About this event
This conference connects young professionals to the UX industry by providing insightful speakers and networking opportunities.
Presenters
Meet our wonderful Speakers, Panelists, and Workshop Leaders
Jen Blatz
Senior Experience Designer at Fidelity Investments & Co-founder of User Research and Strategy Group
Schedule Highlights Day 1 (03/27)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Opening Ceremony
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Speaker
Cassini Nazir - "Designing Curiosity Talk"
Watch as Cassini explains the differences between types of curiosity and challenges us to think about how we are curious.11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Break
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Workshop
Brian Sullivan - "Remote Research with Mural"
In this interactive workshop, you will learn how to use Mural to do remote research with your users. A the end of this workshop, you will be able to conduct your own remote research using Mural to help you manage clients and get the data you need.12:45 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch Break
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Workshop
Elisa Miller - "Personal Branding + Resume Review"
Watch Elisa talk through how to make a personal brand and give tips on brushing up your resume for the next recruitment season!3:00 PM
Wrap Up
Schedule Highlights Day 2 (03/28)
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Panel
UX Industry Panel
- Ariel Martin, Experience Director at projekt202
- Brittany Sumarsono, Senior Product Designer at Intuit
- Jerry Zeng, UX Designer at Walmart Technology
- Michael Champlin, Experience Design at projekt202
- Sanjay Shah, Sr. Product Designer at Dialexa
- Stephanie Brisendine, Interaction Designer at Google
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Workshop
AJ Wood - "Design, Prototype, Share – Oh My! Jump in with Adobe XD"
Join A.J. Wood for tips and tricks with Adobe XD including coediting, components, 3D, voice prototyping, easy animation, presentations, software sims, and more.12:30 PM - 12:45 PM
Raffle Winners Announced
12:45 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch Break
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Speed Networking
Meet individuals and build long-lasting relationships with professionals from Apple, Amazon, HubSpot, Google, Capital One, Microsoft, IBM, Credera, and more!3:00 PM
Closing Ceremony
Thank you to our sponsors!
A big thank you to our Premium sponsor

And our other sponsors






Schedule Highlights
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Networking Booth and Breakfast
(Sponsored by Capital One)
Capital One, Big Design and Big Foresight booth
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Opening Ceremony & Speaker
Jen Blatz - "How to Keep Cognitive Biases Out of Your Design and Research"
12:00 PM - 12:55 PM
Lunch & Networking
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Workshop
Frances Yllana - "Soft Skills: How to be a Consultant or How to Ideate with Constraints"
1:50 PM - 2:30 PM
Speaker
Brandon Ward - "UX without the User is Your X"
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Panel
- Michael Champlin, Experience Design at projekt202
- Brittany Sumarsono, Product Designer at Intuit
- Elisa Miller, Learning Transformation Coach at American Airlines
- Brian Sullivan, Founder of the Big Design Conference & Director of Design Strategy at Sabre
- Brandon Ward, Director User Experience at Precocity
4:00 PM - 4:10 PM
Closing Ceremony & Raffle Winner Announcement
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM
Portfolio Review
Sign up for one spot through this link for a 5-minute one-on-one review from some of our presenters.