Advancing Research

Name: Advancing Research 2024 · New York City
Start: 2024-03-25
End: 2024-03-26
Location: New York City, United States

Rosenfeld Media's premier conference for the user-research community.

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Latest edition

March 2026

Location

Online

Cadence

Annual

Organiser

Rosenfeld Media

About Advancing Research

Advancing Research is Rosenfeld Media's flagship conference for user experience and design researchers. The programme covers research methods, strategy, operations, and the changing role of research within product organisations.

Sessions bring together research leaders and practitioners to examine how teams generate insight, demonstrate impact, and adapt their practice as artificial intelligence reshapes how research is planned and conducted.

It is one of the principal dedicated gatherings for the user research community, with a senior, specialist audience.

Editions

2026
10–12 Mar
United States
19 speakers
2025
11–13 Mar
30 speakers
2024
25–26 Mar
New York City
19 speakers
Speakers in 2024Speakers at Advancing Research 2024
25–26 MarNew York City
Alexandra Jayeun Lee
Andy Warr
Under My (Research) Umbrella: The Benefits and Challenges of Building a Unified Insights Function
Archana Shah
Bria Alexander
Dane DeSutter
Keeping the Body in Mind: What Gestures and Embodied Actions Tell You That Users May Not
Fatimah Richmond
The Future of ReOps as a Strategic Function: A Roadmap for Getting There
Louis Rosenfeld
Megan Blocker
Getting to the “So What?”: How Management Consulting Practices Can Transform Your Approach to Research
Mujtaba Hameed
Frameworks for Excellence: Using Visual Thinking and Communication to Elevate Your Research
Nalini Kotamraju
Research After UX
Neil Barrie
Widening the Aperture: The Case for Taking a Broader Lens to the Dialogue Between Products and Culture
Nicole Aleong
Future Orientations to Everyday Life: Futures Anthropology as a Methodology
Peter Levin
Solve a Problem Here, Transform a Strategy There: Research as an Occasion for Expanding Organizational Possibility
Robin Beers
Beyond Insights: Researchers as Organizational Change Catalysts
Savina Hawkins
Harnessing AI in UXR: Practical Strategies for Positive Impact
Steve Portigal
Looking Back…to Look Ahead
Subhasree Chatterjee
Tricia Wang
From Users to Shapers of AI: The Future of Research
Victor Udoewa
Beyond Methods and Diversity: The Roots of Inclusion
2023
27–30 Mar
29 speakers
2022
9–11 Mar
Brooklyn
25 speakers
2021
10–12 Mar
30 speakers
2020
30–31 Mar
New York City
22 speakers

Speakers in 2024Speakers at Advancing Research 2024

25–26 MarNew York City

Alexandra Jayeun Lee
Andy Warr
Under My (Research) Umbrella: The Benefits and Challenges of Building a Unified Insights Function
Archana Shah
Bria Alexander
Dane DeSutter
Keeping the Body in Mind: What Gestures and Embodied Actions Tell You That Users May Not
Fatimah Richmond
The Future of ReOps as a Strategic Function: A Roadmap for Getting There

Louis Rosenfeld
Megan Blocker
Getting to the “So What?”: How Management Consulting Practices Can Transform Your Approach to Research
Mujtaba Hameed
Frameworks for Excellence: Using Visual Thinking and Communication to Elevate Your Research
Nalini Kotamraju
Research After UX
Neil Barrie
Widening the Aperture: The Case for Taking a Broader Lens to the Dialogue Between Products and Culture
Nicole Aleong
Future Orientations to Everyday Life: Futures Anthropology as a Methodology
Peter Levin
Solve a Problem Here, Transform a Strategy There: Research as an Occasion for Expanding Organizational Possibility
Robin Beers
Beyond Insights: Researchers as Organizational Change Catalysts
Savina Hawkins
Harnessing AI in UXR: Practical Strategies for Positive Impact
Steve Portigal
Looking Back…to Look Ahead
Subhasree Chatterjee
Tricia Wang
From Users to Shapers of AI: The Future of Research
Victor Udoewa
Beyond Methods and Diversity: The Roots of Inclusion