DESIGNUP ASIA’S LARGEST BERLIN
APRIL23-25, ‘26
DESIGN-IN-TECH BERLIN
APRIL23-25, ‘26
CONFERENCE COMES TO
EUROPE
DesignUP sponsors include
WHO
SHOULDN’T
ATTEND
- Those focused on tools, tips, tactics and tutorials
- Anyone expecting quick hacks, templates, or “10 tactics to copy” sessions
- Those focused on silos (only design, only engineering, only marketing)
- Attendees chasing the same big logos and recycled case studies
- Trend collectors who prefer buzzwords over hard trade-offs
- Those wanting one-size-fits-all answers instead of context and nuance
WHO
SHOULD
ATTEND
- Leaders and senior practitioners in design, product, tech, and research
- Thinkers & doers at the meta level: systems, strategy & long-term impact
- Builders, innovators in enterprise, startup, and public sector
- Teams operating in multilingual, multi-market, and regulated contexts
- Folks curious about how ideas travel across regions and geos
- Decision-makers who care about evidence over hype
SAVE
THE
DATES
Thu, April 23
Workshops day + Speaker’s Dinner
Fri, April 24
Conference Day 01 + Networking Dinner
Sat, April 25
Conference Day 02 + Happy Hours
Why Berlin for DUp Europe?
It’s where West meets East, minus the walls.
All in the heart of Europe!
Optional Ideas:
Wed, April 22 – Meet your teams, catch up with friends or soak in the
city with a Berlin City Walk uncovering it’s past and present
Sunday 26th – head out ot the iconic Bauhaus Design School in
Dessau, 60-90 mins from Berlin by train
Or head to Berlin’s Museum Island, choose from 5 Museums
WHO’S SPOKEN AT
DESIGNUP?
Don
Norman
Author & Prof, UCSD
Co-Founder and Board Member, Neilsen Norman (NN/g) Group
Fonz
Morris
FNZMS
Formerly Growth Design Leader at Netflix & Coursera
Julie
Zhuo
Co-Founder, Sundial
Ex VP of Product, Facebook
Payal
Arora
Digital Anthropologist
Prof of Inclusive AI Cultures, Utrecht Univ.
Stefan
Sagmeister
Founder, Designer at Sagmeister Inc.
Formerly Sagmeister & Walsh
Andy
Budd
Executive Coach, Venture Partner, Seedcamp
Formerly Founder/MD Clearleft
Karin
Fong
Emmy Award Winning Title Designer
Director, Imaginary Forces
Giles
Colborne
Managing Director, Made Simple
Former CEO CX Partners
Author, Simple & Usable
Ruchika J
Mitchell
Head of UX Aston Martin
Formerly Jaguar Land Rover, Dyson, Tata Motors
Khoi
Vinh
Senior Director of Product Design, Adobe
Formerly Design Director at New York Times, Etsy
Alex
Skougs
Head of Design (Content & Discovery) at Canva
Formerly Atlassian
Jon
Kolko
Co-Founder and Partner, Narrative
Formerly Frog Design, Modernist Studio
Daniel
Burka
Design, Product Leader, Co-Founder, Hard Problems
Ex Google Ventures, Resolve to Save Lives
Natasha
Jen
Parnter, Pentagram, NYC
Simon
Roberts
Co-Founder and Partner, Stripe Partners
Business Anthropologist
Dave
Malouf
Design Ops Leader
Design Director, Walmart
Devi
Lockwood
Ideas Editor, TIME
Author 1001 Voices on Climate
Editor, Rest of The World
Anijo
Matthew
Dean, Institute of Design (ID) “The New Bauhaus” at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
Katja
Forbes
CX Leader
Author & Exec Director, Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore
Jan
Chipchase
Researcher, Ethnographer, Expedition Leader
Founder Studio Radiodurans, Tokyo
Suresh
Eriyat
Award winning Animator, 2 x Annecy Crystal
Founder, Director Studio Eeksaurus
Adeola
Enigbokan
Spatial Research
Design Academy Eindhoven
Josh
Clark
Founder, Big Medium
Author, Speaker, Advisor Rosenfeld Media
Pablo
Stanley
Designer, Vercel
Formerly Founder Lummi, Advisory Board at Canva
REPLAY
DESIGNUP 2024
BREWING BEER THEN,
BREWING INSPIRATION
NOW: KINDL BERLIN IS OUR
2026 DESIGNUP STAGE
The Kindl Centre for Contemporary Art in Neukölln is no ordinary venue.
Once a sprawling red-brick brewery with giant copper kettles and soaring boiler halls, it’s now a 5,500 m² space reimagined for
contemporary art and events. Raw yet refined, industrial yet inspiring – Kindl mirrors DesignUp’s spirit of transformation,
collaboration between man and machine, and cross-pollination. In 2026, these vast halls will become the stage where design meets systems, ideas meet contradictions, and West meet East. Kindl is an accessible venue!
