True Connections
Meet team leads, hiring managers and working designers at morning mixers, hosted lunch tables and the tool expo.
Product Design
Conference
3,200+designers attending
Why Join Formora
Three days of usable talks, live crits and real introductions — built for designers who want to leave sharper, not just inspired.
Portfolio Clinic
Book one-to-one reviews and career working sessions with senior designers from teams whose products you use daily.
Daily Socials
Join neighbourhood breakfasts, rooftop sunsets and late-night taco runs — the fastest way to turn sessions into friendships.
# Overview
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Formora is a three-day gathering for product designers, UX researchers and front-end teams. Expect candid teardowns, live interface crits and small-room workshops — plus a portfolio clinic, a design-tool expo and a rooftop party worth packing for.
Where
Meridian Hall,
800 Congress Ave, Austin
When
Thursday to Saturday
Sep, 24 to 26, 2026
Event Schedule
Three days, three tracks, zero filler. Pick a day to explore the sessions, mentors and rooms.
Priya NatarajanHead of Product Design
Doors & Welcome Coffee
Collect your badge, meet your track hosts and grab tacos and coffee. Separate desks for each pass keep the lines moving.
Omar HaddadStudio Founder
Talk: Designing for Trust
Why do people believe one checkout and abandon another? Teardowns of onboarding, pricing and empty states that earned trust in 2026.
Grace KimuraContent Design Strategist
Studio Lunch
Smoked brisket, veggie bowls and long tables hosted by the day's speakers. Sit anywhere — every table has a conversation starter.
Leo MarchettiDesign Systems Lead
Talk: Systems That Scale
Tokens, theming and governance without the bureaucracy — how three teams keep 200 screens coherent and still ship weekly.
Sofia BennettUX Research Director
Keynote: Interfaces That Listen
What 4,000 support tickets taught one team about listening — turning complaints into roadmaps and roadmaps into retention.
Theo AlvarezInteraction Designer
Workshop: Sketch to Test in a Day
Laptops open, timers on. Leave with a clickable prototype tested on five strangers — templates included for Monday.
Priya NatarajanHead of Product Design
Panel: Research With Backbone
Three research leads on saying no with evidence: kill lists, one-page findings and getting a seat at kickoff.
Omar HaddadStudio Founder
Night Market & Demos
Local makers, live tool demos and the 60-second attendee show-and-tell over cold drinks. Every pass welcome.
Theo AlvarezInteraction Designer
Masterclass: Motion With Meaning
Timing, easing and choreography that guide instead of decorate. Live rebuilds of two real checkout flows.
Grace KimuraContent Design Strategist
Talk: Inclusive by Default
Beyond checklists: how busy teams bake plain language, contrast and keyboard paths into every release.
Sofia BennettUX Research Director
Live Design Crits
Volunteer case studies critiqued live on the big screen — candid, specific and packed with takeaways for the room.
Leo MarchettiDesign Systems Lead
Closing Stories & Rooftop Party
Outtakes, failed launches and the lessons that stuck — then we head to the rooftop above Congress Ave until late.
120 +Practical Workshops
48Speakers & Mentors
3200 +Designers Attending
96 %Would Come Again
Event Speakers
A first look at the makers, researchers and systems thinkers taking the Formora stages this September.
Our Official Sponsors
The workshops, foundries and coffee roasters whose support keeps passes fair and the espresso flowing.
NORDIKLAB
FernlineGOODS
ATLAS & CO.STAY
MONOATELIER
Casa AlbaAUSTIN
FIELDKITSUPPLY
replaycollective
Finding Meridian Hall
Meridian Hall sits on Congress Ave with light rail, bus lines and bike docks at the door — plus step-free access on every floor.
Listen.
Make.
Celebrate!
Meridian Hall hosts more than keynotes — launch nights, gallery walls and our famous rooftop closing party above Congress Ave.
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