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16 July 2026
Ritz-Carlton, Melbourne

Our flagship conference day brings together product, design, and leadership communities for big ideas, sharp talks, and practical insight. Spread across one conference day, blended content tracks, and world-class presentations.

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A full-day gathering of leading voices in product, design, and leadership. This is our flagship event, and it doesn't get any better. It's focused, energising, and built for people shaping the future of work, systems, and ideas.

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Learn from the industry's best in a series of hands-on, practical workshops that leave you with new skills and perspectives. Included in your ticket.

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The festival returns with a refreshed format and clearer identity. Spread across five days, it invites participation through open studios, meetups, and hands-on sessions that explore how people build, lead, and collaborate.

Event partners

Figma
Notion
UserTesting
Buck
Askable
Optimal
Torii
City of Melbourne
Easygo

Firebrand

firebrand • \FYRE-brand\ • noun. 

1 : a spark that ignites momentum and fuels change
2 : a person who doesn’t wait to be told what to do, choosing instead to shape the agenda
3 : one who drives with purpose, agitating for clarity, craft, and outcomes

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It is the choice to lead with intent rather than follow the noise. In an era of hype cycles and accelerating tools, we see the chance to shape how AI and technology creates value, how craft endures, and how leadership builds resilience. Firebrand begins where we stop waiting and start defining what matters.

It is clarity over clutter, outcomes over output. It calls for judgement at scale, for a renaissance of craft, for customer truth embedded in every decision. Firebrand means stepping into the work with discipline and imagination, building systems, products, and experiences that endure.

It is the agency to own the agenda, to direct the energy of our time toward impact, and to lead with courage. Together, these themes are provocations and invitations: to push back where others stay silent, to ignite conversations that create change, and to build a future shaped by design, product, and leadership at their best.

Program

Our program is still being finalised, but here's a sense of what to expect on the day.

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8:00Registration and networking
9:15
9:30
10:00
10:20
10:40Morning tea
MainSideWorkshops11:10
11:30
11:50
12:10Lunch
MainSideWorkshops13:00
13:20
13:40
14:00Reset
MainSideWorkshops14:15
14:35
14:55Afternoon tea
15:25
15:45
16:15
16:45
17:00

Join us at TO26

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Unreasonably Earlybird

Full-day conference
Workshops
Priority festival access

$495

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Super Earlybird

Full-day conference
Workshops
Priority festival access

$545

Coming soon

Earlybird

Full-day conference
Workshops
Priority festival access

$595

Coming soon

General Admission

Full-day conference
Workshops
Priority festival access

$750

What to expect

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Fast check-in, a seamless program and planning experience, and an event layout designed to maximise your time.

One ticket provides access to as much of the day as you can consume—design, product, or both.

We've built in more space across the day for meaningful connections and unexpected conversations.