Join us for Design System Day 2023
- Dates
- 10 and 11 October 2023
- Location
- Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh, and online
- Get tickets
- Day 1 in Edinburgh or day 2 online
Two days of talks and workshops
Join us for 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.
Speakers and sessions
All talks, workshops and sessions have been suggested by the community.
Our speakers come from organisations across the UK and international public sector. We’re joined by folks working on design systems from notable companies too.
Day 1
The first day will be on Tuesday 10 October, in-person at Dynamic Earth, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, EH8 8AS.
The event is open from 9am and starts at 9:45am. There will be breaks throughout the day and an hour for lunch. Talks will close at 4:15pm and a social hour will run until 5:15pm.
Dynamic Earth is an accessible venue, and we’ll have a room set aside as a quiet space and prayer room. There will be live captions of all sessions.
You can find out more about what each session will be about by looking up the session information.
You can read our speaker and panelist biographies for those talking and presenting at the event.
You’ll be able to speak with others in the community and chat with panellists too. Towards the end of the day, we’ll have an optional social for more conversation.
Getting there
- Travelling by foot
- Dynamic Earth is about 20-minute walk from Edinburgh City Centre. Accessible from Holyrood Road, Holyrood Gait and a public footpath from Horse Wynd
- Travelling by train
- From Edinburgh Waverley station it is about 15 minutes walk
- Travelling by bus
- The venue is serviced by local bus routes: number 35 stops a 3-minute walk away from Dynamic Earth. Alternative routes include the 5, 7, 14, 29, 30, 31, 33, 37, 45 and 49 which stop on North Bridge and are a 10-minute walk away along Holyrood Road
- Travelling by car
- Dynamic Earth has a 24-hour car park located underneath the building. Charges will apply. Spaces are allocated on a first-come-first-serve basis and cannot be reserved beforehand. The car park has a height limit of 2.3 metres.
Day 2
Day 2 will take place online using the Hopin platform. You can use another device if it’s blocked on your work computer.
A link to join will be sent to all attendees before the event. If you email us as the event is starting, it might take us a while to reply to you as we’ll be busy running the event.
We have a variety of speakers from public and private sector organisations. You can find our more about them by looking at their speaker biographies.
The event starts at 9:30am and runs until 5pm, and we’ll break for lunch at 12:30pm. There will be breaks throughout the day and you’re free to drop in and out as you like.
Most sessions are talks or show and tells where speakers may take questions at the end. We’ve highlighted workshops that will ask the audience to participate.
You can find out more information about each session by looking up the session information.
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.