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March 9-13, 2026
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA

Agenda

Working with Stakeholders Roundtable: Peer Mentorship

Cari Watterton  (Senior Accessibility Specialist, Scopely)
Location: Room 308, South Hall
Date: Friday, March 13
Time: 2:50 pm - 3:50 pm
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass - Get your pass now!
Audience Level: Intermediate
Track: Culture & Sustainability, Career
Format: Roundtable
Vault Recording: Not Recorded
Audience Level: Intermediate

Working with stakeholders, especially difficult ones, can be a challenge for the field of UX. There are many factors that come into play - underappreciation of the expertise, business needs, deprioritization of accessibility design, time constraints, upper leadership demands, lack of UX maturity, etc. What methods have worked well for you when having to work with stakeholders unfamiliar with UX? What are some ways you've been able to grow UX maturity for your team?

This roundtable presents an opportunity for UX individuals, who are not in leadership positions, to bring their stakeholder & process challenges to ask the group for peer mentorship advice. As well, this space is open to those who’d like to share their stakeholder success stories.