CEO, Chief Instigator
Mandel Creative
Billie Mandel is a multidisciplinary social scientist, leadership coach and team collaboration expert with 30 years’ international business experience leading software R&D teams to innovate, grow and create more effectively together.
Principal Product Designer
Kong, Inc
Jessica DeMartini is a design leader with over 20 years of experience creating human-centered digital and service experiences for enterprise and consumer products.
UX Camp Winter 2026
The AI Reality Check: Hype, Harm, and How UX Leads
AI is showing up everywhere in our work, but the conversation often splits into extremes: productivity hacks, debates about creativity, or fear-driven doom. This session pulls the useful threads into one conversation.
Join Billie Mandel and Jessica DeMartini for a candid, interactive discussion on what’s newly possible, what deserves real concern, and how UX can lead with clarity. We’ll separate hype from reality, name the risks that matter, and share practical ways to build perspective and confidence, whether you’re experimenting by choice or feeling pressure to add AI to everything.
Expired
$13.50
Reboot at UX Camp Winter 2026 Saturday, February 21st, 2026 at 10am Central (online)! Reboot: Practicing UX In An AI-Shaped World UX Camp Winter 2026 starts the year with a hard reset. Teams are smaller, expectations are higher, and AI...
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