WaysConf Agenda
day 1 - lectures
day 1 - workshops
day 2 - lectures
day 2 - workshops
DESIGN [WISŁA]
RESEARCH [bratysława I]
PRODUCT & MANAGEMENT [bratysława II]
Registration
8:00
9:30
grand opening - DAY 1
9:30
9:40
9:40
10:25
Modern content design team: developing skills that AI can't replace
Oleksii Tkachenko
Senior Content Designer at TravelPerk
design
9:40
10:25
Leadership Taboos: The Male and Female Rhythm at Work
Aga Szóstek
Writer, Experience Designer and Leadership Trainer
Product & management
break
10:25
10:35
10:35
11:00
Digital Signage at Good Lood. Case study.
Gabriela Kłos-Kufel
UX/UI Designer at AVSystem
design
10:15
11:00
How (not) to talk to your customers - introducing discovery interviews into product development in Brand24.
Karol Kłaczyński
Head of Product at Brand24
Research
10:35
11:30
Navigating the AI Product Revolution: How to Turn Change Into a Competitive Advantage
Rinaldo Ugrina
Product Manager at Baymard Institute
Grzegorz Róg
Co-founder at easy.tools
Veronika Tamaio Flores
Product Lead at Railsware
Product & management
DISCUSSION PANEL
11:05
11:30
The Future of UX: AI-Enhanced Workflows and Beyond
Andre Fangueiro
Tietoevry
design
11:05
11:30
Wprowadzenie do nauki o złożoności
Paweł "Nowy" Nowak
Founder at NOWY kolektyw
Research
COFFEE BREAK
11:30
11:50
11:50
12:35
Speed of progress at the cost of technological exclusion — no-code, UI libraries, AI tools and web accessibility
Wojtek Kutyła
Independent Web Accessibility Specialist
design
11:50
12:35
Lekcje z exit poll - badania bez prawa do błędu
Joanna Skrzyńska
Public Affairs Leader at IPSOS
Research
11:50
12:35
Transforming a Health Marketplace into a Product-Led Organization
Marcin Zaremba
Head of Product at Livespace
Product & management
break
12:35
12:45
12:45
13:10
The Current State of E-Commerce Product Discovery UX: 8 Common Pitfalls & Best Practices
Rinaldo Ugrina
Product Manager at Baymard Institute
design
12:45
13:40
Building value from research in different business contexts
Laura Lachowicz
Senior UX Researcher at Zendesk
Alicja Antkowiak
Principal UX Researcher at Zendesk
Marta Truś - Buchajska
Design Researcher at Nowe Narracje
Research
discussion panel
12:45
13:10
Move fast & slow down faster. Lessons from leading teams through a revolution.
Maciej Szafraniec
Senior Manager, Product Design at Zendesk
Product & management
13:15
13:40
Better together - how QA and Design can benefit each other
Olga Godek
Design Coordinator at swingdev
Grzegorz Niczyporuk
Engineering Manager AT SWINGDEV
design
13:15
13:40
Design Critique: How to Stop Crying into Your Pillow After Stakeholder Feedback
Iga Mościchowska
UX consultant and trainer at WITFLOW & [ation] center
Product & management
break
13:40
13:50
13:50
14:35
The Senior Designer Transformation
Bill Spingarn
Head of Product Design at zalando
design
13:50
14:35
Inclusive Research Practices as Engine for Implementing Accessibility in your organization.
Robert Statkiewicz
UX & Accessibility Expert at roche
Research
13:50
14:35
From sales-led back to product-led: growth PM lessons from Mixmax
Jakub Tutaj
Senior Growth Product Manager at Mixmax
Product & management
COFFE break
14:35
14:55
14:55
15:50
Scaling Design in Organizations – From Behind the Scenes to Best Practices
Ania Wojcieszczak
Technical Program Managerem at Google
Thom Rimmer
Snr Director, Product Design at Intercom
Maciej Szafraniec
Senior Manager, Product Design at Zendesk
DESIGN
DISCUSSION PANEL
14:55
15:20
Beyond the Hype: Our Journey to Understand, Measure, and Build for Trust in AI
Shai Passal
Senior User Experience Researcher at monday.com
Research
14:55
15:20
How we almost killed our no-code startup – and what we learned to actually succeed
Patryk Pijanowski
Founder at mysite.ai
Product & management
15:25
15:50
Od etykiet do ludzi - jak badania UX zmieniły strategię produktową
Weronika Denisiewicz
Senior UX Researcher
Research
15:25
15:50
Chaos – wzrost – struktura czyli o zarządzaniu produktem w trzech aktach
Piotrek Birski
Chief Product Officer at paypo
Product & management
Break
15:50
16:00
16:00
16:45
Design as a Revenue Driver: Securing Design Investment in Enterprise Organizations
Daria Tarawneh
Head of Enterprise Design at miro
design
16:00
16:45
Trust, Stress & Crypto Wallets: How We Built a Research Culture in Web3 Scale-up
Piotr Kmita
Head of Design at ramp network
Michał Mazur
UX Research Lead at ramp network
Research
16:00
16:45
Shift From Cycles of Failure to Quality and Value
Debbie Levit
CXO at delta CX
Product & management
END of day 1 & WAYSAWARDS GALA
16:50
17:30
Between ways at lastriko
18:00
00:00
DESIGN [W1]
RESEARCH [W2]
PRODUCT & MANAGEMENT [W3]
Registration
8:30
9:30
grand opening - DAY 1
9:30
9:40
9:45
16:45
Design Patterns For AI Interfaces In 2025
Vitaly Friedman
Creative Lead at Smashing Media AG
design
workshop
9:40
10:25
Designers of Tomorrow: AI, Skills & the Future of Our Role
Krzysztof Piskorz
Co-Founder @ Palladio | Senior Product Designer @ Tietoevry
Andre Fangueiro
Head of Design at Tietoevry
Research
MASTERCLASS
9:40
12:10
Strategy - bridging the gap between discovery & implementation
Mariusz Witkowski
Founder, Product Strategist, shoshin.pm
Alex Dziewulska
CEO at House of Product/Fundacja Destare
Product
MASTERCLASS
11:50
14:30
‘Don’t fire my designers yet!’ - what your CEO needs to hear from you first.
Michal Butkiewicz
Director of Design, Leadership Coach & Mentor
Piotr Tomaszewski
Leadership Coach & Career Mentor
Research
MASTERCLASS
12:25
16:55
How AI Products Really Go to Market — A Zero-Budget Playbook
Maja Voje
Best-selling Author of GTM Strategist
Product
workshop
16:00
16:45
Innovation by design
Patrycja Rozmus
Head of Product Design at zalando
Research
roundtable
END of day 1 & WAYSAWARDS GALA
16:50
18:00
between ways at lastriko
18:00
00:00
DESIGN [WISŁA]
RESEARCH [bratysława I]
PRODUCT & MANAGEMENT [bratysława II]
Registration
8:30
9:20
grand opening
9:20
9:30
9:30
10:15
Inclusive UX: From Gen-Z to Older Adults
Vitaly Friedman
Creative Lead at Smashing Media AG
DESIGN
9:30
10:15
Etnografia w świecie powiadomień – jak badania dzienniczkowe zmieniają sposób analizy komunikacji
Małgorzata Sapeta
Senior UX/CX researcher at EDISONDA
Artur Janiszewski
Ekspert ds. badań marketingowych at mbank s.a.
RESEARCH
9:30
10:15
Allegro delivery: when product delivery becomes a challenge
Aleksandra Głowacka
Senior Manager Product and Engineering at Allegro
PRODUCT & MANAGEMENT
break
10:15
10:25
10:25
11:20
Accessible by design: tips & tricks for implementing accessibility compliance in the organisation
Dorota Orzeszek
Senior UX Researcher
Wojtek Kutyła
Independent Web Accessibility Specialist
Robert Statkiewicz
UX & Accessibility Expert at Roche
Dawid Górny
Chief Accessibility Officer at Accens
DESIGN
DISCUSSION PANEL
10:25
11:20
Case-study: Applying LLMs to Qualitative Data Analysis
Jakub Serek
Quantitative CX Researcher at silky coders
RESEARCH
10:25
10:50
Macie Rzecznika Praw Użytkownika? – Yhm…
Bartłomiej Kozieł
Dyrektor Product Design Wirtualna Polska Media S.A.
PRODUCT & MANAGEMENT
10:55
11:20
How AI Agents Go to Market (and why it’s nothing like SaaS)
Maja Voje
Best-selling Author of GTM Strategist
management & leadership
COFFEE BREAK
11:20
11:40
11:40
12:25
What’s in your head - you can build. AI prototyping for UXers
Benjamin Shishko
Senior UX Designer at Google
DESIGN
11:40
12:25
People Won't Use That AI Feature: Major Challenges in AI UX
Kate Moran
VP, Research and Content at Nielsen Norman Group
RESEARCH
11:40
12:25
Small Teams, Big Impact – Teamwork That Works
Aga Naplocha
Founder & designer atnDesign Practice
Paulina Kacprzak
Founder & designer atnDesign Practice
PRODUCT & MANAGEMENT
break
12:25
12:35
12:35
13:00
Doświadczenie na minusie. Jak skutecznie redukować dług UX
Anna Jozanis
UX Design & Product Strategy Expert
DESIGN
12:35
13:00
Czy twój rozmówca musi być człowiekiem? Syntetyczne persony w nowej erze badań i AI.
Marek Trawiński
Head of UX Research
RESEARCH
12:35
13:30
Leadership that inspires: how to earn authority, not demand it
Daria Tarawneh
Head of Enterprise Design at Miro
Alex Dziewulska
CEO at House of Product/Fundacja Destare
Aga Szóstek
Writer, Experience Designer and Leadership Trainer
management & leadership
discussion panel
13:05
13:30
Empatia - o (nie!) zapomnianej umiejętności projektantów
Natalia Sidor
Design Manager at Flying Bisons
DESIGN
13:05
13:30
Turning Constraints into Competitive Edges
Pavel Zubarev
Product Design Manager at Bolt food
RESEARCH
break
13:30
13:40
13:40
14:25
How We Safely Landed Our Design System: Lessons from Wolt’s First 9 Months in Orbit
Francesco Cutolo
Leading design systems at Wolt
DESIGN
13:40
14:25
How to navigate AI products: no longer novel, not yet mature.
Caleb Sponheim
Experience Specialist at Nielsen Norman Group
RESEARCH
13:40
14:25
How come "Solution looking for a problem" is no longer a joke in Product Management due to AI
Dr Bart Jaworski
Senior product manager, Bartosz Jaworski PM
PRODUCT & MANAGEMENT
break
14:25
14:45
14:45
15:10
Crafting Utopia: The Stories and Designs That Shape Our World
Hanna Norlin
Designer and Futurist at Hyperscapes
DESIGN
14:45
15:40
Znaczenie narzędzi w pracy badawczej
Jakub Serek
Quantitative CX Researcher at Silky Coders
Weronika Denisiewicz
Senior UX Researcher
Małgorzata Sapeta
Senior UX/CX researcher at EDISONDA
RESEARCH
discussion panel
14:45
15:10
AI or not AI: making sense of the hype
Veronika Tamaio Flores
Product Lead at Railsware
PRODUCT & MANAGEMENT
15:15
15:40
Designing Fin – The #1 AI Agent for Customer Service
Thom Rimmer
Snr Director, Product Design at Intercom
DESIGN
15:15
15:40
NDA. Czy ochrona informacji poufnych klienta musi oznaczać rezygnację z promocji własnej firmy?
Maryla Bywalec
Lawyer, co-founder of SO IN LAW
Weronika Bednarska
Lawyer, co-founder of SO IN LAW
management & leadership
Break
15:40
15:50
15:50
16:35
Jak dowozić z AI
Grzegorz Róg
Co-founder at easy.tools
DESIGN
15:50
16:35
Is Everyone a Researcher? The (R)evolution of the Researcher’s Role in Customer-Centric Companies
Laura Lachowicz
Senior UX Researcher at zendesk
Alicja Antkowiak
Principal UX Researcher at zendesk
RESEARCH
15:50
16:35
Beyond the Pixel: From Design Craft to Strategic Advantage
Nathalie Kowalczyk
Product Designer at Figma
PRODUCT & MANAGEMENT
END of day 2 & BEST SPEAKERS AWARDS
16:40
17:15
Goodbye ways at hala lipowa
18:00
...
DESIGN [W1]
RESEARCH [W2]
PRODUCT & MANAGEMENT [W3]
Registration
8:30
9:20
grand opening - DAY 2
9:20
9:30
9:30
11:00
Webflow Components Masterclass: From Small Symbols to Scalable Systems
Władysław Starobrzański
no-code developer at tonik
Kacper Murzyn
no-code dev at tonik, webflow enterprise partner
DESIGN
MASTERCLASS
15:55
16:40
Martin Jancik
Product Design Manager at Kiwi.com
management & leadership
MASTERCLASS
10:55
11:40
Badania Gier i Badania Produktowe/UX
Sebastian Bukowski
Game Researchers/Senior UX Researcher at Pixel Ant/House of Product
Anna Boczar- Przybylik
UX Director at PixelAnt Games
RESEARCH
ROUNDTABLE
9:00
16:00
Atomic Product-Market Fit: From User Understanding to Business Success
Debbie Levitt
CXO at Delta CX
PRODUCT
workshop
12:35
14:05
Accessibility Driven Development
Adrian Romański
Senior Full Stack Developer at pushbased
DESIGN
MASTERCLASS
12:35
15:20
Metafory i wyobrażenia w badaniach projektowych na rzecz zmiany
Marta Truś - Buchajska
Design Researcher at Nowe Narracje
RESEARCH
MASTERCLASS
14:45
15:30
Roundtable o sposobach facylitowania
Jan Bańkowski
Senior Product Designer at DeStaRe
DESIGN
roundtable
15:50
16:35
Beyond the Handoff: How to Improve BA–UX–Dev Collaboration in Complex Product Teams
Nastassia Shahun
Senior IT Business Analyst at Exadel
DESIGN
roundtable
15:50
16:35
Unconscious influence, or how UX/UI design can help us free ourselves from phishing and other social engineering?
Marta Fydrych-Gąsowska
InfoSec & Compliance Advisor, Akamai Technologies
RESEARCH
roundtable
END of day 2 & BEST SPEAKERS AWARDS
16:40
17:15
GOODBYE WAYS AT HALA LIPOWA
18:00
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