Design to Dev: The Future of Handoffs
Details
IMPORTANT: This event is free, but space is limited and our host may require attendee names and emails in advance for building security.
Please register here with your email so we can confirm your place:
https://uxdx.com/community/community-newyork-2025-12-04/
✨ THE TALKS ✨
➡️ Accelerating Development: From Design Files to Production Ready Code
Speaker: Akbar Mirza – Developer Advocate, Figma
Get an inside look at how Figma is streamlining the handoff between design and development. Akbar will demo Dev Mode in action and share practical workflows for using annotations, sections and "ready for dev" conventions, plus how integrations like Jira keep designers and engineers aligned from first mock to shipped feature.
➡️ Design x Development in the Age of AI
Panel:
Nishtha Dalal – Product Design Leader
Ryan Leffel – Ambassador, UXDX
Tanesha Smith Wattley – Head of Product and Delivery, Very Good Ventures
Design cycles are speeding up and AI is reshaping how product teams work together. This conversation digs into how roles are shifting, where friction still appears between design and engineering and how AI can act as a bridge rather than a wedge. You will leave with concrete ways to align earlier, collaborate through uncertainty and keep delivery smooth while expectations rise.
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### 📍 Event Details
Join the New York UXDX community for an evening focused on the future of handoffs: how design and development can work closer together, with AI, to ship better products faster.
Agenda
6:00 – 6:30: Registration and networking 🍷🍕
6:30 – 7:05: Accelerating Development: From Design Files to Production Ready Code – Akbar Mirza, Figma
7:05 – 7:15: Break and transition
7:15 – 7:50: Design x Development in the Age of AI – Panel with Nishtha Dalal, Ryan Leffel and Tanesha Smith Wattley
📍 Location: Figma, 33 W 23 St, New York, NY 10010
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