UX Camp 2016

UX Camp is a full day of UX Goodness–we’ll leave few topics uncovered and you’ll learn current topics and improved upon standards in one of the hottest fields today!

If you’re just getting your start in UX and you’re hoping to learn more, or you’ve been in the field awhile and want to stay current, UX Camp is for you. A full day–3 full tracks–of UX talks, surrounded by impressive keynotes and all for a great price that includes your lunch.

Speakers

Stacy Kvernmo

Senior Interaction Designer

Oddbird

With over 15 years of experience, Stacy takes the lead at OddBird on interface design and development, architecting accessible and maintainable front-end code using a styleguide-first process.

Katie Swindler

User Experience Strategy Manager

Allstate

Katie leads the experience strategy for Allstate online marketing products including the Allstate.com quoting experiences and My Account. Originally educated as a theatre director, she brings a unique perspective to digital work.

Scott Sullivan

Head of North American Design Group

Ascendum

Scott is the Head of North American Design Group at Ascendum, and helps to build products and services to assist people in making positive long-term changes to their behavior.

Kavitha Krishnan

Senior UX Strategist

Mattel

Kavitha Krishnan aka lifelong champion for UX is a passionate UX professional who enjoys solving problems, organizing information and designing interactions.

Natalie Kurz

Director of User Experience

Flexion

Natalie Kurz has spent the last 20 years helping elevate digital experiences from the ordinary to the extraordinary. Her unique skill set bridges the gap between strategy and execution, manager and designer, analytical and creative thinker.

Carolyn Chandler

Director of User Experience

Eight Bit Studios

Carolyn Chandler has been working in the field of User Experience Design for over 20 years, after finding it due to a driving interest in psychology and anthropology. As Director of UX at Eight Bit Studios, her areas of specialty include design strategy and leadership, interaction design, and user research and modeling.

Lauren Liss

Assistant Professor, Interactive Arts & Media

Columbia College Chicago

Lauren Liss coordinates the Interaction Design major and the User Experience and Web Development minors in the Interactive Arts and Media (IAM) Department at Columbia College Chicago and has been a faculty member in this program since 2006.

Jamie McAtee

Senior UX Designer

Deloitte innovation Lab

Jamie McAtee is a Senior User Experience Designer with Deloitte’s Innovation Lab working on enterprise and consumer applications. Prior to Deloitte, she worked for Turner Broadcasting System, designing enterprise applications for the entertainment division.

Will Hacker

Interaction Design Manager

Cars.com

Will Hacker is a Manager of Interaction Design at Cars.com, where he leads a team responsible for experience design and usability for a portfolio of consumer-facing automotive shopping, research, and financing products.

Rachel McClung

Senior Visual Designer

Workiva

From a young age, Rachel knew she wanted to create digital experiences. The educational computer games at her local library were intended to teach kids a few things about colors and numbers, but for Rachel, the takeaways were even bigger.

Dennis Ellis

UX Strategist

FCB

Dennis studied and graduated with a philosophy degree from Indiana University, then hung around and earned an M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction from Indiana University School of Informatics. His approach to UX blends humanism, aesthetic philosophy, and a deep respect for design process and collaboration.

Phil Balagtas

Senior Designer

GE Aviation

Phil has been a Visual and UX Designer since 2001, and has experience designing across a variety of devices and platforms within non-profit, retail, advertising, and enterprise software organizations.

Rizwan Javaid

UX Designer

Closed Loop

Rizwan is a UX Designer at Closed Loop in Roseville, CA. He creates intuitive, persuasive, and profitable user experiences.

Cornelius Rachieru

Managing Director

Ampli2de

Cornelius is Managing Director at Canadian UX consultancy Ampli2de Inc. and is the co-chair and lead curator of CanUX, Canada’s largest and longest running UX event.