UX Connect 26

June 9 - 10 in Aarhus, Denmark

Join us in Aarhus for the 5th annual conference for the design community!

UX Connect is where design leaders and UX professionals come together to share ideas, experiences, and inspiration – without the usual sales pitches or marketing fluff.

What can you expect?
“Meaningful design starts with empathy”
This is how the UX Connect 25conference summary by Antonia Fedder starts using a quote from Natalia Bourges from Canyon Bicycles. Anja Saabye from Universal Robots summarized her conference experience in a post that started like this:
”Inspiration is everywhere, but for me UX Connect is like a MAGIC BOX of inspiration”

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Shiran Moser-Nielsen talked about how change is hard on conference day #1. Photo: Roar Paaske

Speakers

We will announce the initial line-up of speakers shortly.

Interested in becoming a conference speaker? We still have a few openings. Fill out this brief form to start the conversation.

Besides Jens Hofman and Janus Boye, we this year we have a program committee consisting of:

What is UX Connect?

It all started in 2022 with a focus on reducing carbon footprints through low-energy websites. In 2023, we broadened the perspective and explored sustainability through the lens of the Sustainable Development Goals. By 2024, the event had grown even stronger with the support and participation of our global design leadership community.

Now, at UX Connect 2026, we’re looking ahead: how can we as designers not only improve design but transform how we work and the impact we make? Great design is no longer enough – it’s time for intentional design that drives meaningful change.

Expect sessions designed for reflection, dialogue, and connection. And with no product pitches or distractions, there’s plenty of space for honest conversations that lead to real, actionable insights you can take back to your work.

As design leader Antonia Fedder put it after attending UX Connect 2023:

“It was a rare experience to be at a conference where there’s truly space and time to think together.”

Photo: Roar Paaske

Who is joining us?

It’s a truly international conference with participation from all over Europe and also North America.

Thanks to all who have already the commitment to learning and networking. We’ll flesh out this as we get nearer June, but to give you a glimpse, here’s who made it in 2025:

We were a friendly mix of product designers, user experience specialists and design leaders from organisations like Blend Interactive, Canyon Bicycles, CoreMedia, Ecreo, Energinet, GLS, Grundfos, IBM, LEGO, McKinsey, Royal Library of Denmark, Sustainable UX Network, Trifork, Universal Robots, Vertica, VIA University College and Zealand Academy.

Conference partners

 

Interested in becoming a conference partner? Fill out this brief form to start the conversation

Venue

Once again, the event is held at Vertica on Åboulevarden 69, an iconic and historic building in the city centre of Aarhus, Denmark.

The building is from 1910 and originally built as a financial centre in what experts call a mixture of Dutch baroque and Danish classicism. Today it remains one of our most beautiful buildings and on the inside it is well restored and well-suited for networking and learning.

It’s just a few minutes walk from Aarhus Central Station and there are many hotels within 5 minutes walk.

Aarhus is well connected with good train connections and nearby airports are Aarhus (AAR), Aalborg (AAL) and Billund (BLL).