UX Brighton's 2022 conference will take a look at the relationship between product management and UX design.

We have all the speakers! 

Tickets will only be available to buy on the door, on the day of the event for £250 (inc vat). Cash only.

Avoiding the Agency Trap - Janna Bastow

Building a product can help your business scale to incredible heights, but too many teams get stuck in what Janna Bastow calls the Agency Trap. In this talk, she’ll share signs you’re veering into this trap, and actionable guides on how to get out and stay out!

Leading culture change to increase customer centricity - Jonathan Smare

Digital disruptors and the covid crisis have highlighted the importance of customer centricity. Business leaders clearly recognise their organisations need to be more customer centric and future proof them against ever-changing customer expectations, volatile economic conditions and aggressive digital disruptors.

Speaking the same language - Kate Flood

It sometimes feels like design and product are talking a different language – both striving to get great products out to their customers, but frequently misunderstanding each other on the path to get there. Kate will share the times she’s seen this happen and the ways she’s tackled it so that you can get ahead and create brilliant working partnerships with your product counterparts.

Trade-offs - Lucy Spence

Product development requires trade-offs, but just like a deal with the devil, the devil is in the details of how you make those trade-offs. And your choices can be devilishly hard. This demonic themed talk looks at various techniques for easing the burden of the bargains you make.

Arrogance & Confidence in Design...Redux - Jonty Sharples

Ten years ago Jonty gave a talk that changed his life. Now he revisits some of those lines of enquiry that upended his career (in a good way). With the benefit of hindsight, some spectacular mistakes, and a decade of experience scaling businesses and teams, what does Arrogance and Confidence look like in 2022?

YOU DON'T "GET" ANYONE TO DO ANYTHING - Matt LeMay

Matt LeMay is an internationally recognized product leader, author, and consultant who has worked with companies like Spotify, Audible, Mailchimp, and Google. He is the author of Agile for Everybody (O’Reilly Media, 2018) and Product Management in Practice (Second Edition O’Reilly Media, 2022), and has helped build and scale product management practices at companies ranging from early-stage startups to Fortune 500 enterprises. Matt is the creator of the One Page / One Hour Pledge, a commitment to minimize busywork and maximize collaboration that has been adopted by over 100 individuals and teams at Amazon, Walmart, CNN, BBVA, and more. Previously, Matt worked as Senior Product Manager at music startup Songza (acquired by Google), and Head of Consumer Product at Bitly. Matt is also a musician, recording engineer, and the author of a book about singer-songwriter Elliott Smith.

Is UX Strategy even a thing? - Alison Rawlings

Alison has a career going back over 25 years and has established and run UX teams in both agencies and client-side organisations. She is currently Consultancy Director at experience design agency Bunnyfoot where, as well as supporting Bunnyfoot’s growth and evolution and delivering their UX strategy training course, she works with organisations such as EDF Energy and Sony Playstation to help them improve their performance by becoming more customer-centred in their approach.

T-shaped skills save lives (and products). How and why to learn laterally for better outcomes. - Louise Bloom

Louise is a Senior UX consultant professional who has spent over 15 years working for everyone from global banks to local butchers during which time she has contributed to books, blogs, conferences and podcasts on the future of work, digital wellbeing, ethical technology, and the physiology of technostress. Curious to understand more about how human-tech interactions were affecting levels of stress, Louise is now also a registered and practising Physiotherapist in the UK with a specialism in neurology.

Early Bird tickets have sold out but fortunately for those of you keen not to miss out, we've released a limited batch of 'buy 4 get 1 free' group tickets. 

To secure your place ahead of the pack you'll need to be quick!

Information for Attendees

The conference is being held in the beautiful and historic Brighton Dome Concert Hall: just 10 minutes from Brighton Station, 3 minutes from the Lanes, 5 minutes from the beach and a whole heap of great restaurants and hotels. Registration starts from 9am with the first speaker on at 10am, we’ll email you to let you know when the talk times are finalised.

Before the conference why not join the UX Brighton Slack and get chatting with other UXers. We’ve also got a rather nice #jobs.

See our Attendee information guide for everything you need to get the most out of your visit to UX Brighton, including:

• Travel
• Accommodation
• Pre-conference meet-ups
• Accessibility
• Wifi and charging
• Cloakrooms
• Registration
• Refreshments
• After Party