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UXINDIA25 Schedule
Explore the lineup of sessions and speakers shaping this year’s conference. While we’re excited to share what’s planned, please note that the schedule is still evolving — session times, speakers, and topics may be updated as we get closer to the event.
08:00
AM IST
Opening
Kick off UXINDIA 2025 with an energizing welcome — setting the tone for three days of inspiration, learning, and connection.
08:00 - 08:30
Ballroom
08:30
AM IST
Keynote
Devices + Accessories + Augmentations
Discover a new inclusive design approach for creating adaptive, accessible hardware that blends digital and physical experiences.
Bryce Johnson
Principal Inclusive Designer, Microsoft
09:00 - 09:30
Ballroom
09:30
AM IST
Panel
Design Entrepreneurship
A forward-thinking session exploring how design-driven innovation fuels business growth, shapes markets, and empowers creators to turn ideas into sustainable ventures.
Shey Cobley
Co-founder, The Loops
Anil Reddy
Founder, Happy Pet
Kaladhar Bapu
Founder, UMO Design & UXINDIA
Sankalp Sinha
Founder, NextDoorCompany
09:30 - 10:30
Ballroom
Panel
Mentorship + Portfolio Review
Get expert feedback on your portfolio from senior designers and industry mentors. Gain actionable insights to strengthen your storytelling, structure, and visual thinking.
Madhukar Joshi
Director - Design Strategy & Ops, Kyndryl
Vyoma Pathak
Design Practice Lead, MOURI Tech
Deepali Nayar
Founder, DENASI
Ronak Barhanpurkar
Deputy Manager - UX Design, Maruti Suzuki
09:30 - 10:30
Breakout
10:30
AM IST
Coffee Break
Take a breather, grab a cup, and connect with fellow attendees over great conversations and caffeine-fueled inspiration.
10:30 - 11:00
Pavilion
11:00
AM IST
Keynote
Pixel to Plot
Learn how Rucha applied design thinking to filmmaking.
Rucha Humnabadkar
Director Of Design, Youtube
11:00 - 11:30
Ballroom
Panel
Design Investors
A panel where investment meets design — exploring how visionary ideas transform into sustainable businesses with real-world impact.
Vineel Nalla
Founder, 50k Ventures
Aditya Vuchi
Founder, VCMint
Naren Parimi
Co-founder, Quanta Health
Sanjay Enishetty
Founder, ScaleMe
11:00 - 11:50
Breakout
11:30
AM IST
Keynote
Disruption. Design. Policy. Systems.
Through real-life tales, explore how human-centered & design-driven policymaking built a nation’s innovation ecosystem.
Ronak Jogeshwar
Educator
11:30 - 12:00
Ballroom
Design Pitch
Startup Dreams. Design-Led.
Visionary designers take the stage to pitch bold, impactful ideas that solve real-world problems. Watch creativity meet entrepreneurship — live.
11:50 - 12:30
Breakout
12:00
PM IST
Panel
Women In Design
An inspiring conversation spotlighting the impact, challenges, and triumphs of women shaping the future of design across industries and disciplines.
Poornima V.
Chief Design Officer, IBM iX
Nithya Kappini
Senior Director & Global Head
Mirjam Wouters
Global Innovation Experience Labs Lead, Royal Philips
Rucha Humnabadkar
Director Of Design, Youtube
12:00 - 01:00
Ballroom
Case Study
Fast tracking AI: How to leverage existing research to innovate
Uncovering 65 AI opportunities—without new research—by turning your UX repository into an innovation engine.
Tyler King
Principal UX Researcher, SAP
Gabriella Rocha
UX Researcher, SAP
12:30 - 01:00
Breakout
01:00
PM IST
Design Leads Meeting
An invite-only gathering where design leaders align on vision, strategy, and impact — shaping the future of design from within.
01:00 - 02:00
Boardroom
01:00
PM IST
Lunch Break
Refuel, relax, and recharge. Enjoy a delicious meal while networking with peers and speakers in a casual, open setting.
01:00 - 02:30
Pavilion
02:30
PM IST
Ted-like
Build for everyone: Accessible and Universal Design
Explore how universal and inclusive design can ensure digital experiences serve everyone—at every stage of life.
Srinivasu C.
Director of Accessibility, Freshworks
02:30 - 02:50
Breakout 2
Ted-like
Is the Dog wagging its tail?
Discover how a design-led approach can help businesses shift from reactive problem-solving to proactive, people-centered strategy.
Vinisha Halli
EY+ Studio Service Design Practice Lead, EY GDS
02:30 - 02:50
Breakout 3
02:50
PM IST
Ted-like
UX - The Enterprise Challenge
Understand the nuances of Enterprise UX and see how AI empowers designers to deliver real business value.
Ashish Ganu
Sr UX Manager, Infoblox
02:50 - 03:10
Breakout 1
Ted-like
Business Empathy: designing beyond Usability
Shift from usability to behavior design and learn how UX can drive real business outcomes through Business Empathy.
Amber Krishan
Founder & CEO, Futurris
02:50 - 03:10
Breakout 2
Ted-like
Beyond the Screen - The journey from designer to design entrepreneur
A powerful story of how design thinking transformed a career, built a startup, and sparked a purpose-driven movement.
Velmurugan P.
Co-founder & CDO, Taxina Mobility
02:50 - 03:10
Breakout 3
03:10
PM IST
Ted-like
Storylistening – Transforming Design Briefs into the “little movies in your head”
Discover how Storylistening helps designers turn abstract requirements into vivid, actionable narratives that uncover real design opportunities.
Rachit Mathur
UX Designer, IBM
Payal Shah
UX Designer, IBM
03:10 - 03:30
Breakout 1
Ted-like
The Evolution of Experience in the Age of Everything
Explore how UX is evolving into intelligent, adaptive ecosystems—shifting from screen design to designing the operating systems of human-machine interaction.
Joseph Fletcher
VP, Publicis Sapient
03:10 - 03:30
Breakout 2
Ted-like
From Spark to System: My Journey as a Design-Led Founder
Lessons from the trenches of design-led ventures—on gut instincts, building from zero, and staying grounded through uncertainty.
Adit Gupta
Founder, BookStates
03:10 - 03:30
Breakout 3
03:30
PM IST
Q&A
03:30 - 03:40
Q&A
03:30 - 03:40
Q&A
03:30 - 03:40
03:40
PM IST
Coffee Break
Take a breather, grab a cup, and connect with fellow attendees over great conversations and caffeine-fueled inspiration.
03:40 - 04:10
Pavillion
04:10
PM IST
Ted-like
From Creators to Curators - A Researcher's take on AI disruption
A strategic playbook for UX designers to thrive in the age of AI—by evolving from practitioners to entrepreneurial change-makers.
Bhaskar Singh Tomar
Principal Researcher, Salesforce
04:10 - 04:30
Breakout 1
Ted-like
Synthetic User Research: User research without users
Explore how AI-driven methods are reshaping UX research when real users are out of reach—through synthetic personas, signals, and strategy.
Sonal Bhagria
Lead Product Designer, Economist Intelligence Unit
04:10 - 04:30
Breakout 2
Ted-like
Human-Centered Hustle: Staying relevant in the era of AI
Discover how to stay creatively relevant and lead with empathy in a design world shaped by AI and emerging tech.
Vasu Agrawal
Founder, Studio Baagh
04:10 - 04:30
Breakout 3
04:30
PM IST
Ted-like
Neuro-UX and AI: Turning brainwaves into ultimate user happiness
Explore how Neuro-UX and AI combine to decode brainwaves and design interfaces that truly delight users.
Rituraj Patil
Director / Head of TMT ISG, Zensar
04:30 - 04:50
Breakout 1
Ted-like
Unmasking AI - The Ethics of Influence and Dark Patterns
Unpack the ethical and societal impact of AI and explore how designers can drive responsible, human-centered innovation.
Shivaanii Nair
UX Designer, SAP
04:30 - 04:50
Breakout 2
Ted-like
A Professional Catharsis
A reflective session on navigating fluid careers, uncovering core strengths, and defining your unique path in design.
Vivek Raju
Narrative Consultant, Kathasys
04:30 - 04:50
Breakout 3
04:50
PM IST
Ted-like
Designing for Agentic AI: Navigating UX in the Age of Autonomous Systems
Designing UX for AI agents: overcoming opacity, misalignment, and trust gaps to build human-AI partnerships.
Aayushman Gupta
Principal Product Designer, Cequence
04:50 - 05:10
Breakout 2
Ted-like
Design Founder's Super Power
Design is a founder’s ultimate superpower—because products fail from bad design, not bad code.
Pinku Bharathi
Founder, Taxina Mobility
04:50 - 05:10
Breakout 3
05:10
PM IST
Q&A
05:10 - 05:20
Q&A
03:30 - 03:40
Q&A
03:30 - 03:40
05:20
PM IST
Lightning
The Irony of Design Education in India
Design education must evolve from crafting ideas to creating ventures—empowering designers to lead innovation, not just support it.
Dr. Adity Saxena
Professor & Dean, Woxsen University
05:20 - 05:30
Breakout 1
Lightning
The Case of Missing Design Documentation
Discover how effortless documentation can transform your team’s memory with Trace.
Manali Bapat
Product Designer, Mindtickle
05:20 - 05:30
Breakout 2
Lightning
Designing for Next Million Blue Collar Users
Discover how UX design bridges the gap between humans and machines for meaningful tech adoption.
Kunal Arora
UX Lead, Addverb
05:20 - 05:30
Breakout 3
05:30
PM IST
Lightning
Rise of Agentic UX Designers
Exploring how human–AI design partnerships are reshaping creativity, accelerating delivery, and redefining value in the front office.
Manish Vashist
EY Studio+ Leader, EY GDS
05:30 - 05:40
Breakout 1
Lightning
Agentic UI with Customer Experience
How Agentic UI reshapes customer journeys through proactive, personalized collaboration.
Saraswathi Viswanathan
Director, Experience Design, Orion Innovation
05:30 - 05:40
Breakout 2
Lightning
Beyond stakeholder alignment: Unlocking the power of the unseen team
Revealing how the unseen team - those beyond traditional stakeholders — can transform design outcomes through hidden collaboration and impact.
Hemanth K
EY Studio+ Product & Experience Design Lead, EY GDS