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.
networking
speaker panels
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!
But don’t just listen to us, let’s see what past participants have to say...
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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)
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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)
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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)