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Two Days of Inspiration And Connection

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Partners

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Workshops + Happy hour

Hands-on workshops and Pre-conference Happy Hour

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Main Conference

Come meet other UX professionals and we’ll build the future of UX side-by-side

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What You’ll Get

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Practical learning (not fluff)

Strong moderation + real conversation

Meet serious builders (research, design, product)

Community-first environment

Leave with next steps you can use

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Workshops

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Text stating: Build an AI Strategy for Faster and Deeper Insights.

Learn how to use AI to analyze qualitative research faster while uncovering deeper insights.

This workshop teaches you to build a practical AI strategy and craft effective prompts for UX research.

Exclusive Dovetail Workshop: From Insight to Action

Join Cheri March and the Dovetail team for a hands-on session exploring how modern product teams can use AI to turn customer feedback into clearer insights, faster decisions, and better products.

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Learn how to use AI to build workflows that extend beyond chat while creating smarter solutions.

This workshop teaches you to design practical AI systems and automate meaningful tasks.

Agenda

Day 1 — Workshop Day · October 7 · 11 AM – 6 PM

Workshops
  • 11:0013:00

    Workshop 1: Build an AI Strategy for Faster and Deeper Insights

    Leo Hoar
  • 13:0014:00 🍟🥐🧋 Break 🍕🍔🍹
  • 14:0015:00

    Exclusive Dovetail Workshop: From Insight to Action

    Join Cheri March and the Dovetail team for a hands-on session exploring how modern product teams can use AI to turn customer feedback into clearer insights, faster decisions, and better products.

    Cheri March
  • 15:0018:00

    Workshop 3: Building with AI beyond the conversation

    Jake DiBattista
  • 18:00

    Happy Hour

Day 2 — Main Conference Day · October 8

AM
  • 08:0009:00

    Registration, Coffee & Networking

    Arrive, check in, grab coffee, and start connecting with fellow attendees.

  • 09:0009:10

    Opening Remarks

    Yao Adantor
  • 09:1009:35

    Mini-Keynote | Becoming the Leader They’ve Been Waiting For: Leading Change When Design Isn’t Enough

    Calvin Robertson
  • 09:3509:45 🍟🥐🧋 Break 🍕🍔🍹
  • 09:4510:45

    Don Norman Podcast-Style Conversation with Yao

    Don Norman
    Yao Adantor
  • 10:4511:00 🍟🥐🧋 Break 🍕🍔🍹
Mid-Morning
  • 11:0012:15

    The Career Between the Titles: How to Stay Valuable as UX, Product & AI Keep Changing

    This is an honest conversation with professionals from Netflix, Amazon, Skylight, and the UXR Institute about how they found their way, made difficult decisions, adapted to change, and kept moving forward.

    Moderator:

    Edward Cupps

    Panelists:

    Leo Hoar
    Zach Thomas
    Niyati Gupta
    Sana Maqsood
  • 12:1513:15 🍟🥐🧋 Lunch 🍕🍔🍹
PM
  • 13:1513:40

    Mini-Keynote: Amanda Gelb

    Amanda Gelb
  • 13:4014:10

    PM to PM: Building in the Age of AI

    A live conversation with Cheri and Teyibo on how AI is changing product, insight, and the role of the PM.

    Cheri March
    Teyibo Oladosu
  • 14:1014:25 🍟🥐🧋 Break 🍕🍔🍹
  • 14:2515:40

    Beyond the Prototype: Who Actually Builds the Future?

    Leaders from The New York Times, Target, User Interviews/UserTesting, and Visionist will talk openly about the changes they are seeing across research, design, product, AI, and customer experience.

    Moderator:

    Edward Cupps

    Panelists:

    Raven Adaramola
    Twisha Shah-Brandenburg
    Basel Fakhoury
    Trish Willard
  • 15:4015:50 🍟🥐🧋 Break 🍕🍔🍹
  • 15:5016:50

    Don Norman Q&A

    Don Norman
Late Afternoon / Evening
  • 16:5017:00

    Closing Remarks + Awards

    Yao Adantor
  • 17:00

    Live Music & Networking

    Stay for live music, meet the people you have been sitting beside all day, and let the conversations continue.

  • 18:00

    UXCON26 Sponsored Happy Hour

    Presented by Dovetail. More details coming soon.

And he’s bringing the roots of our profession back to life.

The godfather of user experience

Next year October, he’s joining UXCON26 to reignite the conversation about the essence of our craft — and how we can thrive today.

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