Day 1: Monday

9-10AM

Get Better Clients Bootcamp Presented by Marketing Mentor: Get Better Clients Bootcamp Presented by Marketing Mentor Moderated by Ilise Benun.


10-11:30AM

Master Class: Part 1 presented by IHAF will highlight today’s top trends in-house, with marketing and design leaders from leading national brands.

Master Class: Sketch Noting with Mike Rohde, Designer, Author of The Sketchnote Handbook.
Expressive Lettering – Artist Specializing in Lettering, Illustration, Typography with Gemma O’Brien.

Workshop: What UX Really Is and How to DO It with Joe Natoli, UX Consultant and Author.


11:45AM-1:15PM

Master Class: Part 2 presented by IHAF will highlight today’s top trends in-house, with marketing and design leaders from leading national brands.

Master Class: Web Design Tools and Techniques for Print Designers with Jeremy Lloyd + Ben Callahan, Sparkbox.

Workshop: Hands-On Structural Packaging, Sketching & Ideation Presented by The Dieline Conference: Mike Beauchamp, 3D Design Director, Pearlfisher.

Workshop: How NOT 2 Suck at Presenting: Acting 101 for Creatives with Megan Mead, HN2S


1:15-3PM

Lunch provided by Papa John’s Pizza with salad bar option


3-3:45PM

WOW Connection Sponsored by LinkedIn with Stefan Mumaw | Director of Creative Strategy.


4-4:30PM

WOW Design Live Opening Remarks & The Dieline Awards.


4:30-5:15PM

Keynote: Brian Collins | Chief Creative Officer and Co-Founder, COLLINS.


5:30-6:15PM

Keynote: You Gotta Make a Lot of Stuff Before You Can Make Stuff Like Yourself | Timothy Goodman | Designer, Illustrator and Art Director.

Day 2: Tuesday

8-9AM

Breakfast/Exhibit Hall open/Type Expo


9-9:15AM

SPARK: Embrace Your Inner Weirdo & Disrupt to Reach Max Potential | Sonja Rasula | Founder Unique USA, CAMP and Unique Space.


9:15-10:00 AM

Keynote:  John Casper  |  Design Director Casper Productions


10-11:30 AM (Sessions, Choose one)

Out of Juice: How to Replenish Your Creativity Well Terri Trespicio, Content and Branding Expert.

Designing for the Future with Cues from Today’s Top Trends: Andrew Gibbs, Founder of The Dieline Session Presented by the Dieline Conference.

Creativity with Adobe Stock: Leta Sobierajski, Wade Jeffree.

FIRED UP: Fueling Growth with Good Design Margo Chase, Founder/Creative Director, Chase Design Group Session Presented by The Dieline Conference.


11:45 AM-12:30 PM (Sessions, Choose one)

Design Can Save the World and Other Things I Learned from Kanye West – Alex Center, Design Director, The Coca-Cola Co. Session Presented by The Dieline Conference

From Design Thinking to Design-Driven: A Story in Three Acts Klaus Kaasgaard, VP of Experience Design, SurveyMonkey.

Tools & Resources Marketers and Creatives: Better Together Moderated by Alex Withers, Chief Marketing Officer, inMotionNow.


12:30-2:00 PM 

Lunch provided by Subway |  Exhibit Hall Open


1:00-2:45 PM

Tools & Resources Project Felix: What 3D Means to How You Design 10 Months and 10 Years from Now – Michael Dolan, Creative Director, Churchill Design Studio and Chantel Benson, Product Manager, Adobe Photoshop Team.


3:30-4:30 PM (Sessions, Choose one)

PopMinded: The Art of Connecting through Popular Culture Christine Taylor, Hallmark.

Design Inside: The Changing Role of Design Within Organizations Helen Stringer, Design Director, Corporate Capability, Procter & Gamble.


How AI will Impact Tomorrow’s Design Field—and How We Can Continue to Thrive Despite – Jason Tselentis, Associate Professor at Winthrop University.

Tools & Resources Reinventing Stock Photography – The 3 T’s, William Liani, Depositphotos.


5:00 PM

Keynote & Happy Hour Sponsored by Adobe.