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Upcoming Events

Events run by the Learners team, or co-organized with our trusted partners.

UXR LA

Friday April 26. 5pm – 6:30pm PST.

Online and University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

Research

MeetUp

Social

Los Angeles has one of the fastest growing research communities, working on some of the most interesting product categories, like social, entertainment and media. Join us for the evening as we highlight some of our favourite research leaders from Southern California.

BIG RESEARCH

Wednesday May 8. 5pm – 6:30pm CST.

Online and University of Chicago, Chicago.

Research

Meetup

Social

There are companies with small customer bases, large customer bases… and then there are companies with hundreds of millions, or even billions of customers. Serving enormous numbers of customers creates all sorts of complexity. Let’s talk about it.

ENTERPRISE UXR: AI

Thursday March 21. 5pm – 6:30pm PST.

Online and ServiceNow, San Diego.

Many new products and services are being built with AI, and in many cases it’s totally okay for these new projects to be a little rough around the edges. But, that’s definitely not the case when working with large, established businesses. Let’s talk about it.

Research

Meetup

Social

Leadership

INTRO TO UX RESEARCH

Monday March 11 to Friday March 15. 1pm – 5pm EST.
Online and Typist Studios and Coffee, Toronto.

UX Research has been one of the breakout fields in tech this past decade, with many people considering a pivot into the practice. If this sounds like you, join us for this week long, introductory learning program, curated by Tara Bassili.

Research

New-to-Field

Learning Program

NICHE RESEARCH

Wednesday February 28. 5pm – 6:30pm PST.
Online and Pioneer Square Labs, Seattle.

While most researchers have no problem recruiting participants using tried and true methods, this approach doesn’t apply to all.  Let’s deep dive into the challenges and creativity involved in doing research with unique populations.

Research

Meetup

Social

GREAT RESEARCH

Tuesday February 6. 9:30am – 3:30pm PST.

Online and The Midway, San Francisco.

We all know that being great at research is about more than just methods. There’s so much work around the work that’s required to set research up for success. Join us for this one day event, curated by Colette Kolenda, to learn how to make research successful at your company.

Research

Advanced

Conference

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In-person sold out

GOOB

Wednesday May 15. 3pm – 4:30pm EST.
Online and  Toast, Boston.

To do great research, sometimes you need to Get Out Of the Building (GOOB). Join the Toast team, along with other researchers in the Boston area, for a fun evening, talking about some of their favourite stories and advice for doing research out in the field.

Research

Meetup

Social

ENTERPRISE UXR: STRATEGY

Tuesday May 21. 5pm – 6:30pm PST.

Online and ServiceNow, Santa Clara.

When doing research relating to enterprise software, you need to know more than a single workflow or use case. Enterprise businesses are a complex web of stakeholders, risks, opportunities, lines of business and more. Let’s talk about how to set yourself up for enterprise-level research.

Research

Meetup

Social

RESEARCH LEADERSHIP SUMMIT

Wednesday June 5. 9:00am- 5:00pm PST.
Fort Mason Center, San Francisco.

Leading a research function can be lonely. You’re either working with your peers outside of the practice, or you’re collaborating with your direct reports. Meet new friends and make real connections at the Research Leadership Summit, and take part in real, unfiltered conversations.

Research

Leadership

Summit

UXRCONF 2024

Thursday June 6. 9:30am – 4:30pm PST.

Online and Fort Mason Center, San Francisco.

The biggest research event of the year is back for its seventh edition. Take in some of the most important new research ideas of the year in-person at the Fort Mason Center, or remotely from the comfort of your own home. 

Research

Conference

INSIGHT OUT

Thursday April 11. 9:30am – 4:30pm PST.
Online and Fort Mason Center, San Francisco.

Interested in learning from leaders across product, design and research about how customer insights are transforming the work of product teams for the better? Lucky for you, Dovetail has you covered with their inaugural community conference, Insight Out.

Product

Advanced

Conference

DESIGN THE FUTURE

Monday May 20. 9:30am – 4:30pm PST.
Online and Fort Mason Center, San Francisco.

From AI to AR, VR to crypto, major advancements in technology has drastically changed the design landscape over the past few years. What does this mean for the future of design? Join our friends from Design Buddies for their inaugural community conference to find out.

Research

Meetup

Social

Have an idea for your own learning event?

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Everything researchers need to know to reach their professional growth goals for the year.

Events will take place in downtown San Francisco, with a free remote viewing option available to all!

Check Out Our New Video Podcast:
The Craft of Starting Up

Have you ever thought about venturing out on your own? Join us as we interview some of our favourite founders about their journeys, lessons learned, and advice for new entrepreneurs.

Get Caught Up On Over SIX Years of Content Now Available On Youtube

Missed one of our last events? You can now check out all of our past events, conference talks, podcast episodes, and more on YouTube.

Meet the Research Toolkit
of your dreams

Learners is proud partner to with some of the best products in the research space. From incentive payments to recruitment to AI-powered tools, these products have you covered.

The qualitative research tool your stakeholders will love.

Research is better when you do it together. That’s why Lookback’s powerful qualitative research platform makes it easy for your stakeholders to watch interviews, usability tests, and more across both desktop and mobile.

The only participant recruitment solution you'll ever need.

Generating quality insights comes from recruiting the right participants. User Interviews makes finding the right people both fast and easy, with their all-in-one screening, scheduling, and participant management platform.

The easiest way to pay your research participants.

Managing research incentives like gift cards and cash can be a major pain, but Tremendous makes it effortless. Pay out incentives that are redeemable across hundreds of vendors and currencies, and make your incentive-related headaches disappear.

Scale your qualitative research using AI.

If you’re like most researchers, you probably wish you could bring the voices of thousands of customers into every research project. With Outset, you finally can. Augment the research interviews you do with AI, giving you qualitative research at scale.

All of your customer insights in one place.

Insights teams like yours are generating knowledge about customer wants and needs all the time, but how do you make sure that info is accessible to the right people? Store, analyze and share all of your customer knowledge using Dovetail.

Meet the team

Everything researchers need to know to reach their professional growth goals for the year. Events will take place in downtown San Francisco, with a free remote viewing option available to all!

Alec Levin

Co-Founder & CEO

Eve Aphayboun

Software & Development

Maggi Mitchell

Co-Founder & COO

Sandro Pehar

Production & Marketing

Aleah Neerhof

Product & Design