Registration and Breakfast
Our team will be ready to assist with your registration, provide conference materials, and answer any queries.
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Kick off the conference with our Welcome & Opening Remarks session! Join us as we set the stage for an exciting day filled with learning, inspiration, and connection. We’ll introduce key themes, highlight what’s ahead, and celebrate the incredible UX community coming together for this event.
9:30 AM
Experiences of Starting and Maintaining an Accessibility Program
Presented by Rick `Blair and Antoine François-Marsal
From Handoff to Collaboration: How AI Is Bringing Designers Closer to Code
Presented by Natasha Lloyd, Matt Salerno, James Dow and Jenny Brown
Ten Minute Talks
Our 10-minute talks are fast-paced, insightful sessions designed to deliver impactful ideas in a short time. These bite-sized presentations cover a variety of UX topics, offering fresh perspectives, practical takeaways, and inspiration—all in just 10 minutes. Perfect for those who love learning in quick, engaging bursts!
Why Don't Stakeholders Listen to Us? - Communicating for Influence
Presented by Susan Mercer
10:15 AM
Coffee Break
Complimentary coffee will be available. Don’t miss it!
10:30 AM
Beyond ChatGPT: Your New Coworker is an AI Agent
Presented by Joan Wortman and Bill Wilder
Designing Effective Unmoderated UX Studies: When to Use Them and How to Build Them
Presented by Kim Oslob and Harrison Hatfield
Designing for Trust: How UX Strategy, Brand and Research Can Reduce Stigma in Healthcare
Presented by Devlyn Gaudet
So You Want to Teach? A Practitioner's Guide to UX Education in Higher Ed
Presented by Tania Schlatter
11:30 AM
Coffee Projects: Small UX Efforts That Build Big Influence
Presented by Mary Wilcox and Laura Hans
RePositioning UX for a New Era: A Strategic Proposal to the Design & Innovation Industry
Presented by Lou Susi
Without Research Thinking, Your Democratization Program Isn’t Research. It’s Research Theater.
Presented by Denise da Costa Graeff and Jim Dalglish
12:15 PM
Lunch - Silver Ball Room and Grand Master Salon 3
Take a break, grab some lunch, and connect with fellow attendees! This is the perfect time to network, share insights, and engage in meaningful conversations with other UX professionals. Whether you're meeting new faces or catching up with old friends, lunch offers a great opportunity to exchange ideas, discuss conference sessions, and build lasting connections within the community. Enjoy the meal and the company!
1:15 PM
Design Your Career Like a Product: Applying UX Thinking to Professional Growth
Presented by Cheryl Couris
Heave To: Preparing Your Team for the Three Horizons of AI
Presented by Priyama Barua
Soul Searching: A Case for Analog UX Thinking in the Age of AI
Presented by Lou Cimaglia
Ten Minute Talks
Our 10-minute talks are fast-paced, insightful sessions designed to deliver impactful ideas in a short time. These bite-sized presentations cover a variety of UX topics, offering fresh perspectives, practical takeaways, and inspiration—all in just 10 minutes. Perfect for those who love learning in quick, engaging bursts!
2:15 PM
Leading with Accessibility: How Disability Inclusion Empowers Transformative Design Systems
Presented by Richard Clinch and Janell Sims
Redefining UX in the Age of AI: The E³ Model for Execution, Enablement, and Exploration
Presented by Zejun Wu
Search Is UX: What Search Logs Reveal About Your Product Experience
Presented by Jeanne Wilkens
The Realities of UX Consulting: What No One Tells You
Presented by Kyle Soucy, Rachel Kantrowitz, Marcel McVay, and Bob Thomas
3:00 PM
Afternoon Break - Silver Ball Room and Grand Master Salon 3
Take a sweet break in the afternoon with delicious desserts and a chance to network! This is the perfect opportunity to recharge, meet fellow attendees, and continue engaging discussions from the day's sessions in a relaxed setting.
3:30 PM
Design's Role in the Age of AI
Presented by Rob Gifford, Dani Nordin, Victor Thuo and Jana Epstein
Destroy Monopoly: A Designerly Intro to Systems Thinking Through Creative Play and Destruction
Presented by Jesse Flores
Scaling UX Research (Without Scaling Your Team)
Presented by Clare Cady
The Influence Gap: Designing a Relationship Strategy Framework That Shapes Your Career
Presented by Malini Rao
4:30 PM
From Pixel Pusher to Systems Thinker: The Current Iteration of the Designer’s Role
Presented by Carolina Cachada
Make Good on a Bad Strategy
Presented by Lisa Hagen and Ira Cummings
Putting SOTA AI to the Test: An Empirical Scorecard for AI in UX Research
Presented by Lawton Pybus
5:30 PM
Keynote Address by David Dylan Thomas
Design for Cognitive Bias: Using Mental Shortcuts for Good Instead of Evil Users' minds take shortcuts to get through the day. Usually they’re harmless. Even helpful. But what happens when they’re not? In this talk we’ll use real-world examples to identify some particularly harmful biases that frequently lead users to make bad decisions. We’ll then talk about some content strategy and design choices we can use in our apps, designs, and platforms to redirect or eliminate the impact of those biases. Finally, we’ll explore our own biases as practitioners and some methods to prevent our own blind spots from hurting users.
6:15 PM
Cocktails and Networking
Unwind and connect at the Cocktail & Networking Hour! Enjoy drinks and great conversations as you mingle with fellow attendees, speakers, and industry professionals. It’s the perfect way to wrap up the day, build new connections, and reflect on the insights shared throughout the conference. Rooftop@Revere
