Quantum LEAP Conference 2026

In 2026, LEAP took place in Fort Worth, Texas. Agentic AI is changing how teams work, and I wanted the brand to feel like what that promises: operating without barriers. As creative director, I set the direction for the entire experience, a confident, open and unmistakably Texan identity that had to hold together from the first email to the last piece of signage.

Creative Director
Steve Fisher

Art Direction, Motion, Video
Steve Fisher

Illustration, Design
Maciej Krupa, Steve Fisher

Conference branding

I set the visual direction around a pink, peach and purple palette over a deep navy neutral, and Maciej Krupa developed the core design and illustration under that direction. My focus was building a system rather than a look: something that could shrink to a lanyard or scale to the venue itself, with Texas showing up as attitude in the details, like the cowboy boot floor clings underfoot.

LEAP 26 brand

Two signature gradients complete the palette: Peach Ring, from pink to peach, and Neon Lights, from pink to purple.

Promotion

Creative Direction, Art Direction, Motion - Steve Fisher | Illustration, Graphic - Maciej Krupa

Promotion began in September 2025, and I directed it to feel like the event itself: Fort Worth scenery, as much networking as possible, a breakout highlight and main stage moments, in standard and 1:1 cuts. The same visual language carried into the sales launch graphics, and for London we reformatted the video into a short, to-the-point intro.

Greetings From The Digital Frontier sign with a large LEAP letter sculpture

Floor cling of two cowboy boot prints reading Two-step this way

Two attendees chatting at a bar beneath a LEAP 26 sign

Web

For LEAP London, I led the design and build of the full event site, which launched in January 2026.

Experience

I treated Fort Worth as one continuous creative canvas, and my job was to make sure every touchpoint felt like part of the same story, from the swag and photo booth to the evening at Billy Bob's. The Texas setting showed up most in the small details, like the bandana and the boot clings. I carried that direction into the event app and the CPD Signal Awards, including the trophy and ceremony video, so the brand felt as considered on attendees' phones as it did on stage. I partnered with Unbridled on the production graphics, managed our event photographer, and edited the keynote recording so the whole company could see the moment.

LEAP Intro deliverable - motion - Steve Fisher

A speaker on the main stage in front of a Chapter 3, The Scale Barrier slide

Three attendees posing in front of the Digital Frontier sign and LEAP letters

CPD Signal Awards trophy, a clear acrylic ring, in front of a pink LEAP 26 screen

Wide view of the LEAP main stage and audience in the Fort Worth ballroom

On-site video crew filming an interview on a pink backdrop

LEAP London 2026

LEAP London followed in May 2026, and the challenge was making the Fort Worth brand feel right at home in a different city. I gave London its own logo lockup inside the same system, so the two events read as one program without feeling like a copy.

I led the design and build of the event site, which launched in January, and carried the brand across the app, badges, lanyards, napkins and coasters, wayfinding and a 360 photo booth. The program had new moments too, including a welcome drinks reception in Kings Cross the night before and the first breakout sessions on the main day, and the brand followed attendees through each of them.

On the video side, I cut a short intro from the promo video and sent motion graphics to Unbridled for the stage.