Track 1
Keynote
10 Years of Lean UX: Why are we still having the same conversations?
60 minutes
Jeff Gothelf
Author, trainer and public speaker, Gothelf.co
UX Scotland
09-10 June 2027
John McIntyre Conference Centre, Edinburgh
Programme 2024
Wednesday 29 May
08:30
Conference registration
09:50
Welcome to UX Scotland
10:00
11:00
Morning break
11:30
Track 1
Talk
Flexible UX research for successful outcomes
45 minutes
Cory Lebson
Lebsontech LLC
Track 2
Talk
How design can regenerate the earth
45 minutes
Katja Forbes
Independent
Track 3
Workshop
Designing against distress: A session to collectively develop more ethical design patterns
90 minutes
Hannah Jump
HM Courts and Tribunals Service
Track 4
Workshop
Integrating perspectives: Enhancing user evaluation through sentence completion and the 'Six Thinking Hats' method
90 minutes
Laura Pruszko
Glasgow Caledonian University
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12:30
Track 1
Talk
A11y you need to know about accessibility audits and VPATs
45 minutes
Roger Attrill
IQVIA
Track 2
Talk
Your brain on design: Applying behavioural science ethically for better UX
45 minutes
Vidhika Bansal
Intuit
13:15
Lunch break
14:15
Track 1
Talk
Riding the hairy (scary?) line between DesignOps and Design Management as an IC
60 minutes
Tricia Okin
Independent
Track 2
Case Study
Mission implausible: A mini-discovery in 2 weeks?
60 minutes
Andy Thomson
Click Whirr
Sally Rogan
Registers of Scotland
Track 3
Case Study
Clinicians in pain: Diagnosing and treating problem tech in A&E
60 minutes
Paul Rawson
Mastek
Track 4
Workshop
Understanding the problem: Lessons from behavioural design
120 minutes
Serena Verdenicci
Context and Intent
15:15
Afternoon break
15:45
Track 1
Talk
Nature-inspired innovation: Designing the future using lessons from the past
60 minutes
Stu Church
Pure Usability Ltd
James Chudley
Independent
Track 2
Talk
Making numbers matter in UX research
60 minutes
Lina Wilckens
Accenture Next Gen Engineering
Track 3
Workshop
Getting started with no code: A practical workshop for designers
60 minutes
Dominic Norton
Independent
16:45
Social evening
Thursday 30 May
09:00
Conference registration
09:50
Welcome to UX Scotland Day 2
10:00
Track 1
Keynote
Design systems everywhere else
60 minutes
Dan Mall
Founder, Design System University
11:00
Morning break
11:30
Track 1
Talk
Curiosity unleashed: The key to true innovation
45 minutes
Jeroen van Geel
Creative Strategist - Independent
Track 2
Talk
Designing in the long crisis
45 minutes
Anne Dhir
SPARCK
Track 3
Talk
Harnessing AI to build neuro-inclusive websites
45 minutes
Pratik Joglekar
HubSpot
Track 4
Discussion
Let's debate: Does hybrid working actually work in UX?
90 minutes
Suhail Hussain
Government Digital Service
Tom Burrows
Government Digital Service
Jack Fletcher
Co-op
Track 5
Workshop
Who am I? Introversion, anxiety and a lack of confidence
90 minutes
Sarah Bryer
Intro/Vert
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12:30
Track 1
Case Study
Fostering collaboration: Enhancing design critique across enterprise products
45 minutes
Laura Dantonio
Wood Mackenzie
Track 2
Talk
Trains, wedding invites, and entry requirements: How bad content came to be bad
45 minutes
Pete Hewitt
University of Dundee
Track 3
Case Study
How Service Design is helping to eliminate Hepatitis C
45 minutes
Alex Barker
Alex Barker Consulting Ltd
13:15
Lunch break
14:15
Track 1
Talk
Taming the financial rollercoaster: Using behavioural design to help users make smarter investment choices
60 minutes
Abi Reynolds
Fintech
Track 2
Talk
Using AI tools for user-centered design
60 minutes
Becki Floyd
Independent
Track 3
Workshop
Bridging the gap between research and design
120 minutes
Luke Hay
Clearleft
Track 4
Workshop
Storyboarding in UX: A visual tool to bring complex research to life
120 minutes
Hannah Mitchell
RNLI
Laura Pledger
RNLI
Track 5
Discussion
Your UX career: A group coaching session
60 minutes
Jenny Björkman
Interaktiv Design Studio
Afternoon break
15:45
Track 1
Talk
Ethical AI methods to enhance your UX research
60 minutes
Cory Lebson
Lebsontech LLC
Track 2
Case Study
The product box: Making research tangible
60 minutes
Rachel Abbott
Hippo
Track 5
Discussion
Trauma-informed practices for ethical UX research and design
60 minutes
Raimonda Sidaraite
User Vision
Gintarė Venzlauskaitė
User Vision
16:45
Social evening & Lightning talks
Friday 31 May
09:00
Conference registration
09:50
Welcome to UX Scotland Day 3
10:00
Track 1
Keynote
Create brilliant work together: Integrating content design into your multi-discipline team
60 minutes
Rachel McConnell
Design Leader and Author
11:00
Morning break
11:30
Track 1
Talk
Always be creating clarity: Daily habits for strategic storytellers
45 minutes
Ben Sauer
Clouds and Clocks Ltd
Track 2
Talk
Hiring and onboarding in turbulent times FTW
45 minutes
Russ Unger
IntelliBridge
Track 3
Workshop
Cognitive disabilities, neurodiversity, and accessibility: WCAG and beyond
90 minutes
Snigdha Ramkumar
User Vision
Track 4
Workshop
Imagining feminist technology futures: A workshop to creatively deconstruct harmful design and imagine alternative futures
90 minutes
Leah Lockhart
Independent
Dr Kieran Cutting
fractals co-op
Track 5
Workshop
Joining up Service Design and Content Strategy to drive organisational change
90 minutes
Emily Allinson
Opencast Software
Barbara Mertlova
Opencast Software
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12:30
Track 1
Talk
A more holistic approach to accessibility: considering intersectionality and lived experience in inclusive design
45 minutes
Priyanca D'Souza
Independent/GDS
13:15
Lunch break
14:05
Track 1
Talk
Design leadership
45 minutes
Llara Geddes
AND Digital
Track 2
Talk
Arrival 2.0: Rethinking the future of the hotel arrival experience
45 minutes
Zoe Broughton
citizenM hotels
Track 3
Talk
“Can you re-invent the engine?”: Product design for the games industry
45 minutes
Scott McCallum
Opera - GameMaker
Neve O'Neill
Opera - GameMaker
Track 4
Talk
'You should already know that': Defensive Practice in Agile/UCD environments
45 minutes
Laura Dalrymple
Tangity/NTT Data
Track 5
Discussion
Your UX career: A group coaching session
60 minutes
Jenny Björkman
Interaktiv Design Studio
14:50
Afternoon break
15:15
Track 1
Talk
Dead on arrival: A designer's take on why your product launches fail
45 minutes
Ade-Lee Adebiyi
SoPost
Track 2
Talk
AI - 'Auditing Invisibility': Understanding invisible bias in emerging technologies
45 minutes
Daragh Anderson
Arup & Associates
Track 3
Case Study
Inside out: Elevating UX collaboratively with stakeholder workshops
45 minutes
Nagihan Tuna
Baillie Gifford
Track 4
Talk
Finding the Mother Tree: Lessons on inclusion from the forest
45 minutes
Rose Clarkson
Lloyds Banking Group
16:00
Conference close