CoCreate Conference (San Francisco)
Join the gathering of top designers, founders, and creators for a day of actionable keynotes and small group discussions in Downtown San Francisco.
Brought to you by the team at Design Buddies and UXGO!
Not in SF? Join us online for free here!
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🗓️ Schedule
9:30 am: Doors open!
Keynotes! Hear from established design leaders who've built successful companies and shaped industry trends. We'll cover:
10:00 am: Livestream starts and welcome + exciting announcements! MC: Grace Ling
10:15 am: Sally Carson - From Designer to Founder: Building Your VC-Optional Startup in 2025
10:30 am: Delia Lazarescu - How I built a 500K+ Community (and How You Can Do It Smarter with AI)
10:45 am: Dylan Huey - DIY Brand Building for Entrepreneurs
11:00 am: Rahul Jain - Influence without Authority for designers
11:15 am: Claire Bai - Not Just a Side Project: Turning Your Passion into a Scalable Venture
11:30 am: Madan Thangavelu - Trust the vibe, sometimes
11:45 pm: Leon Zhang - Talent Isn’t Found — It’s Built
12:00 pm: Eric Simons - Why Designers Are the New Builders
12:15 pm: Lunch! Provided by us
1:00 pm Kathy Wang - what no one tells you about breaking into design
1:15 Eric Wang - Leveraging Startups to Kickstart Your Design Career as a Student
1:30 pm Johnny Huang - From Curiosity to Craft: Journey into UX Design
1:45 Demos from our UXGO cohort!
2:15 pm 15 min break before breakout rooms start
2:30 pm Breakout room 1 starts [Sign up]
3:00 pm Breakout room 1 ends, 10 min break
3:10 pm Breakout room 2 starts [Sign up]
3:40 pm Breakout room 2 ends, 10 min break
3:50 pm Breakout room 3 starts [Sign up]
4:20 pm Breakout room 3 ends, then:
Closing and mingling. We can stay until 6:30 pm!!
Here's how last year's conference went!
🐰 Event features
Real talk with people who've been there
Full access to full day learning sessions
Early career insights
CoCreate swag you'll actually want
Check out cohort demo day
Thank you to our sponsors for making this event possible!
Title sponsor: Bolt.New
Venue sponsors: Context VC and Media Mobilize
Sponsors: Adobe, Weaver, HypeTribe, Superflex
Interested? Contact Grace Ling the founder of Design Buddies at grace@designbuddies.community to get involved!
Check out our awesome community partners!
GenAI Collective, Intern Ship, ACCELER8, AGI House, BobaTalks