UX Y’all Conference

We’re the Triangle’s annual UX conference, hosted by TriUXPA. Follow us for info on UX Y’all 2026!

🗓 September 24-25, 2026
📍Marbles Kids Museum

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Good news: we've extended the UX Y’all 2026 Call for Speakers deadline to June 12 🎤

Human. By Design.

Big ideas, small moments, and everything in between. We want to hear it.

Submit your proposal by June 12 👉 https://t.co/YS3y5zkhHX

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Call for speakers is now open for UX Y’all 2026 🎤

Human. By Design.
This is the work.
Big ideas, small moments, and everything in between. We want to hear it.

Submit your proposal by June 2 👉https://t.co/riuqJfbWg4

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everyone who designs for people. This is why it matters. This is why we’re here.

🎟️ Early bird tickets still on sale
👉 Call for Speakers coming soon!
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Human. By Design.
From optimized to understood.

Announcing the theme for UX Y’all 2026: Human. By Design.

We’re living through the most automated moment in history. Systems are infinitely faster and relentlessly logical. Built to optimize, not to understand. Humans aren’t

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logical or linear. We bring context, emotion, and contradiction into everything we do. As systems get better at efficiency, the gap between what’s built and what people actually need grows. That’s not a flaw to work around. That’s the work. At UX Y’all 2026, we bring together

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UX Y’all 2026 is happening.
📅 Sept 24–25
📍 Marbles Kids Museum, Raleigh
🎟️ Early bird tickets live now

We’ve got a lot coming. Stay tuned.
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A look back on #UXYall2025 - two days full of big ideas, bright minds, and moments that still havve us smilling. #UXYall

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Some came for the talks, others came for the networking... this frog came for all of it 🐸
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We couldn’t pick just one word to describe UX Y’all, so we asked everyone else. Now it’s your turn — what’s your word?
#uxyall #uxyall2025

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And that's a wrap on UX Y'all 2025! 🎉 Thanks to everyone who attended. We hope you left feeling ready to tackle any chaos that may come your way. See you next year!

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A huge thank you to our sponsors for their vital support in making this year's conference possible!

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Our panel conversation was equal parts entertaining and insightful, and even had a surprise birthday celebration! Thanks to our wonderful keynote speakers and Peter Merholz for ending the conference in an awesome way.

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“GenAI has demonstrated its value. It’s not a fad.”

From assembly lines to AI, Rob Youmans discussed how the idea of productivity has changed in the 21st century.

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“Normalize failure — it is a part of the process.”

Sara Weir reminded us that UX rarely goes perfectly, and shared a toolkit for turning flawed tests and failed prototypes into useful insights.

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The only bad choice with AI? Not experimenting. Maggie Criqui showed how low-stakes side projects could spark high-value professional breakthroughs.

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Ruchira Biswas and Yash Malik shared how they reimagined a legacy POS system by stripping away cognitive noise, not functionality.

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First-gen students hit wall after wall trying to understand financial aid. Sarah Stone’s research showed how we can reduce cognitive load and design for equity.

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Mental models are tried and true tools for looking at how people predict, act, and adapt. Caleb Furlough walked us through practical ways to measure and apply them today.

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“Adopt a mindset where AI is a partner—not a replacement—expanding your capacity to focus on strategy.”

Lori McNabb showed how to untangle inherited UX chaos by aligning teams, simplifying systems, and clarifying legacy content.

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