June 23rd & 24th, 2016 ⋅ Pittsburgh, PA

Schedule for Pittsburgh Web Design Day 2016

Thursday June 23rd - Workshops Day

If you have purchased a workshop ticket, you will receive an email with details on location, parking and other information about a week before the event.

10am-5pm

Responsive Web Design for In-House Teams and Non-Unicorns

with Caralyn Green (UX Strategist), Matt Griffin (Designer) & Patrick Fulton (Developer)

8:30am-3:30pm

Creating Atomic Design Systems With Pattern Lab

with Dave Olsen, Brian Muenzenmeyer & Brad Frost

Friday June 24th - Conference Day

The conference will run from approximately 9am to 5:30pm with plenty of networking breaks. All talks will take place at the New Hazlett Theater. Lunch and snacks are provided!

8:15am-9:15am

Registration, Coffee & Breakfast

Coffee & Breakfast Sponsored by Shopify
9:15am-9:30am

Opening Remarks

Val Head & G. Jason Head
10:15am-10:25am

How to Talk to Humans

Sharon Steed
11:15am-11:40am

Morning Break

11:40am-11:50am

Taming Complexity, One Story at a Time

Kate Daly
11:50am-12:35pm

Design for Real Life

Eric Meyer
12:35pm-2:00pm

Lunch

Lunch provided by Franktuary!
2:00pm-2:10pm

JavaSocks

Caitlin Steinert
3:00pm-3:10pm

I Was Fired From My First Post-Grad Job

Bridget Reed
3:10pm-3:40pm

Afternoon Break

Sponsored by Skyword
3:50pm-4:35pm

Adaptive Content, Context, and Controversy

Karen McGrane
4:40pm-5:25pm

Designing a Design System

Jina Bolton
5:25pm-5:35pm

Closing Remarks

Val Head & G. Jason Head

After-Party

Join us after the conference at ALLOY 26: a cutting edge, co-working space in the heart of Pittsburgh’s North Side, in Nova Place. Only a block away from our conference - with food, drinks, friends and an on-site live broadcast of our favorite Web Design & Development podcast, the ShopTalk Show with Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert!

5:45pm-8:30pm

After Conference Party

ALLOY 26
100 South Commons, Pittsburgh, PA 15212

Sponsors

  • Barkley REI
  • MailChimp
  • Think Trough Math
  • Shopify
  • Alloy 26
  • Think Brownstone
  • skyword
  • Seven Heads Design
  • Refresh Pittsburgh

Friends of Web Design Day

  • Shift Collarorative
  • A Book Apart
  • Smith Brothers Agency
  • Bearded Studio
  • Franktuary
  • Dribbble
  • Tek Systems
  • Plus Consulting
  • Commonwealth Press

Do you or your company want to sponsor this year’s Web Design Day? Download our Sponsorship Guide and get in touch with us. Help us bring the best of web design & development to Pittsburgh!