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World Usability Day Stuttgart 2026

The 22nd World Usability Day Stuttgart focuses on 'Designing a Sustainable Future with Ethical AI,' bringing together professionals and newcomers to discuss ethical AI, UX, usability, and human-centered design. The event is in cooperation with the tekom-Messe and offers opportunities for workshops, talks, and sponsorship. Participants can engage in discussio…

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14Speakers
12Sponsors
22Sessions
21Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at World, in alphabetical order.

Anne Elisabeth Krüger
Fraunhofer IAO
Damaris Randecker
adesso SE
Dan Scharf
muse case GmbH
Dennis Knopf
zigzag GmbH
Dr. Mattis Hartwig
singularIT GmbH / Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI)
Franziska Herrmann
NORDAKADEMIE gAG Hochschule der Wirtschaft / Digital Learning Campus
Jessica Schiller
UID GmbH
Kira Leuthold
The Gondola – UX-Writing Kompetenzzentrum
Lisa Reimer
UID GmbH
Marcus Soll
NORDAKADEMIE gAG Hochschule der Wirtschaft / Digital Learning Campus
Mrudula Arunkumar
Fraunhofer IAO
Prof. Dr. Clarissa Henning
Institut für Digitale Ethik, Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart
Prof. Dr. Michael Burmester
Mittelstand-Digital Zentrum Fokus Mensch, Hochschule der Medien
WUD-Team Stuttgart

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

forwertsBronze
Haufe AkademieBronze
slashwhyBronze
Spiegel InstitutBronze
UX2B GmbHBronze
UXQBBronze
UXQB e.V.Bronze
adesso SEPlatin Plus
Atruvia AGSilber
Centigrade GmbHSilber
Datev eGSilber
usability.de GmbH & Co. KGSilber

Agenda

Selected from 22 sessions.

  • 08:45 - 09:00

    Begrüßung

  • 09:00 - 09:45

    Keynote: Die verlockende Leichtigkeit der KI

  • 09:00 - 10:45

    Menschen für Cybersecurity gewinnen: Mit empathischer Kommunikation Richtlinien wirksam verankern

  • 09:45 - 10:00

    Pause

  • 10:00 - 10:45

    Accessibility out of the Box? Warum Barrierefreiheit auch mit KI kein Selbstläufer ist

  • 10:45 - 11:30

    Artificial Expectations: Wie KI Designprojekte, Stakeholder-Erwartungen & Junior-Rollen verändert

  • 10:45 - 11:30

    Calm UX: Warum effiziente Systeme scheitern

  • 10:45 - 11:30

    Human-Centered Leadership: Noch schwerer im KI-Zeitalter?

  • 10:45 - 11:30

    KI und die Zukunft der Zusammenarbeit: Juniors und Leadership im Wandel

Company intelligence

What does it mean when 21 companies show up, and 1 bet on three roles at once?

21 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
11Sponsoringsponsor only
9Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

adesso SE

Speakers by seniority
  • Other roles14100%

Of 14 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1adesso SESponsor · Platin Plus1
2AtruviaSponsor · Silber-
3CentigradeSponsor · Silber-
4DATEV eGSponsor · Silber-
5forwertsSponsor · Bronze-
6Haufe AkademieSponsor · Bronze-
7slashwhySponsor · Bronze-
8Spiegel InstitutSponsor · Bronze-
9usability.de GmbH & Co. KGSponsor · Silber-
10UX2B GmbHSponsor · Bronze-
11UXQBSponsor · Bronze-
12UXQB e.V.Sponsor · Bronze-
13Fraunhofer IAO2
14NORDAKADEMIE gAG Hochschule der Wirtschaft / Digital Learning Campus2
Sponsors by tier
bronze7
58% of 12
platin plus1
8% of 12
silber4
33% of 12
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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