Indi is a solution strategy researcher who created a method that lets teams clarify, measure, and grow their solutions and audience based on thinking styles. She works with teams on knowledge-building projects. She also teaches six applied research courses, writes books & essays, makes talks and podcast appearances, and pens helpful posts on LinkedIn.

* 24 design patents * 6 Featured Mobile apps * 6 design books in 3 languages including UX for AI: A Framework for Designing AI-Driven Products (April 2025) * Hundreds of millions in design ROI

Founder of Manic Type, Jamie Chang is a seasoned type designer and letterer based in Toronto, Canada. Jamie’s work delves into expressive typography, and its textural intricacies. A graduate of Type@Cooper and holding an MA TypeMedia from The Royal Academy of Art in the Hague. He now teaches at the Ontario College of Art and Design. He has spent years working on his independent practice designing typefaces and working for Canada Type and The Northern Block.

Paul Twa is a designer and illustrator who merges the richness of maximalism with the depth of visual history to create bold, intentional, and timeless work.

Today, as chief creative officer at Bruce Mau Design, Stein likes to operate without a rigid structure and follows the ethos that there is no “right way” when it comes to creativity.

Vince is the Founder, CEO and Executive Creative Director of Frost*collective. A globally recognised and awarded creative who is passionately committed to designing a better world.

Danah Abdulla is a designer, educator and researcher interested in new narratives and practices in design that push the disciplinary boundaries and definitions of the subject. She is a Reader (Associate Professor) in Anti/Post/Decolonial Histories, Theories, Praxes at the Decolonising the Arts Institute at University of the Arts London (UAL). She is the author of two books: Designerly Ways of Knowing: A Working Inventory of Things a Designer Should Know (Onomatopee, 2022), and Design Otherwise: Transforming Design Education in the Arab Region (Bloomsbury, 2025). www.dabdulla.com.

Rachel [she/her] is an independent creative executive shaping the future of design at the intersection of brand, culture, and technology. Since founding her SF-based consultancy in 2020, she has brought her expertise to larger companies like Airbnb and Dropbox and women-founded ventures such as Chicken & Egg Films and Acora.