Event Details

📅 Date: Wednesday, March 18th, 2026

⏰ Time: 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM

📍 Venue: 85 Richmond Street West, 4th Floor - Toronto, ON M5H2C9

Product development is evolving fast — and AI is changing more than just speed. It’s reshaping how we think, structure problems, and collaborate with machines.

Join Jon Litwack, Head of Design Innovation at Slalom, for an interactive, hands-on workshop exploring context engineering — an emerging discipline that’s redefining how teams build with AI.

This session will walk through the progression of context engineering: where it came from, what it looks like today, and how it’s being applied in real product workflows. More than prompt writing, context engineering is about designing the right inputs, constraints, and systems so AI produces reliable, high-quality output.

Together, we’ll cover:

• The history and evolution of context engineering

• What context engineering looks like in practice

• Real-world applications across product and design workflows

• A live tutorial using Claude Desktop — and how to transition its output into Claude Code for production-ready workflows

This is a hands-on, interactive workshop. Everyone will follow along, creating and pushing their projects live — whether it’s a webpage, app, complex tool, or simple prototype. The focus isn’t on what you build, but on learning to use AI effectively and experiencing how context engineering shapes your output.

Please come prepared with your laptop; setup instructions and any required tools will be shared closer to the event date.

Event Schedule:

5:30 - 6:00 PM | Doors Open + Mingling

6:00 - 6:15 PM | Welcome Kickoff

6:15 - 6:30 PM | Tooling Set-up

6:30 - 7:45 PM | Workshop Session

7:45 - 8:25 PM | Food & Networking

8:25 - 8:30 PM | Closing Remarks

🔔 Important:

• Registration opens March 5th @ 9am - stay tuned!

• All attendees will be required to show their government ID & QR Code for the event.

• Update your FoF profile name to match your ID.
  

No Show Policy: Due to high waitlist demand, we ask attendees to cancel their RSVP at least 48 hours before the event if they can no longer attend. We track no-shows, and failure to update your RSVP may result in limited access to future Friends of Figma events.