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Link to session survey Designing and Testing for Accessibility: Best Practices and Case Studies for Including Users, Generating Buy-In, and Driving Value This session will provide attendees with an overview of accessibility, and how incorporating it in a UX practice can benefit both users and stakeholders. The presentation portion of the session will review specific […]

Link to session survey Harnessing Empathic Design For Insight-Driven Product Development Empathic design, or emotional design, refers to the user-centered approach that is cognizant of a client’s feelings towards a product or experience. This talk introduces core principles of empathic design, techniques to discover more about your users, and ways to implement metrics to drive […]

Link to session survey Are You a Super Hero or a Super Villain – Using Design Psychology for Even More Good (and Even More Evil) Design psychology is a powerful tool to wield, motivating users to behave in ways that can be in their interest, or our own. Our presenters will discuss contemporary trends in […]

Link to session survey Changing Users Health Behavior Through Design Often, people do not interact with your product the way in which you planned, and you need to figure out some effective ways of persuading them to perform a particular action. This becomes especially significant when your product supposes to change health behavior or help […]

Link to session survey Know Thyself, and To Thine Users Be True: Understanding and Managing Biases that Can Influence UX Work Despite our best intentions, UX practitioners are subject to hidden biases and barriers as any of our fellow humans. It’s more important than ever to understand our own biases to make sure we can […]

Link to session survey Big Data in Small Graphics: Micro-Visualizations in SaaS and Enterprise Applications The power of communicating data visually can’t be overstated. We often need to convey a lot of information at a glance to help expert users make quick decisions and work efficiently. For infrequent or novice users, a visual overview of […]

Link to session survey Designing for Human Behavior and Cognitive Bias As Margaret Mead famously noted, “What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things.” In UX design, it’s critical to supplement qualitative user research with quantitative behavior analysis to understand how people act and predict how they […]

Link to session survey Visualizing Data for Presentations, Dashboards and UIs Come and expand your design skillset by learning how to visualize data for optimal communication. Many prominent data visualization experts express the opinion that our society is not yet living in an “Information Age”, but is still stuck in a “Data Age”. The technology […]