Date: 7-8 of October
Venue: Novartis Campus, Basel
Day 1 - October 7th
| 14.00 |
Registration and networking |
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14.30 |
Intro and Opening Remarks Sven Neumeyer, Director Business Analysis and User Experience, Novartis
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Session 1 - UXLS and Gen AI |
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14.45 |
Integrating UX into GenAI Innovation: Case Study of the Merck Research Labs UX Team's Impact Dave Pace, Executive Director, Merck Sudha Yerramilli, Associate Director, Merck Kylie Wojciechowski Julian, Senior User Researcher, Merck |
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15.15 |
Redefining User Experience around GenAI Claudio Mirti, Senior Advanced Analytics & AI Specialist EMEA, Microsoft |
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15.45 |
UXLS and Gen AI Hasan Poonawala, Sr. AI/ML Solutions Architect, AWS. |
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16.00 |
Coffee & Networking |
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Session 2 - UXLS Case Studies |
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16.30 |
Observing users in their scientific context leads to higher quality solutions Marek Nowakowski, Associate Director, UX Research, Novartis |
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17.00 |
Building a design system tailored for low code platform |
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17.15 |
To be confirmed |
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17.30 |
Empowering End Users: A Case Study of Strategies for Pharma’s Digital Transformation Julie Morrison, President, RockStep Solutions |
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18.00 |
Drinks and networking sponsored by Novartis |
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Day 2 - October 8th |
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08.30 |
Registration & Networking |
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09.00 |
‘The Value Wheel’ for standardisation and consistent articulation of business value and UX metrics across the investment lifecycle Asvina Brown, Senior IT Business Partner, AstraZeneca Voula Gkatzidou, Lead UX Researcher, AstraZeneca |
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09.30 |
Decide with Ease: a UX quality score to shortcut decision-making in procurement Jennifer Cham, UX Writer and Content Designer, CERN |
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10.00 |
Considering CX to realize the value of UX |
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10.15 |
Scaling a User Experience team in a product-centered organization Sven Neumeyer, Director Business Analysis and User Experience, Novartis |
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10.45 |
Coffee and Networking |
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11.15 |
On the user experience and design of Bayer’s internal ChatGPT environment Arne Dieckmann, Head of Experience Design, Bayer |
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11.45 |
To be confirmed |
| 12.15 | To be confirmed |
| 12.30 | Unlocking the secrets of UX: Measuring Critical user journeys for product success Javier Bargas, UX Director, Google |
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Parallel sessions (pre-registration required, in the limit of available seats) |
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11.15 |
AI Empowered Design: Exploring the Future of UX with GenAI |
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12.00 |
Combining qualitative and quantitative research to evaluate usability of digital solutions - Case Study Marek Nowakowski, Associate Director, UX Research, Novartis |
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13.00 |
Lunch & Networking |
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Session 3 - UXLS and AI / ML |
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14.00 |
Evolving user experience and business analysis for the era of AI and ML Asvina Brown, Senior IT Business Partner, AstraZeneca Voula Gkatzidou, Lead UX Researcher, AstraZeneca Simon Marriott, BA Team Lead, AstraZeneca |
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14.30 |
Reimagining the Research Repository: set your data free and accomplish more with AI Julia Borkenhagen, CXO, Whitespace Philippe Tarbouriech, Executive Technology Strategist, Whitespace |
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15.00 |
To be confirmed |
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15.15 |
The Coming Computer Convergence: How The Intersection of AI and Spatial Computing Will Transform the User Experience in Life Sciences in 2025 and Beyond Gary Heusner, President, Lextech Global Services |
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15.30 |
Coffee & Networking |
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Session 4 - UXLS Steering Group and Hands-on sessions |
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16.00 |
Can you be user-centric when it comes to implementing "off the shelf solutions"? |
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16.40 |
To be confirmed |
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16.55 |
UXLS Steering Committee members - Interactive discussion moderated by Giovanni Nisato To be confirmed |
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18.00 |
Event Close |