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
Marc Busch
BIG
talk
workshop
extended talk
panel discussion
dialogue session
live-streamed & video-recorded
video-recorded
audio-recorded
main stage
Audimax
side stage
BIG
workshop room
Seminarraum 1
workshop room
Seminarraum 2
workshop room
Seminarraum 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 arcades
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
Bad Typography Kills UX
Oliver Schöndorfer
Pimp my Type
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
12:25
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
12:55
15min
30min
45min
60min
2h
cancelled
We Tested the AI Hype in UXR. Here's What the Data Says [You Pick the Topic]
Petra Rajkov
UXtweak
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
X, bigly labs
main stage
side stage
Seminarraum 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
Seminarraum 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
Seminarraum 3
sign-up only
13:25 Lunch break in the arcades
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
Thriving in the AI Shift: The Future of UX Roles
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
Katarina Bagherian, Meaghan Choi, Tilke Judd
main stage
side stage
space 28
Superar 2
Superar 3
sign-up only
14:55
15min
30min
45min
60min
2h
cancelled
Why Not Just Ask AI? A Field Guide to Navigating Speed and Rigor in UX Research
Agnieszka Nosal, Dorota Slonina
Roche
main stage
side stage
space 28
Superar 2
Superar 3
sign-up only
15:25
15min
30min
45min
60min
2h
cancelled
Designing in the middle - UX between institutions, bureaucracy, and real users
Alicia Rodriguez Alabarce, University of Vienna
Nadine Preiss, TU Wien
main stage
side stage
space 28
Superar 2
Superar 3
sign-up only
15:55
15min
30min
45min
60min
2h
cancelled
Round table: Iterative UX work in complex organizational structures
with speakers from
Univ. of Vienna, TU Wien, USTP & more
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
Seminarraum 1
Superar 2
Superar 3
sign-up only
14:55
15min
30min
60min
2h
cancelled
Typography survival kit
Oliver Schöndorfer
Pimp my Type
main stage
side stage
space 28
Seminarraum 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
Seminarraum 3
sign-up only
16:55 Coffee break in the arcades
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
How to create moments of delight for your users
Giles Colborne
Made Simple
main stage
side stage
space 28
Superar 2
Superar 3
sign-up only
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18:20 - Official closing
City centre sightseeing
Your brain is full. Let's use your legs.
19:00 - 20:00
city center
Guided tours at the University of Vienna
Old walls and the stories they've collected.
19:00 - 20:00
University of Vienna