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NB: Focus Groups and Think Tanks are delegate only sessions.
Pre-event Day : 28 February 2027
Apply to Attend: Inside Danner's Portland Factory, Where Boots Are Built From the Ground Up
Innovation Lab Lobby
Carmel Clark, Sample Manufacturing Manager, LaCrosse Footwear Incorporated
Chris Perrotti, Director of Manufacturing & Engineering, LaCrosse Footwear Incorporated
Day 1 : 01 March 2027
Badge Pickup & Coffee
Break Lobby
Welcome to Stride USA 2027
Chairman's Address The Main Stage - Room 1
Michael Ratcliffe, Director of Content, PI
222 Seconds: Designing for One Runner, One Race, and No Second Chance
General Session The Main Stage - Room 1
Danny Orr, Senior Director, Product Innovation, Brooks Running
Start-up Tech Sparks
General Session The Main Stage - Room 1
Refreshment Break
Break Expo Hall
121 Meetings – Meeting Friends, Old & New
Meetings Expo Hall
The Headlines and the Hard Part: Shoes Designed by AI, Built to Fit One Foot
Panel The Main Stage - Room 1
Ben Weiss, Founder & CEO, Syntilay
Is 3D Still Worth It?
Deep Dive Breakout - Room 2
Workflow, Unfiltered - Vol.1
General Session Breakout - Room 3
Nicholas Sharma, Principal 3D Designer - Innovation Concepts, VF
Navigating the Gap Between Digital Ambition & Transformation Reality
Workshop The Main Stage - Room 1
Who Owns This? AI, IP, and the Creative Process
Think Tank Breakout - Room 2
Small Doors, Big Pull: Building Brand Demand From the Ground Up
Panel The Main Stage - Room 1
Fabrizio Gamberini, President Vibram Corp & Global Chief Brand Officer, Vibram Group
Where Does AI Earn Its Place?
Deep Dive Breakout - Room 2
Workflow Unfiltered - Vol.2
Innovation Lab Breakout - Room 3
It's Time to Eat - Buon Appetito! Sponsored by yoona.ai
General Session Expo Hall
Roundtables
Roundtables The Main Stage - Room 1
"No Sample, No Sale"
Deep Dive Breakout - Room 2
Matt Wakefield, Director Development, Creation Studios, adidas
Materials Built for the Edge Cases
Deep Dive Breakout - Room 3
Concept to Digital Twin: Mapping the Real Workflow
Workshop The Main Stage - Room 1
Behind the Tool: A Live AI Walkthrough
Think Tank Breakout - Room 2
Refreshment Break
Break Expo Hall
121 Meetings - Meeting Friends, Old & New
Meetings Expo Hall
The Toy Design Story: From Chaotic Ideation to Rigid Mass Production
General Session The Main Stage - Room 1
David Wong, VP, Engineering | Adjunct Professor, Toy Design, Just Play | FIT | ex-Mattel/Fisher-Price
The Failure Table
Deep Dive Breakout - Room 2
Mac McMillan, Director - Product Creation, Studio Noyes
Samantha Noyes, Founder & CEO, Studio Noyes
AI: Play, Pause, Rewind
Deep Dive Breakout - Room 3
Designing Beyond the Render
General Session The Main Stage - Room 1
Chairperson's Closing Remarks
Chairman's Address The Main Stage - Room 1
Michael Ratcliffe, Director of Content, PI
Networking Drinks Reception
General Session Expo Hall
Day 2 : 02 March 2027
The Morning After the Night Before
Chairman's Address The Main Stage - Room 1
Michael Ratcliffe, Director of Content, PI
Wear, Shred, Remake: Designing ANIMA's Zero-Waste Sneaker
General Session The Main Stage - Room 1
George Yang, Co-Founder & CEO, ANIMA
Andy Griffiths, Co-Founder & CCO, ANIMA
Refreshment Break
Break Expo Hall
121 Meetings – Meeting Friends, Old & New
Meetings Expo Hall
Roundtables
Roundtables The Main Stage - Room 1
Scanning, Printing, and Solving Problems Nobody Had Solved Before
Deep Dive Breakout - Room 2
Workflow Unfiltered - Vol.3
Innovation Lab Breakout - Room 3
From AI Fatigue to AI Fluency
Workshop The Main Stage - Room 1
Does It Actually Scale? Solo Studio to Global Brand
Think Tank Breakout - Room 2
It's Lunchtime! Sponsored by yoona.ai
General Session Expo Hall
Roundtables
Roundtables The Main Stage - Room 1
3D Printing's Real Shift
Deep Dive Breakout - Room 2
The Materials Literacy Gap
Deep Dive Breakout - Room 3
Building Without the Infrastructure Everyone Else Is Chasing
General Session The Main Stage - Room 1
Dave Dombrow, Co-Founder (Former CDO, Under Armour), Speedland
Kevin Fallon, Co-Founder (Former Puma & Under Armour), Speedland
The DFM Playbook
Deep Dive Breakout - Room 2
Making It Local
Deep Dive Breakout - Room 3
Setting Trends, Not Chasing Them
General Session The Main Stage - Room 1
Computational Design, In Motion
Deep Dive Breakout - Room 2
Building 3D and Prototyping Capability on a Real Budget
Deep Dive Breakout - Room 3
Keeping the Human in the Loop
General Session The Main Stage - Room 1
Chairperson's Closing Remarks
Chairman's Address The Main Stage - Room 1
Michael Ratcliffe, Director of Content, PI
Apply to Attend: Inside Vibram's Portland Lab - Watching a Prototyping Center Take Shape
Innovation Lab 2000 SE Madison Street
Fabrizio Gamberini, President Vibram Corp & Global Chief Brand Officer, Vibram Group