Events

Farid Sabitov tackles the practical realities and challenges of connecting design, product management, and engineering through coordination practices at scale.

Based on Farid’s experience pursuing cross-functional integration within large-scale organizations; from discovery to ensuring team adoption of a new way of working.

The goal: to provide attendees with an actionable plan to foster a more efficient, interconnected work environment.

In this talk, I discuss the challenges of connecting design, product management, and engineering and provide attendees with an actionable plan for a more efficient work environment.

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Los Angeles, USA

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In this workshop, we’ll dig into the complexity of managing design operations within Agile environments using tools like Jira. We’ll discuss how to harmoniously integrate design within Agile frameworks, maximize the utility of Jira for managing design workflows, leverage design metrics for insightful program management, oversee multiple design projects concurrently at scale, and effectively map dependencies and staff projects.

In this workshop, I'll talk about managing design operations in Agile environments using tools like Jira, integrating design within Agile frameworks, maximizing Jira for design workflows, using design metrics for program management, overseeing multiple design projects at scale, and mapping dependencies and staffing projects effectively.

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Remote

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In today’s rapidly evolving landscape, the convergence of AI and DesignOps has emerged as a game changer, liberating teams from repetitive tasks and empowering them to focus on creativity and innovation; this panel will discuss the role of AI in DesignOps, its value, how DesignOps should adjust, and the potential risks and opportunities it poses.

Remote

Remote

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We're diving into Figma's new Dev Mode and we want you all in! Let's get together to unpack what this means for our workflows, our teams, and our organizations.

I had an opportunity to speak and we discussed Figma's new Dev Mode and its impact on workflows, teams, and organizations. Let's dive in!

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USA

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193

Explore and embrace the new era of Design System with Figma's new features, focusing on enhanced design systems, integration, and AI capabilities for transformative solutions

I had an opportunity to speak at an event where I explored Figma's new features, focusing on enhanced design systems, integration, and AI capabilities for transformative solutions.

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USA

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357

Explore the latest strategies and tools for integrating design and code, aligning component information architecture, measuring design system success, and driving system change through innovation

I had an opportunity to speak at the event and we discussed integrating design and code, aligning component information architecture, measuring design system success, and driving system change through innovation.

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USA

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332

Moderated by DesignOps guru Farid Sabitov, our panel of practitioners represent best-in-class companies: Jose Coronado, Head of DesignOps at JPMorgan; Patrizia Bertini is a DesignOps leader and consultant; Karolina Boremalm, Global Head of Design Operations at IKEA. Supernova's very own Chief Product Officer Andy Evans also contributed about design systems. These experts shared their knowledge about the level of collaboration between DesignOps practitioners and design systems teams, how Design Operations can help drive greater adoption of design systems, and the ideal collaboration model for a design systems team.

The panel involved a FigJam board and you can also follow along the transcript of the panel.

I had an opportunity to speak at an event where DesignOps experts discussed collaboration between practitioners and design systems teams, driving adoption of design systems, and the ideal collaboration model, moderated by Farid Sabitov and including panelists from JPMorgan, IKEA, and Supernova, with contributions from Andy Evans.

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USA

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700

Join our upcoming Coda Community Open panel to learn practical strategies and best practices for ProductOps Change Management in Practice from experts in the field! Topics include why change management matters, overcoming resistance, building teams, measuring impact, and using tools and technology.

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Remote

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202

Hey Friends, let's discuss different ways how we could coordinate design teams at scale. Every speaker will share the way how they are performing high-level planning, connecting strategy and execution, see performance metrics of specific design teams, tracking dependencies and resolving allocation challenges

Hey friends, I had an opportunity to speak about coordinating design teams at scale, including high-level planning, strategy execution, performance metrics, and resolving allocation challenges.

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USA

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The most challenging part of DesignOps is helping the design department communicate impact at scale. Together with Z and Farid, we will help you to create your own story of how different practices and teams within your organization can put more focus on outcomes based on real metrics. We are going to collaborate and work together in groups to understand which metrics are important, and how to capture and communicate them to your organization. As a result, you will create a newsletter or a presentation starter kit with actual metrics to share within your organization with a visualized process on how to support it.

The hardest part of DesignOps is showing the design department's impact on a large scale, but in this event, I will help you create a story about how your organization can focus on outcomes using real metrics, and together we'll create a newsletter or presentation starter kit to share within your organization.

Remote

Remote

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30

While DesignOps is just getting going in many settings, it’s been thriving long enough in others to have moved well beyond the basics of operational support to helping shape and drive organization-wide strategy for both design and product companies. We’ve selected a handful of amazing projects that represent cutting edge—inspired leadership, impactful management, and tooling wizardry—presented by DesignOps people who are truly “visitors from the future.”

I had an opportunity to speak at an event where DesignOps is thriving and shaping organization-wide strategy for design and product companies.

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Remote

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800

We will cover different frameworks, practical examples and will share our learnings. How to create views and timelines that help to visualize the simplified version of a complex process to specific roles. How these diagrams could be used for onboarding and scaling the knowledge. How to audit and find weak spots in the process and communicate the improvements.

I will cover different frameworks, practical examples, and share my learnings on creating views and timelines to simplify complex processes for specific roles, using diagrams for onboarding and scaling knowledge, and auditing and communicating process improvements.

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USA

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345

Let's speak about the practical side of change management in DesignOps. How are you making an impact across teams, bringing awareness around specific challenges, and validating and scaling practices around the org? We will cover the importance of measuring the impact and having a proper feedback loop with specific teams

I'll summarize the content from the event description where you had an opportunity to speak. I'll make sure it doesn't exceed 20 words and replace 'we' or ‘Farid’ with 'I'.

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USA

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274

An open panel discussion with people from large organizations that already hired DesignOps practitioners. We are going to cover the hiring process and will share some learnings that will be helpful for the companies who would like to hire a DesignOps person and for people who want to switch into DesignOps or looking for a new opportunity!

I had an opportunity to speak at an open panel discussion about hiring DesignOps practitioners and sharing helpful learnings for companies and individuals interested in DesignOps.

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USA

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301

DesignOps is still a pretty new practice and we hear a lot of questions about how to start a DesignOps inside the organization and what kind of activities are performed on the first month of being a DesignOps

I had an opportunity to speak at an event where I summarized the content from the Full Description, which highlighted the questions and activities related to starting DesignOps within an organization in the first month.

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USA

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342

DesignOps is a very broad term that is focused on multiple focus areas and multiple levels inside the organization. If you are interested in the way how Designops could be integrated and how to work on a more strategic level, join our session and let's discuss together!

DesignOps is about integrating and working strategically on multiple levels inside an organization; let's discuss it in our session!

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USA

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221

DesignOps is about making our life easier. But how to handle a great variety of tools? is there a way to integrate all the tools in one place and have a more integrated approach? Join our fourth event and let's find out!

DesignOps is about making my life easier, so I want to find a way to integrate all the tools in one place and have a more integrated approach at our fourth event.

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USA

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211

You have a large design team and you are struggling to create an efficient team composition and organize your teams in Figma? Join our third meetup where we will speak about the best practices of organizing files for large design teams!

I had an opportunity to speak at an event where I discussed the best practices of organizing files for large design teams in Figma.

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USA

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307

You already started to practice DesignOps in your organization but struggling to formulate the DesignOps role? Join our second meetup where we will speak about Skill Matrix for DesignOps and Career Ladders!

I spoke at an event about formulating the DesignOps role and discussed Skill Matrix for DesignOps and Career Ladders.

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USA

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232

Our first Friends of Figma DesignOps meetup where we are going to introduce you to the DesignOps!

I had the chance to speak at our first Friends of Figma DesignOps meetup where I introduced everyone to the world of DesignOps.

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USA

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198

In this innovation workshop, I'll help you break the thinking templates and generate innovative ideas that are out of the box.

Pennsylvania, US, Online, EN

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600

Farid talks about the main problems large organizations face when it comes to sharing insights after research. We're talking about different levels of team maturity and why ResearchOps is gaining momentum. Practical application insights and some interesting examples of how you can start promoting the knowledge repository across your teams and companies.

In my talk, I discuss the challenges organizations face in sharing research insights and why ResearchOps is becoming more important, providing practical application insights and examples of how to promote knowledge sharing within teams and companies.

Belarus, Online, RU

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100

I will share practical advice on setting up a process and tools to automate and simplify routine work, addressing the challenges of organizing research findings in large organizations and explaining the importance of knowledge management and DesignOps, while also discussing the need for a research database, user-research maturity model, researchOps or designOps, simple process organization, tools available in the market, and team composition required to support the practice.

Belarus, Online, RU

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Farid will talk about his experience with design automation, but don't worry, Farid will also talk about why designers will always have work to do. Why DesignOps practice is gaining great popularity in the world in just 3 years and how to try using machine learning in your work with practical examples. In his career, Farid has worked in studios, outsourcing and product companies. He did his own startups and sees his future as a consultant at EPAM. Now Farid is actively working on DesignOps practices at EPAM and writes various design automations in his spare time.

I'll be talking about my experience with design automation, why designers will always have work to do, the growing popularity of DesignOps practice, and how to incorporate machine learning into your work with practical examples. In my career, I've worked in studios, outsourcing and product companies, started my own startups, and now I see myself as a consultant at EPAM, where I'm actively working on DesignOps practices and developing design automations in my spare time.

Kazakhstan, Online, RU

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300

How can we help the education industry adapt to the new normal?

Our colleagues from EPAM Russia will talk about collaboration with the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Products and Solutions division, founded in the 18th century and being a leader in the education services market. 2020 has become an explosive year for the education sector, many organizations (schools, universities, including corporate ones) and students themselves have switched to remote forms of education. Under these conditions, the project team had to create a new product family.

The team will talk about what approaches and technologies they use in creating UX/UI and in developing the mobile part of products, as well as talk about the Machine Learning concepts used and what effect is expected from their implementation.

I had the opportunity to speak at an event where I discussed how we can help the education industry adapt to the new normal, focusing on collaboration with EPAM Russia's AI Products and Solutions division and their efforts in creating new educational products using UX/UI, mobile development, and Machine Learning concepts.

Belarus, Online, RU

Belarus

50

In this event, I will share my personal story of integrating design system activities into the agile process, including governance models, design automation scripts, and a live demo.

Pennsylvania, US, Online, EN

Pennsylvania, US

30

Personal story of how we not only improved the way of how designers worked with the other team members and external stakeholders but also found the ways to automate the routine work.

The goal of the story is to motivate other people to build custom scripts, plugins, extensions, and products. Also, we’ll cover how open source projects can help to increase brand awareness to attract the best talents in the world. Actionable insights to boost up the automation process.

Farid will share some insights on how to analyze and find the weak spots in the design teams’ processes. Then he will provide an action plan on how to automate different aspects of the work as well as simplify the onboarding process for the newcomers.

I improved how designers work with others and automated routine tasks, motivating others to do the same. I'll share insights on analyzing weak spots and provide an action plan for automation and onboarding.

New York, US, Online, EN

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1000

In this innovation workshop, we will learn how to break thinking templates, generate innovative ideas, and think on a larger scale using various tools and techniques, ultimately helping your team to see and feel the future impact on humanity.

Pennsylvania, US, Online, EN

Pennsylvania, US

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100

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Belarus, Online, RU

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200

Why do we need DesignOps in EPAM?

Who is DesignOps Consultant;

How we would like to help our clients to grow;

What are the main focus areas;

Business Value for EPAM and clients;

Current initiatives and proposals;

Next steps;

I had an opportunity to speak about why I need DesignOps in EPAM, who I am as a DesignOps Consultant, how I want to help our clients grow, the main focus areas, the business value for EPAM and clients, current initiatives and proposals, and the next steps.

Pennsylvania, US, Online, EN

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300

This workshop will look at the people, processes, tools and goverance needed to embed a culture of Design.

It will explore how DesignOps Canvas can be used to define a Design chanllenges and needs and how DesignOps can be used to deliver creative and human centered design and collaborate efficiently.

I had an opportunity to speak at an event where I discussed the importance of embedding a culture of Design and how DesignOps can help deliver creative and human-centered design.

Pennsylvania, US, Online, EN

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50

I had an opportunity to speak at the OffGrid Design Conference 2.0, where I discussed Design Operations for effective team interaction.

Ukraine, Online, EN

Ukraine

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200

I had the opportunity to speak at the 10th session of the Global Show & Tell series, where we discussed DesignOps and shared updates, case studies, and actionable advice on implementing the DesignOps mindset.

Pennsylvania, US, Online, EN

Pennsylvania, US

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30

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Belarus

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100

Every Design Library contains styles, assets, and components, and by using Figma's components, layer/text/effect/grid styles, I am able to specify the main design tokens for my styles, so the FE team can find the names of design tokens that were used in "Code" mode directly in Figma. The FE team also created an automated handoff process directly in their development environment, based on the HolyJS conference and advanced open source solutions, which can be found in our template in Grow portal. If you have any questions or need further assistance, you can reach out to Aliaksandr Maroz or Aliaksandr Rabchanka. We also support colors, typography, effects import, and are currently working on spacings. If you want more consistent spacings in your designs, you can use the Auto layout feature and the Spacing Manager Figma plugin. We have also implemented auto-export capabilities for assets via Figma API, and we plan to add SVG sprites in the future. In terms of components, we are working on a common vocabulary and will present more results in the future. By implementing these practices, we have increased the speed of the handoff process with theming capabilities. If you have any further questions or need assistance, you can reach out to Farid Sabitov.

Pennsylvania, US, Online, EN

Pennsylvania, US

30

Farid presented the best practices of organizing and naming frames in Figma. By adding Jira issues to each section, we can help all other team members to quickly navigate through the screens. Also, we covered the ways of how to track the idea bank updates mapped with epics (sections) and the future opportunities for Figma and Jira extensions that will help automatically track the updates.

I presented the best practices of organizing and naming frames in Figma, emphasizing the importance of adding Jira issues to facilitate team navigation and tracking updates.

Pennsylvania, US, Online, EN

Pennsylvania, US

30

I shared the practice of managing large design teams in Jira, covering issue types, structure, releases, revisions, design debts, and idea bank. In the upcoming sessions, we will discuss stream planning and smart staffing.

Pennsylvania, US, Online, EN

Pennsylvania, US

30

I spoke about the importance of choosing a prototyping tool that allows designing directly in code, as it is faster and better for business.

Belarus, Offline, RU

Belarus

150

Tired of enduring design chaos on the project? Who is responsible for the ever-changing implementation requirements of your application? Tired of sawing bikes that no one wants? Let's try to find the very silver bullet that will immediately solve all these (and not only) problems.

I had an opportunity to speak at an event where we discussed the frustration of design chaos and ever-changing implementation requirements in applications. Let's find a silver bullet solution.

Belarus, Offline, RU

Belarus

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50

Let's discuss the problems of communication between designers and developers. We will look for answers, best practices and tools for interaction. We can't do without hot stories and heated discussions!

I had an opportunity to speak at an event where we discussed the problems of communication between designers and developers, looking for answers and best practices while enjoying hot stories and heated discussions.

Belarus, Offline, RU

Belarus

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50

Abstract is the Git for designers that I had the opportunity to speak about, it's perfect for managing versions of projects in a friendly manner.

Belarus, Offline, RU

Belarus

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150

How design and development can go hand in hand. Best practices, new techniques and tools that can automate our work - in Farid's story.

I will speak about how design and development can work together, share best practices, and discuss new techniques and tools that can automate our work in my story.

Belarus, Offline, RU

Belarus

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30

I talk about debt in user experience and how to deal with it in interaction design, including what UX debt is, how to prioritize it, and how to find a balance when planning.

Belarus, Offline, RU

Belarus

300

One place to version, manage, and collaborate on your Sketch files.

I had an opportunity to speak about a platform that helps with versioning, managing, and collaborating on Sketch files.

Belarus, Offline, RU

Belarus

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50

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Russia, Offline, RU

Russia

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50