UXDX Community Event Washington DC

Name: UXDX Community Event Washington DC
Start: 2025-10-15T17:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-15T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Cleveland Park Library

Schedule

Wed Oct 15 2025 at 05:30 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Cleveland Park Library | Washington, DC

An in-person series focussed specifically on helping product people within Washington, DC bridge the gap between Product, UX, Design and Dev
About this Event

You need to register on the main UXDX site to get your FREE ticket sent to your inbox.

5:30 pm(Local Time)

Registration and Networking

6:00 pm(Local Time)
UX in the AI Era: Rethinking UX Design for Next-gen Cloud Products with AI Agents
Talk

Rakshana Balakrishnan

Product Leader

Amazon Web Services

AI agents are rapidly becoming more prevalent in cloud products, transforming how users interact, discover value, and build trust. The success of these integrations depends on striking the right balance between automation and user control, while tackling the challenges of trust, bias, and transparency. In this talk, we’ll explore how product leaders and designers can rethink UX when embedding AI agents into cloud products, while straddling usability and transparency.
What you’ll learn:

How AI agents are reshaping user expectations in cloud products
The UX challenges unique to AI-driven interactions
Practical strategies for designing intuitive, human-centered AI experiences

6:30 pm(Local Time)
Redefining Product Building in the Age of AI
Panel

Swarna Pandu

UX Researcher

Boehringer Ingelheim

Rakshana Balakrishnan

Product Leader

Amazon Web Services

What does modern product development look like in an era defined by economic uncertainty, AI, and shrinking career ladders? Join Swarna Pandu and Rakshana Balakrishnan as they reflect on how creating products has evolved in recent years and discuss the realities of shipping in uncertain conditions, the pressures on product teams to do more with less, why hiring is fundamentally changing, and how mid-level and junior talent can adapt and grow in a market that’s no longer predictable. Whether you’re designing, coding, or driving product strategy, this session will help you understand how to stay relevant, resilient, and ready for the next shift.