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Look Ma! No Screens! Conducting UX research on non-visual user experiences. Oftentimes, UX professions find themselves designing and testing user experiences that are primarily visual in nature; e.g. websites and mobile apps. Increasingly, user experiences are becoming more multimodal. From the increasing sophistication of IVR phone systems to the recent introduction of Amazon’s Alexa to […]

User Experience Maturity Modeling In the presentation, attendees would learn the following: Learning what the user experience maturity model is Mathematically calculating the user experience maturity Mapping usability maturity to project needs Applying the model to a project development lifecycle Using the model as a progress indicator Communicating maturity to stakeholders

Solving the Planning Puzzle – Plan your next project with ease! With countless pieces to assemble and no box top to reference, planning a project is an extremely complicated puzzle to solve. As the picture starts to come together, additional pieces are uncovered. So, what should you do when trying to connect requirements of your […]

Designing for Virtual Reality — Beyond the Games Virtual Reality is everywhere now, from high-end gaming systems like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive to the cheap ubiquitous Google Cardboard that is powered by your mobile phone. VR is also finding application in many fields outside of games, including architecture, automotive design, civic infrastructure, genetic […]

Becoming a Storyteller for the Design Process: Telling the Customer’s Stories The customer story is not just a description of the series of thoughts and actions that make up the buying process. Hearing what individual customers have to say about their lives and experiences can help to provide a realistic context for the product. It […]

Surviving your UX Career A career in user experience is not for wimps. In this session, we’ll look at everyday challenges UXers face and how to overcome them – or live with them. Do you struggle with the critique process or deciding which feedback to incorporate? Do you conduct your own research? Do you lack […]

Stop the Madness! 10 Common UX Design Mistakes and How You Can Avoid Them Wait a minute! Didn’t we solve these UX design issues years ago? It’s no secret that if we don’t learn lessons from the past, then we are doomed to repeat them. Yet 10 popular UX interface design trends are ignoring fundamental […]

Diversity in High-Tech: Retaining Women Once Hired As widely reported, the lack of women in high tech is so striking that companies are actively working to “fill the pipeline.” But this alone won’t solve problems within the team and culture. Once hired, women leave at much higher rates than men. The challenges may be compounded […]

UX Yourself: A Moment for Personal Momentum In this highly introspective AND interactive workshop, we will dedicate time to designing for YOU in your UX career.

The future depends on you: importance of informed design It is without a doubt, we are experiencing Future Shock, a cultural phenomena coined by Alvin Toffler in 1970. We are gaining so much from technology, but at what cost? Ubiquitous computing is accelerating at a rate that we have not yet understood how to cope […]