Join us for Design System Day 2023
Dates: 10 and 11 October 2023
Location: Online and Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh
2 days of talks and workshops
Join us for this year’s edition of the GOV.UK Design System’s flagship event!
Design System Day 2023 is a 2-day conference to collaborate and share knowledge about design systems with like-minded people, covering topics like accessibility, community and decision-making. It’s a space for anyone using design systems in government to share ideas and developments, learn from colleagues, and spark conversations on related topics.
For the first time, we’re running this as a hybrid conference with a mix of in-person and online talks, workshops and panel discussions. Come say hi and meet folks from across the community in Edinburgh, or chat to people in the online channels.
We’re expecting that the mix of attendees will lead to some interesting discussions and make the event a great place to network. We’re curating a space for engaging discussions, learning opportunities and future collaboration.
We’ll also be hosting get-togethers and after-parties for people attending the Edinburgh event. We advise you to book your travel and accommodation as soon as possible as Edinburgh fills up quickly!
Speakers and sessions
The first day will be hosted in Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh. The second day will be online-only.
As ever, we want the conference to be a community-driven event, so all talks, workshops and sessions have been suggested by the community.
We’ll be covering topics such as
- research operations at scale
- how design systems manage contributions
- reflections on trauma-informed design
- challenges scaling user-centred services
- building a native app design system from scratch
- imposter syndrome
- participatory research and co-design
- Web Components
- doing good discoveries
and much more!
Our speakers come from organisations across the UK and international public sector, and we’re joined by folks working on design systems from notable companies too.
About the GOV.UK Design System community
The GOV.UK Design System relies on a strong cross-government community to make sure it represents the latest research, design, and development work used in digital services.
To bring our community together, the GOV.UK Design System team regularly hosts events, workshops, and co-design sprints. Our team is always on the lookout for ways to engage users in different teams and departments to help strengthen the work we do, and to help to build better products.
Need help?
If you’ve got a question about the GOV.UK Design System, contact the team.