News & Updates

See all the logos on our UXPA 2025 International Conference site here. Congratulations to our winner and all our participants! Thank you to everyone who sent in their submissions!

UXPA’s Chapters are great ways to connect with UX professionals in your area and around the world. There are a lot of amazing offerings ranging from local and regional UX conferences to virtual-based events such as book clubs, webinars, or inclusive design round tables. As well as Chapter events, UXPA International also have a collection of upcoming webinars for you to enjoy, too! UXPA Boston Conference 2024 (Friday, May 10th) UXPA Boston presents their 22nd User Experience Conference for New England and the Greater Boston area on Friday, May 10th, 2024. View the sessions and schedule, here:https://uxpabostonconference2024.sched.com/ For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit the conference website:http://conference.uxpaboston.org/ To learn more about UXPA Boston, please visit their website:https://uxpaboston.org/

In 2023, we asked the UXPA International community to help re-envision the “Designing the User Experience” poster that has adorned the walls of UX professionals for over 20 years. Thank you all for your participation and helping to educate the next generation of UX professionals! Original “Designing the User Experience” UPA Poster Participants were encouraged to represent the most current user-centered design process and best practices which included the following: Steps in the UCD process: Represents the best practice activities in the user experience research and design lifecycle. Examples include: stakeholder interviews, contextual inquiries, card sorts, prototypes, etc. Successes: Highlighting the milestones that help a team move forward in the design process toward a successful product launch. Traps and pitfalls: Addresses things to …

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Sara MastroUXPA International President Alain Robillard-BastienUXPA International Vice President What a year it’s been! From a successful UXPA 2023 conference in Austin, TX, to another great mentorship cohort, we have been busy and we will not stop! There was also some change this year, as we had some UXPA BOD colleagues move on from their roles. We want to thank Abby Goodrum for all the great work she did as Director of Education, which includes our Webinar Wednesdays. We welcomed Joshua Randall into the role a few months ago and already he has hit the ground running. Stay tuned for more program offerings from UXPA International! With Alain now serving as Vice President for our Board, he and I are …

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Michael Rawlins The entire UX community was shocked and saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Michael Rawlins, a devoted husband and father, tireless advocate for the UX field, past UXPA International Board member and one of the founders of the Connecticut chapter of UXPA. We spoke with Eileen Redmond, one of Michael’s good friends, and the current president of UXPA Connecticut, about his impact and legacy. UXPA International:Please introduce yourself and would you tell us how you first met Michael? Eileen Redmond:I first met Michael at Aetna, almost 25 years ago. I was a business analyst at the time. We worked in the same general area, and he sat near the printer. He always had his headphones on, …

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Joshua Randall Director of Education Join us in welcoming UXPA International’s new Director of Education, Joshua Randall! He is a Senior User Experience Designer at The Home Depot and past President of UXPA Cleveland. We asked Joshua a few questions so our members can learn more about our newest Board Member! 1) How did you get started in UX? I began my career in market research, then moved into I.T. business analysis. While a BA, I started asking questions like, ‘Who are we building this for?’ and ‘How well does this meet their needs?’ My eyes were opened when, at a BA association meeting, we had a guest speaker who was a UX designer. She recommended some books to me …

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