner, David Filar Studio
3. How Do We Align Tool Training With Real-World Workflows?
Design Futures
4. CAD Choices: What’s Actually Working?
Digital Workflows
5. Once Backsliding into Analog, How Do We Relaunch Digital?
Digital Workflows
6. End-to-End Exists…The Missing Link is Adoption
Digital Workflows
How to Assemble Scattered Solutions into a Cohesive Fashion Workflow
Presented by:
Chad Knight
3D Footwear Innovator, ChadKnight
7. Where Has AI Already Saved You Time or Money?
AI in Practice
Unpacking where AI is already delivering measurable business value.
Presented by:
Tyler Bishoff
Technical Developer - Footwear, Target
8. Untangling IP and Compliance Risks
AI in Practice
9. Can AI Really Replace Your Marketing Decks?
AI in Practice
10. Next-Gen Materials: Promise vs. Proof
Sustainable Supply
What’s real in labs, what’s ready for factories, and what’s resonating with consumers.
Presented by:
Nigel Keen
Principal Designer, Nigel Keen Design
11. What Does True Open-Source Collaboration Look Like?
Sustainable Supply
12. Can Footwear Embrace Shared Sustainability Solutions?
Sustainable Supply
What Are the Sustainability Metrics That Actually Matter?