"Best conference content and experience in a very, very, very long time."

"Well-paced, engaging, and most importantly, a safe space."

"I'm ready to sign up for next year!"

"Exactly what we need more of in the world."

"What a much needed breath of fresh air."

"Definitely worth the price of admission!"

"I genuinely took something valuable away from every talk."

"Best conference content and experience in a very, very, very long time." "Well-paced, engaging, and most importantly, a safe space." "I'm ready to sign up for next year!" "Exactly what we need more of in the world." "What a much needed breath of fresh air." "Definitely worth the price of admission!" "I genuinely took something valuable away from every talk."

Save the date for Throughline 2027

February 3-5, 2027

An online conference from Active Voice

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early-bird tickets go on sale in september

Who should attend

Designers, researchers, content folks, product teams, and anyone who cares about building great user experiences

what you’ll learn

How to influence your company, navigate change, and decide what you want the next era of design and UX to look like

what you’ll get

Two days of practical talks and community conversations, plus an optional day of in-depth workshops

2027 THEME

Ambiguity as Opportunity

What if we stopped fighting ambiguity—and started using it to our advantage? That’s what we’re exploring this year.

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NOW OPEN

Call for speakerS

Have a talk idea for Throughline 2027? Now’s your chance! Our call for speakers is open through September 10, 2026.

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  • "What a much needed breath of fresh air."

    Throughline 2026 attendee

  • "It was extremely well organized, felt like a safe and inclusive space, and the wisdom shared by the speakers and via the workshop was relevant, actionable, and oh so relatable."

    Throughline 2026 attendee

  • "Everything was fantastic (the speakers, the resources shared etc.) but the community itself is incredible! Kind, thoughtful, talented."

    Throughline 2026 attendee

  • "Exactly what I needed when I needed it. All the talks and sessions made my brain light up."

    Throughline 2026 attendee

  • "No toxic or fake positivity. Just real talk about real issues and feelings we're all having. I felt like I was hearing from people who were walking in my shoes."

    Throughline 2026 attendee

  • "I genuinely took something valuable away from every talk."

    Throughline 2026 attendee

  • "Every detail of the conference felt thoughtfully considered from all angles by people who care deeply about creating and holding space for others."

    Throughline 2026 attendee

Become a 2027 sponsor

If you want to connect with senior ICs and leaders from across UX and design disciplines, Throughline is the place.

Increase your brand’s visibility

Get your product or service in front of the 3,000+ experienced design professionals who are part of the Active Voice community.

Showcase your tool or service

Our attendees make and influence purchasing decisions, and they want to know about new tools and services to help them and their teams grow.

Build your talent pipeline

Recruit the best! Meet and connect with 300+ conference attendees—all experienced designers, researchers, content folks, and other UXers.

support the design community

Last year, sponsor support helped us give away 34 scholarship tickets to designers who otherwise could not afford to attend Throughline.

As a sponsor, you’ll reach hundreds of attendees from organizations like Chase, Etsy, Expedia, Google, Mozilla, AllTrails, SAP, Intel, Visa, ScotiaBank, Flatiron Health, and many more—including startups, consultancies, and government agencies.

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Photo of Sara Wachter-Boettcher on the left, and Jen Dionisio on the right. Sara is tall with dark wavy hair and ears a white sweater and jeans. Jen is shorter, with long layered blond hair, and wears a camel cardigan with a dotted blouse and jeans.

Brought to you by Active Voice

We’re Sara Wachter-Boettcher and Jen Dionisio, the team behind Active Voice—a tiny company on a big mission to make work better for people in design and tech.

We developed Throughline events because we know people in design and UX are experiencing rapid change—and our community needs spaces where people are willing to get real about it… without descending into doom and gloom. So we’re taking our years of experience running our own online workshops, group programs, and events, and using it to host larger conferences and other gatherings… because we know this field is full of some of the most creative, compassionate, whipsmart people around. And we want to be part of whatever UX becomes next.