Events
UX Akron is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) user experience community. We host a variety of events supporting the UX community throughout the year.
Our events are free and open to the public, and we do not charge membership fees.
As a non-profit, we rely on donations from people in the community like you! Donations are tax-deductible, always appreciated, and help support our mission to connect, educate, and grow the UX community in Northeast Ohio. Click here to visit our Donations page.
Upcoming Events
World Usability Day 2024
Thursday, November 14th, 2024 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM ET. [in-person]
Join UX Akron for an in-person celebration of World Usability Day, 2024!
This year’s theme is Designing for a Better World. We have 10 fantastic speakers this year!
Check our blog for updates as we continue planning and preparing for #WUD2024!
Be an event sponsor or donate to help support UX Akron and #WUD2024 – We’d love to hear from you!
This is an in-person event.
Happy Holidays Get-Together!
Thursday, December 12th, 2024 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET. [in-person]
Join UX Akron and Together Digital for a fun and festive holiday gathering! Let’s hang out, meet new people, catch up with old friends, and enjoy good food and drink.
BrewWall in Copley, OH is where we’ll be celebrating!
Food/Drink is available
Attendees: You are responsible for your food/bar tab/drink orders.
Haven’t attended a UX Akron event before? This is a perfect time to get to know some amazing User Experience people, ask questions if you are interested in UX as a career, and learn about UX happenings in Ohio (and beyond!)
This is an in-person event.
Other Events of Interest
UX Akron curates events happening in the greater UX community (Akron and beyond) and shares those that may be of interest to our community. Sharing events does not imply endorsement.
UX Discussion: Research and Testing
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Event by: IxDA Atlanta
This sub-group of IxDA Atlanta provides a casual environment for professionals, students, and anyone interested in the community of UX. You can participate in the discussion or simply sit back and listen.
This month’s topic is: Research and Testing
We will be discussing the following article:
https://uxdesign.cc/strengthening-ux-research-amid-uncertainty-d959c27cb87e
We invite you to attend this event regardless of whether you can discuss these topics from personal experience or you’re just looking for guidance from the UX community.
Please join the event early as the room will fill at 100 attendees.
(This event will not be recorded.)
This is a virtual event.
For more information and to register, visit the Meetup Event posting.
From Rags to Riches: How Content Affects Augmented Generation
Wed Oct 30, 2024 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
Event by: Ohio STC
LLMs have a knowledge problem: their training data is often out of date, and the info we want to leverage often isn’t included in the training data in the first place. Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) is an approach to dynamically give LLMs the information we need them to have right when we need them to have it. Want an LLM to know about your products, procedures, or users? RAG is the solution.
But how do docs affect RAG? Doc content, its formatting, and how it’s processed all impact whether the LLM responds with knowledge and (reasonable) confidence or whether the response is full of hallucinations. Come learn about RAG, how technical communicators can make use of it, how our docs affect RAG performance, and what we can do to make sure our users (and our LLMs) get the content they need when they need it.
Meet our Speaker
Technical writer by day and engineer by night, Manny Silva is Head of Documentation at Skyflow, the creator of Docs as Tests, and the creator of Doc Detective. He’s passionate about intuitive and scalable developer experiences and likes diving into the deep end as the 0th developer.
Join us for a virtual webinar about how our content affects retrieval augmented generation (RAG) here:
Online, Zoom
ttps://www.tickettailor.com/events/stccoalition/1413199
For more information and to register, visit the Ohio STC website.
Developing Equitable AI Diagnostics: A Technical Approach to Bias Mitigation
Wednesday, November 13 · 1 - 2pm EST
Event by: ODSC
In this talk, we will explore the critical need for fairness in AI-driven healthcare, with a focus on mitigating bias in machine learning models. As AI systems become more integrated into healthcare diagnostics, addressing the disparities in model performance across diverse ethnic groups is paramount. This session will present a technical deep dive into the challenges of bias in medical imaging datasets and the resulting impact on healthcare outcomes for underrepresented populations. Attendees will gain insight into practical techniques for rectifying these biases, including data augmentation, fairness-aware algorithms, and advanced evaluation metrics designed to assess model equity.
Speaker’s bio: Laura Montoya, Founder and Managing Partner of Accel Impact Organizations
Laura is a tech leader focused on social impact and ethical AI. She founded Accel Impact Organizations, including Accel AI Institute and LXAI. With a background in biology, physics, and human development, Laura has worked at top tech companies like Intuit and has been a leader in tech diversity initiatives. She’s a frequent speaker at industry conferences and has been featured in major publications.
This is a free virtual event but Pre-registration is REQUIRED. Add to your calendar – https://hubs.li/Q02R2NfK0
The State of AI – November 2024
Nov 13, 2024 11:30 am - 12:30 pm ESTT
Event by: JumpStart
This quarterly, 30-minute webinar with additional Q&A is designed specifically for tech entrepreneurs and small business owners looking to harness the potential of AI, with a special emphasis on generative models like ChatGPT. With the AI landscape changing by the minute, be sure to come discover the latest insights, tools, and actionable strategies to start leveraging AI in your business today.
Join Bradley Reynolds of Expedient to learn:
- The basics of AI, including generative models, and why they are relevant to tech entrepreneurs and small businesses,
- Real-world examples of how AI is being used by businesses of all sizes, with a focus on actionable strategies,
Webinar attendees will leave with an understanding of:
- Available tools that can be implemented immediately to leverage AI, particularly generative models like ChatGPT,
- Best practices for using AI in a responsible and ethical manner, and
- How to confidently integrate AI into your business to enhance efficiency, innovation, and growth today.
Webinars are open to all JumpStart clients, partners, and community businesses. Registration is required to receive the webinar link
For more information and to register, visit JumpStart.
