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3rd editionDesign × Engineering

Where design and engineering ship together.

Three days of talks, workshops, and hallway conversations for the people who design and build the interface — from design systems and type to performance and the craft of shipping.

Dates Oct 8–10 Thursday to Saturday, 2026
Location Lisbon, PT Beato Innovation District
Format In-person + full livestream
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Program board THU · OCT 8 Thu 8Fri 9Sat 10
Beato Hall · Lisbon Program locked
48Speakers
5Tracks
32Sessions
2,400Attendees
Doors open Thursday, October 8, 2026 · 09:00 WEST
Save the date — Oct 8–10, 2026
01 Speakers

The people who set the bar.

A curated line-up of designers and engineers shipping the tools, systems, and products you use every day. First wave below — more announced monthly.

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Amara Okonkwo

Head of Design · Meridian

Keynote

Julian Reyes

Staff Design Engineer · Slipstream

Engineering

Noa Feldman

Principal Designer · Basalt

Design

Kenji Watanabe

Type Designer · Kerning Type Co.

Craft

Priya Nadkarni

VP Product · Northwind

Product

Mateo Rossi

Creative Director · Loupe Studio

Craft

Sofia Andersson

Staff Engineer · Cadence

Engineering

David Mensah

Founder · Waveform

Keynote
Plus 40 more across five tracks. Get tickets to see them all
02 Agenda

Three days, five tracks.

Keynotes in the morning, deep-dive tracks after lunch, and hands-on workshops to close. Switch days below — full schedule in your ticket dashboard.

09:3045 min

Opening keynote — Interfaces that disappear

Amara Okonkwo, Head of Design at Meridian

Keynote
10:3035 min

Design tokens that survive a redesign

Noa Feldman, Principal Designer at Basalt

Design
11:1530 min

Coffee & hallway track

Break
11:4535 min

Shipping a component library people actually use

Sofia Andersson, Staff Engineer at Cadence

Engineering
14:0090 min

Workshop — Prototyping motion in code

Julian Reyes, Staff Design Engineer at Slipstream

Workshop
09:3045 min

Keynote — The new shape of the product team

Priya Nadkarni, VP Product at Northwind

Keynote
10:3035 min

Type on screens — from metrics to feeling

Kenji Watanabe, Type Designer at Kerning Type Co.

Craft
11:1530 min

Coffee & hallway track

Break
11:4535 min

Performance budgets your designers will love

David Mensah, Founder at Waveform

Engineering
14:0035 min

Direction over decoration — art-directing product

Mateo Rossi, Creative Director at Loupe Studio

Craft
10:0045 min

Closing keynote — Building for the next billion frames

David Mensah, Founder at Waveform

Keynote
11:0090 min

Workshop — Accessible components from the ground up

Sofia Andersson, Staff Engineer at Cadence

Workshop
12:3060 min

Lunch & community lightning talks

Break
14:0035 min

Case study — Rebuilding Meridian’s design system in the open

Amara Okonkwo, Head of Design at Meridian

Design
15:3060 min

Panel & closing party — where design meets engineering

All speakers · hosted on the Beato rooftop

Social
03 Tickets

Pick your pass.

Phase 2 pricing, held until August 31. Team of five or more? Group rates knock 20% off any tier.

Prices in EUR · VAT included
Community
€149/ pass

Livestream & on-demand

  • Full HD livestream, all tracks
  • Session recordings for 12 months
  • Community Discord & talk chat
  • In-person access
  • Workshops
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€549/ pass

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  • All three days, in person
  • Every keynote and track session
  • Lunch, coffee & the closing party
  • Recordings & Community access
  • Workshops & speaker dinner
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All-Access
€899/ pass

Everything, front row

  • Everything in Conference
  • Two hands-on workshops of your choice
  • Reserved front-row seating
  • Speaker dinner on Friday night
  • REFRACT kit & printed program
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04 Sponsors

Backed by teams who build tools.

REFRACT runs because the companies shaping design and engineering show up for the craft. Partner enquiries open through July.

Platinum partners
Northwind
Meridian
Basalt Cloud
Gold partners
Waveform
Cadence
Loupe
Slipstream
Community partners
Kerning
Vellum
Halcyon
Constant
Foundry
Pixel & Sons
BEATO HALL
05 Venue

Beato Innovation District, Lisbon.

A converted 19th-century foundry on the Tagus riverfront. Rua do Grilo 135, 1950-144 Lisboa, Portugal.

Main hall + 3 stages1,200-seat auditorium
20 min from LISAirport by metro + taxi
On the metroBlue line to Santa Apolónia
18 partner hotelsFrom €90/night nearby
Travel & accommodation guide
Join us in Lisbon

Come build the interface with us.

2,400 designers and engineers. Three days. One room where the craft actually happens. Phase 2 pricing ends August 31.

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