A festival where big ideas meet real-life applications…
Why is this our 2024 theme?
So much is happening in the world of work right now; it’s exciting and inspiring and daunting at the same time. There is no shortage of radical thinking and sage advice for responding to the new challenges. But how do we take these big ideas and convert them into practical and impactful changes in our organizations? This is the theme of our 2024 conference: converting bold new thinking into practical actions that have positive impact.

Keynotes (and more to come)
A thoughtful conversation about the future of our field informed by recent learnings in our global, dynamic environment.
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BioAmy Kates is co-founder of Kates Kesler Organization Consulting. Accenture acquired Kates Kesler in 2020 and Amy’s focus over the past four years has been to build a global team of 150 practitioners all using Jay Galbraith’s Star Model. Amy was first introduced to ODF when Kathy Molloy invited her to attend the conference in Salem in 2003. Amy and Kathy co-chaired the 2006 conference in Charleston and Amy was a board member in the mid-2000s. She has attended and presented at many of our events and has ensured her firms have been regular conference sponsors. Amy is co-author of five books on organization design with Jay Galbraith and Greg Kesler. Amy and Greg’s latest book is Networked, Scaled, and Agile: A Design Strategy for Complex Organizations (Kogan Page, 2021). She is currently helping the Accenture team write a new book on the common design challenges large companies face. She is also the host of the LinkedIn learning video course on organization design. In addition to consulting, Amy has been a visiting fellow to the government of Singapore and has taught at Cornell University and the Danish Technical University. She currently serves as a board member of Educate!, the largest education social enterprise in east Africa, and is building a farm-stay guest house in Rwanda. |
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Practical insights and experiences on how organization design and change work together and with culture to help organizations become agile
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Join us at the historic
The St. Paul Hotel
350 Market Street
Saint Paul, MN 55102
Twin Cities in Minnesota
Click here to reserve your room with code 5120046
or call the hotel directly – 651-292-9292.
reference ODF Festival of Org Design
Conference Rates – $159/nt + tax
(based on availability thru 04.08.2024)
The hotel does not have their own lot but does offer valet parking
or there are nearby garages
Property is 9 miles from Minneapolis-Saint Paul Int’l Airport
There are a number of options for transporation from the airport to the hotel – learn more here
Call for Presenter Proposals
We received a record number of Presenter proposals for our 2024 Annual Conference
Submission Deadline was October 20, 2023
How You Fit In: We are looking for passionate practitioners, trailblazers, and provocateurs who can engage our conference participants in diverse conversations and experiential learning.
Session leaders should adopt the format that best inspires, educates, and connects participants.
Read the full Call for Presenter Proposals
If you prefer to use an editable .doc to prepare your submission, click here to download
We want you to be creative and adventurous in your proposal design, however features that will grab our attention include:
- The application of truly bold ideas to real-life situations
- A practitioner focus, with practical takeaways (e.g. tools, methodologies, worked examples)
- Highly interactive sessions
- Case studies delivered by or with the client or end-user
- Co-learning sessions that leverage the knowledge in the audience
- Sessions that work for an in-room audience
Our volunteer Peer Review teams have started the process to vet the proposals
Conference Ticket Types
2024 Conference Ticket
EARLY BIRD PRICING UNTIL MARCH 1 2024 This ticket includes full registration to the ODF 2024 Festival of Organization Design in St. Paul, MN | May 7 – 9, 2024 This ticket does not include the cost of the hotel. Please see the info on our venue, The St. Paul Hotel, on our 2024 Conference Page for hotel booking and discount information. BONUS: This ticket will allow you to nurture your connection with the global org design community with one year of European ODF’s Monthly Curated Content Newsletter (CCN), your dose of the freshest org design content. We hold a monthly virtual peer conversation, “Global Org Design Trends” to dive deeper into the articles. You will also have access to EODF’s “Members-only Knowledge Repository” and other member benefits. * Important note. These benefits are offered via membership with our partner association European ODF. The ticket gives you one year of EODF membership, valued at ~$55. After the conference, we will send a code and instructions; you must register separately.
Student Registration: 2024 Conference Ticket
Student Registration: For student pricing, please register utilizing your student email address (if possible). This discounted ticket includes full conference registration and all other perks. See full price ticket description for full details.