Updated: Sep 30, 2026 at 4:28 AM PT

# Design events at SF Tech Week 2026

> SF Tech Week 2026 has 32 design events from Monday, Oct 5 to Saturday, Oct 10, and 84% need host approval, a lower share than the week overall.

Chancity tracks 1,832 SF Tech Week events (updated Sep 30, 2026); this page lists 32. Sources: the official Tech Week calendar (https://www.tech-week.com/calendar/sf) and each event's own page.

## At a glance

- Easier to get into: fewer need approval than across the whole week.
- Daytime-heavy: 18 of 32 start in the evening, below the week's share.
- Wednesday, Oct 7 is the peak with 10. Nothing after Saturday, Oct 10.

## Subscribe

- Calendar feed (ICS, new events appear automatically): https://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/design/calendar.ics
- Webcal: webcal://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/design/calendar.ics

## Events

Columns: Time is Pacific time. Access: RSVP means a plain RSVP, Apply means the host approves each guest. Status: open, waitlist, closed or sold out, from the official Tech Week calendar. Food and Drinks: the host's own words ("mentions", not a promise). Price: only where the listing shows a price; a dash means no price listed. Featured: featured on the official Tech Week calendar.

| Date | Time | Event | Host | Area | Access | Status | Food | Price | Featured | RSVP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Oct 5 | 12 PM | USER EXPERIENCE - new expressions in tech | USER EXPERIENCE by Material Album, presented by Forerunner Ventures, Material Album | Union Square | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/Jl7wC4UPm4fV5XZFCWA1?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 2 PM to 4 PM | AI-Native Design: Build with AI Agents | Koki AI, Koki Xu | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/tNsxXknU1I9ORcQFUzyA?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 5:30 PM to 7 PM | AI with Personality | Flair Labs, Stephen Willis | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Jim2aiMae0LjBmbHFyZk?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 5 PM to 9 PM | Autodesk X GLITCHED - Women in Game Dev Meetup | GLITCHED - Women in Game Dev, Autodesk | Embarcadero | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/LJJ7XKdrQRn3qJ8LrvSw?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 5 PM to 8 PM | Fashion Tech: 3D Printed Fashion and Beyond | Soigné, Sarina C, Reina montenegro | Panhandle | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/PFZntdIm8y9JFch4wAyu?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 5 PM to 8:30 PM | Product Builders Meetup by Lenny's Newsletter | Lenny's Newsletter, PostHog, Annie Warner, Amee Bhavsar, Diana Munoz | Lower Nob Hill | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/kpivlmwwOyTK54mgB2Vl?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM | Build, Automate, Secure: Designing the Next Wave of Agent Interfaces | depthfirst, Mitchell Wright, Elaine, Kal Grinberg | FiDi | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Lljp4TMoJT1IVor5tGvB?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6 PM | Astorie Live: One Canvas, 100+ AI Models | Astorie, Jiayue Wang | Union Square | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/laAmMV07yyR1ihtgv8VL?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6 PM | Show and Tell: AI Design | Hightouch | FiDi | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/2365G0lOKrtdzHYHar69?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 8 PM to 10:30 PM | Synesthesia | Eli Willis Music, Eli | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/fcoRSWWbJ15f4FznBFdA?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 9 AM | The Minimum Viable Avatar: Scientific Method for Customer Understanding | Susam Creative, Mustafa Turksavas | Union Square | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/p2NiEKlvQZzNWHGRABYf?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM | Pancakes* with Pensa: A Forum for Leaders of Hardware Startups | Pensa, Karen Amodio, Adwoa Agyeman | - | Apply | open | Breakfast | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/uV5j3zsaepUHfPWhUJvP?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 2 PM to 5 PM | Design Roasting Session (vol. 2) | Ondrej Jelinek, European Startup Embassy, TRAU | Mission Bay | Apply | open | - | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/o2u9s9lr?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 2 PM to 4 PM | Why AI Design slop is hurting your growth - w/88 | 88 Design Collective, Kushal Dagli, Niomi Shah | Mission | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/AAggvs330D8DGOH7WbqB?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 3 PM to 5 PM | The Pitch Is a Story: Presence, Narrative, and Connection for AI Founders | Fenwick & West | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/jq6ha7fa3Q3TXOISkKff?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 4 PM to 6 PM | Beyond Burnout: Designing for the Senses | InnovatorX, Sike Li | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/kAH80KjE9UX96q9pussk?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 4:30 PM to 9 PM | Roast My Product by Macroscope | Macroscope, amber shen | SoMa | Apply | closed | - | - | - | [View](https://partiful.com/e/vr5XJ1dtTLiprhHVs39K?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6 PM | Creativity in the age if AI | Pactto, Angelique Strauss | Mission Bay | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/TsXEB0rZgQv07Zqcv82l?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6 PM to 10 PM | Fashion Tech: THE STYLE UPGRADE | Xchange Fashion, Ly Pham, Traci Tucker, Lauren Becherer, CHI Lounge | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/jFlyp24yKyMBUcXgHv6v?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6 PM | Unstuck: The Art of Creative Problem Solving | Acorn Design Studio, Rob Stout | Civic Center | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/suCYKmNzITEcSKf8PdWT?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 8 AM | a16z + Krea - Hawk Hill Ride + Breakfast | Krea, Cliff, Ivan Makarov, Titus Ebbecke, Jake Stergar, Erika Bracken | North Beach | Apply | open | Breakfast, Soft drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/F3DCGl9l5yYVWl1iwUGk?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 2 PM to 6 PM | Potato Meter: The Brand Roast Your Team Won't Give You | tonik.com | SoMa | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/Ho7ram64t8T4HCvzZceM?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM | 2036: A Day at the Office - A Design-Fiction Hackathon | Aura Ventures, Australian American Chamber of Commerce, Build Club, sabrina ☁️, Annie L | Union Square | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/dczGF7S4gsUC9chmeXBh?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 5 PM to 8 PM | Building the Physical World with AI | Autodesk, Reer, Connie Hui | Downtown | Apply | open | Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/dAHuVfXdPXQ6pI46yt9Q?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 5:30 PM to 8 PM | Make it, Market it: A New Launch Playbook for Physical Products | Whipsaw, Vizcom, Walker | Potrero Hill | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/PB5Xr4zT1gLyxSD12ef4?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6 PM to 9 PM | ArtTech Playground | ArtTech Playground, Jerusalem D., Nora, Allen Smith | SoMa | RSVP | open | Snacks | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/duFpHfa4S3JSg9hBVrnR?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:30 PM to 9 PM | Soirée Salon: On Taste | Karina Thrasyvoulou, Karina | - | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/IeyIkWbOLX1MpnZHIkoh?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 7 PM | Founder & Designer Speed Dating | Design Meetup, Ilyssa Yan, Joanna Chen, Chi Quach, Mrinali | Dogpatch | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/B8wY6jWjggnDI1y9AjDH?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 7 PM to 11 PM | Sensory Intelligence | Cristina Soltesz, Adame, Matrix Edge Therapeutics, Elaine P, Michael Lee | - | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/KkwekwxNYJvLwK6MWK4H?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 7 PM to 9 PM | Tech Meets Couture | Neighborhood Linguist, Unity Match Development Project | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/sak9PNJA3Q1Anbo3UKta?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 2 PM to 4 PM | How does AI change product management? | Define, Eric Boduch | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/mrcsL5ranJVvkeNhrtVM?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 2 PM to 5 PM | Design in the age of AI | UXPie, Industrial Designers Society of America, San Francisco, Mia Guo, Antonio Borja, Mike Jin | Mission | RSVP | waitlist | - | - | - | [View](https://partiful.com/e/SWYE5SbpdaBXFZGZ8RZQ?ref=chancity) |

## Who is there

- Hosting: Autodesk (2); 88 Design Collective (1); Acorn Design Studio (1); Adame (1); Adwoa Agyeman (1); Allen Smith (1); amber shen (1) ([X](https://x.com/whosamberella)); Amee Bhavsar (1); Angelique Strauss (1); Annie L (1) ([X](https://x.com/annieliao_2000)); Annie Warner (1); Antonio Borja (1)
- Speaking: Gina Hendry; Carina Velasquez; Francesca Mendoza; Sabine B; Sarina Campanella; Krisztan Fockter; Diarra Bousso; Kal Grinberg; Elaine Lu; Sounak Gupta; Mustafa Türksavaş; Mark Prommel; Marco Perry; Kathy Larchian; Lester Chen; Morgane Palomares; Malthe Sigurdsson; Maya Spivak; Allen Smith; Lydia Idem; Dan Olsen; Eric Boduch
- Featured guests: Arwin Kumaramangalam; Juan Gomez; Joey Lee; Hubert Lamela; Vadym Muraviov; Matus Pavliscak; Valentin Kiefl; David Tilšer; Robert Decman; Sanjay Suriyakumar

## FAQ

### Which Design events can I join without applying?

5 of the 32 are open RSVP; the other 27 ask you to apply. Among them are USER EXPERIENCE - new expressions in tech (Mon 12:00 PM), ArtTech Playground (Thu 6:00 PM), Unstuck: The Art of Creative Problem Solving (Wed 6:00 PM), Design in the age of AI (Sat 2:00 PM) and Potato Meter: The Brand Roast Your Team Won't Give You (Thu 2:00 PM).

### What do hosts ask when you apply?

Across 26 Design events with an application form, 26 ask for a job title, 26 for a company, 26 for LinkedIn and 19 for GitHub.

### What are the main Design events on Tuesday, Oct 6?

7 Design events are listed for Tuesday, Oct 6, led by Product Builders Meetup by Lenny's Newsletter and Autodesk X GLITCHED - Women in Game Dev Meetup.

### What are the main Design events on Wednesday, Oct 7?

10 Design events are listed for Wednesday, Oct 7, led by Fashion Tech: THE STYLE UPGRADE and Unstuck: The Art of Creative Problem Solving. Fashion Tech: THE STYLE UPGRADE (Wed 6 PM, Xchange Fashion); Unstuck: The Art of Creative Problem Solving (Wed 6 PM, Acorn Design Studio); Design Roasting Session (vol. 2) (Wed 2 PM, Ondrej Jelinek); Creativity in the age if AI (Wed 6 PM, Pactto); The Minimum Viable Avatar: Scientific Method for Customer Understanding (Wed 9 AM, Susam Creative).

### Which Design events have food?

10 of the 32 mention food (8 snacks, 2 breakfast).

### Which Design events have drinks?

2 mention drinks: 1 alcohol, 1 coffee or soft drinks. Building the Physical World with AI (Thu 5 PM, Autodesk); a16z + Krea - Hawk Hill Ride + Breakfast (Thu 8 AM, Krea).

### Which Design events have the most RSVPs?

USER EXPERIENCE - new expressions in tech has the most, 406 going. USER EXPERIENCE - new expressions in tech (Mon 12 PM, USER EXPERIENCE by Material Album, presented by Forerunner Ventures); Product Builders Meetup by Lenny's Newsletter (Tue 5 PM, Lenny's Newsletter); ArtTech Playground (Thu 6 PM, ArtTech Playground); Fashion Tech: THE STYLE UPGRADE (Wed 6 PM, Xchange Fashion); Make it, Market it: A New Launch Playbook for Physical Products (Thu 5:30 PM, Whipsaw).

### Who hosts the most Design events?

Autodesk hosts 2.

## Same page at the other tech week

- At LA Tech Week (Oct 12 to 18): 17 Design events: https://www.chancity.ai/events/la-tech-week/design
  Both weeks: https://www.chancity.ai/events/tech-week/design

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