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Event Agenda
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Tuesday, October 20
9−10:15am:
PDTOpening Keynote - Live
10am−5pm:
PDTLive Broadcast (Luminary speakers, celebrities, musical performances, Adobe evangelists)
10:30am−5pm:
PDTBreakout Sessions
Ongoing:
Create, Connect, Shop, & Breaks
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Wednesday, October 21
9−10am:
PDTSneaks - Live
10am−5pm:
PDTLive Broadcast (Luminary speakers, celebrities, musical performances, Adobe evangelists)
10am−5pm:
PDTBreakout Sessions
Ongoing:
Create, Connect, Shop, & Breaks
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Thursday, October 22
9am−4pm:
PDTLive Broadcast (Luminary speakers, celebrities, musical performances, Adobe evangelists)
9am−4pm:
PDTBreakout Sessions
Ongoing:
Create, Connect, Shop, & Breaks
Opening Keynote
Creative Luminaries, Celebrity and Musical Performances, Evangelist Live Broadcasts
Sessions
Engage: Create, Connect, Shop, Win Prizes, and Have Fun
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Wednesday 21 October
03:00−04:15 AEDT / 00:00−01:15 SGT
Opening Keynote - Live
04:30−11:00 AEDT / 01:30−08:00 SGT
Americas Breakout Sessions
11:00−12:15 AEDT / 08:00−09:15 SGT
Asia Pacific Keynote
12:15−15:00 AEDT / 09:15−12:00 SGT
Asia Pacific Live Broadcast (Luminary speakers, celebrities, musical performances, Adobe evangelists)
12:30−15:00 AEDT / 09:30−12:00 SGT
Asia Pacific Breakout Sessions
Ongoing:
Create, Connect, Shop, & Breaks
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Thursday 22 October
03:00−04:00 AEDT / 00:00−01:00 SGT
Sneaks - Live
04:00−11:00 AEDT / 01:00−08:00 SGT
Americas Breakout Sessions
11:00−12:00 AEDT / 08:00−09:00 SGT
Asia Pacific Sneaks
12:00−15:00 AEDT / 09:00−12:00 SGT
Asia Pacific Live Broadcast (Luminary speakers, celebrities, musical performances, Adobe evangelists)
12:00−15:00 AEDT / 09:00−12:00 SGT
Asia Pacific Breakout Sessions
Ongoing:
Create, Connect, Shop, & Breaks
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Friday 23 October
03:00−10:00 AEDT / 00:00−07:00 SGT
Americas Breakout Sessions
Ongoing:
Create, Connect, Shop, & Breaks
Americas Keynote
Creative Luminaries, Celebrity and Musical Performances, Evangelist Live Broadcasts
Sessions
Engage: Create, Connect, Shop, Win Prizes, and Have Fun
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Wednesday 21 October
01:00−02:15
JSTOpening Keynote - Live
02:30−09:00
JSTAmericas Breakout Sessions
13:00−14:15
JSTJapan Keynote - Live *
14:15−17:00
JSTJapan Live Broadcast (Luminary speakers, celebrities, musical performances, Adobe evangelists) *
14:30−18:00
JSTJapan Breakout Sessions *
Ongoing:
Create, Connect, Shop, & Breaks
* available in Japanese
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Thursday 22 October
01:00−02:00
JSTSneaks - Live
02:00−09:00
JSTAmericas Breakout Sessions
13:00−14:00
JSTJapan Sneaks *
14:00−17:00
JSTJapan Live Broadcast (Luminary speakers, celebrities, musical performances, Adobe evangelists) *
14:00−17:00
JSTJapan Breakout Sessions *
Ongoing:
Create, Connect, Shop, & Breaks
* available in Japanese
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Friday 23 October
01:00−08:00
JSTAmericas Breakout Sessions
Ongoing:
Create, Connect, Shop, & Breaks
Americas Keynote
Creative Luminaries, Celebrity and Musical Performances, Evangelist Live Broadcasts
Sessions
Engage: Create, Connect, Shop, Win Prizes, and Have Fun
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Tuesday 20 October
18:00−19:15
CETOpening Keynote - Live
19:30−02:00
CETAmericas Breakout Sessions
Ongoing:
Create, Connect, Shop, & Breaks
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Wednesday 21 October
10:00−11:15
CETEurope Keynote
11:15−18:00
CETEurope Live Broadcast (Luminary speakers, celebrities, musical performances, Adobe evangelists)
11:00−16:00
CETEurope Breakout Sessions
18:00−19:00
CETSneaks - Live
19:00−02:00
CETAmericas Breakout Sessions
Ongoing:
Create, Connect, Shop, & Breaks
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Thursday 22 October
10:00−18:00
CETEurope Live Broadcast (Luminary speakers, celebrities, musical performances, Adobe evangelists)
10:00−16:30
CETEurope Breakout Sessions
18:00−01:00
CETAmericas Breakout Sessions
Ongoing:
Create, Connect, Shop, & Breaks
Americas Keynote
Creative Luminaries, Celebrity and Musical Performances, Evangelist Live Broadcasts
Sessions
Engage: Create, Connect, Shop, Win Prizes, and Have Fun
Mix and match
Mix and match across these ten tracks to learn new skills and be inspired. Browse all breakouts in the Session Catalog and register to build your personal schedule.
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3D and AR
Discover how to push the boundaries of creativity with 3D design and Augmented Reality. Learn how to take your first step in 3D with Adobe Dimension, a 3D scene design tool that lets you integrate work from Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator for product and brand visualizations, creative storytelling, illustration, and more. Bring your content into the Adobe Aero app and explore the new medium of Augmented Reality to create interactive experiences. Take your 3D skills to the next level with the Substance suite of texturing tools to create realistic materials for 3D models.
Who you'll meet:
Graphic designers, creative directors, illustrators, 3D artists, VFX artists, product designers, concept artists, new media artists and other creative pros who want to learn how to create 3D designs and interactive immersive experiences.
Featured speakers
Erin Kim
Sr. Product Designer, Adobe Dimension
Jeanette Mathews
Product Manager, Adobe
Wes McDermott
Head of Substance Demo Artist Team, Adobe
Kim Pimmel
Lead Experience Designer, Adobe
Featured products
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Business Productivity
Now more than ever, it’s essential to keep your business moving while empowering remote work. This track will inspire you to become even more productive while digitizing your workflows with Document Cloud apps and services. Learn how to accelerate workflows with e-signatures, collaborate across teams and devices with Acrobat, embed PDF capabilities into Google and Microsoft apps, build seamless digital experiences with Document Cloud SDKs, and leverage Adobe’s latest PDF innovations powered by AI.
Who you'll meet:
Business owners, IT professionals, web developers, government and education leaders, and anyone interested in improving business productivity for employees, customers, and personal use
Featured speakers
Mike Ammerlaan
Director, Microsoft 365 Ecosystem Marketing, Microsoft
Michael Hussey
Chief Information Officer, State of Utah
Tasha Cochran
Attorney and Founder, One Big Happy Life
Gervais Tompkin
Principal, Gensler
Featured products
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Creativity and Design in Business
The Creativity and Design in Business track focuses on how to grow your creative career and build strong businesses that are focused on design and creativity. Learn how to step up and lead a team, overcome setbacks, and get inspired to tackle personal passion projects. Hear from leaders from top brands and agencies who will share how they’re driving business success and advancing the cause of design through unique strategies and techniques, creative campaigns, and innovation.
Who you'll meet:
Leaders across graphic, web, UX & multidisciplinary design; art and creative directors, video, film and motion graphics pros; photographers; tech or business strategists; and other creatives who want to build a meaningful career.
Topics:
Creative career and thought leadership
Featured speakers
Tim Allen
VP, Design, AirBnB
Antoinette Carroll
Founder and CEO, Creative Reaction Lab
Adam Morgan
Executive Creative Director, Adobe
Paula Scher
Partner & Designer, Pentagram
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Education
The Education track will inspire educators and leaders in K12 or Higher Education as they support creative literacy and prepare students for their futures. Hear from leaders in the field engaging students in the classroom and beyond. Learn about best practices in distance learning. Join this track to explore how to prepare the next generation with job skills for a changing world.
Who you'll meet:
Educators, curriculum, professional development and technology leads, school and university leaders
Featured speakers
Alexander Grindle-Boettcher
Graphic Design Student, University of Central Florida
Abby Guido
Asst. Professor of Graphic and Interactive Design, Temple University
Richard Vevers
Founder and CEO, The Ocean Agency
Drew Willis
Creative Director, TIME for Kids, TIME Edge, and Your $
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Graphic Design
Make the most of Creative Cloud by learning key techniques, time saving tips and tricks, and innovative ways of working across multiple design disciplines. Topics include image compositing, retouching, photo modification, print design, digital publishing and, of course, spectacular graphic designs. This track will be led by pioneers and thought leaders in the design space who will inspire you by sharing their strategies and techniques.
Who you'll meet:
Designers working across multiple design disciplines, including 3D: Graphic designers, graphic artists, 3D designers, print designers, creative directors, art directors, publication designers, print production pros, students
Featured speakers
Unmesh Dinda
Commercial Retoucher and Photoshop Instructor
Mark Heaps
Founder, Heaps LLC
Lauren Hom
Designer, Letterer, Educator, Hom Sweet Hom
Stefan Sagmeister
Founder, Sagmeister Inc.
Featured products
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Illustration and Digital Painting
If you’re a beginner looking to learn from creative experts who draw, paint, and illustrate, this track teaches you tactical skillsets and insider tips you can use right away. If you’re an experienced professional, you’ll learn industry secrets and discover new specialties from the top names working today. Either way, join this track for ideas, inspiration, and skill building from leading digital artists who will share their insights, trade secrets, and processes.
Who you'll meet:
Creative experts who draw, paint, illustrate: Illustrators, digital artists, 3D designers, graphic artists, creative directors, art directors, beginners, students.
Featured speakers
Octavia Brommell
Illustrator, Tink Illustration
Anthony Jones
Art Director, Concept Artist, Mentor, Robotpencil
Jennet Liaw
Designer, Illustrator
Stephen Silver
Character Designer
Featured products
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Photography
Spark your passion for photography with sessions that will help you improve your photography skills and create great photos with your smartphone camera or DSLR. Learn how to transform your photos to look exactly as you imagined and create different looks from a single photograph. See how you can easily shoot, edit, and share your photos from anywhere, and effortlessly move your images, along with your edits, between your mobile devices and desktop. Gain ideas, inspiration, and hands-on practice with leading photographers and Adobe experts in sessions, hands-on labs, and experiential workshops.
Who you'll meet:
Anyone interested in photography or improving photos for professional or personal use.
Featured speakers
Lisa Carney
Photographer, Retoucher
Matt Kloskowski
Photographer, Lightroom Instructor
Chris Orwig
Photographer
Elise Swopes
Photographer and Graphic Designer, Swopes
Featured products
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Social Media
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UI and UX Design
Learn how to design, prototype, and share rich user experiences. Whether you're new to UI/UX or an experienced designer, these sessions and labs will guide you to the future of experience design with tips and tricks, skills, and best practices. Learn the secrets of web and mobile design and mock-up layouts, add objects, components and navigation, and wire up multiple artboards to create interactive prototypes. Discover the power of sharing and collaboration with shared links, design specs, design systems, and more.
Who you'll meet:
UX designers, UI designers, product designers, mobile app designers, web designers, developers, interactive designers, creative directors, pros, beginners, design students
Featured speakers
Susse Sønderby Jensen
Sr. Experience Designer, Adobe XD
Cat Noone
CEO, Stark
Janice Yip
Product Manager, Adobe XD
Howard Pinsky
Senior Evangelist, Adobe XD
Featured product
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Video
Learn how to bring your ideas to life and develop the skills for editing video, designing motion graphics, creating animations, applying visual effects, and more. From shooting and editing social videos to producing full-scale productions, you’ll understand how to capture, edit, and finesse your clips with the video tools available in Creative Cloud.
Who you'll meet:
Editors, motion graphic designers, post-production professionals, educators, photographers and designers, and other creative pros who want to learn how to work with video.
Featured speakers
Joey Korenman
CEO, School of Motion
Ian Sansavera
Director, 1UP Studios and Instructor, Learn How To Edit Stuff
Christine Steele
Director, Editor, Steele Pictures
Luisa Winters
Adobe Master Trainer, Mid-Atlantic Drones
Luminary Sessions
Hear from creative luminaries, the best in their fields. Watch in the live broadcast or on demand. 30 minutes.
Sessions
Premiere sessions with live chat and on-demand content, between 30-60 minutes. Register to add sessions to your schedule.
Labs
Learn on your laptop, tablet, or smartphone. Series of labs, 2-3 chapters, about 30 minutes each. Register to add labs to your schedule.
Creativity workshops
A great way to decompress, workshops are all about exploring and playing. Up to 15 minutes.
Sessions will be offered in English with closed captioning available in English, French, German, and Japanese. Labs and workshops will be presented in English with English closed captioning. Lab and presentation files are English only.
I walked away with a toolkit of inspiration, practical skills and a larger view of our community’s creative future.
Learn how to express yourself, connect with your audience, and create standout social media content. You’ll get simple tips for making photos and graphics that pop, find out how to shoot and edit videos like a pro, and learn how to get the most out of platforms like Instagram and TikTok using just the smartphone in your pocket. The sessions in the Social Media track will cover practical tutorials and best practices to help you own your social presence.
Who you'll meet:
Anyone who wants to make great photo, video, or graphic content for social-- whether you’re growing your channel, building a brand, or just want to stand out from the crowd.
Featured speakers
Jessica Neistadt
YouTuber and Content Creator
Anna Prosser
Performer and Producer, Anna Prosser
Amber Torrealba
Filmmaker and World Champion Skimboarder, Amber Torrealba
Valentina Vee
Content Director, Valentina Vee LLC
Featured products
Adobe Premiere Rush
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
Adobe Spark
Photoshop Camera