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ASSEMBLY 2026 · Austin, TX · March 14–15

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12 practitioners, 3 tracks, 2 days. Designers, engineers, and product leaders who build the things you use every day.

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12 speakers

Maya Chen

Maya Chen

VP of Design · Stripe

Systems at Scale: Building Design Infrastructure for Millions

Darius Obi

Darius Obi

Staff Engineer · Vercel

The Edge Runtime Revolution: What It Means for App Architecture

Priya Rao

Priya Rao

Head of Product · Linear

Opinionated Software: Why Fewer Choices Make Better Products

Kai Nakamura

Kai Nakamura

Creative Director · Figma

Motion as Communication: Designing Animation with Intent

Sofia Martinez

Sofia Martinez

Principal Engineer · Shopify

Distributed Commerce: Building for 100M Merchants Without Breaking

James Okonkwo

James Okonkwo

Co-founder · Resend

Developer Experience is Product Experience

Elena Vasquez

Elena Vasquez

Research Lead · Anthropic

Designing Human-AI Collaboration That Actually Works

Marcus Hill

Marcus Hill

Engineering Manager · Notion

Collaborative Editing at Scale: Lessons from Building Notion Docs

Aisha Brooks

Aisha Brooks

Design Engineer · Vercel

Bridging the Gap: What Design Engineering Actually Looks Like

Rafael Lima

Rafael Lima

CTO · Liveblocks

The Real-Time Web: Building Multiplayer Apps for Every Category

Nina Patel

Nina Patel

Product Designer · Tailwind Labs

Utility-First Design: How Constraint Breeds Creativity

Tom Withers

Tom Withers

Founder · Pika Labs

Generative Video: The Interface Layer for AI Creativity