DesignOps Summit

Name: DesignOps Summit 2025 · Rosenfeld Media
Start: 2025-09-10
End: 2025-09-11
Location: Rosenfeld Media, United States

The dedicated event for DesignOps and the operational side of design teams.

Design OperationsDesign LeadershipDesign Management

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Latest edition

September 2025

Location

Online

Cadence

Annual

Organiser

Rosenfeld Media

About DesignOps Summit

The DesignOps Summit, run by Rosenfeld Media, is a conference for DesignOps practitioners, the people who improve how design teams work, scale, and deliver. Topics include operations, workflow, tooling, team health, and the direction of the discipline.

The programme includes how AI affects design operations alongside craft and organisational sessions, serving a senior operations and leadership audience.

Editions

2025
10–11 Sep
Rosenfeld Media
30 speakers
Speakers in 2025Speakers at DesignOps Summit 2025
10–11 SepRosenfeld Media
Aletheia Delivre
New Shapes and Emerging Identities for Design Ops
Alex Kurchev
DesignOps Without Boundaries: Building More with What You Have
Alex Kurchev
Bridging Design and Code: AI-Powered Design System Integration
Alnie Figueroa
The Future of Design Operations: Transforming Our Craft
Bianca Jefferson
From Sprints to Systems: Operationalizing Continuous Discovery Through DesignOps
Dan Olsen
DesignOps Exposed: What Do Our Peers Really Think of Us?
Denise Tilles
All the Ops: Successful Cross-Functional Collaboration
Doug Powell
DesignOps and the Next Frontier: Leading Through Unpredictable Change
Ebru Namaldi
Designing the Designer's Journey: Scaling Teams, Culture, and Growth Through DesignOps
Frances Yllana
DesignOps Exposed: What Do Our Peers Really Think of Us?
Gabriela Barneva
Operationalizing Inclusive Design in Design Ops
Husani Oakley
DesignOps Exposed: What Do Our Peers Really Think of Us?
Jake Burghardt
All the Ops: Successful Cross-Functional Collaboration
Jenny Price
From Tradition to Transformation: Unlocking Startup Agility in a Legacy Enterprise
Joerg Beringer
Scaling User Research with AI: Continuous Discovery of User Needs in Minutes
Jon Fukuda
All the Ops: Successful Cross-Functional Collaboration
Jose Coronado
All the Ops: Successful Cross-Functional Collaboration
Kaaren Hanson
DesignOps Exposed: What Do Our Peers Really Think of Us?
Louis Rosenfeld
GenAI for Uxers: A Rosenbot Demo and Discussion
Natalie Dunbar
All the Ops: Successful Cross-Functional Collaboration
Patrizia Bertini
The (R)evolution of designOps: It's Time to Think (Really) BIG
Peter Van Dijck
GenAI for Uxers: A Rosenbot Demo and Discussion
Ryan Matthew
DesignOps Without Boundaries: Building More with What You Have
Ryan Matthew
Bridging Design and Code: AI-Powered Design System Integration
Saara Kamppari-Miller
Cartography for Design Communities
Samuel Proulx
From Standards to Innovation: Why Inclusive Design Wins
Sara Romanoski
Weaving Knowledge Management Into the Fabric of Our Design Practice
Sean Baker
Weaving Knowledge Management Into the Fabric of Our Design Practice
Thomas Geis
Scaling User Research with AI: Continuous Discovery of User Needs in Minutes
Vanessa Varin
Feedback: The Other F-Word
2024
23–25 Sep
Rosenfeld Media
55 speakers
2023
2–4 Oct
US · Rosenfeld Media
45 speakers
2022
8–9 Sep
San Francisco
49 speakers
2021
29 Sep–1 Oct
Rosenfeld Media
55 speakers
2020
21–23 Oct
28 speakers
2019
23–24 Oct
New York City
25 speakers
2018
7–8 Nov
New York City
19 speakers
2017
6–7 Nov
New York City
13 speakers

Speakers in 2025Speakers at DesignOps Summit 2025

10–11 SepRosenfeld Media

Aletheia Delivre
New Shapes and Emerging Identities for Design Ops
Alex Kurchev
DesignOps Without Boundaries: Building More with What You Have
Alex Kurchev
Bridging Design and Code: AI-Powered Design System Integration
Alnie Figueroa
The Future of Design Operations: Transforming Our Craft
Bianca Jefferson
From Sprints to Systems: Operationalizing Continuous Discovery Through DesignOps
Dan Olsen
DesignOps Exposed: What Do Our Peers Really Think of Us?

Denise Tilles
All the Ops: Successful Cross-Functional Collaboration
Doug Powell
DesignOps and the Next Frontier: Leading Through Unpredictable Change
Ebru Namaldi
Designing the Designer's Journey: Scaling Teams, Culture, and Growth Through DesignOps
Frances Yllana
DesignOps Exposed: What Do Our Peers Really Think of Us?
Gabriela Barneva
Operationalizing Inclusive Design in Design Ops
Husani Oakley
DesignOps Exposed: What Do Our Peers Really Think of Us?
Jake Burghardt
All the Ops: Successful Cross-Functional Collaboration
Jenny Price
From Tradition to Transformation: Unlocking Startup Agility in a Legacy Enterprise
Joerg Beringer
Scaling User Research with AI: Continuous Discovery of User Needs in Minutes
Jon Fukuda
All the Ops: Successful Cross-Functional Collaboration
Jose Coronado
All the Ops: Successful Cross-Functional Collaboration
Kaaren Hanson
DesignOps Exposed: What Do Our Peers Really Think of Us?
Louis Rosenfeld
GenAI for Uxers: A Rosenbot Demo and Discussion
Natalie Dunbar
All the Ops: Successful Cross-Functional Collaboration
Patrizia Bertini
The (R)evolution of designOps: It's Time to Think (Really) BIG
Peter Van Dijck
GenAI for Uxers: A Rosenbot Demo and Discussion
Ryan Matthew
DesignOps Without Boundaries: Building More with What You Have
Ryan Matthew
Bridging Design and Code: AI-Powered Design System Integration
Saara Kamppari-Miller
Cartography for Design Communities
Samuel Proulx
From Standards to Innovation: Why Inclusive Design Wins
Sara Romanoski
Weaving Knowledge Management Into the Fabric of Our Design Practice
Sean Baker
Weaving Knowledge Management Into the Fabric of Our Design Practice
Thomas Geis
Scaling User Research with AI: Continuous Discovery of User Needs in Minutes
Vanessa Varin
Feedback: The Other F-Word