Program uxcon '26

warm up
Sept 15
Tuesday
DAy 1
Sept 16
Wednesday
DAY 2
Sept 17
Thursday
Where?
university
sigchi track
What?
Workshops
Sessions

Presenters

Mirjam de Klepper
auditorium
talk
workshop
extended talk
panel discussion
dialogue session
live-streamed & video-recorded
audio-recorded
mainstage
audimax
sidestage
big
workshop room
space 28
workshop room
space 32
workshop room
space 28 break-out
8:30 - Doors open
10:30
15min
30min
60min
2h
cancelled
Opening
Nicole & Andreas
uxcon vienna
auditorium
side stage
Superar 1
Superar 2
Superar 3
limited spots
10:45
15min
30min
60min
2h
cancelled
Pulse of UX 2026
Kathy Toney
Independent
auditorium
side stage
Superar 1
Superar 2
Superar 3
limited spots
11:00
15min
30min
60min
2h
cancelled
Intelligence Reimagined | Interaction Redefined
Elizabeth Churchill
MBZUAI
auditorium
side stage
Superar 1
Superar 2
Superar 3
limited spots
11:45
15min
30min
60min
2h
cancelled
The new makers
James Lang
Together by Design
auditorium
side stage
Superar 1
Superar 2
Superar 3
limited spots
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12:15  - Lunch break
13:45
15min
30min
60min
2h
cancelled
Simplicity in AI mediated interfaces
Giles Colborne
Made Simple
auditorium
side stage
Superar 1
Superar 2
Superar 3
limited spots
14:15
15min
30min
60min
2h
cancelled
tba
auditorium
side stage
Superar 1
Superar 2
Superar 3
limited spots
14:45
15min
30min
60min
2h
cancelled
tba
auditorium
side stage
Superar 1
Superar 2
Superar 3
limited spots
15:15
15min
30min
60min
2h
cancelled
tba
auditorium
side stage
Superar 1
Superar 2
Superar 3
limited spots
13:45
15min
30min
60min
2h
cancelled
Claude Code for Designers
Meaghan Choi
Anthropic
auditorium
side stage
Superar 1
Superar 2
Superar 3
limited spots
13:45
15min
30min
60min
2h
cancelled
Future-Proofing UX Research in the AI Era
Maria Rosala
Nielsen Norman Group
main stage
side stage
space 28
Superar 2
Superar 3
sign-up only
13:45
15min
30min
60min
2h
cancelled
Preparing for your pivot
Indya McGuffin
Netflix
main stage
side stage
space 28
Superar 2
Superar 3
sign-up only
13:45
15min
30min
60min
2h
cancelled
Workshop tba
main stage
side stage
space 28
Superar 2
Superar 3
sign-up only
16:45 - Coffee break
16:25
15min
30min
60min
2h
cancelled
tba
auditorium
side stage
Superar 1
Superar 2
Superar 3
limited spots
16:55
15min
30min
60min
2h
cancelled
tba
auditorium
side stage
Superar 1
Superar 2
Superar 3
limited spots
16:25
15min
30min
60min
2h
cancelled
How AI brought joy back to my design career
Akshat Mishra
Docusign
auditorium
side stage
Superar 1
Superar 2
Superar 3
limited spots
16:55
15min
30min
60min
2h
cancelled
tba
auditorium
side stage
Superar 1
Superar 2
Superar 3
limited spots
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17:25 Mini Break
17:40
15min
30min
60min
2h
cancelled
Legal limits of UX? When “optimization” and “dark patterns” start to clash with the law
Max Schrems
noyb
auditorium
side stage
Superar 1
Superar 2
Superar 3
limited spots
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18:10 Closing
Get-together
Sips, songs, and chatting away.
18:15 - 23:00
MAK Ausstellungshalle
UX Vienna Book Club
A book club for curious UX people – no homework required.
18:15 - 20:00
MAK Lounge