Design Systems Week 2026 Timetable

NL Design System is organising the Design Systems Week for the 5th time. It will feature a number of short talks about the how and why of design systems. All online. From October 26 to October 29, we will cover subjects like managing design systems, integrating accessibility, user research and code.

About Design Systems Week

The timetable is not yet final. The sessions will be further developed and added in the coming weeks. Keep an eye on this page for updates.

Monday, October 26

Time	Language	Speaker	Subject	Calendar
1:00 PM GMT+1	EN	Dr Steph Driver Open Library of Humanities	Tracking conformance data within the code-base
3:00 PM GMT+1	NL	Eric van Mullekom Kadaster Mieke ten Dam Kadaster	Digitale toegankelijkheid van kaartviewers

Tuesday, October 27

Time	Language	Speaker	Subject	Calendar
3:00 PM GMT+1	EN	Marion Couesnon Digitalservice GmbH des Bundes	Switching design systems without compromising accessibility

Wednesday, October 28

Time	Language	Speaker	Subject	Calendar
1:00 PM GMT+1	NL	Frédérique Schimmelpenninck van der Oije UWV	Toegankelijke en herkenbare huisstijl
3:00 PM GMT+1	EN	Javier Cuello Fuller	The renaissance of design tooling

Thursday, October 29

Time	Language	Speaker	Subject	Calendar

Organisation

Design Systems Week is organised by the NL Design System core team, thanks to the support of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK) and User Needs First.

Code of Conduct

All participants of Design Systems Week are expected to abide by our NL Design System Code of Conduct. By signing up for one or more sessions you've agreed to these terms.

Accessibility

We do our best to organise Design Systems Week accessibly. If you have specific questions or requests, please do reach to the NL Design System core team at info@nldesignsystem.nl.