Registration
Registration
Welcome Note
Welcome note
Shipra Bhutada
Founder, Curator at IGNITE & Founder, Director User Research at UCC
Key Talks
Design Research to enable Citizen-Centric Governance Services & Systems
Arvind Lodaya
Strategy & Systems Innovation Expert
Key Talks
Accelerating Insights: How AI is Transforming the User Research Workflow
Shrikant Deo
Director - Experience Design, Oracle
Lightning Talks
UX/UI Efficacy Studies with Eye-Tracking
Vinita Choudari
Managing Director, Panoramix Market Research
Tea Break
Key Talks
A pinch of narrative and spoonfuls of gameplay - measuring narrative immersion in Free to Play games
Sparsh Verma
UX Researcher
Isha Joseph
UX Researcher, Gameberry Labs
Key Talks
The Qual-Quant Paradox: Hype, Truth, and the Questions that Change Everything
Usri Nirjhar Ganguly
Senior UX Researcher, ex-Paypal
Lightning Talks
Designing with Empathy: Turning Urban Research into Action
This talk explores how empathy and user research can make urban planning more equitable and effective.
Mayank Raj
Co-Founder, Centre For Social Design, India
Lunch Break
Energizer Session
Key Talks
The Next Experience: Evolving Research Beyond the 'User'
Explores how AI, data, and emerging disciplines are reshaping user research — challenging the very definition of “UXR” and its evolving identity.
Rahul Mullick
UX Researcher, Google
Ignite Talk
The Research Rebellion
Anushi Singh Thakur
Core UX Researcher, Hindustan Times, Digital Streams
Lightning Talk
Make It Work: Method Design Under Real-World Limits
Manan Pahwa
User Researcher, Tata Digital
Oops & Aha!
Hear (and share) real, unforgettable field stories, live!
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Tea Break
Panel Discussion
RISE with Emerging Tech: Research in the Age of AI and Automation
Moderator
Ripul Kumar
Sr. Director, UX Design, Oracle
Panelist
Khushboo Hasija
Fractional CDO at Stealth Startup. Ex-Google,Microsoft
Dr Taapsi Ramchandani
Co-founder & CEO, Poocho
Chinmay Palo
Lead User Researcher, ex- Porter & Professional Cricketer
Iti Seth
Design strategist and Partner at Treemouse