Seattle Interactive 2026 Schedule TBA
Day 1
OCTOBER 12, 2026
4:00 PM
ON-SITE BADGE PICK-UP
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
CREATIVE PORTFOLIO REVIEW
With support from our friends at Robert Half, get one-on-one feedback on your portfolio from creative directors and senior designers working in your industry. Sign-ups coming soon.
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
ON-SITE NETWORKING EVENT
Welcome to SIC, meet other attendees, sponsors and speakers for our Day 1 networking event. Presented by (Be Our Sponsor)
Day 2
OCTOBER 13 2026
8:00 AM
Registration opens
8:30 AM
NETWORKING HUB OPENS
Morning coffee and networking in our lounge area presented by (Be a Sponsor)
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
How I Became a Better Artist by Doing Things the Wrong Way [KEYNOTE]
ROB SHERIDAN Rob Sheridan Productions / Artists / Creative Director
Main Stage / 5th Floor
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM
Don't just build prototypes, DESIGN THEM!
Megan Woodruff New York Times / Staff Design Technologist
Main Stage / 5th Floor
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM
Adaptable Process for Messy Client Realities
CORY LEBIHAN Add3 / GM
Room 2 / 4th Floor
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
UNTRAINABLE: SURVIVING IN THE AGE OF ENSLOPIFICATION
Daria Naidenov Microsoft / Senior Art Director
Main Stage / 5th Floor
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
BRAND IS BACK: WHAT PERFORMANCE MARKETERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT
LAUREN RIDGLEY Left Hand Agency / CEO
Room 2 / 4th Floor
10:40 AM - 11:00AM
A Brand's Holy Trinity
ELI KERR Datum / Fractional CMO
Main Stage / 5th Floor
10:40 AM - 11:00AM
Discipline of Better Ideas
Leslie Grandy UW Foster School of Business, Executive Education / Lead Executive in Residence
Room 2 / 4th Floor
11:10 AM - 11:30AM
COMING SOON
TARA BUCK StackAdapt / Senior Director of Publisher Partnerships
Main Stage / 5th Floor
11:10 AM - 11:30AM
Not on the Process Diagram
Carina dempsey Wind River / Senior UX Designer
Room 2 / 4th Floor
11:30 AM - 12:40 PM
Lunch Break
12:40 PM - 1:00PM
The Creator Mindset: Rethinking the Process Behind Modern Content Creation
Adam Constantine ACE Creatives / Founder & CEO
Main Stage / 5th Floor
12:40 PM - 1:00PM
BUILDING A REVENUE ENGINE THAT RUNS WHILE YOU SLEEP
Richa Nevatia Strong Dori / Founder
Room 2 / 4th Floor
1:10 PM - 1:30PM
FANTASY AND REALITY ARE CLOSER THAN YOU THINK: HOW ZILLOW FOR WARCRAFT FOUND A COMMON BOND
LOREN JUDAH We Are Royale / Executive Creative Director
BRIEN HOLMAN We Are Royale / Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer
MICHAEL CHEN Zillow / Senior Writer
Main Stage / 5th Floor
1:10 PM - 1:30PM
Fun worth finding: why entertainment beats advertising every time
GARETH JONES Ralph / Global Chief Growth Officer / Managing Director, NYC
Room 2 / 4th Floor
1:40 PM - 2:00PM
START WITH THE DUMBEST IDEA: A CASE FOR PRODUCTIVE WEIRDNESS
Bennett Nestok University of Cincinnati / Assistant Adjunct Professor
Main Stage / 5th Floor
1:40 PM - 2:00PM
Humans Are Behind Every System
Alfred Adarkwah Integral Studio | Ghost Note Agency / Growth & Operations Executive
Room 2 / 4th Floor
2:10 PM - 2:30PM
HOW TO GROW YOUR BRAND ON SOCIAL IN 2026
MAREN HAMILTON Popfly / Senior Director, Marketing & Growth
Main Stage / 5th Floor
2:10 PM - 2:30PM
DRAWING YOUR CONCLUSIONS: A CASE FOR ART IN YOUR CREATIVE PRACTICE
Dusty Henry Another Thought / Author, Music Journalist, and Comic Artist
Room 2 / 4th Floor
2:40 PM - 3:00PM
THE FUTURE OF BRAND AUTHENTICITY
MICHAEL HUANG Milli / Founder
CHIKE UME Milli / Partner & Head of Strategy
Main Stage / 5th Floor
2:40 PM - 3:00 PM
Where the Bones Are Buried
CHRIS OKROY DNW Digital / Founder
Room 2 / 4th Floor
3:10 PM - 3:30PM
Making Room for Play in the Chaos
VICKY VO Adobe / Senior Product Designer
Main Stage / 5th Floor
3:10 PM - 3:30PM
THE SPRINT: MAKE BETTER WORK FASTER & TEAMS HAPPIER
ELLIE CALDWELL Copacino Fujikado / Head of Strategy
MIKE HAYWARD Copacino Fujikado / Chief Creative Officer
Room 2 / 4th Floor
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
Make the Case: The Business Impact of Your UX Skills
Torrey Podmajersky Catbird Content / President
Main Stage / 5th Floor
3:40 PM - 4:00PM
WHEN MAKING GETS EASY, JUDGMENT GETS HARD
BRIAN MARR Work & Co, part of Accenture Song / Global Agentic Commerce Experience Lead
Room 2 / 4th Floor
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
CLOSING PARTY & NETWORKING PRESENTED BY STACKADAPT
Get your drinks + networking on. Dinner can wait.
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