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Many UX professionals are quietly burning out. They feel increasing pressure to meet deadlines, deal with business objectives, accommodate engineering needs, and yet somehow make the user happy. Adding to this is the anxiety of producing creative work in the age of AI. In the midst of all of this, the designer might be asking themselves, “What ever happened to the creative person I used to be? How do I fit my creative soul into this madness?” This panel discussion will bring together four experienced professional designers from diverse backgrounds to address how creativity really works for them, and the solutions they have found to keep their creative inner life alive. We will cover such diverse topics as the lifestyle …

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Join us for an exploration of AI-driven UX design in the financial technology sector. This session examines how artificial intelligence is reshaping user experiences in complex financial workflows through both visible and invisible design patterns. We’ll explore practical approaches to integrating AI that enhance decision-making and productivity while maintaining the trust, clarity, and control those financial users demand. Whether you’re designing customer-facing applications or internal enterprise tools, you’ll leave with actionable insights on balancing AI capabilities with human-centered design principles in high-stakes financial environments. What participants will learn from attending: – Understand best practices for AI UX in complex financial workflows. – Discover different AI design patterns – both visible and invisible – that enhance decision-making and productivity. – Learn …

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As AI systems move beyond content generators and chatbots toward agentic tools that can prioritise, decide, and act on our behalf, UX faces a fundamental shift. Even before full autonomy arrives, today’s design patterns, automation, recommendations, and delegation, are already shaping how power and agency move from people to systems. In this session, Sam explores what it means to design trustworthy agentic experiences, focusing on the moments where support quietly becomes delegation. Rather than leaning into hype or doomsday narratives, the talk offers a practical, design-led lens for understanding how autonomy, transparency, and control show up in real products and how small UX decisions can either preserve or erode user agency over time. Using relatable scenarios, emerging patterns, and a …

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The audience will learn the psycho-physiology of nervousness and why we experience it when we publicly speak. I provide a general overview of the nervous system, what triggers our nerves, and what is happening inside our body when all eyes are on us. Then, I dig into some basic techniques and scientifically backed strategies for controlling nerves.

In this presentation, which will include a question and answer session, Josephine Giaimo will lead an exploration of the inter- and intra-personal factors associated with perfectionism, generally. She sees perfectionism as a personality aspect associated with giftedness. Josephine will discuss the connection between the UX career path and unidentified giftedness. This will include the positive and negative aspects of perfectionism and how they manifest in a variety of UX-related career paths and situations. She will discuss how perfectionism in the UX field can become a catalyst for self-actualization and humanitarian ideals. She will introduce Dabrowski’s theory as a framework allowing us to see how perfectionism can change in form, depending on one’s level of personal development. Participants will: – Come …

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This hands-on session introduces designs to an emerging workflow that’s transforming design-to-development handoffs: Converting Figma designs directly into functional HTML using AI and the Model Context Protocol (MCP). We’ll start with a brief introduction to MCP, then walk through setting up the file system and Figma integrations with Claude Desktop. You’ll see live demonstrations of configuring Figma’s Dev Mode and watch as Claude Desktop translates real design components into clean, responsive HTML code in real-time. This practical session bridges the gap between design intent and implementation, showing how AI can accelerate prototyping and developer collaboration. Bring your laptop to follow along – no coding experience required, just curiosity and a willingness to explore the future of design workflows. Audience Takeaways …

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