dscout Co-Lab

Name: dscout Co-Lab 2025 · Chicago
Start: 2025-09-08
End: 2025-09-10
Location: Chicago, United States

A research-leadership gathering from the dscout community.

User ResearchAIResearchOpsDesign Leadership

Latest edition

September 2025

Location

Chicago, United States

Format

In person

Cadence

Annual

Organiser

dscout

About dscout Co-Lab

dscout Co-Lab is a gathering for senior UX researchers and research leaders, organised by the research platform dscout and linked to its People Nerds content community. It is held in Chicago.

The programme has included keynotes on how AI is reshaping UX research and the role of insight teams, convening a senior research community for talks and discussion.

Editions

2025
8–10 Sep
Chicago
20 speakers
Speakers in 2025Speakers at dscout Co-Lab 2025
8–10 SepChicago
Ashton Snook
Creator Mode
Cal Thompson
The Emerging Shape of a New UX (Opening Keynote Panel)
Christelle Ngnoumen
The Balance Blueprint: Save, Reinvest, and Reinvent Your Time
Craig Mackintosh
The Emerging Shape of a New UX (Opening Keynote Panel)
Danielle Morrison
The Missing Link in UXR Strategy: Organizational Service Design
Danielle Shoshani
Research in Command: Matching Tempo to Unlock Decisions
Dave Brown
Designing for AI, Designing with AI, and Design Leadership in an AI Era
Eleanor Sandford
The Emerging Shape of a New UX (Opening Keynote Panel)
Gordon Ching
The Emerging Shape of a New UX (Opening Keynote Panel)
Julie Norvaisas
The Emerging Shape of a New UX (Opening Keynote and Panel)
Katherine Cuyler
UX Research Vs Product Discovery: A Thought-Leadership Opportunity
Katy Mogal
Unlocking Futures | Cultivating Strategy (Session 4 Host)
Kevin Newton
Unlocking Cooperation | Perpetual Human Insight (Session 2 Host)
Kim Stockley
Small Steps, Big Ideas: Snack-Sized Continuous Discovery Tactics for Lean Teams
Lauren Stern
When Programs Are Also Projects
Lyric Metroplos
Weaving Futures Into UXR
Marissa Dulaney
Unlocking Decisions | Embracing Executiveness (Session 3 Host)
Megan Blocker
Decision Making Is an Organizational Superpower
Michael Winnick
The AI + Human Opportunity | Embodiment & Augmentation (Session 1 Host)
Sabrina Kang
The 4C Cycle: A Researcher's Guide to Ethical AI Collaboration
2024
Oct
Chicago
18 speakers
2023
Oct
Chicago
18 speakers

Speakers in 2025Speakers at dscout Co-Lab 2025

8–10 SepChicago

Ashton Snook
Creator Mode
Cal Thompson
The Emerging Shape of a New UX (Opening Keynote Panel)
Christelle Ngnoumen
The Balance Blueprint: Save, Reinvest, and Reinvent Your Time
Craig Mackintosh
The Emerging Shape of a New UX (Opening Keynote Panel)
Danielle Morrison
The Missing Link in UXR Strategy: Organizational Service Design
Danielle Shoshani
Research in Command: Matching Tempo to Unlock Decisions

Dave Brown
Designing for AI, Designing with AI, and Design Leadership in an AI Era
Eleanor Sandford
The Emerging Shape of a New UX (Opening Keynote Panel)
Gordon Ching
The Emerging Shape of a New UX (Opening Keynote Panel)
Julie Norvaisas
The Emerging Shape of a New UX (Opening Keynote and Panel)
Katherine Cuyler
UX Research Vs Product Discovery: A Thought-Leadership Opportunity
Katy Mogal
Unlocking Futures | Cultivating Strategy (Session 4 Host)
Kevin Newton
Unlocking Cooperation | Perpetual Human Insight (Session 2 Host)
Kim Stockley
Small Steps, Big Ideas: Snack-Sized Continuous Discovery Tactics for Lean Teams
Lauren Stern
When Programs Are Also Projects
Lyric Metroplos
Weaving Futures Into UXR
Marissa Dulaney
Unlocking Decisions | Embracing Executiveness (Session 3 Host)
Megan Blocker
Decision Making Is an Organizational Superpower
Michael Winnick
The AI + Human Opportunity | Embodiment & Augmentation (Session 1 Host)
Sabrina Kang
The 4C Cycle: A Researcher's Guide to Ethical AI Collaboration