Helsinki Config Watch Party 2025
We’re planning a casual after-work meetup at Sievo's office to stream Config 2025, Figma’s flagship design conference.
👋 We are a local community of designers in Helsinki (Design Anarchy).This event is super casual and aims to bring people together and foster interesting conversations.
Please note, that there will be only some tea/coffee and minimal snacks provided however you can bring your own drinks and snacks 🙂
Event agenda:
🚪18:00: Doors open & networking, catching up
👋 18:45 Intro by Design Anarchy community
📺 19:00-23:00: Watching Config (starting with opening keynote, then we're going to vote on talks to watch, you can see the schedule on the config website as well as at the bottom of our event description)
23:00 Wrapping up
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📌 Address: Sievo Oy
Mikonkatu 15 A, 00100 Helsinki, Finland
When you arrive, please ring the doorbell at the entrance to be let in.
Sievo’s office is located on the 7th floor of the building.
Config's agenda/schedule for May 7 (time in GMT+3 aka Helsinki timezone):
7:00PM – 8:20PM. OPENING KEYNOTE
Figma product launch (by Figma's CEO)
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🔵 8:35PM – 9:35PM MAIN STAGE
- Figma Deep Dive by Figma's Designers/Engineers
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🟢 8:40PM – 10:00PM MEZZANINE STAGE
- From storytelling as a PM to storytelling as a film director by Ebi Atawodi (Director of Product Management, YouTube Studio, YouTube)
- Beyond agents: AI as a creative partner by Joel Lewenstein (Head of Product Design, Anthropic)
- The maximalist theory of minimalism by Keegan McNamara (Craftsman & Founder, Mythic Computer Co)
- Poetry Camera: How to fall back in love with technology by Kelin Carolyn Zhang (Co-founder, Poetry Camera) and Ryan Mather (Co-founder, Poetry Camera)
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🔴 9:10PM – 10:10PM LEVEL 2
- Creative spark: the magic of small group creativity by Kevin Twohy (Founder & Principal, Twohy Design Works)
- Growth design as art and science by Becca Ramos (Brand Designer, Figma)
- Unlearning design: how testing transformed my work by Grace Walker (Creative Director, Spellbook)
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🟡 9:40PM – 10:00PM MAKER STAGE
- Rediscover design collaboration with Atlassian and Figma by Christina Nguyen White (VP Design, Loom, Atlassian)
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🟡 10:00PM – 10:20PM MAKER STAGE
- The rise of the design engineer by Honey Mittal (CEO & Co-founder, Locofy.ai) and Sohaib Muhammad (Co-founder & Chief Architect, Locofy.ai)
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🟡 10:20PM – 10:40PM MAKER STAGE
- UserTesting x Figma: faster feedback, smarter design by Mike McDowell (Sr. Solutions Consultant, UserTesting)
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🟢 10:25PM – 11:25PM MEZZANINE STAGE
- And...cut! The design process behind animation tools by Ruchita Lodha (Product Designer, Pixar Animation Studios) and Rehan Butt (Senior Product Designer Walt, Disney Animation Studios)
- No flags, just wins: reimagining the NFL app by Lauren Manning (Head of Product Design, UX Research, NFL) and Arjun Kalyanpur (Sr. Director of Product Strategy, Code and Theory)
- Designing positive futures by John LePore (Co-founder & Exec Creative Director, BlackBox Infinite)
and it goes on until much later, but we aim to wrap up by 11pm