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SydDT #126: Details Coming Soon!
Thu, May 14, 8:00 AMSydDT is a diverse community of 10,000+ members started in 2015. Our monthly meetup is one of the top design thinking meetups globally. The SydDT community is known for being **fun, welcoming, and inclusive**. Come join us for some fun conversations with interesting people in and around the design community. More details closer to the date... **EVENT SPONSORS** This event is brought to you by... contact us if you're keen to support the SydDT community. We take photos and record our events for documentation and promo purposes. Just let us know if you prefer not to be featured.

Michel Ferreira (Figma) I think your Design system is Broke
Tue, Apr 21, 8:00 AMWelcome Back CCX Sydney to our Events for 2026 from myself, Lydia, Sylvia and James and we are planning a bumper selection of speakers for the new year. Our Third event on April 21st will feature two speakers Michel Ferreira and a special guest speaker (To be Confirmed) As we previously mentioned with a new year we will also be looking to present at new venues and with new sponsors and our April event we will be kindly hosted by our friends at HI Pages Sydney. Our Main Speaker on the night is Michel Ferreira Design Advocate from Figma. About Michel Brazilian designer based in Sydney, transforming enterprise software experiences at Atlassian after pioneering design work at Shopify and Booking.com. With over 20 years of experience leading international design teams, He has driven user-centric innovation across top-tier tech companies while championing diversity and inclusion in the design community. Michel design philosophy blends strategic thinking, empathy, and a passion for creating intuitive digital experiences that solve real-world challenges. From reimagining Jira's platform to developing Shopify's fulfillment network, I've consistently delivered high-impact design solutions that drive business growth and user satisfaction. About Michel's Talk: I think your Design System is Broken Michel flexes our design systems muscles and challenges us to think deeply about the purpose of our components in our products. Drawing on his experiences at Shopify and Atlassian, as well as his A List Apart article, he argues your design system might be broken and needs to adapt or get left behind Our second Speaker on the night is Scott Obara Founder and CEO from Traceably About Scott Scott Obara is Founder and CEO of Traceably, a service design and journey management platform for organisations navigating complex, multi-channel services. He is a design and strategy leader with more than 18 years of experience across digital health, public policy, and enterprise transformation. His work focuses on helping teams better connect research, strategy, design, and delivery to keep customer experience aligned over time. About Scotts talk: In complex organisations, knowledge is often spread across research reports, journey maps, service blueprints, strategies, and delivery plans. Each artefact may be useful in isolation, but over time they often drift apart. Research gets forgotten, journey maps go stale, and delivery moves forward without a clear connection back to customer need. The result is misalignment, duplicated effort, wasted research, and services that fail to deliver their intended value. Drawing on experience designing and implementing journey management approaches in government and other complex service environments, this session explores how journey-driven alignment can help teams keep customer experience work connected over time. It looks at practical ways to structure and govern artefacts so they remain useful, trusted, and relevant as services evolve, and shows how organisations can create stronger links between research, strategy, design, and delivery. The session introduces practical models and approaches for linking customer insights to strategic intent, design activity, and delivery, along with a short demonstration of how Traceably helps make this easier to operationalise in practice. Please Not That we Will be in a New Venue for our April Event so please familiarise yourself with The location and Start Time. We hope to See you in April and are really looking forward to Hearing Michels talk on Design Systems, Is yours broken???

UXDX Sydney: Design Research and AI In Action
Thu, May 7, 8:30 AMIf the event is full here you can register for a ticket here on the UXDX Website: [https://uxdx.com/community/community-sydney-2026-05-07/](https://uxdx.com/community/community-sydney-2026-05-07/) Join the **Sydney UXDX community** for an evening exploring how **design, research,** and **AI** are reshaping the way teams build products. This is a practical meetup for people across Product, UX, Design, and Dev who want to learn from real experiences, connect with peers, and see how teams are adapting their practice in a fast-changing landscape. \*\*\* \*\*\* **\#\# 📅 Agenda** **6:30 to 6:55pm** \- Opening and networking **6:55 to 7:00pm** \- Welcome from the UXDX Ambassadors Hosted by **Sonali Mehrotra**, Product Manager at NSW Department of Education, and **Micha Goldfine,** Design Consultant at Studio Migo **7:00 to 7:30pm** \- ResearchOps as Essential Infrastructure\, **Weiyan Chee** **7:30 to 8:00pm** \- Why Designers Make Great Founders in the Age of AI\, **Faria Anzum** **8:00 to 8:30pm** \- Networking and snacks \#\# ✨ Talk 1: **ResearchOps as Essential Infrastructure** Weiyan Chee, **Research Operations** Lead, Bupa As design organisations scale, the hidden cost of research is no longer the work itself, but the operational overhead around it. Managing tools, recruitment, ethics, and navigating legal, security, and procurement can quietly consume huge amounts of time that should be spent doing research. In this talk, Weiyan will explore why ResearchOps should be treated as essential infrastructure, helping teams reduce duplication, lower friction, and create the conditions for high-quality research at scale. \*\*\* \#\# ✨ Talk 2: **Why Designers Make Great Founders in the Age of AI** Faria Anzum, **Founder**, Orbbit As AI reshapes how products are built, product designers are increasingly well placed to become founders. Designers are trained to spot unmet needs, navigate ambiguity, and connect user insight to product direction, but becoming a founder means stepping beyond feature delivery and taking ownership of outcomes, strategy, and growth. In this talk, Faria will share what changes when designers move into founding roles, what skills carry over, and why this shift matters more than ever in the age of AI. \*\*\* #**\# About UXDX** UXDX helps teams move from project delivery to empowered, autonomous product teams. We host global conferences and free community events that bring together UX, Product, Design, and Engineering to share how real teams build better products, faster together.

Bondi Sunset Swimwear shoot with Olivia
Sat, Apr 25, 5:30 AM**Step into a world of golden light** and artistic exploration as every fortnight you and 5 other photographers spend three hours at Bondi’s northern end, where the rugged rocks meet a glowing sunset where you’ll practice harnessing the drama of coastal light, capture the textures of the sandstone, and compose breathtaking seascapes that feel alive. Early release: $135 Standard $165 Members $85 [(log in here)](https://printpixel.org/membership-account/) This intimate, high-quality experience is perfect for photographers seeking inspiration, technical mastery, and a portfolio filled with striking, professional-level images. Working with a professional model styled for a high-end editorial look, you’ll capture sensual movement in the ocean breeze with soft waves and a glowing sunset as your muse, producing both the beauty of Bondi and your evolving vision as an artist. These are the last two Bondi workshops we held in Summer. The April one will be that last one until early summer. **[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDUxlL0o2CM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDUxlL0o2CM)** **[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1E7a1zNb-g](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1E7a1zNb-g)** **Who Should Attend:** Photographers and creatives seeking to enhance their portfolio We will have two gold reflectors and diffuser. What to bring: Sturdy shoes (not thongs), Fully charged battery and SD card We are no longer taking payments via PayPal - tickets can only be purchased through [Eventbrite](https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/bondi-sunset-swimwear-shoot-with-valerie-tickets-1987188864387?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true), [Humanitix](https://events.humanitix.com/bondi-sunset-swimwear-shoot-with-valerie) or the [website](https://printpixel.org/event/bondi-swimwear-shoot-valerie). Payment must be made before your attendance is confirmed.
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Thu, Apr 23, 12:00 AM
How PMs Build Better Systems for Planning and Delivery in 2026
Wed, May 6, 8:00 AMWe’re excited to bring you a special **ProductTank Sydney and Notion collaboration** this May 🥳 This session explores how product managers are **actually building systems for planning and delivery in 2026** i from roadmaps and priorities to team workflows and day-to-day execution. Product work today is messy. Tools are evolving quickly, expectations are higher, and there’s constant pressure to move fast without losing clarity. At the same time, many teams are shifting away from heavy processes toward lighter, more flexible systems that better reflect how work actually gets done. During this event, you’ll hear **real examples** from product leaders and community members on how they structure their work i what’s working, what’s not, and how they think about trade-offs. You’ll also get a chance to see **real Notion setups used by speakers** in their day-to-day work, including how they organise roadmaps, priorities and workflows in practice. We’ll feature a mix of practical talks and community showcases, along with **a Notion-led walkthrough of workflow automation** for PM use cases, showing how these capabilities are applied within real workflows. Expect actionable takeaways, candid Q&A, and plenty of time to connect with other PMs over food and drinks. ✨ Huge thanks to **Notion** for supporting this event and **Stone & Chalk** for hosting us at their Sydney space! This is a great opportunity to see how product teams are actually working today and walk away with ideas you can apply immediately.
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