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2025 UXHICON by the numbers:
37 Speakers
12 Sessions
127 Attendees
Hana Hou!
UXHICon is an annual event for Hawaiʻi’s design community to share stories and narratives that shape meaningful design.
Join us for an immersive day of knowledge-sharing, inspiration, and pilina. 🌺
UXHI Conference 2026: Moʻolelo and Meaning
In Hawaiʻi, moʻolelo is a treasured practice. It preserves the culture of a special place and people, by shaping, carrying, and contextualizing what is shared. It is highly intentional.
These ideas resonate deeply with design. Design shapes understanding. Every interaction reflects intentional choices, whether it’s interactions created for our various audiences, insights distilled from research, or the communication of value to stakeholders and leaders. As a designer, you guide how people relate to systems, experiences, and even each other.
This year’s conference is a nod to stories and their carriers, both of which help us make sense of the world around us. Join us for another year of knowledge sharing, building pilina within Hawaiʻi’s design community, and learning from one another’s moʻolelo.
The Venue: Entrepreneurs Sandbox
The Entrepreneurs Sandbox is a modern co-working event space in the heart of Kakaʻako, with a collaborative conference space and classroom, and it’s fully ADA accessible.
Metered street parking is available nearby, and paid parking is available at the adjacent lot (entrance on Keawe Street). Please note: parking passes will not be provided this year.
FAQs
Got questions? We’ve got answers — here’s everything you need to know about UXHICon.
Meet the Organizers
The co-chairs and volunteers bringing UXHICon 2026 to life. Tap a card to learn more.
Karli Young
Co-chair, Programming
Micah Chao
Co-chair, Logistics
Sony Atmadjaja
Co-chair, Marketing
Taryn Fukuji
Events Manager, UXHI
Pua Pakele
Founder, RBL Media
Richie Galacgac
Content & Social Marketer
Aeryn Yamazaki
Brand Designer
About UXHI
We are a female-founded, volunteer-led community dedicated to connecting and elevating the field of human-centered design for our local community.
We want to connect and elevate the field of human-centered design for the people of Hawaiʻi.
UXHI Conference Sponsors
We couldn’t tell this moʻolelo alone. Big mahalo to our incredible partners and sponsors for investing in our diverse community — your support fuels the creativity and innovation that bring together the brightest minds and the most exciting ideas in tech.
Hawaiʻi Technology Development Corporation
A state agency accelerating Hawaiʻi's tech industry through innovation, talent development, and capital — creating jobs and opportunity for Hawai'i residents.
Entrepreneurs Sandbox
Hawaiʻi's front door to creativity, technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship — a 13,500-square-foot facility featuring event space, co-working and collaboration space, meeting rooms, and small offices.
Purple Maiʻa Foundation
A nonprofit that educates and empowers a new generation of culturally grounded technology makers, entrepreneurs, and problem solvers through education, community innovation, and food policy across Hawaiʻi.