UXvienna

Tuesday, 8^th of September 2026, 7:00 pm (MAI Digitalberatung)
Please register at meetup.com/UXvienna.

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

The talks

UX/UI Design is B#llsht
Why AI doesn’t solve the UX/UI problem but finally makes it visible
Mitch Loewenherz | Freelance Digital Experience Designer

Despite years of experience, many UI designers receive rejections because they supposedly don’t quite fit the profile. At the same time, job postings often ask for everything at once: research, wireframes, UI, accessibility, product thinking, technical skills, and AI.
What is actually expected of designers today? Is it enough to know how to use the right tools, or is it more about understanding problems, making good decisions, and knowing how to make sense of new technologies?
This talk is a plea for clearly defined job titles, understandable requirements, and more differentiation between UX, UI, and the additional changes AI is bringing into the field.

From Interfaces to Agentic Ecosystems
How UX changes when AI starts coordinating people, agents and services
Jasmin Dawes | Senior UX designer, AI & Service Design

AI is moving from answering questions to acting across connected services, changing what UX designers need to design. Using a digital identity transition as a practical example, this talk explores how an agent can coordinate multiple independently owned services while keeping users informed and in control. We will connect this simulated multi-agent experience to the emerging A2A ecosystem and the broader transformation of enterprise silos. Finally, using Bridges’ Transition Model, we will explore how UX can help people and organizations move from today’s fragmented systems toward a more human-centered agentic future.

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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!

Tuesday, 11^th of August 2026, 7:00 pm (sclable)
Please register at meetup.com/UXvienna.

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

The talks

From Journeys to Agency – The New Reality of Service Design in the Age of Agentic AI
Jessica Blank (Service Designer @ sclable)

For decades, Service Design has focused on creating seamless interactions between people and services. But what happens when AI no longer just supports users—but acts on their behalf?
As agentic AI moves from chatbots to autonomous systems, the design challenge fundamentally changes. We are no longer designing interfaces and journeys alone—we are designing intent, agency, and governance. In this talk, we’ll explore how AI agents, multi-agent systems, and autonomous workflows are reshaping organisations, why autonomy without governance creates new risks, and what this means for the future role of Service Design.

Interaction Principles for AI Language Systems
Wieland Kloimstein (UX Designer @ ImmoScout24)

“AI can make mistakes” is a euphemism — a system with no access to the category of truth doesn’t make mistakes, it produces probable output. Three principles that make this behavior addressable, and one killer method to counter it.

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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!

Tuesday, 14^th of July 2026, 7:00 pm (Journi)
Please register at meetup.com/UXvienna.

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

The talks

Travelling as a Designer
Nicolas “Niq” Bernadowitsch (UX Designer, Looking for Work)
A collection of design choices that make up different realities in countries around the world.

Prototyping with real data at Journi
Sascha Riemer (Lead Product Designer, Journi)
Rapid prototyping shines when users follow a predefined path through a controlled scenario. But at Journi, we found that when it comes to personal memories and photo books, using someone else’s photos and rigid flows only leads to shallow insights. This talk will cover how we built a pipeline for high-fidelity prototypes with real user data and what we learned coding with AI as a design team.

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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!

Tuesday, 9^th of June 2026, 7:00 pm (FH Technikum Wien)
Please register at meetup.com/UXvienna.

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!

Tuesday, 12^th of May 2026, 7:00 pm (ÖGB)
Please register at meetup.com/UXvienna.

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!

Tuesday, 14^th of April 2026, 7:00 pm (mySugr)
Please register at meetup.com/UXvienna.

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!

Tuesday, 10^th of March 2026, 7:00 pm (BarnVentures)
Please register at meetup.com/UXvienna.

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!

Tuesday, 10^th of Feburary 2026, 7:00 pm (dotsandlines)
Please register at meetup.com/UXvienna.

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!

Tuesday, 13^th of January 2026, 7:00 pm (Moonshiner)
Please register at meetup.com/UXvienna.

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!