Welcome

‘UX Talk Tokyo’ is a networking and learning group in Tokyo. We hold events in central Tokyo, with presentations on varied topics related to UX.

It’s for anyone interested in UX. Some of the people who come do UX as their job, but there are many other types of people … developers, designers, students. Everyone is welcome.

It’s for Japanese and non-Japanese. Presentations are usually in English, although they usually have Japanese subtitles. Networking is in Japanese or English (many people can speak both).

If you’re interested, please sign up to the email list on Doorkeeper. And please feel free to get in touch with us here.

And it is occasionally said that the after-party is the main event. We especially hope first-time attendees can join.

Event list

• Event #56 @ IDEO Tokyo

  Alan Roth (Head of Product for Amazon Alexa) & Martin van der Linden (Architect)

• Event #55 @ Zehitomo Tokyo

  Lars Rosengren of usTwo on 'Agile' and Karen Vazquez 'Understanding by Design (UbD)'.

• 2019 Dec-#55 - Lars Rosengren - "Agile" / Karen Vazquez - "Understanding by Design (UbD)"

  57 participants @ Zehitomo

• Event

  Bruno Maag "Designing the BBC's Reith font" // Tom Coombs - "Creating a data-driven culture" -

• 2019 Jul-#53 - Ryan Barkataki "Jobs to Be Done" / Kai Qin "Integrating Branding into Your Product"

  58 participants @ Goodpatch Shibuya - There will be two presentations on the night - **Bruno Maag - "Designing the Reith font family for -

• #52: Aki Saarinen on 'AI' & Lehel Babos on 'UI Animation'

  Thank you everyone that came out to Indeed’s Tamachi office last week! We had a great turn out with lots of new faces. 🙂 And thanks to Indeed for hosting in the new beautiful office!

• 2019 May-#52 - Aki Saarinen on "AI" & Lehel Babos on "UI Animation"

  102 participants @ Indeed Tamachi (new office) - Before we start-
  Just a message from the organisers - if you reserve a -

• 2019 Apr-#51 - Adam Yukio Toda - "From Design to Product Launch" / Dehui Chen - "Next Gen Social Networking"

  75 participants @ IDEO Tokyo - There will be two presentations on the night - Lehel Babos
  UI -

• 2019 Feb-#50 - Tom Coombs - Landing Pages and Tracking / Midori Yamazaki - The OMNI Branding

  60 participants @ Indeed EBISU - There will be two presentations on the night - Adam Yukio Toda - "Liftoff - Going from -

• 2019 Jan-#49 - Chris Cid - Practical Accessibility / Eric Chan - "Design Processes through the Eyes of an Artist"

  71 participants @ Yahoo! Japan - LODGE - UPDATE - Event is now free. Thanks, indeed! Hi everyone, back for February. There will be two -

• 2018 Dec-#48 - Ryan Barkataki "Kids UX Research" / Toyohiro Kanayama "Recap of UXPA 2018"

  54 participants @ Pivotal, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 20F - Happy New Year everyone! Before we start, just wanted to mention that Udemy has a bunch of UX -

• 2018 Sep-#47 - Tom Coombs - "Recruiting for Research Studies" / Ingrid Elias - "Why Being a Dungeon Master Helped me Become a Better Researcher”

  80 participants @ - Sorry it's been a while, but we are back for December and this time we are at Pivotal! (Thanks as -

• 2018 Jul-#46 - Kazuki Jin - "Don't hesitate, just say it! - Managing Designers Feedback" and Julie Schiller - "A strengths-based approach to your UX career"

  80 participants @ beBit, Inc. - Before we start-
  Just a message from the organisers - if you reserve a -

• 2018 Jun-#45 - Ryan Barkataki "Let's go to the Movies!" / Emily Loeb "All About VUI Design"

  69 participants @ Goodpatch Shibuya - UPDATE - Venue has been changed! Please look at the new address on the event page Hi, we -

• 2018 Mar-#44 - Arlon Roese - "Customer Success and Why it is Important" / Canyon Boak - "Increasing Fidelity with Confidence"

  55 participants @ Pivotal, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 20F - Before we start-
  Just a message from the organisers - if you reserve a -

• 2018 Feb-#43 - Ryan Neil - "XR (extended reality)" / Ryan Barkataki - "UX Design for Industrial Design for UX Design"

  89 participants @ - Hi, we are back for March and this time we are at Pivotal! (Thanks as always, Pivotal Labs!) -

• 2018 Jan-#42 - Majarc Anderson - "UX for VR" / Jan Rod - "Designing Custom Hardware for the VIVE"

  38 participants @ AQ - Before we start-
  Just a message from the organisers - if you reserve a -

• 2017 Nov-#41 - Alvaro Arregui - "Metabolist Mobility" / Chelsea Hostetter - "Becoming an Ethical Designer"

  65 participants @ NinetyTwo13 by Tokyo Chapter - Before we start-
  Just a message from the organisers - if you reserve a -

• 2017 Oct-#40 - Tom Coombs - "Behaviour Modification" / Meghan Radke - "Design Process review"

  98 participants @ - Before we start-
  Just a message from the organisers - if you reserve a -

• 2017 Sep-#39 - Bill Tribble - "How to Win at Remote Work" / Yukino Kohmoto "UX Around Machine Learning"

  81 participants @ Pivotal, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 20F - Before we start-
  Just a message from the organisers - if you reserve a -

• 2017 Aug-#38 - Bert Brautigam - "The Evolution of Design Thinking" / Ryan Barkataki - "All About Origami"

  75 participants @ Goodpatch Shibuya - Hi, we are back for September and this time we are at Pivotal! (Thanks as always, Pivotal Labs!) -

• 2017 Jun-#37 - Aaron Kovalcsik - "Using Sprints as a SuperPower" / Ryan Ruel - "Designing Deliverables"

  105 participants @ - Before we start-
  Just a message from the organisers - if you reserve a -

• 2017 May-UX Talk Tokyo

  38 participants @ IDEO Tokyo - Before we start-
  Just a message from the organisers - if you reserve a -

• 2017 Apr-UX Talk Tokyo

  103 participants @ Pivotal, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 20F - Before we start-
  Just a message from the organisers - if you reserve a -

• 2017 Feb-UX Talk

  94 participants @ Indeed Tokyo - Hi, we are back for April and this time we are at Pivotal! (Thanks, Pivotal Labs!) There will be -

• Event #34: 'React Native' by Mark McFarlane and 'Culture and People' by Davide Petrillo

• 2016 Dec-UX Talk Tokyo

  29 participants @ IDEO Tokyo - Is it too late to say, "Happy New Year?" ^^ Well, UXTalkTokyo is back with our first -

• 2016 Nov-UX Talk Tokyo

  80 participants @ Pivotal, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 20F - Hi there, we are back for December, and this time at IDEO Tokyo (big thanks to IDEO!) There will -

• 2016 Oct-UX Talk

  68 participants @ Indeed Tokyo - There will be two presentations on the night - Alvaro Arregui - "Mastering digital product -

• 2016 Sep-UX Talk Tokyo

  75 participants @ Pivotal, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 20F - UXTalkTokyo is back for October and this time we're being hosted at Indeed -

• 2016 Aug-UX Talk Tokyo

  35 participants @ Gengo, Shibuya - September's UX Talk will be in a new bigger venue. Thanks to Pivotal for agreeing to host the -

• 2016 Jul-UX Talk Tokyo

  34 participants @ Gengo, Shibuya - UXTalkTokyo is BACK for August! There will be two presentations -
  1) -

• 2016 Jun-UX Talk Tokyo

  51 participants @ EGG Japan, Shin-Marunouchi Bldg - UXTalkTokyo is BACK for July! There will be two presentations -
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• 2016 May-UX Talk Tokyo

  35 participants @ Gengo, Shibuya - Please note the different venue this time. The event will be free, but there will be no food or -

• 2016 Apr-UX Talk Tokyo

  35 participants @ IDEO TOKYO - UXTalkTokyo is BACK for May! There will be two presentations -
  1) -

• 2016 Mar-UX Talk Tokyo

  34 participants @ Gengo, Shibuya - UXTalkTokyo is BACK for April and this time we are at IDEO. There will be two -

• 2016 Feb-UX Talk Tokyo

  33 participants @ Gengo, Shibuya - UXTalkTokyo is BACK for March! There will be two presentations -
  1) -

• 2016 Jan-UX Talk Tokyo

  39 participants @ Gengo, Shibuya - UXTalkTokyo is BACK for February! There will be two presentations -
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• 2015 Nov-UXTalkTokyo

  35 participants @ Tacchi Studios - EDIT - If you've had a cancellation email it's because we made a mistake with the limits of the -

• 2015 Oct-UXTalkTokyo

  38 participants @ Gengo, Shibuya - DIFFERENT LOCATION FOR THIS MONTH! (Check the map)
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• 2015 Jul-#19 "Untangling the mess that is UI" & "Designing Experiences at Nike Japan"

  38 participants @ Gengo, Shibuya - There will be two presentations "Creating Canvas"
  1) Mark McFarlane will talk about the -

• 2015 Apr-"iBeacons alone don't make for great UX" & "All about Eye Tracking"

  38 participants @ Gengo offices - UPDATE - We are WAY above capacity. If you aren't on the list, we are afraid it will not -

• 2015 Feb-UX Talk Tokyo

  40 participants @ Gengo offices - There'll be two presentations - "iBeacons alone don't make for great UX" by Alex Kovács & Doug -

• 2014 Dec-UX Talk Tokyo

  14 participants @ PORTAL POINT - There will be two presentations - 1) "Crashing users' homes, drinking their tea"
  Chris -

• 2014 Nov-UX Talk Tokyo

  27 participants @ Gengo offices - LOCATION UPDATE - PORTAL POINT OMOTESANDO!
  -

• 2014 Oct-UX Talk Tokyo

  32 participants @ Gengo offices - There will be two presentations - 1) "UX Interview Workshop"
  Mark McFarlane, director at -

• 2014 Sep-UX Talk Tokyo

  13 participants @ Gengo offices - There will be two presentations - 1) "From icons to product — an evolution of design at Ustwo"
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• 2014 Aug-UX Talk Tokyo

  40 participants @ Gengo offices - There will be two presentations - 1) "Giving effective feedback"
  Alexander from MoneyTree will -

• 2014 Jul-UX Talk Tokyo

  28 participants @ Gengo offices - There will be two presentations - 1) "Lean UX in Practice"
  Mark McFarlane will talk about -

• 2014 Jun-UX Talk Tokyo

  22 participants @ Gengo offices - There will be two presentations - 1) UX Research at Sony
  Carol Chung, visiting us from Sony in -

• 2014 May-UX Talk Tokyo

  25 participants @ Gengo offices - There will be two presentations - "Talking Type"
  Ian Lynam, an accomplished -

• 2014 Apr-UX Talk Tokyo

  23 participants @ Gengo offices - There will be two presentations - "Visualising UX Research"
  by Nick -

• 2014 Mar-UX Talk Tokyo

  24 participants @ Gengo offices - There will be two presentations - "Using Analytics to Improve UX"
  This -

• 2014 Feb-UX Talk Tokyo

  22 participants @ Gengo offices - There will be two presentations - "Cross-platform mobile interface design"
  by -

• 2014 Jan-UX Talk Tokyo

  21 participants @ Gengo offices - UX Talk Tokyo

• 2013 Nov-UX Talk Tokyo

  21 participants @ Gengo offices - It's time for UX Talk Tokyo

• 2013 Oct-UX Talk Tokyo

  15 participants @ Gengo offices - It's time for UX Talk Tokyo

• 2013 Sep-UX Talk Tokyo

  22 participants @ Gengo offices - At the next meeting there will be two talks - • "Eye tracking testing for mobile -

• 2013 Aug-UX Talk Tokyo

  23 participants @ Gengo offices - The next exciting meeting of UX Talk Tokyo will take place in a couple of weeks. And again -