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Link to session survey UX in the Age of AI: Leading with Design How can designers improve trust of cognitive systems? What can we do to make these systems transparent? What information needs to be transparent? The biggest challenges inherent with AI will be discussed, specifically the ethical conflicts and the implications for your work, […]

Link to session survey Less is More: An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship Between Amount of ‎Digital Content and User Engagement Does more information elicit users’ compliance and engagement, or the other way around? This paper explores the relationship between content strategy and user experience (UX). Specifically, we examine how the amount of information provided […]

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 This Ain’t Our First Rodeo: Experienced Hires Building UX Culture What does it take to build a UX Culture? How, specifically, can new hires promote a culture of research and user-centered design? 5 seasoned UX leaders from Facebook, Google, Bridgewater, and Perceptronics will discuss their most profound lessons in building that […]

Link to session survey Ginger Chews and Hygiene Masks: Testing Usability for Web VR As Virtual Reality becomes more assimilated into the world of emerging technology, it presents fresh challenges for the UX Researcher. When conducting a WebVR usability study how does one observe what the participant is viewing within the headset? What are the […]

UX After Dark Three industry stalwarts will share funny, insane, unbelievable stories from their own and others’ professional UX lives. Crazy clients, wacky test participants, grace under fire, the sacred and the (nominally) profane. We tell ourselves these stories after hours for our own amusement. Now we invite you to pull up a seat at […]

Link to session survey The Net Promoter Score – What can NPS Tell You About Your User Experience? While it’s obvious to us UX practitioners that any products or applications should focus on the needs and wants of the users, this type of mindset is not automatic in most profit-driven private organizations. As a result, […]

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 Keep Your Friends Close and Your Enemies Closer: Using Competitors to Do Better UX Research There are many ways to solve a design problem, but only so much time for testing and iteration. Fortunately, there’s a great source of alternative designs that can be reviewed, tested, debunked and borrowed from – […]

Link to session survey Back to the future – Designing for Virtual Reality Virtual Reality is an emerging technology giving designers and developers more opportunities to explore in this space. It offers a multi-dimensional, visceral and participatory experience for its users. This brings interesting dimensions into the existing design paradigms currently defined for the two-dimensional […]