Events

UX Akron is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) user experience community. We host a variety of events supporting the UX community throughout the year.

Our events are free and open to the public, and we do not charge membership fees.

As a non-profit, we rely on donations from people in the community like you! Donations are tax-deductible, always appreciated, and help support our mission to connect, educate, and grow the UX community in Northeast Ohio. Click here to visit our Donations page.

Upcoming Events

Meet UX Akron - Exploring the 4 C's of UX

Thursday, January 30th, 2025 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM ET. [online]

Happy New Year! As we welcome 2025, we’d love to have a conversation with UX folks throughout Northeast Ohio (and beyond). We’ll be talking about the 4 C’s of UX for 2025, and invite your ideas and questions!

You may have ambitious goals in mind for yourself in 2025—don’t go it alone! You need people around you that can inspire and motivate you. You need the community of UX Akron!

During our meetup, we’ll use and share tools, tips, guidance, some of our favorite UX things, and we’ll ask interesting questions to you (our audience) to give you a fresh start for all the adventures that await you in 2025!

The 4 C’s of UX:

Community: UX folks are amazing! You feel like you’re home when you’re with people that share your interests. Ways to build more community in 2025? We’ll be asking you (our audience) about this.

Collaboration: We actively seek out new partnerships and love to work with other groups. We’ll recap 2024 and get your ideas for 2025.

Challenges: Oof! The job market, juggling all the things, keeping up with tech, how to keep growing and learning without losing your mind! There’s so much to explore and discuss here!

Creativity: Your skills and drive are the fuel, and creativity is the spark. We’ll share a few of our creative tips and tools and invite you to share as well.

Join in with Ohio’s UX Community and make 2025 your UX year!

Haven’t attended a UX Akron event before? This is a perfect time to get to know some amazing User Experience people, ask questions if you are interested in UX as a career, and learn about UX happenings in Ohio (and beyond!)

This is an online event.

Other Events of Interest

UX Akron curates events happening in the greater UX community (Akron and beyond) and shares those that may be of interest to our community. Sharing events does not imply endorsement.

Think Differently…Using LLM Throughout A Project

Wednesday, January 8, 2025 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EST

Event by: DC Lean + Agile

This presentation looks at a variety of ways to use GenAI throughout the project management cycle. The audience will be introduced to the concept of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), Large Language Models (LLMs) and Prompt Engineering. A use case along with several uses of using GenAI will be presented including GenAI use in Communication, Planning, and Decision Support.

About our Speaker:
Andre Rogers is a man who encounters problems, and finds ways to solve them. Over 30 years, he has earned the experience you need, and created the solutions that move you forward.

Andre Rogers is the founder and CEO of E3Insights, LLC. E3Insights partners with successful but overwhelmed owners, helping them oversee important but low impact tasks, allowing that ow

This is a free virtual event, please register here.

Inclusive by Design: Accessibility as a PM Strategy

Monday, January 13, 2025 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM EST

Event by: The Product League

Speaker Sonya Lewis explores how making accessibility inclusion a core part of your product can enhance user experience.

Accessible design boosts product appeal, minimizes risk, and meets the needs of an audience with massive spending power. With real-world examples, hands-on activities, engaging discussions, and actionable insights, you’ll learn how to make Accessibility Inclusion a cornerstone of your product strategy—driving better outcomes for users and businesses alike.

This is a virtual event, please register here.

Content in 2025 and Beyond: A State of the Union

Wednesday, January 15, 2025, 9:00 PM to 10:30 PM EST

Event by: Content Strategy Seattle

Speaker Kevin P. Nichols: Content can make or break a customer’s experience with a brand. As such, it continues to be the most important thing a brand can produce, next to a product or service. With the amount of turbulence organizations face with consumer uncertainty, artificial intelligence and its impact on content overall, along with other issues regarding efficiency, costs, and internal morale, what do you need to know to be successful in developing and delivering the most effective content for your customers?