UX Vienna Evening Meetups are on the 2nd tuesday of every month — 12 times a year. Prepare for a concentrated dose of academic insight: four students from the User Experience Management Master’s programme will present the core findings of their latest thesis research in the style of lightning talks. A lightning talk is limited to a maximum of 10 minutes.

Lightning Talks:

Collaboration between key roles in agile software projects
by Thomas Theiner, Product Manager Network Security, Barracuda
Role perceptions and communication influence collaboration between product management, software development, and user experience teams in agile environments. Based on interviews and survey insights, this talk highlights actionable best practices for improving alignment and enabling more effective cross-functional collaboration.

Co-creation with AI: The impact of AI-supported prototyping and live testing on co-creation within solution delivery teams
by Raluca Chisalita, Technology Consultant (User Experience & Power Platform), Avanade
This research investigates how AI-supported prototyping and live testing using Figma Make affect design co-creation within solution delivery teams compared with traditional, non-AI design workflows. The study was conducted within Avanade’s corporate context, involving cross-functional teams of designers and developers. Retrospective experiences of participants in non-AI workshops, together with live workshops, are used to assess how AI affects clarity and confidence in design concepts, collaboration dynamics, and the speed or frequency of design iterations.

More Relevant Search Results: How Ad-Scoring and Relevance-Sorting can Increase User Satisfaction
by Sina Benjamin Jonas, UX-Designer & Projektmanager
On willhaben’s second-hand fashion marketplace, this thesis examines how clearer, better-described product ads can rank higher in search results. It builds a simple scoring model for ad quality and plugs it into a new way of sorting the results. First tests show that the new model can increase overall satisfaction of potential buyers with minor UI and programmatic changes to the search results.

Navigating Compatibility with Confidence: Turning Technical Complexity into Usable Product Guidance
by Angelika Loidolt, Projektmanager Website, Rascom
A compatibility rating should help users decide — but when PC hardware becomes more complex, the rating itself can become a source of confusion.
Through the case of Noctua, we take a look at how a CPU-specific cooler rating system can be revised to communicate performance and compatibility more clearly for modern CPUs. We explore how UX can turn technical complexity into guidance that helps users move from uncertainty to a confident product decision.

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Collaboratively we document each UX Vienna Evening Meetup at [https://UXvienna.at/ongoing/](https://uxvienna.at/ongoing/) – Check out to see what kept us busy and what you might have missed so far.

UX Vienna announcements are available at https://meetup.com/UXvienna. In addition you can follow us on LinkedIn.

We are looking forward to seeing you!

Update 10.5. / 22:00:
Due to the weather forecast with rain, cold temperatures, and wind, we’ve decided to move the meetup to an indoor location instead of the park. The good news: we’re still keeping the same relaxed and casual get-together format — just a little warmer and drier

New Location
Delegationsraum
Österreichischer Gewerkschaftsbund
Johann-Böhm-Platz 1
A-1020 Wien

The easiest way to get there is via U2 Donaumarina.
The Delegationsraum is located on the ground floor at the end of the entrance hall, on the left side, near the stairs leading upstairs.
Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

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Spring is here — let’s take UX outside. Join us for a relaxed UX Vienna get-together in the park, where we’ll trade meeting rooms for fresh air and good company. Connect with fellow UX professionals, share ideas, and enjoy a laid-back evening together.

Bring a blanket and something to drink, and meet us on the lawn below the Palmenhaus in the Burggarten. Whether you stay for a quick chat or settle in for the whole evening, you’re very welcome — we’re looking forward to seeing you there.

Meeting point – below the Palmenhaus on the lawn (on the left side looking at Palmenhause): https://osm.org/go/0JrIXnPJY–?m=

(If the weather is bad, we will come up with an alternative location 24hrs in advance.)

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UX Vienna Evening Meetups are on the 2nd tuesday of every month — 12 times a year.

Collaboratively we document each UX Vienna Evening Meetup at https://UXvienna.at/ongoing/ – Check out to see what kept us busy and what you might have missed so far.

UX Vienna announcements are available at https://meetup.com/UXvienna. In addition you can follow us on LinkedIn.

We are looking forward to seeing you!

UX Vienna Evening Meetups are on the 2nd tuesday of every month — 12 times a year. We’re excited to invite you to the next UX Vienna Evening Meetup – an evening of inspiring talks, interesting perspectives and community exchange.

Talks:

UX in Healthcare
by Leandro Albino De Oliveira, UX Chapter Lead at Roche
Leandro will be diving into the unique challenges and trends shaping the current landscape of UX within the healthcare sector.

GoGoGolor – a bloody Vibecode project
by Wieland Kloimstein, UX Designer, ImmoScout24
In 2014 I had an idea for a better color picker. Then it sat in a drawer for 10 years.
Two things changed that: OKLCH — a new perceptual color standard — and LLMs that could actually help build it.
A UX designer with no coding background ended up building something he had no business building.

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UX Vienna Evening Meetups are on the 2nd tuesday of every month — 12 times a year.

Collaboratively we document each UX Vienna Evening Meetup at https://UXvienna.at/ongoing/ – Check out to see what kept us busy and what you might have missed so far.

UX Vienna announcements are available at https://meetup.com/UXvienna. In addition you can follow us on LinkedIn.

We are looking forward to seeing you!

UX Vienna Evening Meetups are on the 2nd tuesday of every month — 12 times a year. This time we meet at BarnVentures with one talk (and more time for socialising!)

Talk:

Lovable Product Discovery Machine: How to effectively kickstart Product Discovery
The Lovable Prompting Machine built with Lovable and Claude transforms product thinking into ready-to-use prototypes—instantly.
The core idea: People can think and act like a designer or product creator – the AI handles the prompting quality. Kickstarting the discovery phase for a new product can be done instantly. Perfect for: Product creators and designers who want to validate ideas quickly without the setup overhead.
Bernhard Ferro | Senior Product Designer, Raiffeisen Bank International AG

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UX Vienna Evening Meetups are on the 2nd tuesday of every month — 12 times a year.

Collaboratively we document each UX Vienna Evening Meetup at https://UXvienna.at/ongoing/ – Check out to see what kept us busy and what you might have missed so far.

UX Vienna announcements are available at https://meetup.com/UXvienna. In addition you can follow us on LinkedIn.

We are looking forward to seeing you!

UX Vienna Evening Meetups are on the 2nd tuesday of every month — 12 times a year. Next time we meet at dotsandlines with one talk and two lightning talks.

Talk:

Explore the Unknown:
Storytelling in the Age of Distraction
How to find your story, weave it into your creative process and discover the thing that really moves you.
Hana Salihodzic | Head of Digital Experience, dotsandlines
Bernhard Gigler | Creative Director, dotsandlines

Lightning talks:

Making Ideas Make Sense:
How to pitch your work with clarity
Tips and tricks on how to frame your story, communicate design decisions clearly, build trust, and present concepts in a way that resonates with your audience.
Viola Prüller | Creative Director, dotsandlines

AI UX Agent Provocateur:
How I use a personal Al Copilot to challenge my UX thinking
A personal UX chatbot as a thinking provocateur – rough, selective, and built around my own process. I’ll demo my UX Copilot and explore with the audience what it means to build a similar agent for their own design process – pragmatic, personal, and evolving – and how it creates a fast, solid context for vibe coding.
Wieland Kloimstein | User Experience Designer, self-employed

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UX Vienna Evening Meetups are on the 2nd tuesday of every month — 12 times a year.

Collaboratively we document each UX Vienna Evening Meetup at https://UXvienna.at/ongoing/ – Check out to see what kept us busy and what you might have missed so far.

UX Vienna announcements are available at https://meetup.com/UXvienna. In addition you can follow us on LinkedIn.

We are looking forward to seeing you!

UX Vienna Evening Meetups are on the 2nd tuesday of every month — 12 times a year. Next time we meet at Moonshiner with 2 interesting talks.

Back to the future – from Easyrent to Easynext:
How to make a market leading software future-proof
Melanie Schörg | Ul/UX Designer, Moonshiner
Daniel Pillinger | Digital Consultant, Moonshiner
Easyrent is a comprehensive, modular management software specifically designed for sports rental businesses. Our teams are shaping the transformation of this market-leading software and defining the product of the future: Easynext.

UX in Austria: Insights & Discussion
Shane Moloney | Product Design Lead at Roche
What is the current state of UX in Austria? Based on 100+ responses from Austrian UX professionals, this short talk shares first insights from the local cut of the international UX survey.

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Collaboratively we document each UX Vienna Evening Meetup at https://uxvienna.at/ongoing/ – Check out to see what kept us busy and what you might have missed so far.

UX Vienna announcements are available at https://meetup.com/UXvienna. In addition you can follow us on LinkedIn.

We are looking forward to seeing you!

Please register at meetup.com/UXvienna.

If you work in UX, product, service, or information design; data visualization; or user research — or if you simply care about how design shapes understanding — then this event is for you!

100 years ago in Vienna, Marie and Otto Neurath, along with Gerd Arntz, created the International System of Typographic Picture Education (ISOTYPE), a design system that transforms data into understanding. This was long before UX even existed.

Join us on Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 2 PM
for a group visit to the Neurath exhibition, “Knowledge for All”, at the Wien Museum.

We’ll walk through the exhibition together, after which we’ll have drinks and discuss one central question:

What does it mean to design like this — today?

We’ll connect their ideas to today’s UX practices:

• How do we design for clarity and accessibility at scale?
• How do diverse roles align around one shared model of meaning?
• And, most fascinatingly, how would the Neuraths approach our challenges now?

Action items

1. Select “Attend” to attend the event
2. Purchase your special exhibition ticket (only the permanent exhibition is for free)
3. Meet us at the entrance at 2 PM

Photo copyrights: 
Housing density in cities: © Bibliographisches Institut AG, Leipzig / Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsmuseum Wien, Archive: University of Reading – Otto & Marie Neurath Isotype Collection. Marie Neurath: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 link Photos of the exhibition: Klaus Pichler, Wien Museum

The next meetup is coming up on November 11th – with two interesting talks.

Design as a Tool for Navigating Through the Fog of Future

by Tugyan Ertürk, UX Architect @ sclable

In a world of uncertainty, how can designers chart a path forward? This talk explores future scenario design through the lens of the futures cone and speculative design. We’ll discuss how design can be used as a tool to navigate complex, ambiguous futures and how designers can apply these approaches not only to projects, but also to their own evolving roles.

From Static Mocks to Smart Prototypes: How AI is Changing the Design Workflow

by Anna Arteeva, Product Design Leader | AI educator

AI is transforming not just the tools we use, but the way we design altogether. As code becomes accessible and cheap, design and building are becoming tightly knit. This talk explores how designers can embrace vibe-coding, moving beyond static mock-ups to building real interactive experiences.

Location

Sclable Business Solutions GmbH
Marc-Aurel-Straße 10-12/Top 10
1010 Vienna, Austria

About UX Vienna & Get involved

• UX Vienna announcements are available at https://meetup.com/UXvienna.
• In addition you can follow us on LinkedIn.
• For discussions we provide our slack channel as well – please write to hi@uxvienna.at and you will get an invitation.
• For sharing job offers, taking notes and sharing links you can always use our collaborative pad – uxvienna.at/ongoing

PS: If you have any questions — reach out to us via hi@uxvienna.at 

We’re looking forward to seeing you there and sharing another great evening of UX, insights, and community!

The next meetup is coming up on September 9th – with two talks and one interactive session.

Product Discovery tips for newbies

by Veronica di Marco, Senior Product Manager @ eRecruiter

That Product Discovery is a crucial part of building successful products is no longer news to Product Managers or Designers. However, it is not always easy to get started with it, especially if you don’t have a research background and it’s not already a habit in your company. What can you do then? In my talk, I’ll share some practical tips to set up and carry out discovery activities that allow you to make the most of it.

Built-In, Not Bolt-On: Making Accessibility Foundational in UX and UI

by Melissa Lagos & Jörg Linder, User Experience Consultants @ MAI Digitalberatung

Accessibility isn’t a nice-to-have—it’s a design superpower. In this talk, you’ll see how thinking about accessibility from day one transforms the way we create digital products. Through hands-on examples from real projects, we’ll explore how inclusive practices can seamlessly flow into ideation, UX, and UI design. The takeaway: accessibility done early not only makes products more usable for everyone, it makes the design process smoother and the results more impactful.

Let’s shape UX Vienna @ uxcon vienna

Interactive session with Emanuel Jochum, Freelance Experience Designer

We’ll team up to design and finalize our contributions for uxcon vienna: the UX Vienna creative booth and the Walk & Talk session. It’s a chance to bring in your ideas, share perspectives, and help shape how our community shows up at Europe’s friendliest UX conference. In this session, we’ll do rapid ideation in small groups (no worries: it’s voluntary), then share and cluster ideas, and finish with a quick dot-voting.

Location

MAI Digitalberatung
Theresiengasse 23/Hoftrakt, 1180 Wien

About UX Vienna & Get involved

• UX Vienna is a partner of uxcon vienna – https://www.uxcon.io/
• UX Vienna announcements are available at https://meetup.com/UXvienna.
• In addition you can follow us on LinkedIn.
• For discussions we provide our slack channel as well – please write to hi@uxvienna.at and you will get an invitation.
• For sharing job offers, taking notes and sharing links you can always use our collaborative pad – uxvienna.at/ongoing

PS: If you have any questions — reach out to us via hi@uxvienna.at 

We’re looking forward to seeing you there and sharing another great evening of UX, insights, and community!

We’re excited to invite you to the next UX Vienna Meetup – an evening of inspiring talks, interesting perspectives, and community exchange.

Join us for two talks that explore both current trends and critical questions in UX:

UX Challenges in the Era of AI: Exploring the ideals vs the realities of how design gets done

Shane Moloney, Product Design Lead at mySugr

Against best practices: Real examples of unconventional UX approaches

Delfina Hoxha, Founder and Lead Content Designer at Little Language Models

As designers, we often rely on best practices. They save time and help us prioritize our efforts—but is there a limit to their usefulness? In this talk, Delfina dissects common design best practices and shares her own unconventional UX decisions that worked in real-world scenarios.

Location

mySugr/Roche
Trattnerhof 1/5.OG, 1010 Vienna, Austria

When you enter via the front door, take the elevator to the 5th floor.

Important note:
Once inside the office space, please stay—if you leave early or arrive (very) late, there’s no way to ring the bell or be let back in. There is no reception or security desk.

Online Discussions & Q&A

• For discussions we provide our slack channel as well – please write to hi@uxvienna.at and you will get an invitation.
• For sharing job offers, taking notes and sharing links you can always use our collaborative pad – uxvienna.at/ongoing
• Follow us on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/uxv/

PS: If you have any questions — reach out to us via hi@uxvienna.at 

We’re looking forward to seeing you there and sharing another great evening of UX, insights, and community!