Ali Cuthbertson
Strategic LeadershipLiberty University
Ali Cuthbertson is an author, researcher, and strategic UX leader focused on human-AI collaboration and emotional intelligence in design. As founder of Aliboo Publishing and former Senior Program Manager at IBM, following its acquisition of Red Hat, she bridged technology and humanity by driving alignment and collaboration across newly integrated teams and products through storytelling, research, and leadership. Alice holds certifications in Project Management, Scrum, ITIL Foundations, and AI Ethics and is pursuing a doctorate in Strategic Leadership. Her latest book, The Prompt-Driven Life Cycle, explores how humans and AI can co-create with purpose and imagination, helping teams navigate the evolving intersection of empathy, ethics, and innovation in the age of AI.
My Session(s)
Bringing AI Research to Life – The Human Equation
Awaiting LocationAI is changing how we do UX research at superhuman speed and scale while stealthily corroding something undeniably human. In a session aimed at UX leaders, well explore how to restore empathy and authenticity into processes increasingly driven by AI. Like a Pinocchio on his way to becoming real, well explore how AI-generated personas and […]
Lightning Talks
Awaiting LocationJason Telner
Jon Temple
Ali Cuthbertson
Oscar Cariceo
Mike Jin
Danielle Giffort
Join this fast-paced, high-energy session designed to spark ideas and inspire conversation at UXPA International 2026. Each speaker in this session has just 10 minutes to share a big idea, showcase a project, or highlight a unique perspective. This session consists of four lightning talks and covers a variety of topics including career development, emerging […]
Poster Session
Awaiting LocationKoichiroi Doi
RajeshKalidindi
Ali Cuthbertson
Samyukta K
Ramtin Ranjpour
Xiao Yu
Jack Holmes
Deborah Moyaki
Mike Jin
Johanna Weitbrecht
Bhuvana Narayanamurthy
Join this informal, visual, and interactive session and explore the posters at UXPA International 2026. During this session, attendees will be able to move from poster to poster and engage with each speaker to hear more about the speakers’ work and ideas. This session consists of posters on a variety of topics including career development, […]
Redefining UX Design With AI – How AI Is Transforming the Design Process
Awaiting LocationWe hear all of the time now that AI is coming for our jobs. We think AI will merely change how we work. Come learn about the currently available AI tools for design – what works well and what doesn’t – yet! As experienced designers who use AI in our design work everyday, we will […]
Navigating the Current UX Job Market – Strategies for Success and Good Mental Health
Awaiting LocationRecent economic and technology trends have created a perfect storm for UX professionals and a very challenging job market. This presentation will provide an overview from personal experience on how to best navigate the current UX job market including how best to search for UX jobs, prepare your UX portfolio, interview and prepare, market yourself […]
The Art of Prompting – What a 16th-Century Rhino Teaches Us About AI and UX
Awaiting LocationInspired by a 16th-century artist who imagined a rhinoceros he had never seen, this session explores how designers today translate words into meaning through artificial intelligence. That same ingenuity is alive and well in the ways designers use language to steer artificial intelligence. This session introduces the Prompt-Driven Life Cycle (PDLC), a framework for designers […]