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Crafted Future Event Series

Join us for Crafted Future: Code for Good for a guide on how you can craft emotionally-resonant, high-impact digital experiences that are built to move people. Discover the marketing and human-centered design strategies that leading creative agencies and organizations leverage to make an impact—and make a Webby Award win happen.

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Past Events

Crafted Future: Driving Innovation

What defines online innovation in 2025? Is it the balance of great design, creativity, and technology, or the ability to push technical boundaries while maintaining a seamless user experience? How do scalability and accessibility fit into the equation? At its best, the Internet provides the platform to create imaginative and impactful digital experiences for every user. Yet, true innovation often requires companies and creatives to rethink their practices, adopt cutting-edge tools, and embrace bold, boundary-pushing ideas. Join us for Crafted Future: Driving Innovation, where we’ll explore how leading brands, designers, and agencies are merging creativity with technology to craft memorable, scalable, and forward-thinking digital experiences. Discover the innovative strategies and tools they are employing to set new standards and redefine the boundaries of what’s possible online.

Crafted Future: The Future of Design & Accessibility

What is good design? What makes for an accessible design? Is a design truly good if it can't be used by as many people as possible? At its best, the Internet offers inclusive and equitable experiences for every type of consumer. Historically, however, accessible design has been seen as a barrier to innovation. As consumers demand more from the companies they support, brands and agencies are answering a call to implement ethical design practices. Join us for Crafted Future: The Future of Design & Accessibility to explore how leaders from top brands and companies have reimagined their practices, and embraced the creative constraints to build more ethical products.

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Nov 1, 2023

Crafted Future: 2024, On the Radar

The Internet is in flux. Platforms are transforming. Emerging tech is shifting digital and how we use it. As the Internet continues to change our work and flow, brands and agencies are having to reimagine their strategies to navigate this fluid landscape. So, what’s on the radar for 2024? Join The Webby Awards and WP Engine for Crafted Future: 2024, On The Radar to explore the key factors brands and agencies will have to consider when adapting their operating strategies to this turning point. We’ll dive into the challenges that are redefining digital work in 2024—from new business cultures, new tech and techniques, new industry trends and more.

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March 2023

Crafted Future: The Future of Design

Today, companies are designing for an Internet with more creative possibilities than ever before. New systems and tools, like AI, are helping companies and creatives personalize their toolkits to design digital experiences in smarter, more efficient ways. During our latest installment of the Crafted Future series, experts from B-Reel, WP Engine and DD.NYC, alongside The Webby Awards, will explore the current state of design, what tools designers need to thrive in 2023, and how AI and agile tech is changing the future of their work.

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January 2023

Crafted Future: The Freedom to Create

As creators in today's digital world, we need freedom to innovate and collaborate. We also need the flexibility to use tools and systems that bring our vision to life in a smarter, more efficient way. With a headless CMS, developers can build using modern languages and frameworks, while enabling marketers and publishers to deliver content in the easy-to-use systems that they know and love. Learn how these agencies and the brands they work with are using headless technology and open source platforms to unlock their ability to innovate and deliver at scale.

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Nov 2022

Crafted Future: The Future of Work

With the ability to build teams anywhere in the world, talent comes in many forms and their demands and expectations for the best workplace cannot be ignored—especially in this highly competitive environment. We will discuss how prioritization of remote work, shared values, and a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion is critical to attract top tier talent. We’ll also examine ways in which agencies are re-scoping how and who they hire in this new world and what this means for builders and creatives.

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EVENT INSIGHTS

Insights from 2024, On Your Radar A recap of The Webby Awards’ virtual panel, presented in partnership with WP Engine, exploring the key challenges agencies and brands may face in the new year.

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Crafted Future: 2024, On the Radar Inventing the future was a dominant theme in the most recent Crafted Future panel discussion, 2024, On the Radar, as panelists explored the key factors brands and agencies will have to consider when adapting their operating strategies in the fast-approaching new year.

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Crafted Future: The Future of Design The Future of Design was the third in the series and moderated by The Webby Awards Chief Production Officer Steve Marchese. The panel discussion focused on the current state of web design and the ways AI and agile tech will change the future of design work.

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Insights from Experts: Sachin Puri on Gen Z’s Focus on Authenticity Explorations on Gen Z’s shift toward authentic and personalized digital experiences from WP Engine's Chief Marketing Officer.

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