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UXPA Boston Conference 2021

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8:30am EDT

Welcome and Opening Chat 6 - Ballroom (UXPA Boston)Elle Marcus • Bob Thomas

9:15am EDT

Ecosystem of a UX Leader 5 - Liberty (Career)Kanwaldeep 'KD' Singh Arneja Design for Users Everywhere – How to Craft a Meaningful International UX 2 - Back Bay C/D (Design)Yingdi Qi Navigating the Complexity of Trust 1 - Back Bay A/B (Research)Carol Smith Draining the UX Swamp 3 - Independence (Strategy)Rolf Molich Defense UX: field research with the military 4 - Republic (Research & Panels)Vanessa Battaglia • Nathan Rose-Heim • Tristan Bonner

10:15am EDT

Mentoring 6 - Ballroom (UXPA Boston)Bob Thomas Stakeholder Relationships: Leading UX researchers to greater success and impact 2 - Back Bay C/D (Design)Laura Faulkner PhD Write Accessible Copy that Improves Readability for All 4 - Republic (Research & Panels)Patricia D'Ambrosio Partners in crime: lessons learned from collaborative research with analysts 1 - Back Bay A/B (Research)Margot Lieblich • Richard Ng Villalobos Scaling Design with Design Ops: The UX of UX 3 - Independence (Strategy)Chris LaChance

11:15am EDT

Crafting Communication and Inquiry: Visual Thinking Strategies for UX 5 - Liberty (Career)Josephine Holmboe • Dabney Hailey What’s in a story? Engagement, connection, and better UX. 4 - Republic (Research & Panels)Marli Mesibov The UX of Conversational Design 2 - Back Bay C/D (Design)Yina Smith-Danenhower Give Me the Quick Version! Using One-Pagers to Communicate Research Findings Far and Wide 1 - Back Bay A/B (Research)Mike Ryan Service Blueprint vs. Journey Map in enterprise UX design 3 - Independence (Strategy)Kanika Ahirwar • Pouya Shabanpour

12:15pm EDT

Lunchtime Table Topics 6 - Ballroom (UXPA Boston)Bob Thomas

1:00pm EDT

Boost your Emotional Intelligence to move from good UX to great 5 - Liberty (Career)Priyama Barua The Indispensable Principles of Designing Complex Interfaces 2 - Back Bay C/D (Design)Dean Schuster Fighting Back Against Fictional Personas 1 - Back Bay A/B (Research)Colleen McCretton • Emma Murphy Innovating and Collaborating Remotely: How the UX Community Adapted 3 - Independence (Strategy)Michael Hawley 5 Concrete Actions UX Designers Can Take Today to Improve the World 4 - Republic (Research & Panels)James Christie • Elizabeth Rosenzweig • Dorothy Shamonsky • Brian K Smith • Dan Zollman

2:00pm EDT

Mentoring Session 6 - Ballroom (UXPA Boston)Bob Thomas Build for action, not distraction Five practical steps you can take to build successful UI 4 - Republic (Research & Panels)Jennifer Smith Oh No! Avoiding the Unintended Consequences of Design 2 - Back Bay C/D (Design)Cindy Brummer How to develop your own UX Research Panel 1 - Back Bay A/B (Research)Kay Corry Aubrey • Jeff Sokolov Optimizing Design Operations for Inclusive User Experiences 3 - Independence (Strategy)Gary Aussant • Michael Beauchamp

3:00pm EDT

10-minute talks 5 - Liberty (Career)Georgiy Chernyavsky • Josephine Massey • Nouran Shehata Over-complicated? Over-simplified? The UX Efficient Frontier 4 - Republic (Research & Panels)Morgane Peng UX design without sketching 2 - Back Bay C/D (Design)Everett McKay Converting to UX Research: How to Leverage CRO Testing to Kickstart Your Organization's User Research Practice 1 - Back Bay A/B (Research)Katlyn Greene Two Birds, One Branch: A Strategy for Managing UX Debt and Accessibility 3 - Independence (Strategy)Patrick Drake • Todd Zazelenchuk

4:15pm EDT

From the Workplace to the Classroom: Teaching User Experience 5 - Liberty (Career)Saloni Borar • Kevin Liang • Shanae Chapman • Sylke Lopez • Grace Phang Designing meaningful visualizations: a case study in connecting users to their data 2 - Back Bay C/D (Design)Ben Elgart Driving UX outcomes with PURE scores: One company’s journey to metrics through expert reviews 4 - Republic (Research & Panels)Kevin Berni SUS Plus: Amp up your usability survey! 1 - Back Bay A/B (Research)Kirsten Robinson Designing for Decision Support: What Product Design Leaders Need to Know About Enabling Successful Enterprise Data Analytics and Machine Learning Initiatives 3 - Independence (Strategy)Brian O'Neill

5:15pm EDT

Closing Keynote: Looking Back, Looking Forward, Shifting Perspectives. A Fireside Chat with Mona Patel 6 - Ballroom (UXPA Boston)Lisa Spitz • Mona Patel