UX Scotland

Name: UX Scotland 2026 · Edinburgh
Start: 2026-06-10
End: 2026-06-11
Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom

A practitioner-focused UX conference held in Edinburgh.

Product DesignUser ResearchAI

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Latest edition

June 2026

Location

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Format

In person

Organiser

Software Acumen

About UX Scotland

UX Scotland is an established user experience conference held in Edinburgh, mixing talks and workshops across UX design, research, and product practice. It is organised by Software Acumen.

Lineups have featured keynotes, with sessions on AI in UX, including speakers leading AI work in large organisations.

Editions

2026
10–11 Jun
Edinburgh
42 speakers
Speakers in 2026Speakers at UX Scotland 2026
10–11 JunEdinburgh
Anusree Raju
Skipping to the Second Diamond: Prototyping Services Faster with Re-Usable Parts
Caitlin Steele
Transit Lines & Touch Points: A Narrative Framework for Multi-Device UX from Trello
Carolina Pizatto
Transforming Probation Services: Prototype to Pilot in 6 Weeks
Caroline Jarrett
Wrong Answers Only: Why People Lie on Forms and Surveys, and What to Do About That
Christian Richards
Steel-Toed Boots in the Boardroom: Designing Factory Floor Solutions That Stick
Craig Abbott
A.I-11y: Should We Use Large Language Models for Accessibility?
Emma Nicol
Could You Find It If It Already Existed? Using AI Search to Make Reuse Easier Across Government
Emma Sutcliffe-Regan
Transforming Probation Services: Prototype to Pilot in 6 Weeks
Esther Stringer
Don’t Panic (but Do Verify): The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the AI Galaxy
Guillaume Vaslin
What Happens When Familiar UI Patterns Aren’t Universal
Hilary Brownlie
Navigating Your UX Career in a Competitive Market
James Chudley
Beyond Human-Centred Design: Designing for the ‘More Than Human’ World
James Lang
The New Makers
Jane Dolan
Design Is Political
Jayne Purcell
Tools as Old as Time: Ancient Ways to Visualise Futures
Jennifer Blatz
Evidence, Not Ego: The Art of Influencing Without Authority
Jenny Björkman
Navigating Your UX Career in a Competitive Market
Jenny Martin
Cut Through Complexity - the OOPSI Framework
Jeroen van Geel
What If… You Did It Anyway?
Jessica Cameron
Being a Human-Centred Design Leader in the Age of AI
Joanna Masraff
Navigating Digital Sustainability with Design Principles
Joey Gartin
Object-Oriented UX in Action: Rebuilding a Public Sector Website with Structured Content
Josie Vallely
Tools as Old as Time: Ancient Ways to Visualise Futures
Keara Drumm
Transforming Probation Services: Prototype to Pilot in 6 Weeks
Kirsty Sinclair
Skipping to the Second Diamond: Prototyping Services Faster with Re-Usable Parts
Kola Wale
Designing Beyond Assumptions: How Everyday Constraints Shape User Experience
Laura Dalrymple
Reflection to Action - Your Way Forward
Leonardo Caetano
Designing in the Squeeze: How Constraints Improve Teams
Michael Kibedi
A Firmament Inside
Miriam Vaswani
Make Trauma-Informed Design Part of Your Style Guide
Natalia Mishina
Researching UX Without a UI: Cognitive Methods Under Constraints
Omar Idris
Rinse and Repeat? Designing When Context and Constraints Change
Rachel Abbott
Constraint-as-Catalyst: The Creative Researcher's SCAMPER Guide to Method Adaptation
Samantha Heighes
Designing in Legacy Software: The Triumphs and the Trap
Sara Wachter-Boettcher
You Don’t Need More Grit: Breaking the Burnout Cycle in UX
Sathpal Singh
Navigating Digital Sustainability with Design Principles
Stathis Rouvas
Could You Find It If It Already Existed? Using AI Search to Make Reuse Easier Across Government
Stéphanie Krus
Practical Steps Towards a More Inclusive Practice
Suhail Hussain
Let’s Debate: Can AI Actually Solve Our Design Problems?
Thomas Ha
Could You Find It If It Already Existed? Using AI Search to Make Reuse Easier Across Government
Tom Burrows
Let’s Debate: Can AI Actually Solve Our Design Problems?
Venessa Bennett
The ROI of Saying No: Strategic Prioritisation for Design Leaders
2025
11–12 Jun
Edinburgh
39 speakers
2024
29–31 May
Edinburgh
54 speakers
2023
7–9 Jun
Edinburgh
14 speakers
2019
12–14 Jun
Edinburgh
14 speakers

Speakers in 2026Speakers at UX Scotland 2026

10–11 JunEdinburgh

Anusree Raju
Skipping to the Second Diamond: Prototyping Services Faster with Re-Usable Parts
Caitlin Steele
Transit Lines & Touch Points: A Narrative Framework for Multi-Device UX from Trello
Carolina Pizatto
Transforming Probation Services: Prototype to Pilot in 6 Weeks
Caroline Jarrett
Wrong Answers Only: Why People Lie on Forms and Surveys, and What to Do About That
Christian Richards
Steel-Toed Boots in the Boardroom: Designing Factory Floor Solutions That Stick
Craig Abbott
A.I-11y: Should We Use Large Language Models for Accessibility?

Emma Nicol
Could You Find It If It Already Existed? Using AI Search to Make Reuse Easier Across Government
Emma Sutcliffe-Regan
Transforming Probation Services: Prototype to Pilot in 6 Weeks
Esther Stringer
Don’t Panic (but Do Verify): The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the AI Galaxy
Guillaume Vaslin
What Happens When Familiar UI Patterns Aren’t Universal
Hilary Brownlie
Navigating Your UX Career in a Competitive Market
James Chudley
Beyond Human-Centred Design: Designing for the ‘More Than Human’ World
James Lang
The New Makers
Jane Dolan
Design Is Political
Jayne Purcell
Tools as Old as Time: Ancient Ways to Visualise Futures
Jennifer Blatz
Evidence, Not Ego: The Art of Influencing Without Authority
Jenny Björkman
Navigating Your UX Career in a Competitive Market
Jenny Martin
Cut Through Complexity - the OOPSI Framework
Jeroen van Geel
What If… You Did It Anyway?
Jessica Cameron
Being a Human-Centred Design Leader in the Age of AI
Joanna Masraff
Navigating Digital Sustainability with Design Principles
Joey Gartin
Object-Oriented UX in Action: Rebuilding a Public Sector Website with Structured Content
Josie Vallely
Tools as Old as Time: Ancient Ways to Visualise Futures
Keara Drumm
Transforming Probation Services: Prototype to Pilot in 6 Weeks
Kirsty Sinclair
Skipping to the Second Diamond: Prototyping Services Faster with Re-Usable Parts
Kola Wale
Designing Beyond Assumptions: How Everyday Constraints Shape User Experience
Laura Dalrymple
Reflection to Action - Your Way Forward
Leonardo Caetano
Designing in the Squeeze: How Constraints Improve Teams
Michael Kibedi
A Firmament Inside
Miriam Vaswani
Make Trauma-Informed Design Part of Your Style Guide
Natalia Mishina
Researching UX Without a UI: Cognitive Methods Under Constraints
Omar Idris
Rinse and Repeat? Designing When Context and Constraints Change
Rachel Abbott
Constraint-as-Catalyst: The Creative Researcher's SCAMPER Guide to Method Adaptation
Samantha Heighes
Designing in Legacy Software: The Triumphs and the Trap
Sara Wachter-Boettcher
You Don’t Need More Grit: Breaking the Burnout Cycle in UX
Sathpal Singh
Navigating Digital Sustainability with Design Principles
Stathis Rouvas
Could You Find It If It Already Existed? Using AI Search to Make Reuse Easier Across Government
Stéphanie Krus
Practical Steps Towards a More Inclusive Practice
Suhail Hussain
Let’s Debate: Can AI Actually Solve Our Design Problems?
Thomas Ha
Could You Find It If It Already Existed? Using AI Search to Make Reuse Easier Across Government
Tom Burrows
Let’s Debate: Can AI Actually Solve Our Design Problems?
Venessa Bennett
The ROI of Saying No: Strategic Prioritisation for Design Leaders