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Design Matters 2023 · Copenhagen | SpeakersList

Design Matters

A Copenhagen conference for digital designers spanning product, UX and the future of the craft.

Product DesignFuture of DesignAI

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Latest edition

May 2026

Location

Copenhagen, Denmark

Format

Hybrid

Cadence

Annual

Organiser

Design Matters

About Design Matters

Design Matters is a digital design conference held in Copenhagen, gathering product and UX designers, design leaders, and the wider digital community across two stages. It runs in a hybrid format, combining an in-person event with a live-streamed audience.

The programme balances craft and case studies with sessions on design leadership and the role of AI in design, drawing an international speaker lineup to the Nordic region.

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2026
May
Copenhagen
14 speakers
2025
16–17 Jun
Copenhagen
40 speakers
2024
23–25 Oct
Copenhagen
17 speakers
2023
27–28 Sep
Copenhagen
18 speakers
Speakers in 2023Speakers at Design Matters 2023
27–28 SepCopenhagen
Anna Taws
Casey Hudetz
Text-to-________. What Generative AI Means for Designers
Edwin Bodge
Designing with AI: Building the Flagship GPT-4 Language Product
Enrico Furfaro
Why Antagonize the Business? Leverage Your Design Skillset to Bridge the Value Perception Gap
Hans Høite Augustenborg
The Cleverness of Dumb Design
Ida Håkonsson
Fun and Delight as Ingredients in Design: What We Learned from Designing for Children
Julie Søgaard
Marina Nakagawa
The Journey to Discovering Your Unique Design Style
Megan Bednarczyk
Designing with AI: Building the Flagship GPT-4 Language Product
Michael Feeney
Mick Champayne
Text-to-________. What Generative AI Means for Designers
Pirijan Ketheswaran
The First Four Years of Kinopio
Preston So
Human Machines and Machine Humans
Rahul Lindberg Sen
Why So Serious?
Rebekka Valdmanis Mørken
Fun and Delight as Ingredients in Design: What We Learned from Designing for Children
Rikke Mikkelsen
Søren Clausen
Meet Code- Enabling a New Generation of Designers
Veronica D’Souza
2022
28–29 Sep
Copenhagen
22 speakers
2021
29–30 Sep
Copenhagen
11 speakers
2020
23–24 Sep
Copenhagen
20 speakers
2019
18–19 Sep
Copenhagen
15 speakers
2018
26–27 Sep
Copenhagen
7 speakers
2017
27–28 Sep
Copenhagen
18 speakers
2016
28–29 Sep
Copenhagen
6 speakers
2015
29–30 Sep
Copenhagen
13 speakers

Speakers in 2023Speakers at Design Matters 2023

27–28 SepCopenhagen

Anna Taws
Casey Hudetz
Text-to-________. What Generative AI Means for Designers
Edwin Bodge
Designing with AI: Building the Flagship GPT-4 Language Product
Enrico Furfaro
Why Antagonize the Business? Leverage Your Design Skillset to Bridge the Value Perception Gap
Hans Høite Augustenborg
The Cleverness of Dumb Design
Ida Håkonsson
Fun and Delight as Ingredients in Design: What We Learned from Designing for Children

Julie Søgaard
Marina Nakagawa
The Journey to Discovering Your Unique Design Style
Megan Bednarczyk
Designing with AI: Building the Flagship GPT-4 Language Product
Michael Feeney
Mick Champayne
Text-to-________. What Generative AI Means for Designers
Pirijan Ketheswaran
The First Four Years of Kinopio
Preston So
Human Machines and Machine Humans
Rahul Lindberg Sen
Why So Serious?
Rebekka Valdmanis Mørken
Fun and Delight as Ingredients in Design: What We Learned from Designing for Children
Rikke Mikkelsen
Søren Clausen
Meet Code- Enabling a New Generation of Designers
Veronica D’Souza

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