Program uxcon '26

Work in progress – UX is shifting, and we’ll adapt.
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Sept 15
Tuesday
DAy 1
Sept 16
Wednesday
DAY 2
Sept 17
Thursday
What?
Sessions
Workshops

Presenters

Mirjam de Klepper
Audimax
talk
workshop
extended talk
panel discussion
dialogue session
live-streamed & video-recorded
video-recorded
audio-recorded
main stage
Audimax
side stage
BIG
workshop room
Hörsaal 1
workshop room
Hörsaal 2
workshop room
Hörsaal 3
8:30 Open doors
9:30
15min
30min
45min
60min
2h
cancelled
Opening Day 2
main stage
side stage
space 28
Superar 2
Superar 3
sign-up only
9:45
15min
30min
45min
60min
2h
cancelled
Design will never be the same
Meaghan Choi
Anthropic
main stage
side stage
space 28
Superar 2
Superar 3
sign-up only
10:15
15min
30min
45min
60min
2h
cancelled
Redefining research in the AI era
Maria Rosala
Nielsen Norman Group
main stage
side stage
space 28
Superar 2
Superar 3
sign-up only
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10:45  Coffee break in the arcaded courtyard
11:25
15min
30min
45min
60min
2h
cancelled
Graduation paths: A systems approach to unconventional personal growth
Indya McGuffin
Netflix
main stage
side stage
space 28
Superar 2
Superar 3
sign-up only
11:55
15min
30min
45min
60min
2h
cancelled
The messy science of conversion rate optimization
Marcella Sullivan
Creative CX
main stage
side stage
space 28
Superar 2
Superar 3
sign-up only
12:25
15min
30min
45min
60min
2h
cancelled
Designing for the AI-empowered user: How technology is shaping human expectations
Till Winkler
Skopos Nova
main stage
side stage
space 28
Superar 2
Superar 3
sign-up only
12:55
15min
30min
45min
60min
2h
cancelled
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main stage
side stage
space 28
Superar 2
Superar 3
sign-up only
11:25
15min
30min
45min
60min
2h
cancelled
Steel-toed boots in the boardroom: Designing factory floor solutions that stick
Christian Richards
The Weir Group
main stage
side stage
space 28
Superar 2
Superar 3
sign-up only
11:55
15min
30min
45min
60min
2h
cancelled
UX for social good: Lessons from rural Japan
Maxwell Forrest
Japan UX Research Specialist
main stage
side stage
space 28
Superar 2
Superar 3
sign-up only
12:25
15min
30min
45min
60min
2h
cancelled
Respect by design: Writing for 65+ users in the age of AI
Emma Schmidt
Airbnb
main stage
side stage
space 28
Superar 2
Superar 3
sign-up only
11:25
15min
30min
60min
2h
cancelled
When AI Can’t See You: Designing Against Algorithmic Cruelty
Lizette Spangenberg
Allegra
main stage
side stage
Hörsaal 1
Hörsaal 2
Superar 3
sign-up only
11:25
15min
30min
60min
2h
cancelled
Design after human-centeredness
Ákos Csertán
Atlas, Rise!
main stage
side stage
space 28
Hörsaal 2
Superar 3
sign-up only
11:25
15min
30min
60min
2h
cancelled
Improv to improve: Design leadership
Morgane Peng, Camille Le Gac, Marine Aubert-Le Lagadec
Societe Generale CIB
main stage
side stage
space 28
Superar 2
Hörsaal 3
sign-up only
13:25 Lunch break in the arcaded courtyard
14:55
15min
30min
45min
60min
2h
cancelled
Design x Product Management. It's not a zero sum game.
Ray Ho
Back Market
main stage
side stage
space 28
Superar 2
Superar 3
sign-up only
15:25
15min
30min
45min
60min
2h
cancelled
Surviving the shift: A clearer look at UX careers post-AI
Aydeen Raspberry & Ula Lewicka
Booking
main stage
side stage
space 28
Superar 2
Superar 3
sign-up only
15:55
15min
30min
45min
60min
2h
cancelled
Nobody ordered this -or- The future of digital product teams
Maria Rosala, Molly Stevens, Meaghan Choi
main stage
side stage
space 28
Superar 2
Superar 3
sign-up only
14:55
15min
30min
45min
60min
2h
cancelled
For 30 years, websites worked the same way – until now.
Oliver Kartak
University of Applied Arts Vienna
main stage
side stage
space 28
Superar 2
Superar 3
sign-up only
15:25
15min
30min
45min
60min
2h
cancelled
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main stage
side stage
space 28
Superar 2
Superar 3
sign-up only
15:55
15min
30min
45min
60min
2h
cancelled
Round table: UX in the public sector and higher education
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main stage
side stage
space 28
Superar 2
Superar 3
sign-up only
14:55
15min
30min
60min
2h
cancelled
Build like an architect: Advanced AI for designers
Brian Greene
Stealth Startup
main stage
side stage
Hörsaal 1
Superar 2
Superar 3
sign-up only
14:55
15min
30min
60min
2h
cancelled
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main stage
side stage
space 28
Hörsaal 2
Superar 3
sign-up only
14:55
15min
30min
60min
2h
cancelled
Improv to improve: Design x Product x Dev
Morgane Peng, Camille Le Gac, Marine Aubert-Le Lagadec
Societe Generale CIB
main stage
side stage
space 28
Superar 2
Hörsaal 3
sign-up only
16:55 Coffee break in the arcaded courtyard
17:35
15min
30min
45min
60min
2h
cancelled
Pulse of UX 2026 - Findings and preview
Kathy Toney
Independent
main stage
side stage
space 28
Superar 2
Superar 3
sign-up only
17:50
15min
30min
45min
60min
2h
cancelled
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main stage
side stage
space 28
Superar 2
Superar 3
sign-up only
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18:20 - Official closing