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UXPA Boston 2017 Conference

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7:30am EDT

Breakfast & Open Networking 7-ConstitutionUXPA Boston Registration Opens 0-Ballroom FoyerUXPA Boston

8:00am EDT

Meet & Greet 6-Liberty B/CUXPA Boston

8:30am EDT

Welcome & Opening Keynote "UX: The Serendipitous Career" 1-BallroomDan Berlin

9:15am EDT

The Wallflower’s Guide to Networking IRL 6-Liberty B/CKelly Moeller • Jacqueline Stetson-Pastore Data Visualizations That Expand Your Visual Literacy 4-IndependenceJulie Rodriguez Practical Accessibility: Advice From the Front Lines 5-Backbay C/DMargy Bergel • Chris Hass • Mike Ryan • Katherine Wahl Usability Validation Testing of Medical Devices and Software 2-Backbay A/BBeth Loring UX Strategy Starts With Business Strategy 3-Republic A/BDavid Juhlin

10:15am EDT

Mentoring 6-Liberty B/CJen McGinn • Bob Thomas • Richard Beauregard • Matthew Belge • Kevin Berni • Diana Brown • janelle estes • Scott Faranello • Jeff Goodsill • Mary Lee • Peter McNally • Susie Robson • Tania Schlatter • Kyle Soucy Designing For Multitasking and Interruption-Intensive Environments 4-IndependenceIfat Yaakobi Are You Incorporating Metrics Into Your Journey Maps? Well You Should Be. 5-Backbay C/DRiley Conrath • Jackie Denmark You Can Have It Both Ways: Fast and Unbiased Usability Research 2-Backbay A/BEva Kaniasty Behavior-Driven Scenarios for UX Teams 3-Republic A/BJonathan Abbett

11:15am EDT

Sponsored Session: Make User Experience part of the KPI conversation with Universal Measures 6-Liberty B/CAndrea Peer • UserZoom Mini-SPRINT: Arriving at High Quality Design Solutions in a Day 4-IndependenceRanjan Bhattarai 10-Minute Talks Part 1 5-Backbay C/DChris Hass • Kristen Arakelian • Nathalie Baudrand • Mary Beth Raven Questioning Picture-in-Picture: Why Showing the Participant May Not Be Such a Great Idea After All 2-Backbay A/BSteve Krug Go Beyond Digital: Elevate Your UX with Service Design Thinking 3-Republic A/BChi Pham

12:00pm EDT

Lunch 7-ConstitutionUXPA Boston Table Topics 6-Liberty B/CEva Kaniasty • Kanwaldeep 'KD' Singh Arneja • Astrid Chow • Michael Hawley • Margaret Jacobi • Kavitha Krishnan • Sonya Mead • Susan Mercer • Bob Thomas • Minmin Yang • Clear Point Consultants

1:00pm EDT

Advanced Topics & Career Networking Roundtables 6-Liberty B/CThe Creative Group • Eva Kaniasty • Onward Search • Richard Beauregard • Matthew Belge • Kevin Berni • Carolyn Casper • Four Hewes • Peter McNally • Leanne Owens • Elizabeth Rosenzweig • Jennifer Strickland • Richard Wang Baffled By Brilliance: Machine Learning as the Next Great UX Challenge 4-IndependenceKatherine Bailey Best Check Yourself! Dealing With Cognitive Biases in User Research 2-Backbay A/BColin MacArthur Experimenting with New Research Techniques 5-Backbay C/DErin Freeburger • Melanie St James • Heather Wright Karlson UX Neat, Agile Chaser – Your Step-By-Step Guide For Blending UX and Agile in a Busy Development Organization 3-Republic A/BCarol Sadowsky Bergantino • Jennifer Bullard

2:00pm EDT

Sponsored Session: Using Eye Tracking and Biometric Sensors in UX Research 6-Liberty B/CBecky Johnson • iMotions Canceled - A Designer's Guide to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning 5-Backbay C/DRamy Nassar The Art and Science of Applying Behavioral Economics to Digital Health Design 5-Backbay C/DAmy Bucher, Ph.D. • Steven Schwartz Techniques to Ease Non-Researchers into Raw Data Analysis 2-Backbay A/BMeena Kothandaraman • Zarla Ludin Operationalizing Website Accessibility: A Strategic Approach to Employing Universal Design Principles Within Your Organization 3-Republic A/BGary Aussant

2:45pm EDT

Coffee Break 7-ConstitutionUXPA Boston

3:15pm EDT

Mentoring 6-Liberty B/CJen McGinn • Bob Thomas • Astrid Chow • Maria Garcia • Four Hewes • Meena Kothandaraman • Elizabeth Rosenzweig • Hal Shubin • Tom Tullis • Richard Wang 10-Minute Talks Part 2 5-Backbay C/DChris Hass • Calvin Arterberry • Jonathan Ericson • Sunish Gupta • Paul Sisler Designing in Healthcare for High Stress Situations 4-IndependenceKatelyn Hurley • Rachel Roppolo Using Frameworks to Manage Ethnographic Data 2-Backbay A/BHilary Whitehead Find the Right Metrics for UX ROI: Identifying the Best Data to Show the Business Value of the Design 3-Republic A/BKristin Zibell

4:15pm EDT

Student 10-Minute Talks 6-Liberty B/CChris Hass • Mack Cameron • Martina Moyne • Flavia Stoian Online Learning and Accessibility: Users as Learners 4-IndependenceMary Ziegler The Pragmatic Designer’s 'OCD' Approach to UX Design Practice 3-Republic A/BMalini Rao Make it Fast: Delivering UX Research to Agile Teams 5-Backbay C/DSarah Bloomer • Chris Chiusano • Jennifer Fabrizi • Jen McGinn • LUIS VALENCIA UX Design for Vets 2-Backbay A/BSandy Hilfiker

5:15pm EDT

Closing Keynote - Story First: Building Products That Engage 1-BallroomDonna Lichaw

6:00pm EDT

Cocktail Hour 0-Ballroom FoyerUXPA Boston