Let's Meet Up: UX Research Meetup & Event Guide September 2026
Check out the virtual talks, meetups, networking events, and conferences around UX Research coming up in September!
This guide focuses on pure UX Research events and doesn’t include general UX events on purpose. We also focus primarily on events that are held in English. Most of these meetups are free, but there are also some that have a fee.
Did we miss one? Let us know via hello@condens.io and we'll be happy to add it!
As most of the events allow virtual participation worldwide, we've included details on main talk times in different time zones. Here’s what the emojis mean:
- Sep 03 | Inclusive UX Research Chat Hour 🆓
- Sep 03 | Research in an Age of AI and Polarization: Findings from the 2026 Midterm Election Polling Report 🆓
- Sep 10 | How to Use AI in Qualitative Research Without Losing Rigor 🆓
- Sep 15 | Data Visualization in the Age of AI: The Process, Principles and Craft of Building AI Data Experiences 🆓
- Sep 16 | The Invisible Work of UX: Bringing Clarity to AI Chaos 🆓
- Sep 23 | Build vs. Buy a Research Repository: Let's Talk About the Costs 🆓
Inclusive UX Research Chat Hour 🆓
A one hour, low-key and low-threshold session that starts with a question to give the conversation a starting point and lets things go from there on.
For this first session the question is: Where do you stand on inclusive research (and what is your next step?)
Research in an Age of AI and Polarization: Findings from the 2026 Midterm Election Polling Report 🆓
In this webinar, Cint and Marist Poll will use findings from Cint’s 2026 Midterm Election Polling Report to examine what those changes mean for researchers. The discussion will explore how evolving voter priorities, fragmented media consumption, and declining trust are influencing respondent behavior, participation, and the methods researchers use to produce reliable data.
How to Use AI in Qualitative Research Without Losing Rigor 🆓
An online session that dives into using Artificial Intelligence to boost your qualitative research skills without sacrificing quality. Whether you're a newbie or a pro, discover how to blend tech and human insight seamlessly.
Data Visualization in the Age of AI: The Process, Principles and Craft of Building AI Data Experiences 🆓
This talk highlights how Kent Eisenhuth's team at Waymo/Google used timeless design methods to create more intuitive, informative, and engaging AI interfaces through visualization.
Kent will walk through the process of integrating visual data into a chatbot environment. He will share guiding principles and practical takeaways for anyone building human-centered AI data experiences, created by humans, for humans.
The Invisible Work of UX: Bringing Clarity to AI Chaos 🆓
Drawing on work from Adobe’s marketing AI agent ecosystem, this talk shows how UX can align stakeholder and customer needs, clarify complexity, and guide strategy across governance, safety, and inter-agent interactions. Through practical examples, it highlights how researchers and designers act as integrators—distilling ambiguity into clear principles and offers a framework to elevate UX influence and make its impact more visible in shaping meaningful AI experiences.
Build vs. Buy a Research Repository: Let's Talk About the Costs 🆓
In this fireside chat, Kaleb Loosbrock sits down with Alex Knoll of Condens for an honest (and potentially spicy) conversation about what a research repository actually costs, what AI does and doesn't solve, and how to get clear on what you're building before you pay for it.
You'll learn:
Why "build vs. buy" is the wrong question
What AI automates and what it complicates
The real hidden costs: maintenance, adoption, curation
The questions to answer before you evaluate a single tool
Because there's no free repository, and AI didn't invent one. If you're a researcher or ResearchOps leader weighing how to invest in your team's insights engine, this is a session you won't want to miss.
Phillis is a Content Marketing Strategist at Condens. As a content creator, she produces both long and short-form content in various formats, from blog articles and social media posts to video snippets. She is passionate about ensuring that her work is high-quality and strives to publish content that is both informative and actionable for the UX research community.
