CoCreate Conference - Online
Join fellow designers, founders, and builders for a day of small group discussions and keynotes in San Francisco. Brought to you by the team at Design Buddies and UXGO!
In San Francisco? Join us in-person in SF
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Keynotes: Hear from established design leaders who've built successful companies and shaped industry trends.
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!
Here's how last year's conference went!
Thank you to our sponsors for making this event possible!
Title sponsor: Bolt.New
Venue sponsors: Context VC and Media Mobilize
Sponsors (more to come): Adobe, Weaver, HypeTribe, Superflex
Want to showcase your brand to top designers and entrepreneurs—both in-person and online? Reach our 2M+ community and hundreds of conference attendees through activations, breakout sessions, live demos, designer recruiting, lead gen, and organic content creation.
Interested? Contact Grace Ling the founder of Design Buddies at grace@designbuddies.community to get involved!