Sep 18

Keynote

The Future of Design is Local

The Future of Design is Local

Main Stage

Main Stage

15:30

15:30

Streams Live

Streams Live

After a decade of working in and building design teams, Nicole has learned one thing: European companies operate differently from US companies. Culture, work-life balance, labor laws, and customer needs all require a different approach to building well-functioning product and design orgs. Design teams within Europe need to be much more geared towards localizability, with generalists and specialists from different cultural backgrounds who are deeply tuned in to local trends and ways of consuming.

This talk explores why creativity and aspirational ways of working are underrated in European teams, why the tendency to look towards Silicon Valley holds teams back, and what leaders can do to change that. A thought-provoking session for leaders who want to put their design teams back on the map, and for senior ICs ready to rethink how they work with their teams. Because the future of design is about thinking local.

ON STAGE:

Nicole Michaelis

Nicole Michaelis

Design Director

Design Director

Pleo

Pleo

Nicole Michaelis is a Content Designer turned Design Director based in Stockholm, Sweden, with over a decade of experience shaping content and product experiences for global tech companies. She has worked with teams at Spotify, Wolt, Miro, Hyper Island, SAS, iZettle, and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, helping them connect strategy, UX writing, and content design across complex digital products.

Currently, Nicole leads design at Pleo, where she’s building and scaling a content-forward design practice and growing a multidisciplinary team. Prior to Pleo, she led content design at Wolt/DoorDash and worked as a Senior UX Writer at Spotify, including on the design systems team and creator tools like Soundtrap Capture.

Outside of her day-to-day leadership work, Nicole hosts the Content Rookie podcast, where she explores content design, UX writing, and digital product careers with practitioners from around the world.

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Bundles 2 Day & 3 Day

Attend 2 or 3 days including the Conference Day. All tickets have sold out

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Single Day Workshop

Attend the Strategy & Biz Day or the Super IC Day individually and pick your workshop(s)

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from €540

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Materials & Recordings

Hatch Welcome Kit

Food & Drinks

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