Tracks.

This year, we’ve added an additional day of talks held on June 6.

These talks will have limited space to create an intimate environment for conversation and connection at different venues across downtown Toronto.

Research Foundations

SOLD OUT

Venue – TELUS Digital, @telusdigital, 3rd floor, 25 York Street, Toronto M5J 2V5

Dive deep into lesser-known methods and emerging perspectives to build and shape your UX research toolkit.

Who's it for? Students and newer UXRs looking to strengthen their execution skills, broaden their technical competencies, and make steps to level up.

Don’t Start With Data: A framework for scoping impactful research

– Behzod Sirjani, Slack

Research: the goal, the role, and having an impact

– Dave Hora, Dave's Research Company, Ltd.

Quantitative Research

– Heather ONeill, Pixels for Humans

Doing Guerilla Research Right

– Maia Ottenstein, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals

Amplifying insights from underrepresented users to build more inclusive products

– Nanako Era, Airbnb

Research Through Design

SOLD OUT

Venue – TWG, @TWG, 425 Adelaide St W #300, Toronto, ON M5V 3C1

Hosted by – Danielle Klein, @kleindaniellej

Learn from practitioners who are rooted strongly in the context of design practices and include design methods within their research toolkit.

Who's it for? Designers who have one foot in both the world of UXR and design that are looking to hear stories about how they’re uniquely positioned to be catalysts for change.

How might we future proof user experience?

– Ariel Sim, MaRS Discovery District

What Strive means to me: Finding ways to include unheard voices

– Cheryl Li & Sepideh Shahi, Inclusive Design Research Centre (IDRC)

Real talk: Doing UX research as a designer

– Kristina Rostorotsky, Loblaw Digital

Involving stakeholders in design research: a primer for success

– Ron Bronson, Independent

Design it wrong: How designing for research is different

– Shruti Ramiah, N26

Advancing Your Practice

SOLD OUT

Venue – CBC, Main Floor Atrium, 250 Front St W, Toronto, ON M5V 3G5

Hosted by – Dani Juneau

Learn how well-developed methods are being adapted in challenging contexts and innovative ways.

Who's it for? Intermediate and senior UXRs looking for fresh perspectives and ideas.

Making Hiring Human

– Adam Mansour, Google

How to survive and thrive during a 3-month diary study

– Alison Post & Rubén Perez-Huidobro, Shopify

I don’t talk like that! Research methods and ethics for natural language interaction.

– Abby Bajuniemi, Gomoll Research + Design, Inc.

Researching the end: What doing user research in funeralcare has taught me

– Gillian MacDonald, Co-op Digital

Plotting: User Interviews Made Visual

– Jing Jing Tan, The Working Group (TWG)

Leadership in Research

SOLD OUT

Venue – OCAD U CO, @OCADU_CO, 4th floor, Unit 4R, 130 Queens Quay East, Toronto ON M5A 3Y5

Hosted by – Matt Gallivan, @mgallivan

Hear stories from research leaders about how they manage their teams and elevate the role of research in their organizations.

Who's it for? Research Leads and Managers looking for perspectives on leadership in UXR.

Opportunistic Research

– Gregg Bernstein, Vox Media

Measuring trust when conversion isn't enough

– Ling Hu, Independent & Nicole Hill, Groupon

How to succeed as a UXR Manager: Capitalizing on your strengths as a researcher

– Monal Chokshi, Lyft

Toward a More Perfect Union: Strategies to Equalize the Value of Research and Data Science at Your Organization

– Ovetta Sampson, IDEO

Scaling UXR impact: Case studies from Google Maps

– Victoria Sosik, Google

ResearchOps Workshop.

SOLD OUT

Venue – OCAD U CO, @OCADU_CO, 4th floor, Unit 4R, 130 Queens Quay East, Toronto ON M5A 3Y5

Hosted by – Tara Franz

Alongside our tracks, we'll also be having our full-day Research Ops workshop, for those who are building a research practice from the ground up.

ResearchOps 101: How to Get ResearchOps Off the Ground

– Kate Towsey, Atlassian

Main Stage.

Venue – Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St, Toronto, ON M5J 2H5

Hosted by – Alec Levin, @levin_alec

Dynamic UXR: Ethical Responsibilities and AI

– Carol J. Smith, Uber

Reclaiming the Promise of UX Research

– Christopher Geison, AnswerLab

Building a product within a product: How research saved Lookback from a long, painful death

– Kacie Wise & Henrik Mattsson, Lookback

The State of ResearchOps: More Than Just Theory.

– Kate Towsey, Atlassian

How To Serve A Nation

– Mithula Naik, Canadian Digital Service (CDS)

Taking a Different Tack: How We Built Up Research at Slack

– Michael Massimi & Christina Janzer, Slack

Strive For A Child's Mindset: Lessons I’ve learned about research and design from my 4 year old daughter

– Noam Segal, Wealthfront

What do you think?

– Shruti Kataria, Airbnb

The Siren Call of Self-Neglect

– Vivianne Castillo, Salesforce

Strive.

The 2019 UX Research Conference

June 6–7, 2019 • Toronto, Canada

Presenting partner.

This year, we’re partnering with our Platinum sponsor Airbnb to present #UXRConf.

The Airbnb team are great supporters of the research community and share our vision of a world where UX research is essential. They’re home to a growing team of researchers and research leaders.

About the conference.

#UXRConf takes place in downtown Toronto, Canada. We bring together researchers, designers and product people for listening, learning, and conversation about UX research.

Day one tracks

The big event

Gatherings and breaks

Our speakers.

Abby Bajuniemi, PhD

Adam Mansour

Alison Post

Ariel Sim

Behzod Sirjani

Carol J. Smith

Christopher Geison

Cheryl Li

Christina Janzer

Dave Hora

Gillian MacDonald

Gregg Bernstein

Heather ONeill

Henrik Mattsson

Jing Jing Tan

Kacie Wise

Kate Towsey

Kristina Rostorotsky

Ling Hu

Maia Ottenstein

Michael Massimi

Mithula Naik

Monal Chokshi

Nanako Era

Noam Segal

Nicole Hill

Ovetta Sampson

Ron Bronson

Rubén Perez-Huidobro

Sepideh Shahi

Shruti Kataria

Shruti Ramiah

Victoria Sosik

Vivianne Castillo

Speaker applications are closed.

We received over 150+ amazing applications this year. Read more about our speaker selection process on our blog.

Our program.

As researchers, we were naturally curious to hear your feedback after last year’s conference. And we heard it loud and clear: a call for more content dedicated to specific points in your journey in UX research. That’s why this year we’re holding a two-day conference.

On June 7, we have a full day of talks, featuring best in class speakers talking about groundbreaking new ideas and timely issues in UXR.

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When you purchase your ticket, you can opt to come for either both days or just one. Tracks have a limited number of spaces available.

Main stage only: $499+HST

Main stage + tracks: $698+HST

Main stage + workshop: $998+HST

Tracks.

This year, we’ve added an additional day of talks held on June 6. These talks will have limited space to create an intimate environment for conversation and connection at different venues across downtown Toronto.

Research Foundations

Research Through Design

Advancing Your Practice

Leadership in Research

ResearchOps Workshop.

Alongside our tracks, we'll also be having our full-day Research Ops workshop, for those who are building a research practice from the ground up.

Main Stage.

Student tickets.

Humber College made our subsidized student tickets possible. Thanks Humber for supporting students in our community! Brought to you by:

About us.

UX Research Collective is an organization that aims to provide a platform for UX Researchers to build community, share knowledge and promote the practice in Toronto and beyond. What does that mean? Well, we do a lot of stuff!

Our partners.

We've got a lot of love for these companies. Join us in thanking them for helping make #UXRConf magic.

Speaker applications
are closed.

We received over 150+ amazing applications this year.

Read more about our speaker selection process on our blog.

As researchers, we were naturally curious to hear your feedback after last year’s conference. And we heard it loud and clear: a call for more content dedicated to specific points in your journey in UX research.

That’s why this year we’re holding a two-day conference.

This year, we’ve added an additional day of talks held on June 6.

These talks will have limited space to create an intimate environment for conversation and connection at different venues across downtown Toronto.

Humber College made our subsidized student tickets possible. Thanks Humber for supporting students in our community!

Brought to you by:

UX Research Collective is an organization that aims to provide a platform for UX Researchers to build community, share knowledge and promote the practice in Toronto and beyond.
What does that mean? Well, we do a lot of stuff!