UX Fair 2025
Welcome to the 11th Annual UX Fair, hosted by UXPA Boston in collaboration with the Design and Media Center at MassArt — an inspiring evening celebrating the craft, community, and future of user experience.
Whether you’re an aspiring designer, a career changer, or a seasoned professional looking to recharge your perspective, the UX Fair brings together Boston’s top UX thought leaders, an incredible lineup of speakers, and world-class mentors for an evening of conversation, connection, and insight.
Join us for talks, portfolio sessions, and one-on-one mentoring designed to spark ideas, open doors, and connect you with the people shaping what’s next in UX.
📅 Date: Friday, November 14
⏰ Time: 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST (Registration starts at 3:00 PM)
📍 Location: Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Address: 621 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115
Tickets
General Admission: $20 + fees: For just $20, enjoy an unforgettable evening packed with inspiring UX talks, hands-on mentoring, networking, and delicious food, drinks, and snacks served from 4-8 PM!
Can no longer attend?: If you have signed up and are not planning to attend, please login into FourWaves to request a refund of your ticket and free a spot for someone else.
Transportation
This year our event will be held at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, located at 621 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115. You can find more information about public transportation, driving directions and parking options on the Visit Us page on their website.
Code of Conduct
By registering and attending any UXPA Boston event, you agree to follow our Code of Conduct. If you have any questions, please contact board@uxpaboston.org.
Sponsorship Tiers
Interested in sponsoring the event? See how you can support UXPA Boston and the career development of new UXers.
Gold Sponsors - $500 + fees (10 Available)
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Table in the vendor area
2 complimentary passes to the event
Donation Sponsor
We're a nonprofit organization and all donations will be allocated fully for this event. We really appreciate your support.
Designing a Career Where You'll Love Yourself
~ explore how to build a fulfilling UX career that aligns with your values, nurtures your well-being, and helps you grow into the designer—and person—you want to be.
Keynote by Richard Banfield
Richard is the co-founder of Second Harvest, a retreat and coaching venture that believes the second half of life can be the most creative, exciting, and rewarding.
Before Second Harvest, Richard's curiosity for building products and businesses has led to four books on these topics. As well as being coauthor of Design Sprint and Product Leadership, Richard also authored Design Leadership and Enterprise Design Sprints. When he's not writing, speaking or teaching, he is VP of Design Transformation at InVision.
Previously, Richard was the CEO of Fresh Tilled Soil, an international product design agency (now an Amdocs company). Over the past two decades he's delivered design and product work for Fortune 500 and startups companies alike. Prior to running Fresh Tilled Soil, he was a founding member of Acceleration (now a WPP company).
Panelists
Founder & Chief Strategy Officer @ Beneficent: Applied AI, Philosophy & Ethics, Systems & Futures, Experience Design & Innovation | Past: Founder & CXO of Mad*Pow, CDO of UnitedHealthcare
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Strategy & Product Development
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UX Researcher, Product Designer, UX Career Coach, & Speaker. 22 years of experience in UX and give talks and workshops worldwide
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Helping CMOs turn behavioral insights into growth | Founder, Circle & Square | NeuroCX™
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Head of Experience Design
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Meet your Mentors (30+ mentors will be available, keep watching this section for updates)
World Usability Day
World Usability Day is single day of events occurring around the world that brings together communities of professional, industrial, educational, citizen, and government groups for our common objective: to ensure that the services and products important to life are easier to access and simpler to use.
It is about celebration and education—celebrating the strides we have made in creating usable products and educating the masses about how usability impacts our daily lives. It is about making our world work better. It is about reaching out to the common citizen and spreading the message: We don’t have to put up with products and services that don’t work well and that human error is a misnomer.
No one should have to suffer through products and services that get in their way. People should not be made to feel stupid by technology.
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Gold Sponsors
Some moments from UX Fair 2024
We hope you join us this year!
Location
Design and Media Center at MassArt
621 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA
United States, 02115
Dates
Registration period:
May 19, 2025 - 10:35 PM EDT - November 14, 2025 - 4:00 PM EST
Contact us
If you have any questions, please contact fair@uxpaboston.org
