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UX Y’all 2026

UX Y’all 2026 is a UX conference serving the North Carolina Triangle area. It is designed to bring together the local professional community to share knowledge and experience through various presentations such as lightning talks, keynotes, and workshops. Attendees can expect inspirational talks from 15+ expert speakers, with opportunities to share, learn, an…

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24Speakers
20Sponsors
0On the bill · sessions
37Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at UX, in alphabetical order.
Ally Hwang
Sr. Product Design Lead
Antionette D. Carroll
President and CEO (Founder) · Creative Reaction Lab
Daisy A. Magnus-Aryitey
Co-Founder · Code the Dream
Dave Malouf
Director, UX Design - AI, Platforms, and DesignOps · Walmart
David Minton
Managing Partner · DesignHammer
Eriol Fox
Human-Rights Centered Designer · Simply Secure
Jacquie Goyena
User Experience Designer & Researcher · SAS
Jake Mitchell
Product Designer Manager · DocuSign
Jessie Huff
Accessibility Lead, Front End Developer · Red Hat
Lauren Bedal
Design Lead · Archetype AI
Leia Outen
RYT-200 HR
Matt Rae
Designer Advocate - Adobe XD · Adobe
Meg Lewis
Designer, Performer
Michelle Chin
Principal DesignOps Manager · Citrix
Mike Monteiro
Design Director and Co-owner · Mule Design Studio
Reginé Gilbert
Designer, Educator, Author
Reneé Cagnina Haynes
Creative Designer · Viget
Ryan Rumsey
CEO and Founder, Chief Design Officer School · Second Wave Dive
Sanantanita Burnette
UX Web Development Team Lead · Relias
Shara Coutourier
Research Lead · Three Five Two
Sonny Miles
Musician
Steven Banfi
Senior UX Designer · Smashing Boxes
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Askable
Atomic Object
Balsamiq
Duke Pratt Engineering
Great Question
IDF (Interaction Design Foundation International)
Interaction Design Foundation
Loop11
Lucid
MeasuringU
Netapp
O'Reilly
Progress
Red Hat
Robert Half
TriUXPA
Truist
UNC SILS
Userview
User View
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 37 companies show up — and 1 bet on three roles at once?

37 companies. one 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
1All threespeak · spons · exh
19Sponsoringsponsor only
17Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Red Hat

Speakers by seniority

25% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite28%
  • Founder / Owner313%
  • Director / Head of14%
  • Manager / Lead625%
  • Engineer · IC729%
  • Research / Science313%
  • Other roles28%

Of 24 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Red HatSp1V
  2. 02AskableSp
  3. 03Atomic ObjectSp
  4. 04BalsamiqSp
  5. 05Duke Pratt EngineeringSp
  6. 06Great QuestionSp
  7. 07IDF (Interaction Design Foundation International)Sp
  8. 08Interaction Design FoundationSp
  9. 09Loop11Sp
  10. 10LucidSp
  11. 11MeasuringUSp
  12. 12NetappSp
  13. 13O'ReillySp
  14. 14ProgressSp
Sponsors by tier
unspecified20
100% of 20
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.

Related events · by shared sponsors