The world is looking forward to your hardware innovation

📅 Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2026
📍 Location: Online webinar

Event detail

NexPCB is happy to co-host a live webinar with Tomorrow Lab during LA Tech Week 2026, bringing product design and manufacturing perspectives together for hardware teams preparing for their first production run.

The session focuses on the decisions worth reviewing before design freeze—especially for founders and engineers developing wearables, IoT, and other connected devices.

What needs to change between a successful prototype and a design that is ready to build consistently?

This session will explore that transition through practical examples and an extended audience Q&A. Tomorrow Lab will bring its perspective on product invention and development, while NexPCB will address engineering handoff, manufacturing readiness, sourcing, testing, and production.

Together, we’ll discuss where earlier collaboration can help teams identify issues before committing to tooling and pilot builds.

- Preparing the manufacturing handoff — What information should be ready before a pilot run?
- Component selection and supply risk — Which sourcing questions belong in the design process?
- Design for manufacturing and assembly — What should be reviewed before tooling?
- Prototype and production processes — What changes when moving beyond 3D prints and development boards?

Meet the Speakers

Thunder Zhang
Founder, NexPCB

Theodore Ullrich
Co-Founder and Partner, Tomorrow Lab

Session Agenda

10:00–10:10 AM PDT

Introductions, session context, and selected case studies.

10:10–10:40 AM PDT

Audience Q&A and discussion with both speakers.

10:40–10:45 AM PDT
Key takeaways and opportunities to continue the conversation.

Who Should Join

This session is designed for hardware founders, CTOs, and engineering leads who have a working prototype or are still finalizing their design.

The discussion will be particularly relevant to wearable and connected-device teams preparing for pilot production and looking to better understand the relationship between design decisions and manufacturing requirements.

Bring Your Questions

What would you ask a product designer and a manufacturing partner before your next build?

Add your question when you RSVP. Selected submissions will help shape the discussion, alongside questions raised during the live session.