Education & Training

UX360 Research Summit 2026

UX360 is one of the few global events dedicated exclusively to UX research, bringing together leading minds and innovative voices in the field. The summit features organizations applying new methodologies, AI-enabled tools, and design research frameworks to create better user experiences and impactful business results. Attendees gain actionable strategies fr…

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50Speakers
10Sponsors
77On the bill · sessions
54Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at UX360, in alphabetical order.
Aileen Baxter
User Research Lead · Social Security Scotland
Aminata Kaba
UX Researcher · SiriusXM
Aryane Serconek
Lead User Researcher · H&M Group
Brian Van Zyl
Lead User Researcher · Monzo
Carlos Andrés Leighton
Leader, UX Research · Cisco Webex
Clement Pinson
UX Design Leader, Mobilize · Renault Group
Constantine Gavrykov
Sr Director of Product Design · Decathlon
Dave Malouf
Director, UX Design - AI, Platforms, and DesignOps · Walmart
Dr. Emmanuelle Savarit
UX Research Leadership Expert - Author- Host of the UX Research Club
Dr. Lars Lischke
UX Research Lead, Corporate Markets · Elsevier
Dr. Maryam Pasdarnavab
Senior UX Researcher · Zooplus
Dr. Shuo-Hsiu Hsu
UX Governance Lead · Airbus
Gina Yoo
Senior UX Researcher · The Weather Company
Greg Kozakiewicz
Director of User Experience Design · Oracle
Harsha Vemulapallix
Global Director of Experience Design & Research · Siemens
Jazmin Harling-Gray
AVP, Sr. UX Research Specialist, Retirement Plan Services · T. Rowe Price
Jen Blatz
Principal UX Researcher · BECU
Jessica Hensley
AVP, Sr. UX Designer, Retirement Plan Services · T. Rowe Price
Jess White
Director of UX Research · Expedia Group
Judy Ma
Director of User Experience · Microsoft
Kathryn Campbell
Former Director of User Research · Warner Music Group
Katie Anderson Elfering
Senior Staff Researcher (Product Belonging) · Pinterest
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
ConveoGold
Conveo.aiGold
AQRAssociation partner
German UPAAssociation partner
Interaction Design FoundationAcademic Partner
R9 BerlinAssociation partner
Smashing ConferenceMedia partner
UXPA InternationalAssociation partner
UX PracticalMedia partner
Woman in ResearchAssociation partner
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Agenda

Selected from 77 sessions on the bill.
  • Day 1

    BRIDGING THE EXPERIENCE GAP: REDEFINING UX ENTRY REQUIREMENTS IN THE AGE OF AUTOMATION

    - Exploring how AI tools are automating traditional entry-level tasks, creating barriers for newcomers, and identifying practical strategies to overcome these challenges - Analyzin…

  • Day 1

    CREATING A BENCHMARKING PLAYBOOK: QUANTIFYING USABILITY IN THE FINANCIAL INDUSTRY

    - Exploring how traditional UX evaluation methods yielded subjective results for financial services digital products, necessitating a dependable, quantitative benchmarking process …

  • Day 1

    DEMONSTRATING THE VALUE OF UXR/D BY DRIVING ACCEPTANCE ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION

    - Exploring methods and best practices for assessing and advancing organizational UX maturity - Transforming your UXR team into organizational coaches to enhance user-centricity - …

  • Day 1

    DIGITAL PAWS: SCALING QUALITATIVE HUMAN-PET REALITIES WITH AI

    - Exploring how adaptive AI-led video and voice interviews reveal the motivations and decision-making processes behind pet parent digital behaviors across European e-commerce platf…

  • Day 1

    HUMAN-CENTERED UX RESEARCH IN THE AGE OF AI: BALANCING TECHNOLOGY AND EMPATHY

    - Integrating strategic cognitive friction points that apply psychological principles to preserve critical thinking while mitigating the over-reliance of AI in UX research workflow…

  • Day 1

    NEXT-GEN UX RESEARCH ROADMAP: ARCHITECTING THE FUTURE OF USER EXPERIENCE

    The importance of embedding strategic leadership alignment in the UX process to amplify the UX team's long-term impact - Case study on partnering with senior leaders for business-U…

  • Day 1

    SCALING UX EXCELLENCE: BUILDING AND LEADING GLOBAL DESIGN TEAMS AT ASSA ABLOY

    From being the first UX advocate in a large organization to leading a global team of more than 70 professionals, this talk shares the story of scaling UX inside one of the world’s …

  • Day 1

    THE FAILURE PANEL: WHY FAILURES ARE IMPORTANT AND WHAT THEY CAN TEACH US

    - Nobody is perfect: Sharing your most memorable hiccups - Exploring how mistakes can create opportunities for innovation and unexpected discoveries in product development - Transf…

  • Day 1

    UX RESEARCH AS STRATEGIC RISK MANAGEMENT IN THE AGE OF AI: LESSONS FROM JPMORGANCHASE

    As AI transforms legacy organizations, UX Research must evolve from a support function to a strategic advisor. This talk shares how UXR at JPMorgan Chase positions itself as a busi…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 54 companies show up, and 1 bet on three roles at once?

54 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
9Sponsoringsponsor only
44Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Conveo.ai

Speakers by seniority

54% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite12%
  • Founder / Owner12%
  • VP-level12%
  • Director / Head of2448%
  • Manager / Lead48%
  • Engineer · IC24%
  • Research / Science1428%
  • Other roles36%

Of 50 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Conveo.aiSp·G1V
  2. 02AQRSp·A
  3. 03ConveoSp·G
  4. 04German UPASp·A
  5. 05Interaction Design FoundationSp·A
  6. 06R9 BerlinSp·A
  7. 07Smashing ConferenceSp·M
  8. 08UXPA InternationalSp·A
  9. 09UX PracticalSp·M
  10. 10Woman in ResearchSp·A
  11. 11Google2V
  12. 12Meta2V
  13. 13SiriusXM2V
  14. 14T. Rowe Price2V
Sponsors by tier
gold2
20% of 10
academic partner1
10% of 10
association partner5
50% of 10
media partner2
20% of 10
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