UX FEST SLO

Cal Poly’s First UX Designathon

What is UX Fest SLO?

UX Fest SLO is a two-weekend festival where Cal Poly students across all education backgrounds can learn and foster their UX skills by creating and collaborating on purposeful projects and technology.

Need more info? Watch our crash course!

A UXF Director giving a little presentation.
networking
speaker panels
UX Fest Participant working on their original website design on their computer.
workshops

Weekend One: Saturday, January 13-14th

We provide UX learning opportunities and activities to help students explore the industry and practice their skills!

Weekend Two: January 20-21st

We host a Designathon competition where teams use what they learned in Weekend One to create an original product and present to a panel of judges!

1) Compete in teams!
2) Design an original app
3) Work with mentors!
4) present to judges
5) Win prizes!

How do we help you?

We make your UX learning journey fun and accessible. Our designathon is a great way to exercise and develop your UX skills in a hands-on, safe & inclusive environment.

But don’t just listen to us, let’s see what past participants have to say...

I had a blast creating a prototype for a local organization with my friends! The collaborative environment helped us work quickly and improve our designs based on user feedback. UXF is an amazing crash course, learning from awesome teammates, peers, and mentors.

Lexi, 1st Place (2023)

I didn’t know much about UX design going into the weekend, but I learned so much! UX Fest felt like a wonderful space to learn in and ask questions without fear of judgment. I’d 100% encourage anyone with any amount of interest to give UX Fest a try! You never know if it will peak your interest and inform your future career :)

Elianna, 2nd Place (2023)

I loved UXF for the Learn by Doing experience and exposure into the UX community. I loved that my team had 4 people with all different majors so it gave me the confidence that people from non-traditional backgrounds can succeed in UX too!

Saddha, 3rd Place (2023)

Let the stats speak for themselves...

Thank you to our sponsors for making these events possible!