Els Aerts: speaker on UX and user research

When Els speaks, the room listens. With good reason. Because she isn’t just an expert in UX research and improving the online user experience. She’s also a top rated public speaker. In 2024 Els was awarded the Legend of Experimentation award at the Experimentation Elite awards.

How do you tie your research in with your business KPI’s? How do you make sure your findings are valid and not influenced by your own biases? And how exactly do you ask the right questions? These are the topics Els tackles with grace and precision.

What do people say about Els?

  • You’re speaker #1 with 4.58 out of 5 stars. You rocked at CXL Live!

    Peep Laja

    CEO, Conversion XL and CXL Live

  • Els is the queen of user testing and a brilliant speaker. You do not want to miss her on stage.

    Talia Wolf

    Founder, GetUplift

  • Such an excellent talk. Insightful and entertaining = great combination!

    Christian Lipp

    Inbound manager, Experis Deutschland

  • Els is amazing on stage. I was thoroughly impressed.

    Rosario Toscano

    Head of CRO, MOCA

  • I loved Els’ presentation and enjoyed her raw personality. She’s funny and humble. Most impactful speaker of the conference.

    Kevin Dieny

    Digital Marketing Analyst, CallSource

What does Els like to talk about?

  • User research
  • User testing
  • Conversion optimization or CRO
  • UX fundamentals
Els Aerts on stage at GPeC in Bucharest

What can you book Els for?

  • Congresses
  • Conferences
  • Team days
  • Customer events
  • Member events
  • Internal trainings
Els Aerts on stage at GPec Conference - view of the stage and audience

What’s her style?

Els has a sharp mind, but also radiates calm.

Watch her lectures to see for yourself:

Els Aerts on stage at NIO Summit in Dallas in 2023

Previous events where Els gave a talk

International conferences

  • Microsoft One Analyst (USA)
  • Conversion Hotel (The Netherlands)
  • CXL Live (USA)
  • Growth Marketing Summit (Germany)
  • NIO Summit (USA)
  • Conversion Jam (Sweden)
  • Webbdagarna (Sweden)

In-company trainings and events

  • Yoast
  • Carglass
  • Nespresso
  • TUI
  • AXA Bank
  • Bitdefender
  • Sony

Guest lectures

  • University of Ghent
  • University College Ghent
  • KdG University of Applied Sciences and Arts
  • Artevelde University of Applied Sciences
  • EHSAL Management School

Looking for a speaker on user research with experience and stage presence?

Book Els. Your audience will thank you for it.

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