May 06, 2021

Material Design at Google I/O 2021

The sessions, workshops, discussions Material Design will host at Google I/O 2021

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Google I/O is back, online, and registration is free for everyone.

Google’s developer conference will be virtual this year, providing an opportunity to connect with developers and designers from around the world May 18-20. There will be interactive sessions, hands-on learning, and a virtual I/O experience with demos, games, and fun. 🥳

And we’ll be there, too! Material Design has a full program of sessions, workshops, an #AskMaterial AMA, and meetups where you can connect directly with the team. Don’t miss out – register for Google I/O and reserve your spot for Material Design events!

Let’s dig into the events and learn how you can connect with the Material Design team at Google I/O 2021.

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Keynotes, Sessions, Workshops, and Ask Me Anything

Tuesday, May 18

10:00 AM PT

Google I/O Keynote

Tune in to find out about how we're furthering our mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.

12:15 PM PT

Developer Keynote

Learn about the latest updates to our developer products and platforms from Google Developers.

Wednesday, May 19

10:00 AM PT

What’s new in Material Design

Speakers: Bethany Fong and Christian Robertson

Learn about the latest design improvements to help you build personal, dynamic experiences with Material Design.

11:00 AM PT

AMA: #AskMaterial

Speakers: Yasmine Evjen, Bethany Fong, Jay Kothari, and Connie Shi

Why is the baseline Material Design primary color purple? How do I apply shape theming to images on Android? How does a new component—like the navigation rail—come to life? Tune into our Ask Me Anything session to ask questions on all things Material Design!

11:30 AM PT

Workshop: Material's communication principles: Intro to UX Writing

Speaker: Alex Hays

This workshop will show you how to write clear, compelling user-facing content – because better writing leads to better experiences. Create your own content matrix while learning best practices for common UI patterns such as onboarding, notifications, labels, errors, and localization. Lessons focus on English writing, and can be applied across many contexts. Advanced topics (testing content; conversation design; machine learning feature writing) are covered briefly.

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Meetups with Material Design

Thursday, May 20

8:30 AM PT

Material Design Meetup [EMEA]

A time to gather with the Material Design community. Join members of the Material Design team to chat and connect. (Europe, Middle East, Africa friendly time.)

4:30 PM PT

Material Design Meetup [Americas]

A time to gather with the Material Design community. Join members of the Material Design team to chat and connect. (Americas friendly time.)

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On-demand content

5 things you can do to prepare your app for large screens

Speakers: Liam Spradlin and Rody Davis

Learn how Material Design can help you get your app ready for large devices when time and resources are constrained. From prioritizing design characteristics to implementation details, this session will give developers and designers a picture of what’s possible without undergoing a complete redesign or a comprehensive investment in responsive design.

Build beautiful Material Design apps with Jetpack Compose

Speakers: Nick Rout and Louise Macfadyen 

Jetpack Compose can help you build beautifully and easily with Material Design. In this Session, you'll learn how you can take advantage of what it offers—Material theming, components, and dark theme guidance—and how it can help improve your workflow on Android.

Designing A11y with Material Design

Speakers: Michael Gilbert and Shabi Kashani 

Learn how Material Design integrates Accessibility directly into their design system, and how you can do the same with your tools and frameworks. In this session, we’ll show you how you can make your products more usable for everyone – especially those with disabilities.

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