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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27Speakers
73Sponsors
0Sessions
84Companies · in total

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
Jeff Sauro
Founder and CEO, MeasuringU · MeasuringU
Jessa Parette
Head of Design, Byte by Yum! · Byte by Yum!
Jessie Huff
Accessibility Lead, Front End Developer · Red Hat
Kate Moran
AI Strategist + Researcher, Ex-NN/G
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

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

A Book Apart
Adobe
Askable
Atlantic BT (au)
Atomic Object
AU
Auburn University
Balsamiq
Big Top
Career Strategy Lab
Carimus Digital
Citrix
CrossComm
DesignHammer
Dexian
DrillBits Lab
dscout
Duke Pratt Engineering
Duke Pratt School of Engineering
Duke University
Duke University, Design & Technology Innovation
Eight Arms to Hold You
Fidelity
First Citizens Bank
GA
General Assembly
General Assembly (GA)
Globant
Google
Great Question
IDF (Interaction Design Foundation International)
ID Foundation
Interaction Design Foundation
Interaction Design Foundation (IDF)
IxDF
Lenovo
LexisNexis
Loft
Loop11
Lucid
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 84 companies show up, and 6 bet on three roles at once?

84 companies. six 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
6All threespeak · spons · exh
64Sponsoringsponsor only
14Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Adobe·Citrix·DesignHammer·MeasuringU·Red Hat·SAS

Speakers by seniority

30% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite311%
  • Founder / Owner311%
  • Director / Head of27%
  • Manager / Lead622%
  • Engineer · IC726%
  • Research / Science415%
  • Other roles27%

Of 27 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1AdobeSponsor1
2CitrixSponsor1
3DesignHammerSponsor1
4MeasuringUSponsor1
5Red HatSponsor1
6SASSponsor1
7A Book ApartSponsor-
8AskableSponsor-
9Atlantic BT (au)Sponsor-
10Atomic ObjectSponsor-
11AUSponsor-
12Auburn UniversitySponsor-
13BalsamiqSponsor-
14Big TopSponsor-
Sponsors by tier
unspecified73
100% of 73
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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