OFFSET Rotterdam 2026
A one-day conference for people who design and build product for a living. Two stages, one room, no keynote fluff — talks on craft, systems, and the business of design, run back to back from 9am to close.
Who's on stage
7 speakersDana Okafor-Reyes
Closing keynote. Built and sold two product-design consultancies; now writes and speaks on what design owes the next decade of software.
Theo Marchetti
Priya Vandersloot
Casimir Odom
Renata Achterberg
Julian Msomi
Ingrid Sabovic
Full-day agenda
09:00 – 17:30| Time | Track A — Systems | Track B — Craft |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Registration & coffee, Kade West Hall lobby | |
| 09:30 | Systems That Scale ThemselvesDana Okafor-Reyes | The Last PixelTheo Marchetti |
| 10:20 | Break | |
| 10:35 | Pricing Design Work Like an EngineerPriya Vandersloot | Type as InterfaceCasimir Odom |
| 11:25 | Design Systems at 40 PeopleRenata Achterberg | Motion With IntentJulian Msomi |
| 12:15 | Lunch, Kade West Hall terrace | |
| 13:15 | The Business Case WorkshopPriya Vandersloot — hands-on, bring a laptop | Craft Critique: Live Portfolio ReviewTheo Marchetti & Ingrid Sabovic |
| 14:45 | Closing keynote — What Design Owes the Next Decade, Dana Okafor-Reyes (15:00) — followed by reception (from 16:00, ends 17:30) | |
Track A and B run in the same room on a shared PA — no need to relocate between talks. Full program with abstracts goes out to ticket holders two weeks before.
Venue & travel
OFFSET runs out of Kade West Hall, a converted harbour warehouse on the Wilhelminakade — 12 minutes on foot from Rotterdam Centraal, and the reason this event caps at 320 seats.
- AddressWilhelminakade 12, 3072 AP Rotterdam
- Nearest stationRotterdam Centraal — 12 min walk / 4 min tram (Line 23)
- Nearest airportRotterdam The Hague (RTM) — 18 min taxi
- Hotel blockHotel New York & Pension Wilhelmina — code OFFSET26
Tickets
Prices in EUR, incl. VAT- Full-day access, both tracks
- Lunch & coffee included
- Talk recordings, 30 days
- Everything in General
- Afternoon workshop track seat
- Talk recordings, unlimited
- Speaker reception access
- Everything in Studio Pass
- 15-min 1:1 portfolio review
- Reserved front-section seating
- Named on the partner wall
From last year's room
OFFSET 2025 sold out in eleven days. Same hall, same one-track focus, 300 seats.
Seats close 1 September.
320 in the room, no livestream, no recording of the workshop track. If you're coming, get the pass now.
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