An EPIC2022 Sponsored Panel by Spotify Moderators: AUDREY TSE (Spotify), KARELL MCDONALD (Spotify) Panelists: KARIM HAMDOUN (Spotify), DOMINIKA MAZUR (Spotify), ALEXANDRA MCCARTER (Spotify), SAM WAY (Spotify) Over the past 2.5 years, researchers have had to become more resilient and adaptable in how they conduct research. Now that things are bouncing back, we’re at a crossroads in deciding what the future of user research looks like. In this panel, leading members of Spotify’s product insights community will discuss different perspectives on how researchers have adapted from face-to-face research to remote settings, and the adaptations we intend to keep in a hybrid practice. We will contemplate how this hybrid practice can morph depending on various topics, such as community making and the audio space. We’ll include some interactive components to encourage dialogue, and it will be a discussion you don’t want to miss! Moderators Audrey Tse is a User Researcher at Spotify working on creating a better Messaging...