Speakers
Daniel YuschickLead Design Systems Developer @ SAP
Daniel Yuschick began his career as a designer and frontend developer in the US, but now works as a Lead Design Systems Developer in Helsinki, Finland. Throughout his 15-year career, he's advocated for greater empathy in software development and developed his passion for accessibility. Daniel is an author, accessibility advocate and a mentor at the Helsinki chapter of Codebar. Daniel is most passionate about great chocolate, beautiful tattoos and bridging the gap between design and development to create accessible and resilient design systems.
Approach With Care - Making Digital Accessibility Feel Natural
Our lives are increasingly lived online. Think about it — we work, study and socialize online. We talk with our therapists and consult with doctors online. We bank, shop and pay taxes online. Digital accessibility has never been more important than it is right now. Despite this, making our work accessible can feel like an overwhelming mystery.
This talk will teach us how to greatly impact the accessibility of our work with various approaches to our design and development tasks. We will identify many common UI (User Interface) patterns, and learn how to approach them in order for assistive technologies, such as screen readers, to understand and communicate them clearly. We will highlight and reiterate how accessible design is good design and benefits everybody. All of this without looking at a single line of code.
The goal of this talk is to reframe how we think about and start our design and development work to make accessibility feel like a natural part of our workflow. We are not building software for users, but for people — and all people deserve empathy from the digital products that make up their very real lives.
Stefani VujicIndependent UX writer
Hello, I’m Stefani aka The Peckish Pen. Since 2014, I’ve been adding words to user experiences and bringing stories to life. I’m a strategist and a creator, and you’ll find me creating voice guidelines one day and hosting workshops on UX writing the next.
Making it worse with words: How to turn deceptive copy into useful experiences
Adding words to deceptive design is like adding fuel to a fire. The result? A bigger fire! But you need words to make the user experience work, so how do you go about them without creating a hot mess?
Get the ins and outs of inclusive content whether you're a UX writer, designer, PM or like-minded, and start using the power of tone, framing and, well – the TRUTH to convey your message. Zero risk of fire hazard – heaps of opportunities to help your users do what they came here to do.
Jordan YepProduct Designer @Jostle
Jordan Yep is a design mentor, podcast and workshop host, and coffee enthusiast with 4.5+ years of experience. He specializes in launching features from 0>1, design token naming strategies, and design systems. Currently, he's a product designer at Jostle, leading the design token implementation team.
Previously, Jordan worked for SAP along with the City of Vancouver as a UX designer. On the side, he mentors designers through BobaTalks.
A Path to Accessibility – ⚡️ Supercharged by Tokens ⚡️
Accessibility is crucial, and design tokens can be a way to help achieve it. This talk explores how co-creating design tokens between product teams fosters accessibility, craftsmanship, and consistency, bridging the gap between designers and developers.
This talk is a case study about how we advocated for a collaborative naming system that emphasizes accessibility. We stress the importance of deliberate implementation, team workshops, and ensuring tokens resonate with developers and designers.
This talk highlights the value of design tokens in amplifying accessibility per WCAG guidelines. It poses key questions: How do we harness tokens to foster consistency without stifling innovation? How can we provide sufficient tokens without overwhelming dev<>design processes?
We also present a workshop model for collaboration, using AI for practical token techniques, and strategies for securing buy-in for tokens with accessibility, integrating inclusive design principles into processes.
Panel Talk: Designing for Humans and Positive Aspects of Technology
We live in a highly digital world where everyone seems to compete for our attention, and even the simplest tasks of daily life are influenced by technology. But technology should serve as a tool that simplifies our tasks, not be the one that overwhelms us. And who better to discuss the influence on user's well-being than UX designers?
This panel will focus on the positive ways technology can enrich our lives rather than telling us to stop using it. We aim to inspire you to approach technology responsibly, ensuring your design decisions truly improve people’s lives and as users, ourselves, how we can use technology to help us stay motivated, focused, and informed.
Join us for a discussion on our view of digital well-being and practical tips & tricks for designing (and using) technology that promotes well-being, fosters positive engagement, and helps both users and ourselves lead healthier, more balanced lives in our digital world.
Andrija PrelecCEO and Founder, Supercharge Design
With a decade in the field, I've shaped over 50 digital experiences – from intricate web-based software and intuitive mobile apps to occasional standout editorial websites. My work experience at premium design agencies and ranking in the top 3% of the world's UX design freelancers (Toptal) speaks volumes of my dedication to exceptional product and UX/UI design.
I've successfully hired, mentored, and managed design teams, cultivated strong client relationships, and also been instrumental in numerous successful product launches.
My role extends beyond product design – I am devoted to nurturing the next generation of observant, empathic, and diligent designers. As a co-founder of Supercharge Design, an online product and UX/UI design academy, and through my work as a team lead of 40+ UX lecturers at Algebra's comprehensive (240+ hours long) UX in-person boot camps, I have been pivotal in shaping thousands of budding designers.
Notably, I've authored all the materials used in Algebra's 248-hour-long boot camps and defined the core UX designer skills and competencies for the Croatian Qualifications Framework aligning with European standards in education and work role requirements.
Currently I am
– leading Sharc, my 5-member product design studio focused on quality and efficiency
– educating thousands of designers at Supercharge Design, an e-learning platform I co-founded with a robust 150k+ community
– mentoring 40+ UX educators at Algebra
How to Build, Grow, and Nurture a UX/UI Design Community
Presentation will tackle the following topics: how to increase your impact as a designer (influencing more products and designers), importance of sharing knowledge, UX/UI communities and communities in general – genuine desire to give back, practical tips on building and nurturing a community from scratch, impact of sharing knowledge
Panel Talk: Designing for Humans and Positive Aspects of Technology
We live in a highly digital world where everyone seems to compete for our attention, and even the simplest tasks of daily life are influenced by technology. But technology should serve as a tool that simplifies our tasks, not be the one that overwhelms us. And who better to discuss the influence on user's well-being than UX designers?
This panel will focus on the positive ways technology can enrich our lives rather than telling us to stop using it. We aim to inspire you to approach technology responsibly, ensuring your design decisions truly improve people’s lives and as users, ourselves, how we can use technology to help us stay motivated, focused, and informed.
Join us for a discussion on our view of digital well-being and practical tips & tricks for designing (and using) technology that promotes well-being, fosters positive engagement, and helps both users and ourselves lead healthier, more balanced lives in our digital world.
Alexunder HessUX Design Director & Success Coach @AHDesign Academy
Alexunder Hess is a UX Design Director with 16 years of experience designing products and leading design teams for Fortune 500 companies, including Ford Motors, SiriusXM, and Wargaming.
As the founder of AHDesign Academy, he has mentored over 7,000 designers through hands-on masterclasses and coaching, helping them sharpen their skills and overcome mindset challenges like imposter syndrome, perfectionism, fear of failure. Alexunder specializes in empowering Mid- and Senior-level UX designers to break through limiting beliefs, build confidence, and thrive in their careers.
5 Steps to Your Powerful Self
Design is fun until it's not. You work in a very complex niche.
Being a Designer is one of the most challenging professions.
It's challenging but fun. You grow fast and become exceptional in what you do. You love design. You love creating websites, illustrations, icons, products, features, systems, style guides, and prototypes.
You feel powerful when you design!
However, your profession also requires you to work with other people, or maybe, over time, you might start losing interest in design.
This is where it gets a bit more complicated: perfectionism, procrastination, imposter syndrome, fear of failure, search for validation, fear of judgement, imposter syndrome, people-pleasing, feeling overwhelmed, and lack of authenticity and confidence.
My talk will help you discover how to feel powerful whether you work with pixels, systems, people or dealing with your inner struggles.
After this talk, you will:
• Understand your emotions and learn from them
• Learn how to overcome any fear and procrastination
• Learn how to communicate with anyone with confidence
• Become authentic in everything you do
• Rediscover your values and passion to become your most powerful self.
Panel Talk: Designing for Humans and Positive Aspects of Technology
We live in a highly digital world where everyone seems to compete for our attention, and even the simplest tasks of daily life are influenced by technology. But technology should serve as a tool that simplifies our tasks, not be the one that overwhelms us. And who better to discuss the influence on user's well-being than UX designers?
This panel will focus on the positive ways technology can enrich our lives rather than telling us to stop using it. We aim to inspire you to approach technology responsibly, ensuring your design decisions truly improve people’s lives and as users, ourselves, how we can use technology to help us stay motivated, focused, and informed.
Join us for a discussion on our view of digital well-being and practical tips & tricks for designing (and using) technology that promotes well-being, fosters positive engagement, and helps both users and ourselves lead healthier, more balanced lives in our digital world.
Petra SmolčićUX/UI designer @ Petra Designs
Petra is a freelance UX/UI designer whose professional journey started over a decade ago. Formerly a digital media designer, she transitioned to UX/UI, where she discovered a deep passion for UX research and creative product development.
Working for several years in the industry as a UX strategist and an in-house product designer, she gained experience she wants to use to inspire others and help them use technology to solve business problems.
She is also actively building a community of designers through her Instagram presence, while helping them in the day-to-day challenges of UX/UI and professional growth.
Panel Talk: Designing for Humans and Positive Aspects of Technology
We live in a highly digital world where everyone seems to compete for our attention, and even the simplest tasks of daily life are influenced by technology. But technology should serve as a tool that simplifies our tasks, not be the one that overwhelms us. And who better to discuss the influence on user's well-being than UX designers?
This panel will focus on the positive ways technology can enrich our lives rather than telling us to stop using it. We aim to inspire you to approach technology responsibly, ensuring your design decisions truly improve people’s lives and as users, ourselves, how we can use technology to help us stay motivated, focused, and informed.
Join us for a discussion on our view of digital well-being and practical tips & tricks for designing (and using) technology that promotes well-being, fosters positive engagement, and helps both users and ourselves lead healthier, more balanced lives in our digital world.
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