1st Thursdays: Meet & Greet 2025 Kick-Off

Hosted by IxDF Johannesburg
Feb 6th, 2025
6:30pm - 8:00pm (UTC +02:00)
Entelect Offices, 3 Melrose Boulevard, Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, Johannesburg
21 IxDF Members (and some non-members) are attending
This is a free Local Group meetup
Attendance is free.
You don’t have to be a member to attend.
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Meetup Details

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As February approaches, we’re excited to host the first IxDF Johannesburg Meetup of the year: Meet & Greet 2025 Kick-Off!

Whether you're new to the industry, a seasoned professional or somewhere in between, join us for a great opportunity to connect in person, catch up with familiar faces, welcome new ones, and build stronger connections. Our UI/UX community is a welcoming space built on growth, shared learning, and supporting each other every step of the way.

During the meet-up, we'll all have the chance to introduce ourselves, share our thoughts, ideas and our goals for the year ahead, while getting to know and network with fellow UI/UX Designers in the industry.

Meetup Conversation

Hi all! Please use this conversation thread to discuss 1st Thursdays: Meet & Greet 2025 Kick-Off held on Jan 27, 2025. Feel free to ask questions about the place, date and time, agenda of the meeting, or anything else.

Hi everyone, looking forward to the meet up and really appreciate the organisers (Mary and Estee) spearheading this! See you all shortly.

Hi Ivonald! Looking forward to meet you this evening. We appreciate your message and will see you later.

Hi all! Hope you are doing great! We are really excited about the meet-up this evening at 6:30pm at Entelect offices in Melrose Arch. Let me know if you have any questions. See you later!

Hi Mary, looking forward to attending my first meet & greet! Can i ask what typically happens at the meet & greets?

Hi Tshego! Great, we're looking forward to meeting you.

Yes sure, we'll start off with a fun activity, then we'll get into some introductions just to get to know each other a little better. We'll then touch on a topic about UI/UX Design and let the conversation flow from there. You'll also get to network with people in the industry and make great connections. We have a Whatsapp group that you can join where we as a community, discuss events, questions, opinions and all things Design.

See you later!

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