Focus Days

Main Conference

09:00

18:00

15:00

20:00

Merkur Experience Lab

Best Western Plus - Seminar Room

540min

UX FL Certification Course Day 1

Verena Seibert - UX Psychology e.U

CEO

Merkur Experience Lab

300min

Change by Design: How Leaders Can Design Change in an Insanely Complex World.

Clemens Lutsch - swohlwahr GmbH & Co. KG

Managing Director

Maria Giudice - Hot Studio

Founder, Executive Leadership Coach, Co-author of Rise of the DEO. New book out in 2023: Changemakers

09:00 - 18:00

Best Western Plus - Seminar Room

540min

UX FL Certification Course Day 1

Verena Seibert - UX Psychology e.U

CEO

15:00 - 20:00

Merkur Experience Lab

300min

Change by Design: How Leaders Can Design Change in an Insanely Complex World.

Clemens Lutsch - swohlwahr GmbH & Co. KG

Managing Director

Maria Giudice - Hot Studio

Founder, Executive Leadership Coach, Co-author of Rise of the DEO. New book out in 2023: Changemakers

09:00

09:45

09:55

10:25

10:55

11:25

11:35

12:05

12:05

13:25

13:30

14:00

14:10

15:50

16:15

17:15

19:00

22:20

Industrial UX

Hall 1A

30min

How UX & AI are Transforming a 40,000 Year Old Industry

Ramy Nassar - 1000 Days Out

CEO & Founder

Hall 1A

30min

Designing Human-Centered Robots: Automation Vs augmentation

Vimal G - GENROBOTIC INNOVATIONS PVT LTD

CEO

Hall 1A

30min

Voice through the noise: usable vocal assistants in industrial setting

Masha Guermonprez - SPIX Industry

CX and conversation design lead

Hall 1A

30min

Well-Being by Design: Addressing Psychological Needs in an Industrial Setting

Tim-Can Werning - METRO.digital

UX Researcher

Gallery / Networking Area

80min

Lunch break

Hall 1A

30min

Demystifying ChatGPT

Sascha Wolter - DB Systel GmbH

Chief Advisor & TecCo Lead HMI (Human-Machine Interface)

Hall 1A

100min

Futures UX Canvas

Ramy Nassar - 1000 Days Out

CEO & Founder

Hall 1A

60min

Panel discussion on Industrial UX

Herzal Weinstubn

180min

UX Graz meets the PEGASUS / Social networking event

UX Trends

Hall 1B

30min

Empowering Machine learning through UX Research

Hossein Raspberry - Mendix

Senior UX Researcher

Hall 1B

30min

Decentralizing Design for the new economy

Vivian Gomes - SHNORH

Chief Design Officer | Co-Founder

Hall 1B

30min

Unleash the power of emotions in your daily UX work

Stephanie Weber - Fielmann AG

Head of User Experience Design

Hall 1B

30min

Virtual training tools

Mirjam Wouters - Philips Research

Manager Innovation labs

Hall 1B

30min

AI - WILL UX DIE OR BE REBORN?

Amol Kadam - Red Blue Blur Ideas

Co-Founder

Hall 1B

100min

Designing Human-Centered AI (Intelligent Systems)

Vivian Gomes - SHNORH

Chief Design Officer | Co-Founder

Hall 1B

60min

Panel discussion on UX Trends

Johannes Robier - youspi

Runner

09:00

18:00

09:05

17:05

09:05

16:05

09:05

17:05

09:05

17:05

09:05

17:05

09:05

17:05

09:05

17:05

09:05

17:05

Full Day Workshops

Best Western Plus - Seminar Room

540min

UX FL Certification Course Day 2

Verena Seibert - UX Psychology e.U

CEO

Hall 3

480min

The keys to effective service design

Eric Reiss - Fatdux

Author, consultant, professional storyteller, flâneur, business optimizer, maker of millionaires

Hall 2

480min

UX Strategy Workshop with the Author Jaime Levy

Jaime Levy - Jaime Levy Consulting

UX Strategist and Author of "UX Strategy"

Hall 7

480min

Eye tracking in User Research

Benedikt Salzbrunn - University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien

Program Director User Experience Management (Master)

Hall 8

480min

Soft Skills for UX Professionals

Clemens Lutsch - swohlwahr GmbH & Co. KG

Managing Director

Claudia Bruckschwaiger - Swohlwahr

Founder

Hall 4

480min

Accessibility journey game

Stefan Barac - mimacom AG

Head of Design

Hall 5

480min

UX research: Plan and execute user interviews and usability testing

Adèle Meijers - Discovery

UX Research Lead

Hall 9

480min

Strategic negotiation

Josef Leschanz-Knapp - JKL

Founder

Hall 10

480min

Strategies to Influence UX

Jen Romano - Google

Senior User Experience (UX) Researcher and Strategist

09:00 - 09:45

Hall 1B

30min

Empowering Machine learning through UX Research

Hossein Raspberry - Mendix

Senior UX Researcher

Hall 1A

30min

How UX & AI are Transforming a 40,000 Year Old Industry

Ramy Nassar - 1000 Days Out

CEO & Founder

Best Western Plus - Seminar Room

540min

UX FL Certification Course Day 2

Verena Seibert - UX Psychology e.U

CEO

09:05 - 17:05

Hall 3

480min

The keys to effective service design

Eric Reiss - Fatdux

Author, consultant, professional storyteller, flâneur, business optimizer, maker of millionaires

Hall 2

480min

UX Strategy Workshop with the Author Jaime Levy

Jaime Levy - Jaime Levy Consulting

UX Strategist and Author of "UX Strategy"

Hall 7

480min

Eye tracking in User Research

Benedikt Salzbrunn - University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien

Program Director User Experience Management (Master)

Hall 8

480min

Soft Skills for UX Professionals

Clemens Lutsch - swohlwahr GmbH & Co. KG

Managing Director

Claudia Bruckschwaiger - Swohlwahr

Founder

Hall 4

480min

Accessibility journey game

Stefan Barac - mimacom AG

Head of Design

Hall 5

480min

UX research: Plan and execute user interviews and usability testing

Adèle Meijers - Discovery

UX Research Lead

Hall 9

480min

Strategic negotiation

Josef Leschanz-Knapp - JKL

Founder

Hall 10

480min

Strategies to Influence UX

Jen Romano - Google

Senior User Experience (UX) Researcher and Strategist

09:55 - 10:25

Hall 1B

30min

Decentralizing Design for the new economy

Vivian Gomes - SHNORH

Chief Design Officer | Co-Founder

Hall 1A

30min

Designing Human-Centered Robots: Automation Vs augmentation

Vimal G - GENROBOTIC INNOVATIONS PVT LTD

CEO

10:55 - 11:25

Hall 1B

30min

Unleash the power of emotions in your daily UX work

Stephanie Weber - Fielmann AG

Head of User Experience Design

Hall 1A

30min

Voice through the noise: usable vocal assistants in industrial setting

Masha Guermonprez - SPIX Industry

CX and conversation design lead

11:35 - 12:05

Hall 1B

30min

Virtual training tools

Mirjam Wouters - Philips Research

Manager Innovation labs

Hall 1A

30min

Well-Being by Design: Addressing Psychological Needs in an Industrial Setting

Tim-Can Werning - METRO.digital

UX Researcher

12:05 - 13:25

Gallery / Networking Area

80min

Lunch break

13:30 - 14:00

Hall 1A

30min

Demystifying ChatGPT

Sascha Wolter - DB Systel GmbH

Chief Advisor & TecCo Lead HMI (Human-Machine Interface)

Hall 1B

30min

AI - WILL UX DIE OR BE REBORN?

Amol Kadam - Red Blue Blur Ideas

Co-Founder

14:10 - 15:50

Hall 1A

100min

Futures UX Canvas

Ramy Nassar - 1000 Days Out

CEO & Founder

Hall 1B

100min

Designing Human-Centered AI (Intelligent Systems)

Vivian Gomes - SHNORH

Chief Design Officer | Co-Founder

16:15 - 17:15

Hall 1B

60min

Panel discussion on UX Trends

Johannes Robier - youspi

Runner

Hall 1A

60min

Panel discussion on Industrial UX

19:00 - 22:20

Herzal Weinstubn

180min

UX Graz meets the PEGASUS / Social networking event

09:00

09:15

09:15

09:55

10:30

11:10

11:30

12:10

12:10

13:40

13:40

14:20

14:30

15:10

15:20

16:00

16:30

17:10

19:00

22:00

UX Strategy

Hall 1A

15min

Opening WUC

Johannes Robier - youspi

Runner

Hall 1A

40min

Changemakers: How Leaders Can Design Change in an Insanely Complex World.

Maria Giudice - Hot Studio

Founder, Executive Leadership Coach, Co-author of Rise of the DEO. New book out in 2023: Changemakers

Hall 1A

40min

What makes an app successful?

Russ Wilson - Fidelity

CXO

Hall 1A

40min

No experts, no problem! Improving UX with cross-department teams

Manuel Schnell - KELAG-Kärntner AG

E-Business Solution Architect and strategic projects

Gallery / Networking Area

90min

Lunch break

Hall 1A

40min

Driving business growth with strategic design

Vandhana Bhaskaran - Ford Motor Company

Experience Design Director

Hall 1A

40min

Scaling UX Design with limited budget and time, in a sustainable way

Ashnee Gounden - Discovery Limited

Senior UX Design Manager

Hall 1A

40min

Introducing UX in a Corporate IT

Juergen Hilber - Red Bull

Head of IT Innovation & User Experience

Hall 1A

40min

Is UX dead? Hell no! It ain't even sick!

Eric Reiss - Fatdux

Author, consultant, professional storyteller, flâneur, business optimizer, maker of millionaires

Schlossberg Restaurant

180min

Networking Dinner

Design Leadership

Hall 1B

40min

Context and Empathy as pillars for collaboration in Design Ops.

Alejandro Carbajo Regueiro - Nestlé Nespresso

Global Product Design and DesignOps Lead

Hall 1B

40min

The Contextual Nature of Design Leadership

Andrea Picchi - Kroo Bank

Head of Design & Research

Hall 1B

40min

UX Influence is Not Enough: Inspiring the Unconverted

John Bowie - Colorado Design Labs

Founder and Chief Research Scientist

Hall 1B

40min

Unlocking the Power of Visible Leadership: A Maturity Framework for Designers

Martin Wolf - MW

Global Culture & Experience Manager

Hall 1B

40min

Supercharge Your Design Superpowers

Himanshu Bharadwaj - Centime

VP Design

UX Research

Hall 2

40min

Me no speak English - Making sure your translated interfaces rock!

Javier Bargas-Avila - Google

UX Director, Google Play UX Research

Hall 2

40min

Leading Design from Discovery through Delivery

Nathan Marcus Fleischmann - RaaS 99

Director of User Experience (RaaS 99 Founder)

Hall 2

40min

Why we need discovery research and how to do it - a B2B case study

Sabrina Duda - StepStone

Principal UX Researcher

Hall 2

40min

Measuring the Emotional User Experience

Bill Albert - Mach49

SVP / Global Head of Customer Experience

Hall 2

40min

Going beyond momentary testing of UX: Overview of methods to assess long term UX

Panagiotis Zaharias - theUXProdigy

Founder and lead UX researcher

Masterclass

Hall 3

100min

Content Design - UX writing. Find solutions to real world problems.

Stefanos Zafeiropoulos / Florian Grögler - Hellas Direct

Senior UX Writer

Hall 3

100min

Design Declutter - A hands on guide

Sabina NB - Human Factors Research & Design

CEO and Co-Founder

Hall 3

40min

Best master thesis presentation

Janne Niels Reisdorf - Airbus

UX Designer

Krammer Katharina - twinformatics GmbH

UX Designer

09:00 - 09:15

Hall 1A

15min

Opening WUC

Johannes Robier - youspi

Runner

09:15 - 09:55

Hall 1A

40min

Changemakers: How Leaders Can Design Change in an Insanely Complex World.

Maria Giudice - Hot Studio

Founder, Executive Leadership Coach, Co-author of Rise of the DEO. New book out in 2023: Changemakers

10:30 - 11:10

Hall 1A

40min

What makes an app successful?

Russ Wilson - Fidelity

CXO

Hall 1B

40min

Context and Empathy as pillars for collaboration in Design Ops.

Alejandro Carbajo Regueiro - Nestlé Nespresso

Global Product Design and DesignOps Lead

Hall 2

40min

Me no speak English - Making sure your translated interfaces rock!

Javier Bargas-Avila - Google

UX Director, Google Play UX Research

Hall 3

100min

Content Design - UX writing. Find solutions to real world problems.

Stefanos Zafeiropoulos / Florian Grögler - Hellas Direct

Senior UX Writer

11:30 - 12:10

Hall 2

40min

Leading Design from Discovery through Delivery

Nathan Marcus Fleischmann - RaaS 99

Director of User Experience (RaaS 99 Founder)

Hall 1A

40min

No experts, no problem! Improving UX with cross-department teams

Manuel Schnell - KELAG-Kärntner AG

E-Business Solution Architect and strategic projects

Hall 1B

40min

The Contextual Nature of Design Leadership

Andrea Picchi - Kroo Bank

Head of Design & Research

12:10 - 13:40

Gallery / Networking Area

90min

Lunch break

13:40 - 14:20

Hall 1A

40min

Driving business growth with strategic design

Vandhana Bhaskaran - Ford Motor Company

Experience Design Director

Hall 2

40min

Why we need discovery research and how to do it - a B2B case study

Sabrina Duda - StepStone

Principal UX Researcher

Hall 3

100min

Design Declutter - A hands on guide

Sabina NB - Human Factors Research & Design

CEO and Co-Founder

Hall 1B

40min

UX Influence is Not Enough: Inspiring the Unconverted

John Bowie - Colorado Design Labs

Founder and Chief Research Scientist

14:30 - 15:10

Hall 2

40min

Measuring the Emotional User Experience

Bill Albert - Mach49

SVP / Global Head of Customer Experience

Hall 1B

40min

Unlocking the Power of Visible Leadership: A Maturity Framework for Designers

Martin Wolf - MW

Global Culture & Experience Manager

Hall 1A

40min

Scaling UX Design with limited budget and time, in a sustainable way

Ashnee Gounden - Discovery Limited

Senior UX Design Manager

15:20 - 16:00

Hall 2

40min

Going beyond momentary testing of UX: Overview of methods to assess long term UX

Panagiotis Zaharias - theUXProdigy

Founder and lead UX researcher

Hall 1A

40min

Introducing UX in a Corporate IT

Juergen Hilber - Red Bull

Head of IT Innovation & User Experience

Hall 1B

40min

Supercharge Your Design Superpowers

Himanshu Bharadwaj - Centime

VP Design

Hall 3

40min

Best master thesis presentation

Janne Niels Reisdorf - Airbus

UX Designer

Krammer Katharina - twinformatics GmbH

UX Designer

16:30 - 17:10

Hall 1A

40min

Is UX dead? Hell no! It ain't even sick!

Eric Reiss - Fatdux

Author, consultant, professional storyteller, flâneur, business optimizer, maker of millionaires

19:00 - 22:00

Schlossberg Restaurant

180min

Networking Dinner

08:00

09:30

09:30

10:10

10:30

11:10

11:30

12:10

12:10

13:30

13:30

14:10

14:40

15:20

15:20

16:00

16:00

16:15

16:25

18:25

UX Strategy

Gallery / Networking Area

90min

Styrian Breakfast & Book Signing @ Maria Giudice, Andrea Picchi, ...

Hall 1A

40min

Functional process to strategic contributor – Realising the value of design

Scott Parker - Independent

Design Leader (recently left role of Global Design Director at Cambridge University Press & Assessment)

Hall 1A

40min

The Principles of Systemic Design

Peter Horvath - Whitespace

UX & Service Design Lead

Hall 1A

40min

Company-wide Experience Strategy

Anouk Vastert - SAP

Global Customer Experience Advisor

Gallery / Networking Area

90min

Lunch break

Hall 1A

40min

The ROI of managing Design Debt - getting the leadership buy-in

Alicja Suska - Outdraw Design

Founder

Hall 1A

40min

The Best and Worst Practices of the Discovery Phase

Jaime Levy - Jaime Levy Consulting

UX Strategist and Author of "UX Strategy"

Hall 1A

40min

Designing Disney Magic at Walt Disney World

Dan Hamer-Hodges - The Walt Disney Company

Director, Digital Experience

Hall 1A

15min

Closing and Speakers Award

Johannes Robier - youspi

Runner

Inner courtyard

120min

Final meet-up for chestnuts and Sturm

Design Management

Hall 1B

40min

Design System at large scale

Julien Vanière - Sage

Design System director

Hall 1B

40min

Designing for the Heart, the Head and the Hands

Joe Lanzisero - Lanzisero Creative/ Zeitgeist Design

Executive Vice President

Hall 1B

40min

Finding the sweet spot for UX design within complex digital product delivery

Guy Hatton - Cognizant

Experience Director

Hall 1B

40min

Design Innovation for Enterprise

Riya Thosar - SAP

Director of Product Design

UX Management

Hall 2

40min

Kicking off ux writing in your company (like a pro!)

Yuval Keshtcher - UX Writing Hub

CEO

Hall 2

40min

Development and application of UX visions for goal-oriented experience design

Dominique Winter - OBI next / Die Produktwerker eG

Product Development Coach

Hall 2

40min

Delivering Design at scale

Sabina NB - Human Factors Research & Design

CEO and Co-Founder

Hall 2

40min

Fragmenting User Stories using Experience Journey Maps to build MLP

Mohit Gupta - CDK Global

UX Manager

Masterclass

Hall 3

100min

How to Intentionally Engineer Inclusion™ and Belonging

Meagan Pollock, PhD - Engineer Inclusion

Founder

08:00 - 09:30

Gallery / Networking Area

90min

Styrian Breakfast & Book Signing @ Maria Giudice, Andrea Picchi, ...

09:30 - 10:10

Hall 2

40min

Kicking off ux writing in your company (like a pro!)

Yuval Keshtcher - UX Writing Hub

CEO

Hall 1B

40min

Design System at large scale

Julien Vanière - Sage

Design System director

Hall 1A

40min

Functional process to strategic contributor – Realising the value of design

Scott Parker - Independent

Design Leader (recently left role of Global Design Director at Cambridge University Press & Assessment)

Hall 3

100min

How to Intentionally Engineer Inclusion™ and Belonging

Meagan Pollock, PhD - Engineer Inclusion

Founder

10:30 - 11:10

Hall 1A

40min

The Principles of Systemic Design

Peter Horvath - Whitespace

UX & Service Design Lead

Hall 2

40min

Development and application of UX visions for goal-oriented experience design

Dominique Winter - OBI next / Die Produktwerker eG

Product Development Coach

Hall 1B

40min

Designing for the Heart, the Head and the Hands

Joe Lanzisero - Lanzisero Creative/ Zeitgeist Design

Executive Vice President

11:30 - 12:10

Hall 2

40min

Delivering Design at scale

Sabina NB - Human Factors Research & Design

CEO and Co-Founder

Hall 1A

40min

Company-wide Experience Strategy

Anouk Vastert - SAP

Global Customer Experience Advisor

Hall 1B

40min

Finding the sweet spot for UX design within complex digital product delivery

Guy Hatton - Cognizant

Experience Director

12:10 - 13:30

Gallery / Networking Area

90min

Lunch break

13:30 - 14:10

Hall 2

40min

Fragmenting User Stories using Experience Journey Maps to build MLP

Mohit Gupta - CDK Global

UX Manager

Hall 1B

40min

Design Innovation for Enterprise

Riya Thosar - SAP

Director of Product Design

Hall 1A

40min

The ROI of managing Design Debt - getting the leadership buy-in

Alicja Suska - Outdraw Design

Founder

14:40 - 15:20

Hall 1A

40min

The Best and Worst Practices of the Discovery Phase

Jaime Levy - Jaime Levy Consulting

UX Strategist and Author of "UX Strategy"

15:20 - 16:00

Hall 1A

40min

Designing Disney Magic at Walt Disney World

Dan Hamer-Hodges - The Walt Disney Company

Director, Digital Experience

16:00 - 16:15

Hall 1A

15min

Closing and Speakers Award

Johannes Robier - youspi

Runner

16:25 - 18:25

Inner courtyard

120min

Final meet-up for chestnuts and Sturm