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# Fireside Chat with Kris Rasmussen, CTO at Figma


- **Date:** Friday, Jul 19, 2024
- **Time:** 10:20–10:50 (30 min)
- **Room:** Main Stage (5,000)
- **Event:** World Congress 2024

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/982-fireside-chat-with-kris-rasmussen-cto-at-figma)

## Speakers

### [Kris Rasmussen](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@kris-rasmussen)

### [toms](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@thomas-pamminger)

CPO & Co-Founder at WeAreDevelopers


## Related talks at this congress

- [Fireside Chat with David Heinemeier Hansson](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/62-fireside-chat-with) — David Heinemeier Hansson, toms
- [Bridging the gap between design and development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/452-bridging-the-gap) — Jade Jiang, Noga Mann
- [Super Scalable Frontends: Evolution of Enterprise Frontend Architecture in Banking](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/114-super-scalable) — Christian Bachler, Katharina Löhrke, Nico Enking, Stefan Menschner
- [Should we build Generative AI into our existing software?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/31-should-we-build) — Simon Müller