New York City | February 22, 2024
Knapsack summits are one-day meet-ups for a small group of engineering, product, and design leaders who want to connect with and be inspired by peers and experts. Share challenges, develop relationships, and learn from the people whose work you admire in a shared safe space. Attendees will go home with the know-how to affect change and lead their teams towards achieving what used to feel impossible, a fresh perspective, new relationships, and actionable insights to make their design system efforts support other strategic imperatives, including:
- Create a high-performing team culture
- Attract, onboard, and retain top talent
- Ensure teams are shipping consistent, accessible, on-brand products and features across complex product ecosystems
- Improve collaboration across design, engineering, and product orgs working in different locations and timezones
- Support your company’s growth targets and metrics
Design system summits are for engineering, product, and design leaders—not frontline managers or makers. With less than 30 spots available, everyone will be part of the conversation, and everyone's voice will be heard.
The Design Systems Leadership Summit is by application, nomination or direct invitation only and is intentionally limited less than 30 attendees. This event is carefully and exclusively curated for engineering, product, and design leaders. Once your application is approved, you’ll receive a confirmation email.
Your attendance is of NO COST and includes catered snacks and happy hour.
You or your company will be responsible for accommodations and transportation costs.
Interested in speaking at this event? Reach out to us with your proposed topic and why you feel you’re the best candidate.
Designed to be a relaxed, fun, and vulnerable day of conversations, not a conference. Our intention is to create a safe space that's conducive to honest discussion and learning from our peers.
Summit attendees are all experts in their field. You can expect to learn from and be inspired by EPD leaders with many years of leadership expertise.
Get to know other engineering, product, and design leaders. Create connections and community that will thrive well beyond your time at the summit.
Designed for relaxed networking, wine tasting and happy hour following a day of meaningful discussion promises an evening to unwind, socialize, and connect with fellow leaders.
Share challenges and co-create solutions with peers in workshops and discussions guided by thought leaders and seasoned experts.
Community Wine & Spirits
Discover the amalgamated mutual satisfaction society and wine emporium in the heart of Chelsea New York. Community Wine and Spirits is a space built to stoke the imagination and pique the thirst of anyone who comes through their doors. During lunch and wine tasting, we can enjoy their looking glass interactive installation to explore the world of wine and spirits.
1:30-2:00pm
Introductions
2:00-4:30pm
Speakers & Workshops
4:30-5:30pm
Happy Hour
This day is intentionally designed to provide an extended period of concentrated discussion, dialogue, and strategic thinking. Unlike a conference, attendees can expect to be fully engaged and involved in every aspect of the conversations.
Attendees will come away with a fresh perspective, new relationships, and actionable insights to make their design system efforts support other strategic imperatives, including:
Create a high-performing team culture
Attract, onboard, and retain top talent
Ensure teams are shipping consistent, accessible, on-brand products and features across complex product ecosystems
Improve collaboration across design, engineering, and product orgs working in different locations and timezones
Support company’s growth targets and metrics
The design systems leadership summit takes place on Thursday, February 22 2024 from 1:30pm -5:30pm at Community Wine & Spirits in New York, NY.
The dress code is whatever makes you feel the most comfortable.
Yes. Once your application has been accepted, we will be in touch to confirm any accessibility needs or dietary restrictions.
If you aren’t able to attend all the scheduled speaker sessions, workshops, and activities, we encourage you to leave that spot for someone who is invested in attending the full summit.
If you'd like to bring 1-2 additional peers from your company, we are allowing this on a case-by-case basis. Reach out to hello@knapsack.cloud for details.
Reach out to hello@knapsack.cloud for any other questions or concerns. We’d love to hear from you!
