Research Stage
Unobvious Discoveries
About
Do you need a designer in a project where no prototype will ever be created? Dominika shares real project stories that challenge common assumptions about the role of designers and demonstrate the value they bring far beyond interfaces.
Nikki Anderson — Founder at Drop In Research
The Impact Theater Trap
HEX
🇬🇧 English
2026
Victor Churchill Akpan — Senior Product Designer at ORB Innovations
Designing for Cognitive Overload: UX When Your User Might Be Concussed
HEX
🇬🇧 English
2026
Aleksandra Sienicka — Senior UX Researcher at Nextbase
Giridhar Bavana — Product Design Lead at Nextbase
Built to Spec: Bridging Engineering and UX Testing in Consumer Tech
HEX
🇬🇧 English
2026
Marek Trawiński — Head of UX Research at XTB S.A.
"Zwolnij swojego badacza UX, przecież ogarnie Ci to moderator AI". Serio? No to sprawdzam.
HEX
🇬🇧 English
2026
Dalia El-Shimy — Director of UX Research at Wise
A beautiful existential crisis: or how I learned to stop worrying and love embrace AI
HEX
🇬🇧 English
2026
Vedanti Joshi — Principal Product Designer at Independent
Emrah Sarıbaz — Head of Product Design at Independent
Test your way to personalisation at scale
RGB
🇬🇧 English
2026
Brad Orego — ex. Head of Research at Webflow
Research: From Support Partner to Strategic Driver
HEX
🇬🇧 English
2026
Anna Malena Njå — Behavioral Science Consultant at Independent
Designing for actual humans, not who we wish to be
HEX
🇬🇧 English
2026
Anna Brozyna — Senior User Researcher at Ministry of Justice UK
The AI Finds. We Decide: Building Ethical AI Research When You're Locked Out of Users
HEX
🇬🇧 English
2026
Radosław Sterna — Lead UX Researcher at Independent
UX Research, but with Logs: A One‑Year Experiment
HEX
🇬🇧 English
2026
Karol Kłaczyński — Head of Product at Brand24
How (not) to talk to your customers - introducing discovery interviews into product development in Brand24.
Bratysława 2
🇬🇧 English
2025
Paweł "Nowy" Nowak — Founder of NOWY Kolektyw at Independent
Wprowadzenie do nauki o złożoności
Bratysława 2
🇵🇱 Polish
2025
Joanna Skrzyńska — Public Affairs Leader at Ipsos
Lekcje z exit poll - badania bez prawa do błędu
Bratysława 2
🇵🇱 Polish
2025
Laura Lachowicz — Senior UX Researcher at Zendesk
Alicja Antkowiak — Principal UX Researcher at Zendesk
Marta Truś-Buchajska — Design Researcher at Nowe Narracje
Building value from research in different business contexts
Bratysława 2
🇬🇧 English
2025
Shai Passal — Senior UX Researcher at monday.com
Beyond the Hype: Our Journey to Understand, Measure, and Build for Trust in AI
Bratysława 2
🇬🇧 English
2025
Weronika Denisiewicz — Senior UX Researcher at Independent
Od etykiet do ludzi - jak badania UX zmieniły strategię produktową
Bratysława 2
🇵🇱 Polish
2025
Piotr Kmita — Head of Design at Ramp Network
Michał Mazur — UX Research Lead at Ramp Network
Trust, Stress & Crypto Wallets: How We Built a Research Culture in Web3 Scale-up
Bratysława 2
🇬🇧 English
2025
Małgorzata Sapeta — Senior UX Researcher at EDISONDA
Artur Janiszewski — Ekspert ds. badań marketingowych at mBank S.A.
Etnografia w świecie powiadomień – jak badania dzienniczkowe zmieniają sposób analizy komunikacji
Bratysława 2
🇵🇱 Polish
2025
Jakub Serek — Quantitative CX Researcher at Silky Coders
Case-study: Applying LLMs to Qualitative Data Analysis
Research Stage
🇬🇧 English
2025
Kate Moran — VP at Research and Content
People Won't Use That AI Feature: Major Challenges in AI UX
Bratysława 2
🇬🇧 English
2025
Marek Trawiński — Head of UX Research at XTB S.A.
Czy twój rozmówca musi być człowiekiem? Syntetyczne persony w nowej erze badań i AI.
Bratysława 2
🇵🇱 Polish
2025
Pavel Zubarev — Product Design Manager at Bolt Food
Turning Constraints into Competitive Edges
Bratysława 2
🇬🇧 English
2025
Caleb Sponheim — Experience Specialist at Nielsen Norman Group
How to navigate AI products: no longer novel, not yet mature.
Research Stage
🇬🇧 English
2025
Jakub Serek — Quantitative CX Researcher at Silky Coders
Weronika Denisiewicz — Senior UX Researcher at Independent
Małgorzata Sapeta — Senior UX Researcher at EDISONDA
Znaczenie narzędzi w pracy badawczej
Bratysława 1
🇵🇱 Polish
2025
Alicja Antkowiak — Principal UX Researcher at Zendesk
Laura Lachowicz — Senior UX Researcher at Zendesk
🕵️♀️ Is Everyone a Researcher? The (R)evolution of the Researcher’s Role in Customer-Centric Companies
Bratysława 2
🇬🇧 English
2025
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