Let's Meet Up Virtually: UX Research Meetup & Event Guide May 2026
Check out the virtual talks, meetups, networking events, and conferences around UX Research coming up in May!
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:
Evaluating Qualitative Research
An informal workshop that addresses some of the challenging issues around how qualitative research should be (or can be) evaluated.
Topics that will be covered include:
Validity: does the research do what it set out to do?
Transparency: Is it transparent, rigorous and reflexive?
Usefulness: Is the research potentially useful or applicable?
Representativeness: what does this mean for qualitative research?
Demonstrating and Measuring UXR Impact 🆓
Postponed to June 1st
Join the next Research Leaders Forum with a distinguished panel that explores the many ways UX leaders demonstrate and measure the impact of UX research in large and small organizations.
Whether you're looking to carve out new opportunities for your team or future-proof your research practice, this session will deliver both guiding principles and actionable takeaways.
Accelerating Research with AI 🆓
Explore how you and your team can use AI to run faster, smarter user research - cutting time, cost, and guesswork while gaining deeper insights to build better products.
What will be covered:
Learn how top teams validate before they build
The smallest experiments that can save months of wasted delivery
How to replace opinions, decks, and stakeholder noise with real signals
What can you test this week if you had to pause for one sprint
From Chaotic to Atomic Research: Building a Repository From Scratch in the Age of AI 🆓
Join us for a session with Michaël Dufranne, Senior UX Researcher at Luminus, as he walks through how to build a research repository from scratch using Atomic Research principles.
In this session, you'll learn:
How Atomic Research reduces bias by grounding insights in actual conversations
How to keep interviewers present, accurate, and in control of the research process through live-notes
A practical path from zero research infrastructure to a functioning, stakeholder-approved repository
AI in UX Research: From Manual Labor to Strategic Power 🆓
In this fast-paced session, you’ll discover how to move from being an "order-taker" to a strategic partner by letting AI handle the heavy lifting:
Reclaim 50% of your time: Learn how to automate the repetitive "admin" tasks that eat up your week.
Bridge the Speed Gap: Discover how to keep up with high-velocity product squads without compromising research quality.
Level up your Analysis: See how to synthesize hundreds of data points into high-level insights in minutes, not days.
Future-proof your Career: Master the AI tools that are quickly becoming the "new standard" for Senior UX professionals.
How to Build AI-mockups to Showcase Research Recommendations 🆓
This session will walk you through what it looks like to move from researcher to builder, including an AI-powered Research Plan Assistant and early-stage product prototypes designed to help teams pressure-test ideas before they build.
You’ll see:
How research thinking translates directly into product logic
What makes something “buildable” vs. just a well-articulated insight
Where most researchers get stuck when trying to build — and how to move through it
How to start small, using the tools already available, without waiting for permission
UX Research & Testing Training
In this UX Research Testing Training, you’ll learn how to understand user behavior and validate design decisions. The course covers interviews, surveys, and Usability Testing practices.
You’ll develop strong User Research Skills and apply proven UX Testing Methods to gather insights. This training ensures you can confidently run Usability Testing sessions and improve product design.
Think and Act Like Researchers: Empowering People Outside the Research Team 🆓
UX researcher and Product Strategist, Sarah Doody, introduces a 3-part framework for building people-focused companies that turn insights into impact.
Drawing on years of experience helping teams scale research across functions, Sarah shows how leading organizations moves beyond reactive usability tests to creating proactive, insight-driven cultures.
Key takeaways:
UX goes far beyond the screen, it lives in every touchpoint and function
How top-performing teams operationalize insights across departments
Choosing the right research methods for the right problems (and moments)
Why proactive, consistent research reduces risk and accelerates innovation
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.
