

Leveling up UX maturity: From craft to strategy, skills that impact business
Theme of this meetup
Join Thoughtworks Berlin, Employed.world, and IxDF Berlin for an evening dedicated to exploring how to turn design outcomes into real business impact. Together, we’ll discuss how to communicate effectively with stakeholders, balance creativity with organizational goals, and drive meaningful change through design.
Agenda:
05:45 pm - Gates Open & Check-In
06:00 - 06: 15 pm - Soft Welcome / Get to know each other time
06:15 - 06:30 pm - Opening Remarks & UX Maturity Project Introduction
06:30 - 07:15 pm - Knowledge Sharing Panel Talk with Fernando Neves and Magda Lenart, moderated by Yashvir Chawla
07:15 - 07:45 - Audience Interaction & Live Q&A
08:00 - 08:15 pm - Closing Remarks & Invitation to Contribute to the Project
08:15 - 09:00 pm - Moderated Mentorship Circles & Open Networking with Drinks & Catering
Meetup Curators:
Vanessa Arango, UX Director @ DeliveryHero Berlin, Local Leader @ IxDF Berlin
Fernando Neves, Lead Product Designer @ Thoughtworks Berlin
Zahra H.A.Beigi, Design Hub Lead @ SAP Berlin
Eric Martinez Solis, Product Design Team Lead @ Flaconi Berlin
Therese Sharp, Lead UX Manager @ The Boots Group UK
Yashvir Chawla, Founder @ Employed.world, Local Leader @ IxDF Berlin
About the meetup series:
This is meetup is part of a series aimed at support emerging teams and leaders in UX & Product to help them with knowledge, resources and tools to level up UX Maturity for themselves and their organizations. The goal is to reduce blindspot of the audience by sharing perspective, resources and tools into how UX maturity is being maintained at different Scale ups and enterprises in Berlin.
Participation approvals
As the principle of UX, when you try to keep everyone happy, you can't keep anyone happy. This is a curated meetup and hence we would like to ensure that the event serves an opportunity for the right audience who will get most value from it. This means we may be able to confirm a certain audience who we can provide the right value from this meetup.
Community Partners:
IxDF - The largest global community of Designers, We are glad to have Ixdf Berlin as our community partner. Would you like to get 3 months free access of the platform (for the yearly plan)? Signup here
Liability Waiver
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Photography / videos
There will be photography & videography in this event and incase you don't wish to be included in the photos/videos that goes online then please inform the photographer + Yashvir at the venue during your check-in.