
Breakfast Chat
Start your day off right with a delicious breakfast and engaging conversation at Upstreet Diner. Connect with fellow design enthusiasts, share ideas, and network in a casual setting. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting in the field, this event is perfect for anyone looking to learn, grow, and have a great time. Don't miss out on this opportunity to mingle with like-minded individuals and kickstart your day with some creativity and inspiration!

AI By Design
IxDA Pittsburgh is pleased to bring you Dan Saffer and his talk AI By Design. Please join us on Thursday, June 13, at the Bessemer Alliance Headquarters in East Liberty. Doors open at 6:00 pm, and the talk will start at 6:30.

UX Mex
Take a break in the cabana with us for some casual networking and catching up. Register here https://ti.to/ixdapgh/ux-mex so we know to expect you!

Clear the Air: UX & Engineering
IxDA Pittsburgh and Code & Supply are collaborating to facilitate an open and frank discussion in which we can really dig into the issues engineers and UX experience in product development teams.


IxDebate IX
We’re excited to announce the 9th nearly-annual IxDebate at Threadbare, sponsored by Randstad Digital! 4 panelists, 1 empty chair.

World Interaction Design Day 2023
Join us in celebrating IxDD by learning about a new color space called OKLCH and how it can be used to improve color accessibility.

Design for the Inevitable
“Human-centered” often faces away from disability, illness, and death, but this too is being human. How might we make welcome what we fear?

Clear the Air: UX vs PM
IxDA Pittsburgh and PMI Pittsburgh are collaborating to facilitate an open and frank discussion in which we can really dig into the issues PMs and UX experience in product development teams. We’ll hear from both sides, looking for common ground and empathy. We hope you’ll join us and invite your UX or PM counterpart to come along.

UX Mex
Emerge from your winter cocoon, and re-engage with your UX community at Round Corner Cantina. We've reserved the cabana.

IxDA Walk & Talk
Feeling a little stir-crazy after a long Pittsburgh winter? Let's get outside and get moving!

World Interaction Design Day 2022
Join IxDA Pittsburgh IN PERSON(!) as we celebrate World Interaction Design Day 2022 with Jesse Carrey-Chan.

CANCELLED – Designing Human Experiences with Data
Are you ready to meet in person again? Accion Labs is hosting our event featuring Kyuha Shim, Director of the Computational Creativity Lab.

Explaining the hard to explain: An overview of Explainable AI (XAI) for UX
Join IxDA Pittsburgh (virtually) as we talk about AI explainability with Meg Kurdziolek, UX Researcher at Google.

How to Design an Epiphany Engine
Join IxDA Pittsburgh (virtually) as we explore the generation of insight with Karl Fast.

UX Mex
Together again with your UX community. It’s been a really long time since we’ve done this. Let’s catch up over salsa and margaritas!

IxDebate VIII
Our final event for 2021 will be the 8th annual IxDebate in collaboration with IDSA Pittsburgh. 4 panelists, 1 empty chair.

Designing for Trust in Automation
Join IxDA Pittsburgh (virtually) as we talk about trust and automation with Francine Gemperle.

Antidotes to “Bad AI”: Novelty, Transparency, and Choice in IxD
Join IxDA Pittsburgh (virtually) as we dive into the World Interaction Design Day theme of “Solidarity and Transformation” with Paul Pangaro.

The Needfinding Machine
Join IxDA Pittsburgh (virtually) as we discuss remote user research, advanced prototyping, and the Needfinding Machines with Nik Martelaro.

Carrie Furnace Tour
Reconnect with your design community at our first in-person event of the year! Join us for a group tour of the historic Carrie Furnace.

Vacuums, Gasses, and the Road to UX Management
IxDA Pittsburgh is proud to present one of its co-founders and current co-chairs, Jack Moffett, with a talk about UX management.

Ikebana Tips for Software Design
IxDA Pittsburgh presents Katherine Frazer, showing how Ikebana (Japanese floral design) principles apply to other creative disciplines.

The Curious Case of the “Smart” Home
IxDA Pittsburgh presents Chris Harrison, Ph.D. with a talk about bringing the promise of smart environments closer to reality.

Sound as Accessibility
In our first event of 2021, IxDA Pittsburgh presents Greg Weinstein, Ph.D. with a talk about accessibility, inclusivity, and sound!

IxDebate VII
Our final event for 2020 will be the 7th annual IxDebate sponsored by our friends at Beacon Hill Technologies. 3 panelists, 1 empty chair.

World Interaction Design Day
World Interaction Design Day is an annual event where we come together as a united global community to show how interaction design improves the human condition.

IxDA Pittsburgh Virtual Happy Hour
IxDA Pittsburgh is hosting a virtual Happy Hour. No agenda, no speakers, no pressure. Please join us remotely!

How Do We Make Things Accessible?
Jet Townsend has been making things for decades. But how do we make things accessible? Find out at IxDA Pittsburgh’s virtual event.

Making Motion Inclusive
IxDA is pleased to present our first online event featuring our good friend Val Head and sponsored by Adobe XD. Please join us remotely!
Have an idea for an event?
We are always on the lookout for new and exciting topics to share with the IxDA Pittsburgh community. If you have something that you think could be a good fit or know someone who might, please get in touch!