Where is UX Rotterdam 2026 held?

UX Rotterdam 2026 was held at Zuidplein Theater in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Who sponsors UX Rotterdam 2026?

ConferenceGrid lists 13 sponsors, including ABB, Booking.com, Eneco, IBM and IKEA.

Networking

UX Rotterdam 2026

Name: UX Rotterdam 2026
Start: 2026-05-18
End: 2026-05-19
Location: Zuidplein Theater

This edition has ended

UX Rotterdam 2026 ran May 18–19, 2026 at Zuidplein Theater in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It is a Networking conference. ConferenceGrid lists 36 speakers, 13 sponsors and 33 sessions. Dates for the next edition are not announced yet.

Lineup updated Jun 16, 2026 · dates verified May 6, 2026

UX Rotterdam 2026 is a two-day conference held at Zuidplein Theater, bringing together pioneers from leading companies such as Porsche, Miro, Ikea, and more. The event features keynotes, workshops, and interactive sessions covering topics like AI, design leadership, branding, and systems thinking. Designed for the UX community, the conference aims to inspire…

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36Speakers

13Sponsors

33Sessions

35Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at UX, in alphabetical order.

Alain Dujardin

Creative Director · Greenberry

Alvin Chan

Creative Director · Superlarge

Amrita Joerawan

Sociologist · Ganes Solutions

Anna Arteeva

Product Design Leader

Ash Oliver

Creative Producer · Lovable

Bart Jan Steerenberg

Lecturer · Amsterdam University Of Applied Sciences

Chrissy Welch

VP Experience · KPN

Chrissy Welsh

VP Experience · KPN

David Oldenburger

Head Of UX · ABB E-mobility

Diantha Boll

Lead product designer · Eneco

Eelco van Collenburg

Executive Creative Director · Valtech

Harmen Van Balen

UX Director · Fabrique

Hector Ayuso

Creative Director · Paradiso

Henk Haaima

Creative Director · Total Design

Ilayda Küçükos manoğlu

Head of Design · Ditto

Ilayda Küçükosmanoğlu

Head Of Design · Ditto

Ivo van Hulten

Director of UX · Porsche

Jean Jacques Sliepen

AI Consultant & Founder · Optmzr.ai

Jeeyoung Yang

Design Lead · IBM

Jeroen van Geel

Independent Creative Strategist

Julia Bastian

VP Of Product · Alasco

Karolina Boremalm

Director Global Digital Experience · Ecco

Agenda

Selected from 33 sessions.

09:30 – 10:00
Designing for the Age of Asking: How AI is Rewriting the Rules of Experience
We are standing at the edge of a major UX shift. For decades, our job was to help people find things, cleaner flows, better navigation, smarter search. But with the rise of LLMs a…
Big Theater Keynotes
09:30 – 10:00
Developing creative growth for the next generation designers
How to train designers in a rapidly changing world. How can you facilitate Future proof education? I want to show a couple of examples of projects and show how we train students in…
Big Theater Keynotes
09:30 – 10:00
Pressure Is a Privilege: Designing systems that unleashes creativity
We all talk about user-centered design. But what about the humans inside the systems that create those designs? In this keynote, Alvin Chan takes you behind the scenes of some of …
Big Theater Keynotes
10:00 – 10:30
Design at the Edge of Chaos
Chaos is not the exception in our industry right now. It's the condition. An EV industry rewriting its own rules. A business reinventing itself from the ground up. A design team be…
Big Theater Keynotes
10:00 – 10:30
Designing for Buy‑In
Organizations don’t change through slides - they change through people. In this keynote, Natalia shares the moments and missteps that taught her how design can shift not just proje…
Big Theater Keynotes
10:00 – 10:30
The AI Design Toolkit: Mapping Design Methods with Gen AI Technology
Even with the rapid development of Generative AI tools, one fundamental truth remains: the core process of human-centered design thinking: from Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype…
Big Theater Keynotes
10:30 – 11:00
A fireside chat about: Branding in the Age of AI.
Instead of a traditional keynote, this session takes the form of an open conversation with Ash Oliver from Lovable. Together, we’ll explore how AI is rapidly reshaping the way we …
Big Theater Keynotes
10:30 – 11:00
Everything you have is what you give away
At UX Rotterdam, Héctor will share his personal and creative mantra: “Everything you have is what you give away.” His keynote is a reflection on generosity, identity, and the invis…
Big Theater Keynotes
10:30 – 11:00
Start from Zero: Trust Yourself, Not the Process
I’ll challenge UX professionals to abandon their sacred cows - the design process we’ve been preaching for a decade - and embrace a more uncomfortable truth: in the AI era, your va…
Big Theater Keynotes

Quick answers

When is UX Rotterdam 2026?: UX Rotterdam 2026 ran May 18–19, 2026 at Zuidplein Theater in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Where is UX Rotterdam 2026 held?: UX Rotterdam 2026 was held at Zuidplein Theater in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Who is speaking at UX Rotterdam 2026?: ConferenceGrid lists 36 speakers, including Alain Dujardin (Creative Director, Greenberry), Alvin Chan (Creative Director, Superlarge) and Amrita Joerawan (Sociologist, Ganes Solutions).
Who sponsors UX Rotterdam 2026?: ConferenceGrid lists 13 sponsors, including ABB, Booking.com, Eneco, IBM and IKEA.

Company intelligence

What does it mean when 35 companies show up, and 10 bet on three roles at once?

35 companies. ten are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room

10All threespeak · spons · exh

3Sponsoringsponsor only

22Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

KPN·Booking.com·Eneco·IBM·IKEA·Lovable·Porsche·Rabobank·Total Design·Valtech

Speakers by seniority

58% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

C-suite26%
Founder / Owner411%
VP-level38%
Director / Head of1233%
Manager / Lead617%
Engineer · IC38%
Other roles617%

Of 36 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies

#	Company	Roles	Speakers
1	KPN	Sponsor	2
2	Booking.com	Sponsor	1
3	Eneco	Sponsor	1
4	IBM	Sponsor	1
5	IKEA	Sponsor	1
6	Lovable	Sponsor	1
7	Porsche	Sponsor	1
8	Rabobank	Sponsor	1
9	Total Design	Sponsor	1
10	Valtech	Sponsor	1
11	ABB	Sponsor	-
12	Stedin	Sponsor	-
13	Studio Dumbar	Sponsor	-
14	Ditto		2

Sponsors by tier

unspecified13

100% of 13

At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

Clay×3 peers
G2×3 peers
Openprise×3 peers
6sense×2 peers
Aircall×2 peers
Aurasell×2 peers
Axomo×2 peers
Cvent×2 peers
Exa×2 peers
Fivetran×2 peers
Google×2 peers
Merge×2 peers

Related events · by shared sponsors

Conference	Date	City	Shared sponsors
BSides Amsterdam 2026	November 19, 2026	Amsterdam	2
Adobe Summit 2027	March 22, 2027	Las Vegas	2
Insurance Innovators USA \| Insurance Conference	April 20, 2027	-	2
SaaStr AI Annual 2027	May 11, 2027	San Mateo	2

UX Rotterdam 2026

Designing for the Age of Asking: How AI is Rewriting the Rules of Experience

Developing creative growth for the next generation designers

Pressure Is a Privilege: Designing systems that unleashes creativity

Design at the Edge of Chaos

Designing for Buy‑In

The AI Design Toolkit: Mapping Design Methods with Gen AI Technology

A fireside chat about: Branding in the Age of AI.

Everything you have is what you give away

Start from Zero: Trust Yourself, Not the Process

35 companies. ten are betting more than once.