UXDX 2026 Speaker Updates (February Edition)
Here are the speaker announcements shared in February for UXDX 2026! With AI already on the roadmap, the question is whether you can ship it without losing trust, getting stuck in approvals, or watching quality slip between design, research, and engineering. Speakers from AstraZeneca, Miro, Pinterest, AccessiBe, Allied Solutions, and Product Discovery Group are sharing what it takes to keep momentum when the model changes and the pressure ramp up. They will get into how to stop accessibility falling through the cracks and prevent “transformation” from turning into busywork.
UXDX EMEA 2026 Berlin Speakers and Workshops
Daria Tarawneh, Head of Enterprise Design at Miro, is tackling the reality of enterprise AI, the work that determines whether anything ships. Her talk: “You Can’t Just Turn It On”: The Hidden Work Behind Enterprise AI" is going to break down how to build the foundations that keep teams moving. This is about building a pace that holds up, without turning delivery into a waiting game or a constant reset cycle.
When the model changes halfway through the build, most teams slow down or spin out. In “0 to 1 Product Orchestration: Building AI as it Changes the Way We Work,” Haydyn Phillips from AstraZeneca shares a case study on how to keep delivery moving anyway. This session gets into: orchestrating research, design, analytics, and engineering around a shared AI context and an adaptive delivery rhythm, while defining success beyond productivity metrics.
Rina Volovich and Haim Repael Azoulay from accessiBe lead a hands-on workshop: "AI & Accessibility in Practice: Closing the Design-to-Code Gap." Accessibility often gets lost somewhere between Figma, handoff, and production. This workshop is built to fix that. You’ll see an end-to-end workflow using AI tools, and leave with a clear mental model for building accessibility into design, engineering, and deployment.
UXDX USA 2026 New York Speakers, Talks and Hackathons
Over in the USA, Larkin Brown (Senior Director of Product Research at Pinterest) is coming to UXDX USA 2026 to show how Pinterest keeps humans in the loop while shipping GenAI at scale. In “Bridging Human Insight and AI: How Pinterest Builds Visual Experiences That Connect”, she shares a rare behind-the-scenes look at how Pinterest teams are reshaping visual search, shopping, and creation with AI.
At EMD Digital, Paul Svoboda leads UX strategy and design while working on the product side. Most enterprise transformations get trapped in meeting cycles and slide decks. Paul is bringing a different model from EMD Digital, where change is treated like a product and shipped as software, so better ways of working become the default through use.
If you want to stop talking about AI and start building with it, Jim Morris is your session. Jim, from Product Discovery Group, is bringing “AI Prototyping for Non Engineers: Demo + Hackathon” to New York, and it is designed to get you from idea to working prototype fast. You will watch a live build, then jump into a hands on hackathon to create your own interactive prototype and share what you learned with the room.
Our UXDX USA 2026 wildcard goes to Benjamin Hewett (Director of UX at Allied Solutions) with “Never Done: Evolving UX teams who earn influence.” This is for leaders who know a UX team is never finished, it either evolves or loses ground. Benjamin will share how teams earn trust in the moments that matter, design their own growth, and build influence inside the messy reality of real organisations.
Why These Topics Matter
These are not talks about what might work someday, but what is working now, what is failing, and what teams are learning in real time. If you are trying to ship AI responsibly, keep accessibility from slipping, protect research quality, and build teams that can adapt without burning out, this is exactly the work you need to hear about.
Secure your spot now:
- USA tickets: https://uxdx.com/usa/2026/tickets/
- EMEA tickets: https://uxdx.com/berlin/2026/tickets/