2027 workshops
about the workshops
All Throughline workshops will be held on Friday, February 5, 2027.
Session 1 runs from 11am-1:30pm ET, and Session 2 from 2:30-5pm ET. To register, purchase a conference pass that includes either 1 or 2 workshops. You’ll be asked to select your workshop(s) during checkout.
Each workshop is:
2.5 hours long over Zoom
Limited to 40 participants
Interactive and hands-on (you’ll be in Zoom Meeting mode, where you can participate, ask questions, and join breakouts)
Session 1
11am-1:30pm Eastern Time
8-10:30am Pacific
4-6:30pm London
5-7:30pm Central Europe
They Will Never Get UX. You’re Gonna Win Anyway.
Your colleagues will never understand what you do—and after this workshop, you won’t need them to. Learn a framework for turning your biggest frustrations into effective decision-making conversations.
Ryan Rumsey
Founder, CDO School
Storytelling for Influence
Imagine presenting at your next design review—and walking out with the whole team on board. Learn how to use simple storytelling skills to make your work resonate with partners and senior leaders.
Session 2
2:30-5pm Eastern Time
11:30am-2pm Pacific
7:30-10pm London
8:30-11pm Central Europe
Critique is the craft: Leading AI Model Design with a UX Lens
Learn how to apply your UX skills to AI model design. You’ll walk away with a framework for evaluating AI outputs against stated intent—and the language to make design’s value legible to PMs, engineers, and executives in an AI-first org.
Kyle Alexander
Designer and writer. Head of design, stealth startup
Moving Upstream: Systems Design for Business Operations
Learn a simple method for designing strong systems—and how to apply that method not just to a product, but upstream to the business itself. Walk away with the fundamentals of a massive new career opportunity for systems thinkers.
Sophia Prater
UX strategy consultant and coach, OOUX