DEPT® Agency at Night – Till metrics do us part
Ready to say yes?
Join us on May 29th 2026, at DEPT® Rotterdam, as we gather to witness the union of Creativity and AI.
Two forces that haven’t always agreed:
instinct meets logic, imagination meets data.
There have been doubts. Some still resist. But at DEPT®, we choose to say yes to this union.
Because in today’s world, they can’t exist apart.
They challenge each other. Make each other better.
So let’s raise a glass to a marriage full of tension, potential, and possibility.
For better or worse. Till metrics do us part.
What to expect at the Event
Ready to roll the dice?
Place your bets on what really matters: YOU. Step into the Card Recruitment Room, where your CV or portfolio becomes your hand. Play it right, take a risk, and see what’s in the cards for your future at DEPT®. Because in this game, we’re always looking for bold players.
Love Talks
Dive into the big ideas we have circulating at DEPT® with some of the best in the business. We will be discussing all things creative, AI, and the marriage between the two throughout the night through a series of talks, discussing our real work with DEPT® clients.
Elvis Impersonator
No Vegas wedding is complete without Elvis. Expect serenades, questionable advice, and a reminder that he’ll live on forever..
Join for a drink, stay for the union of the year.
THE Programme
Time and Location
17:00 – 22:00
DEPT® Rotterdam
Session
Drinks & Dancefloor
Join for a Peroni beverage on the house, stay for the wedding event of the year.
Time and Location
17:00 – 22:00
DEPT® Rotterdam
Session
Want This Union to Last Forever?
Get a spontaneous tattoo you may regret by Monday. No stress… they’re temporary.
Time and Location
17:00 – 22:00
DEPT® Rotterdam
Session
Elvis
No Vegas wedding is complete without Elvis. Expect serenades, questionable advice, and more!
Time and Location
17:00 – 20:00
DEPT® Rotterdam
Session
Ready to roll the dice?
Put your portfolio on the table at our Card Recruitment Room and bet on a future at DEPT®.
Time and Location
18:00 – 18:15
DEPT® Rotterdam
Speakers
Sander Sturing, Lead Creative Coder/Technologist at STUDIO DUMBAR/DEPT®
Dinner
Love Talks – Vibe Coding Fast Tracking Creativity
Creative coding has already been part of how we build custom tools, motion systems and generative identities at Studio Dumbar. With vibe coding, that way of working suddenly became a lot more accessible, opening the door for more people in the studio to experiment with coding and build ideas faster.
In this short session, we’ll show examples of how we’re using vibe coding in creative workflows, followed by a small live demo.
Time
18:15 – 18:45
DEPT® Rotterdam
Session
Workshop: Vibe Coding
Grab a seat and get creative. Try vibe coding for yourself and see how fast your ideas come to life.
Time and Location
19:00 – 19:15
DEPT® Rotterdam
Speakers
Marten Kuipers, Associate Design Director at DEPT®
Session
Love Talks – The Balance of Creating & Generating
We are living in a time where having an imaginary friend is suddenly not weird anymore. As a Design Director at a global digital agency, this friend became essential in my day-to-day work.
Nowadays, things need to go faster, budgets aren’t limitless and deadlines are getting tighter. This results in having to work and think more efficiently without losing quality, quantity or creativity.
Time and Location
19:30 – 19:45
DEPT® Rotterdam
Speakers
Jan Waatze Schuurman Hess, Art Director | Team lead design | Creative & Media BeNo at DEPT®
Keynote
Love Talks – Beyond the shoot – Amplifying creativity with AI
This talk explores how generative AI can amplify crafted work, expanding a single shoot into multiple creative directions while preserving its distinct visual identity. By treating production as a starting point rather than an endpoint, new scenes can be developed from the same material.
AI becomes part of the creative process, enabling creatives to iterate and test even after picture lock. The result is a scalable approach, where human craft and AI come together to turn one idea into many.
MEET THE SPEAKERS
