UX & Product Design

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
66Sponsors
0On the bill · sessions
76Companies · 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.
A Book Apart
Adobe
Askable
Atlantic BT (au)
Atomic Object
Auburn University
Balsamiq
Big Top
Carimus Digital
Citrix
CrossComm
DesignHammer
Dexian
DrillBits Lab
dscout
Duke Pratt Engineering
Duke Pratt School of Engineering
Duke University
Eight Arms to Hold You
Fidelity
First Citizens Bank
General Assembly
General Assembly (GA)
Globant
Google
Great Question
IDF (Interaction Design Foundation International)
ID Foundation
Interaction Design Foundation
Interaction Design Foundation (IDF)
Lenovo
LexisNexis
Loft
Loop11
Lucid
MeasuringU
Netapp
One North
Optum
O'Reilly
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 76 companies show up, and 5 bet on three roles at once?

76 companies. five 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
5All threespeak · spons · exh
58Sponsoringsponsor only
13Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Adobe·Citrix·DesignHammer·Red Hat·SAS

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. 01AdobeSp1V
  2. 02CitrixSp1V
  3. 03DesignHammerSp1V
  4. 04Red HatSp1V
  5. 05SASSp1V
  6. 06A Book ApartSp
  7. 07AskableSp
  8. 08Atlantic BT (au)Sp
  9. 09Atomic ObjectSp
  10. 10Auburn UniversitySp
  11. 11BalsamiqSp
  12. 12Big TopSp
  13. 13Carimus DigitalSp
  14. 14CrossCommSp
Sponsors by tier
unspecified66
100% of 66
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.

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