Events

UXPA Kansas City hosts skills workshops, panels, lectures, design critiques, career events, and more! Topics range from the latest trends in UX, to research and theory, to how to build UX practices for your business or organization. Many events are free and virtual.

monthly networking & happy hour

Typically the third Wednesday of each month, 4-5pm – Online

UXPA KC Happy Hours can go in almost any direction. Games, skillshares, cool UX tips and tricks, and knowledge-sharing about the KC area tech community – it all depends on who shows up!Grab a beverage, kick back and join the conversation!

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upcoming events

Check back here for upcoming event info and links to register.

past events

May: In-person Happy Hour

May 28, 2025

Offline Meetup Event

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Measuring and Managing Success: For the individual, team, and leadership with Dee Sadler

May 22, 2025

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Analog Sketching Night

August 28, 2024

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KC Design Week 2024

April 23, 2024

An evening of four presentations followed by a moderated discussion with leaders in the user experience design community

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UXPA-KC Year-end Party

December 13, 2023

Join UXPA-KC for a joyous Year-End Party featuring a White Elephant-style gift swap!

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Unconventional Product Design

December 6, 2023

In this talk Garrett Peek (Garmin Labs) shares unconventional methodologies for pushing the boundaries of what is possible in product design.

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From Usability to Business Intelligence: Mapping the "UX Maturity" Journey

October 19, 2023

Job descriptions in UX Research may seem similar, but daily responsibilities can vary – from usability to business intelligence and more. In this conversation, UX Researcher Roxana-Maria Barbu, PhD maps the "UX maturity" of organizations and companies by examining the dynamic collaboration between research and design.

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September: In-person Happy Hour

September 20, 2023

Offline Meetup Event

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Finding Our Way: The 2020 Kansas City UX Experience

September 30, 2020

Chris Jones is a Product design lead with FanThreeSixty in Kansas City. Chris will lead a three part discussion and brainstorm on what we as designers in Kansas City know, feel and can do as a result of our learnings in 2020.

(How) Does Fiction Inform Design?

June 25, 2020

What films or fiction inform the design work you do, and why might that matter?

Decoding Web Accessibility

May 25, 2020

In this presentation, Andrew Patterson—software developer for Emfluence—will share his knowledge and expertise on accessibility design and best practices.

The Magic of Semantic IxD

April 12, 2020

In this guest lecture, Professor Rosenburg will introduce Semantic Interaction Design, an innovative method that spans all the way from core conceptual models to the deployment of applied game theory techniques to create optimal experiences for users.

Growing and Sustaining a Design Career

April 7, 2020

A career coaching workshop series in three acts.

Digital Collaboration Workshop

March 23, 2020

Digital collaboration is only possible when you have a foundation of a learning culture, empowered team, and clear communication. With those in place, the right tools and processes will equip your team to collaborate and perform better than they ever have before.

Designing for Unhappy Paths

January 20, 2020

In this talk, Lauren will provide methods of integrating this thinking into implementation. She will cover best practices for alerts, errors, and other communication strategies using elements such as language and tone, color, timing and context, recovery, escape, and more.

recorded events

You can watch recordings of some past events on our YouTube channel.