Next up — London — 20 Nov 2026
Leaders shaping tomorrow’s brand, product and human experiences.
The global think tank and community for design, product and innovation leaders shaping what comes next.
Joined by innovators from
The 2026–27 tour
Seven cities. One community.
What DDX is
Every edition is capped, so you leave having met the people you came for.
No sprawling programme, no twenty parallel tracks. A curated room of design, product and innovation leaders — and enough space between the sessions to actually talk.
Why DDX
A room worth flying for.
Sold out. We cap every edition so the room stays small enough to meet people properly — and it has filled every time.
Senior and manager level. You are not pitching into a void.
Female participants — well above the industry average for design conferences.
Travel specifically for DDX. People come for the room, not the city.
Junior and students, kept deliberately in the mix.
Two minutes
The DDX experience.
What a day actually looks like — the talks, the table talks, the people.
DDX in the press
“Designers, strategists and diverse thinkers come together to bridge the gap between groundbreaking tech and the heart of what truly matters: people.”
Paqui Lizana — Global Head of Technology Strategy, IKEA
What people posted afterwards
Straight from the feed.
Unprompted, from the people who were in the room.
Three tracks, every edition
Built around why you came.
Keynotes and panels on leading design and product teams through change.
Hands-on break-outs on research, process and the tooling that actually sticks.
Work from global brands, growing startups and innovative consultancies.
On the DDX stage
The people you came to hear.
Don Norman, Erik Spiekermann and design, product and research leaders from Google, Bloomberg, Adobe, Dropbox, Netflix, Amazon, Miro, Medium, frog and Google DeepMind.
Who is in it
Everyone who leads future product, brand and customer experiences.
Questions
Before you book.
What is DDX?
A global conference series and community on UX, product design, AI and digital innovation, run by FastForward Global GmbH. Every edition is capped so the room stays small enough to meet people properly.
Who attends?
UX and product designers, product managers and strategists, researchers and innovation professionals, design leaders and executives, founders and students.
Which cities are next?
London on 20 November 2026, Tokyo on 12 February 2027, then Dubai, New York, San Diego and Miami through 2027.
Do tickets sell out?
Every DDX event so far has sold out. Seats are capped on purpose — the room is the product, so we keep it small.
In a time of accelerating change, the human and emotional layer is no longer only what makes innovation responsible. It is becoming the business differentiator.