Introducing our Advancing Research community workshop series!
Join the conversation about the most critical topics in research!
Although Advancing Research 2025 won’t take place for another nine months, we’re already hard at work researching and designing the conference program. Like last year, we kicked things off with a series of free, public (virtual) conversations on the topics most important to our field. These conversations are centered around themes integral to research, starring researchers just like YOU!
Watch all the sessions for free at the links below.
| July 24, 4-5pm EDT | Watch recording | Theme 1: Democratization Working with it, not against |
| August 7, 11am-12pm EDT | Watch recording | Theme 2: Collaboration Learning from market research, data science, customer experience, and more |
| August 21, 4-5pm EDT | Watch recording | Theme 3: Communication Innovative techniques for making your voice heard |
| September 4, 11am-12pm EDT | Watch recording | Theme 4: Methods Expanding the UXR toolkit beyond interviews |
| September 18, 4-5pm EDT | Watch recording | Theme 5: Artificial Intelligence Passionate defenses, reasoned critiques, and practical application |
| October 2, 11am-12pm EDT | Watch recording | Theme 6: Junctures for UXR Possible futures and the critical decisions to move us forward |
| October 16, 4-5pm EDT | Watch recording | Theme 7: Open Call Propose ideas that don’t match our other workshops’ themes |
Each free virtual workshop is made up of panelists who share short provocations on engaging ideas to discuss as a group, as well as a leader in our field to moderate. If you’re looking for discussions that challenge the status quo and can truly advance research, look no further than our workshop series.
P.S. We’ll be drawing most of our Advancing Research 2025 conference speakers from those who present at upcoming workshops—so tune in for a sneak peek of what’s to come from #AR2025!
Meet our Conference Curator, Chris Geison
Chris has been a user researcher at Airtable, Workday, and AnswerLab. Prior to user research, Chris had careers in marketing and in behavioral health. Chris holds a BA in English Literature from Brown University. He lives in San Francisco with his wife, their daughter, and an imaginary panther named Winston.
Meet our Conference Curator, Jemma Ahmed
Jemma Ahmed joined Bumble in 2019. She is Head of Insights based in the London office. She leads the team who regularly speak to online daters all over the world, uncovering the very unique needs and motivations of this group- across brands as diverse as Bumble and Badoo.
Jemma has spent more than 15 years working in mixed methodology insight roles, across user research, market research and data analytics. This includes working in insight for Global news at the BBC, and in insight leadership positions at Etsy, the online markets for unique and handmade goods.
Jemma holds an MA in Law from Cambridge University.
