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Thanks for joining us for UXRConf 2023! You can find all the video recordings here. See you next year! 
We can’t wait to
see you all again this June!
Another year, another UXRConf. Back for its sixth edition, our team is as excited as ever to bring you an upgraded, fully remote experience showcasing the best UX Research content you’ll find all year.
Our speaker application process is now open for all to apply. Just like in past years, we’re looking for speakers with novel, insightful and actionable ideas, applicable to a diverse group of over 10,000 researchers.
Another year, another UXRConf. Back for it’s sixth year, our team is as excited as ever to bring you an upgraded, fully remote experience showcasing the best UX Research content you’ll find all year.
As always, our speaker application process is now open for all to apply. Just like in past years, we’re looking for speakers with novel, insightful and actionable ideas, applicable to a diverse group of over 10,000 researchers.
We can’t wait to come together as a community again this June!
Thinking about applying to speak at UXRConf? You should. We encourage everyone, especially first-time speakers, to put forward their best ideas.
Speaker applications close on Monday February 27 at 11:59pm EST.
Quick Facts
Here are some things you should know before applying to speak at UXRConf:
- We will only be accepting submissions from individual speaker applicants this year, not co-speakers.
- Back by popular demand, our team will be hosting three workshops this February to guide you through choosing your talk topic before applying.
- All speakers will receive a $1,000 USD honorarium for participating in UXRConf.
- While UXRConf will be a fully remote experience this year, our team will be hosting in-person taping days on April 16 - 19 in Toronto, Canada which all speakers are required to attend. Travel to and from the speakers' home cities to Toronto, as well as three nights hotel accommodation will be provided.
A fast and efficient way to submit your speaker application. Skip the writing altogether and apply with a short video summarizing your talk proposal through the Learners mobile app.
Create an account and navigate to Q&A
Record a short video response to ”My UXRConf Talk Proposal”
Upload to Learners!
While the Learners mobile app will be a core part of the UXRConf experience this year, our team will also be accepting speaker applications through Google Form.
Complete all text fields on the speaker application form
Record a short video and drop the public link in the speaker application form
Hit submit!
Parts of UXRConf 23 will be pre-recorded this year. Instead of shipping film equipment across the world, our team will be hosting two film days late April or early May in Toronto, Canada.
Want to attend? Though tickets are extremely limited, you can join our live studio audience one of four ways.
Fill out all the details on the Speaker Application Form
Insert your recorded video link into the Application Form. Set the permissions to public!
Fill out all the details on the Speaker Application Form
Insert your recorded video link into the Application Form. Set the permissions to public!
Wednesday June 7 - Demo Day
Thursday June 8 - Main Show
Wednesday June 7 - Main Show
Wednesday June 7 - Demo Day
9:00 am – 10:00 am
Research Yoga: Growing a Stronger and More Flexible Practice
9:00 am – 10:00 am
Meet Maze: The continuous product discovery platform for user-centric teams
Nadine Debrah, Account Executive at Maze
10:00 am – 10:30 am
Automate Your Research Incentives With Tremendous
Kate Monica, Content Lead at Tremendous
10:00 am – 10:45 am
From Detective to Researcher: How UI Enables Researchers to Find Quality Participants Quickly
Morgan Mullen, Sr. UX Researcher at User Interviews
10:30 am – 11:00 am
AI-powered user insights, delivered in real time
Chris Lee, Head of Design and Research at Sprig
11:00 am – 11:30 am
Building And Managing Panels Of Your Own Real Users
Oren Friedman, CEO at Rally
11:00 am – 11:45 am
All About Ethnio
Shirin Joushanpoosh, Director of Customer Engagement at Ethnio
11:30 am – 12:00 pm
Turning Research Skeptics Into Research Champions, The Lookback Way
Henrik Mattsson, CEO at Lookback
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
How do you combine Panel Management, Mixed Methods & UX Repository in one?
Ned Dwyer, CEO at Great Question
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
Demo Deep Dive: User Research CRM
Oren Friedman, CEO at Rally
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm
All About Ethnio
Shirin Joushanpoosh, Director of Customer Engagement at Ethnio
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm
From Detective to Researcher: How UI Enables Researchers to Find Quality Participants Quickly
Morgan Mullen, Sr. UX Researcher at User Interviews
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Meet Maze: The continuous product discovery platform for user-centric teams
Samantha Medeiros, Enterprise Account Executive at Maze
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
The Great Consolidation: unifying your research toolset without losing your mind
Ned Dwyer, CEO at Great Question
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Turning Research Skeptics Into Research Champions, The Lookback Way
Henrik Mattsson, CEO at Lookback
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Research Yoga: Growing a Stronger and More Flexible Practice
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Automate Your Research Incentives With Tremendous
Kate Monica, Content Lead at Tremendous
Thursday June 8 - Main Show
10:00 am –
10:30 am
Research Democratization: Take 2
Few phrases have evoked more emotion in the research community than “research democratization”. There is a way to scale research to only the non-researchers who are capable, interested and effective, but how?
Lauren Ruben
Staff Researcher at Slack
Staff Researcher at Slack
9:45 am –
10:00 am
Sponsor Announcement By Lookback
Henrik Mattsson, CEO at Lookback
10:00 am –
10:30 am
Evolving UXR for Greater Impact
There’s no doubt UX Research is going through a transition period right now. But where are we transitioning from, and where are we moving to? In this talk, Judd shares his vision for how research can elevate its impact and deliver real impact for the teams and organizations we’re a part of.
Judd Antin
Research Leader at Ex-Airbnb
Research Leader at Ex-Airbnb
10:30 am –
11:00 am
Hypothesis-Driven Innovation: From insights to outcomes
One of the inherent challenges with research is the disconnect between the insights we generate and the impact of those insights on the metrics by which products and businesses are measured. In this talk, Christelle unpacks how you can use techniques from behavioural insights to design experiments that strengthen the causal relationship between research and business impact.
Christelle Ngnoumen, PhD
AVP of Behavioral Science Research at Voya Financial
AVP of Behavioral Science Research at Voya Financial
11:00 am –
11:15 am
Break
11:15 am –
11:45 am
Building a Scalable Revenue Engine with Research
As economic headwinds accelerate, the need to generate revenue growth is becoming more and more urgent for most businesses. What role can research play in improving the financial future of the organizations we’re a part of? According to Claudia, a pretty big one.
Claudia Natasia
Head of Product at CloseFactor
Head of Product at CloseFactor
11:45 am –
12:15 pm
Unlocking Potential: Strategic cross-training to transform research teams
As research teams change, the burden of research will end up distributed across a wider range of people, both researchers and non-researchers alike. How can we empower our entire team to develop the right skills to widen the range of projects we’re capable of doing? Watch as Josh explores this very question.
Josh Williams
Director of UX Research at Indeed.com
Director of UX Research at Indeed.com
LUNCH BREAK + DEMOS
Few phrases have evoked more emotion in the research community than “research democratization”. There is a way to scale research to only the non-researchers who are capable, interested and effective, but how?
1:30 pm –
2:00 pm
Executive Presence: Stories and lessons learned conducting research with the C-Suite
Most of us are focused on tactical research to improve the products and services our organizations ship to market. But, product teams aren’t the only ones who need research. In his talk, Andy unpacks what it’s like doing research for executive and board-level stakeholders.
Andy Warr
Director of Portfolio Research and Insights at Dropbox
Director of Portfolio Research and Insights at Dropbox
2:00 pm –
2:30 pm
Impact-Driven User Research: Breaking Barriers and Driving Value
When Nizar joined Snowflake as the company’s first user researcher, there were questions about the role of user research in driving product impact and business value. Fast forward to today, and the user research team is one of Snowflake’s fastest growing teams; expanding tenfold and playing a critical role in driving key product decisions. In this talk, Nizar discusses the driving principles and lessons learned throughout the journey of turning skeptics into the loudest advocates, and provides an unfiltered perspective on where the field of user research is headed next.
Nizar Saqqar
Head of User Research at Snowflake
Head of User Research at Snowflake
2:30 pm –
2:45 pm
Break
2:45 pm –
3:15 pm
Your Attention Please: Tips for research communication
If an insight is generated by a researcher, but no stakeholder is around to absorb it, does it really make an impact? Communicating new learnings with colleagues has long been a challenge for researchers. Lucky for us, George is one of the best at exactly that. In this talk, George walks you through some of his most trusted tactics for successfully communicating research insights.
George Murphy
Research Manager at Airbnb
Research Manager at Airbnb
10:00 am –
10:30 am
Building A Values Aligned Research Career
As researchers, we have the tools to understand people, but how often do we use them to gain insight into ourselves? It’s time to use our skills to shift how we think about our careers, exploring the values that motivate us and steps we can take to find meaning and fulfillment in our day-to-day work.
Heather Breslow
UX Research Manager at Google
UX Research Manager at Google
9:45 am –
10:00 am
Sponsor Announcement By dscout
Julie Norvaisas, VP of Research at dscout
3:15 pm –
3:30 pm
Talk Debrief
with Louise Beryl, Erin May, Heather Breslow, Julie Norvaisas and Kyle Osborne
Wednesday June 7 - Main Show
10:00 am –
10:30 am
How AI Models Will Change UX Research
We’ve all played around with ChatGPT, and it’s left quite a bit to be desired as a research tool. What will the next generation of AI tools look like, and how will they change the way we do research?
Savina Hawkins
Sr. UX Researcher
Sr. UX Researcher
9:45 am –
10:00 am
Sponsor Announcement By Lookback
Henrik Mattsson, CEO at Lookback
10:00 am –
10:30 am
Too Many Tools?
There’s been tremendous growth in research tooling over the last few years, but has that growth eroded our ability to think like researchers?
Josh Williams
Director of UX Research at Indeed
Director of UX Research at Indeed
11:00 am –
11:15 am
Break With DJ Adubz
9:45 am –
10:00 am
Sponsor Announcement By Lookback
Henrik Mattsson, CEO at Lookback
10:00 am –
10:30 am
Addition By Subtraction
Typically research focuses on adding things to improve the value to our customers, but what about creating value for users by taking away?
Emily Wurgler
Group Manager, User Experience Research
at Peapod Digital Labs
Group Manager, User Experience Research
at Peapod Digital Labs
2:30 pm –
2:45 pm
Break
10:00 am –
10:30 am
Building A Values Aligned Research Career
As researchers, we have the tools to understand people, but how often do we use them to gain insight into ourselves? It’s time to use our skills to shift how we think about our careers, exploring the values that motivate us and steps we can take to find meaning and fulfillment in our day-to-day work.
Heather Breslow
UX Research Manager at Google
UX Research Manager at Google
9:45 am –
10:00 am
Sponsor Announcement By dscout
Julie Norvaisas, VP of Research at dscout
3:15 pm –
3:30 pm
Talk Debrief
with Louise Beryl, Erin May, Heather Breslow, Julie Norvaisas and Kyle Osborne
3:15 pm –
3:30 pm
Talk Debrief
with Louise Beryl, Erin May, Heather Breslow, Julie Norvaisas and Kyle Osborne
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Is UXRConf a fully remote event this year?
Yes. Our team will be using a combination of streaming tools to share our content remotely this year.
Is UXRConf free to attend?
Yes. Huge shout out to our sponsors for making this dream a reality. If you’re ever looking for a new team to join or tool to try, these companies walk the walk and talk the talk.
When will the UXRConf schedule be available?
We will launch our full conference program in March. We encourage you to grab your ticket to stay in the loop on all things UXRConf.
Will all UXRConf talks be recorded?
Yes. All talks will be recorded and made available to watch after the conference for free. If you cannot attend UXRConf, we encourage you to grab your ticket to stay in the loop on all things UXRConf.
Will DJ Adbuz be making a comeback?
Yes. UXRConf just wouldn’t be UXRConf without our favorite DJ.