One day only Kade West Hall, Rotterdam

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.

24 September 2026Thursday, 09:00–17:30
Kade West HallWilhelminakade 12, Rotterdam
7 speakers2 tracks, 1 workshop slot
320 seatsSingle-room capacity, no overflow room

Who's on stage

7 speakers
DO

Dana Okafor-Reyes

Founder, Fieldworks Studio

Closing keynote. Built and sold two product-design consultancies; now writes and speaks on what design owes the next decade of software.

TM

Theo Marchetti

Design Director, North Loop Design
PV

Priya Vandersloot

Principal, Ledger & Line
CO

Casimir Odom

Type Director, Studio Halftone
RA

Renata Achterberg

Head of Design, Portside Collective
JM

Julian Msomi

Creative Director, Afterhours Studio
IS

Ingrid Sabovic

VP Product Design, Harrow & Vale

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.

Interior of the conference hall with rows of seating facing the stage

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
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Tickets

Prices in EUR, incl. VAT
General
€245
Early bird, ends 15 Aug — €295 after
  • Full-day access, both tracks
  • Lunch & coffee included
  • Talk recordings, 30 days
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Studio Pass
€395
Early bird, ends 15 Aug — €450 after
  • Everything in General
  • Afternoon workshop track seat
  • Talk recordings, unlimited
  • Speaker reception access
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All-Access
€595
Limited to 20 passes
  • Everything in Studio Pass
  • 15-min 1:1 portfolio review
  • Reserved front-section seating
  • Named on the partner wall
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From last year's room

OFFSET 2025 sold out in eleven days. Same hall, same one-track focus, 300 seats.

Full audience seated in the hall during a talk at OFFSET 2025
Main room, full house — OFFSET 2025
Crowd applauding at the close of a keynote
Closing keynote applause
Attendees talking during the lunch break on the terrace
Terrace, lunch break

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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