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TO26: Firebrand

Our flagship conference day brings together over 900 people from product, design, and leadership communities for big ideas, sharp talks, and practical insight. Spread across one conference day, blended content tracks, and world-class presentations.

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A full-day gathering of leading voices in product, design, and leadership. This is our flagship event, and it doesn't get any better. It's focused, energising, and built for people shaping the future of work, systems, and ideas.

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Learn from the industry's best in a series of hands-on, practical workshops that leave you with new skills and perspectives. Included in your ticket.

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The festival returns with a refreshed format and clearer identity. Spread across five days, it invites participation through open studios, meetups, and hands-on sessions that explore how people build, lead, and collaborate.

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Firebrand

firebrand • \FYRE-brand\ • noun. 

1 : a spark that ignites momentum and fuels change
2 : a person who doesn’t wait to be told what to do, choosing instead to shape the agenda
3 : one who drives with purpose, agitating for clarity, craft, and outcomes

Firebrand is a spark.

It is the choice to lead with intent rather than follow the noise. In an era of hype cycles and accelerating tools, we see the chance to shape how AI and technology creates value, how craft endures, and how leadership builds resilience. Firebrand begins where we stop waiting and start defining what matters.

Firebrand is purposeful.

It is clarity over clutter, outcomes over output. It calls for judgement at scale, for a renaissance of craft, for customer truth embedded in every decision. Firebrand means stepping into the work with discipline and imagination, building systems, products, and experiences that endure.

Firebrand is agency.

It is the agency to own the agenda, to direct the energy of our time toward impact, and to lead with courage. Together, these themes are provocations and invitations: to push back where others stay silent, to ignite conversations that create change, and to build a future shaped by design, product, and leadership at their best.

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Unreasonably Earlybird

  • Full-day conference
  • Workshops
  • Priority festival access

$495

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  • Full-day conference
  • Workshops
  • Priority festival access

$545

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  • Full-day conference
  • Workshops
  • Priority festival access

$595

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General Admission

  • Full-day conference
  • Workshops
  • Priority festival access

$750

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What to expect

One ticket gives you access to everything on the day. Design, product, or both. Move freely between tracks and build your own experience based on what matters most to you.
We've built in more space across the day for meaningful connections and unexpected conversations. Some of the best moments happen between sessions.
This year we're moving to the Ritz-Carlton, a venue that matches the quality of the event itself. Expect a beautiful space, great facilities, and an atmosphere that sets the tone for the day.
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