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Empowering Leadership: Inspiring the Next Generation of Designers
Empowering Leadership focuses on the critical role leaders play in shaping the future of design by inspiring and uplifting others. In a time where the design industry faces rapid changes and challenges, leaders are called upon to cultivate environments that foster creativity, collaboration, and growth. This theme invites us to explore how leaders can empower their teams to reach new heights, embracing mentorship and guidance as tools for collective success.

At Leadership By Design 2025, we’ll explore strategies that enable leaders to nurture talent effectively, promote diversity and inclusion, and build resilient teams ready to tackle the complexities of today’s UX landscape. We emphasize the importance of leading with empathy, vision, and a commitment to continuous learning, ensuring that both individuals and organizations can adapt and thrive.

Join us to discover how empowering others not only strengthens the design community and also propels the industry forward. Through shared experiences, insightful discussions, and practical sessions, attendees will gain valuable insights into becoming leaders who make a lasting, positive impact on their teams and the broader field of design.

Secure your ticket to be part of this transformative experience, where learning and sharing converge to shape the future of design leadership. 


Spend the day getting immersed in what's happening in the UX design and development space, and leave bursting with new ideas and insights. And if we're able to do this right, we'll make sure all this glorious content gets shared online, as well.

Grab a ticket, or “Pay It Forward” and buy some tickets to help someone else attend if you can afford to pay a little love and learning forward.

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Early Bird Admission - Conference Only (20 remaining)

These are going to go fast--get 'em while you can!

Early Bird Admission only has 20 total tickets available - please act fast!

Please make sure to register the attendees email address so we can make sure all appropriate links / sign-in information is sent to the right place. Thank you!

$15.00
(+ $1.45 fee)

General Admission - Conference Only

Full price ticket for admission to Leadership By Design: Home Edition!

Please make sure to register the attendees email address so we can make sure all appropriate links / sign-in information is sent to the right place. Thank you!

$26.00
(+ $1.78 fee)

Pay What You Can - Conference Only

We don't want to make any assumptions about anyone's current situation, so if $10 doesn't work for you right now, and some other amount does, we want to make this available to you.

We're starting this at $2 just to make sure it's worth it from the costs/fees associated (we assume the fees) with tickets and purchasing - and if that's not in your budget currently, please take from the Need 1, Take 1 pool!

Need 1, Take 1 - Conference Only (100 remaining)

We've always done our best to keep our costs low and to provide high-quality content that is accessible to folks who may not have a dedicated budget or a sponsor who provides for their continuing education.

Since our events have moved online for 2021, we've been fortunate enough through our sponsors and other attendees, to have an abundance of passes available to anyone who has need. Please don't be shy; we'd love to have you join us!

If tickets are unavailable, please check back frequently as we'll update whenever we have new donations.

$0.00
(+ $0.00 fee)

I'm Only Donating or Buying a Shirt

Hey there! Sorry about this hassle--TicketSpice makes it a requirement to "buy" a ticket, even if you only want to donate or buy a t-shirt.

So, we're hacking this very restrictive and janky user experience so you can get what you want and need in one place, with only a bizarre extra step!

Please buy this free ticket so you can donate or buy a t-shirt. We'll handle the rest (like canceling the ticket) later and all will be fine and dandy!

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Pay It Forward Ticket Passes (If you're able to contribute)

If you're thinking of donating, well, you're awesome! This ticketing system requires a quick hack, though: 

You'll need to scroll back and get 1 "I'm Only Donating or Buying a Shirt" ticket above just a little bit.

Please scroll back and select that ticket, then come on down here and donate!

Purchase passes for people who need them! Pay It Forward passes are $20 each.

If you're fortunate enough to be in the position to help others, you could add to our pool of tickets that we're holding for people who have any need.

We've set up an honor system that gives people access to these tickets, no questions asked. It's enough to maintain in very trying times; we don't feel the need to make anything more challenging by asking personal questions that aren't any of our business.

If you'd like to contribute to the pool, we'd love to have you do so. Thank you in advance for your generosity.

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SPONSORSHIP Opportunity: Pay It Forward Packs

If you're thinking of donating, well, you're awesome! This ticketing system requires a quick hack, though: You'll need to scroll back and get 1 "I'm Only Donating or Buying a Shirt" ticket above just a little bit.

Please scroll back and select that ticket, then come on down here and donate!

If you'd like to be a sponsor for Leadership By Design, we'd love to have you join our amazing supporters!

Purchase 5 Pay It Forward passes  ($100 value) or more and we'll include you as a sponsor, which includes:

  • Logo inclusion on the Leadership By Design event website
  • Inclusion in the Leadership By Design promotional newsletters (~1 every couple of weeks until the event)
  • Recognition in the Leadership By Design program and during the event

Interested in doing more or something different? Send us a note--we're happy to work with you to help do something great!

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When you purchase your ticket, you're agreeing to abide by our Code of Conduct:

All delegates, speakers, sponsors and volunteers at any Chicago Camps, LLC event are required to agree with the following code of conduct. Organizers will enforce this code throughout the event.

The Short Version

All attendees, speakers, sponsors and volunteers at our conference are required to agree with the following code of conduct. Organizers will enforce this code throughout the event. We are expecting cooperation from all participants to help ensuring a safe environment for everybody.

The Long Version

All attendees, speakers, sponsors and volunteers at our conference are required to agree with the following code of conduct. Organizers will enforce this code throughout the event. We are expecting cooperation from all participants to help ensuring a safe environment for everybody.

Need Help?

You can always contact us via the contact form on this website, via email at info at Chicago Camps dot org, or in-person at the events, where we announce who we are, and provide our staff with badging/event attire (as is possible/feasible).

The Quick Version

Our conference is dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices. We do not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any conference venue, including talks, workshops, parties, Twitter and other online media. Conference participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the conference without a refund at the discretion of the conference organizers.

The Less Quick Version

Harassment includes offensive verbal comments related to gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion, technology choices, sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention.

Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately.

Sponsors are also subject to the anti-harassment policy. In particular, sponsors should not use sexualized images, activities, or other material. Booth staff (including volunteers) should not use sexualized clothing/uniforms/costumes, or otherwise create a sexualized environment.

If a participant engages in harassing behavior, the conference organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender or expulsion from the conference with no refund.

If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact a member of conference staff immediately. Conference staff will be identified in event announcements, at the registration areas, by their badges, and by event attire (where feasible).

Conference staff will be happy to help participants venue security or local law enforcement, provide escorts, or otherwise assist those experiencing harassment to feel safe for the duration of the conference. We value your attendance.

We expect participants to follow these rules at conference and workshop venues and conference-related social events.

Original source and credit: http://2012.jsconf.us/#/about & The Ada Initiative
Please help by translating or improving: http://github.com/confcodeofconduct/confcodeofconduct.com
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License

One Last Thing

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If you want to sell or transfer your ticket to someone else, that is completely up to you, and you'll need to create an account in order to do that.

When you purchase your ticket, you understand this, agree to it, cross your heart and all that good stuff. Thanks!


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Final_Final_v03 (Last thing, really): When you accept a ticket to one of our events, you also acknowledge that we're going to add you to our mailing list. We won't sell your information, or give it away, and we typically send an email every couple of weeks as events are coming up (and weekly when we're getting close to the event). In the technical side of things, this also gets you quickly connected to our online conferencing system and registered with your own access. We hope it doesn't trouble you much, and you won't hurt our feelings if you quickly unsubscribe--we sincerely understand!

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