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Optimizing Design Systems for Humans and Agents

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May 19, 2026
1:00 pm
Virtual

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What you'll learn

What it actually means for an enterprise design system to be agent-ready, why most systems fall short today, and how to close the gap without rebuilding from scratch.

Agenda

1. Why this matters now
How AI is reshaping product delivery and where design systems fit in

2. The acceleration problem
Output is faster, and drift is exponential

3. What design systems were built for
Why agents are reinforcing, not replacing, that need

4. The agent-ready audit framework
Eight dimensions for evaluating your system

5. Common symptoms of drift
How to recognize them in your own organization

6. From UI kit to agent-ready system
What the maturity curve looks like in practice?

7. Live audit walkthrough
Seeing the framework applied to a real example

8. Business impact
Translating system quality into operational and financial terms

9. Paths forward
Adopt, upgrade, or enable, depending on where you are today

10. Q&A

Presenters

Billy Sweetman
Head of Design
Tim Gremore
Development Lead

Join us live to ask your questions

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Optimizing Design Systems for Humans and Agents

May 19, 2026
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What you'll learn

What it actually means for an enterprise design system to be agent-ready, why most systems fall short today, and how to close the gap without rebuilding from scratch.

Agenda

1. Why this matters now
How AI is reshaping product delivery and where design systems fit in

2. The acceleration problem
Output is faster, and drift is exponential

3. What design systems were built for
Why agents are reinforcing, not replacing, that need

4. The agent-ready audit framework
Eight dimensions for evaluating your system

5. Common symptoms of drift
How to recognize them in your own organization

6. From UI kit to agent-ready system
What the maturity curve looks like in practice?

7. Live audit walkthrough
Seeing the framework applied to a real example

8. Business impact
Translating system quality into operational and financial terms

9. Paths forward
Adopt, upgrade, or enable, depending on where you are today

10. Q&A

Presented by
Billy Sweetman
Head of Design
Tim Gremore
Development Lead

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