UX Conferences in 2023 for Designers, Engineers, & Researchers
We built this list of events covering UX, design, user research, information architecture, interaction design/HCI, and more. Note: we strive for accuracy, but dates, venues, and details may change. Please check the specific event website for the latest.
February
TEI
18th International Conference on Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interaction
Date: -
Attendance: in person
Location: Cork, Ireland
TEI 2024 is the 18th annual conference dedicated to presenting the latest results in tangible, embedded, and embodied interaction. The ACM TEI conference has gained substantial visibility and activity over the past decade. It brings together researchers, practitioners, businesses, artists, designers and students from various disciplines, including engineering, interaction design, computer science, product design, media studies and the arts.
Interaction 23
Design the Undefined
Date: -
Attendance: hybrid
Location: Zürich, Switzerland
This conference is a call – a call to rethink decision-making processes that drive the design of technology. Interaction design, together with other fields, faces the role of technology in perpetuating social and environmental injustice.
Experience Design
Reimagine the Bounds of Human-Centered Experience
Date: -
Attendance: in person
Location: Denver, CO USA
The dynamic landscape of digital, physical, and data-driven experiences continues to offer new opportunities in the realm of customer experience and human-centered design.
March
World Information Architecture Day Global
Date:
Attendance: remote
Location: Online
In a world where we’re connected yet distanced, how do you facilitate connectedness? How do you help make sense of connections? What new connections have you made recently? How did you support others to discover new connections? In what ways do you think information and information architecture can be used to support, define, or create environments (digital, physical, virtual, or blended) to improve the lives and experiences of people in a connected world?
QUAL360
Empathy Diversity Resilience
Date: -
Attendance: in person
Location: Washington DC, USA
Qual360 is the only global conference series dedicated to qualitative market research. With its 15 year history, Qual360 is a unique event catering to a strong global community of dedicated “Quallies”. Our strength lies in bringing together a unique mix of research professionals from international brand, leading agencies and independent industry experts.
Advancing Research
Date: -
Attendance: remote
Location: Online
Advancing Research 2023 is your opportunity to collaboratively re-assess the state of the practice, consider the increasingly complex demands being placed upon research teams and leaders, and work together to define clear roles, set goals, and establish scalable solutions for achieving them.
UX Copenhagen
Date: -
Attendance: Hybrid
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Denmark’s most inspirational human experience conference, covering subjects like user experience, content, strategy, and research under a new theme for each year. We will present you with two days filled with superb content from 20+ local and international speakers, hands-on workshops, inspiration, networking, new knowledge, and new insights.
Information Architecture Conference
Date: -
Attendance: in person
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
IAC23 offers a curated selection of workshops for professionals of all levels.
April
CHI
Date: -
Attendance: in person
Location: Hamburg, Germany
The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems is the premier international conference of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). CHI – pronounced 'kai' – annually brings together researchers and practitioners from all over the world and from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and positionalities, who have as an overarching goal to make the world a better place with interactive digital technologies.
UX Strat APAC
Creating Business Value Through Design
Date: -
Attendance: in person
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
UX STRAT APAC is a unique conference curated specifically for research, design, product, and data science professionals in the APAC region, featuring international experts explaining the latest methodologies and trends in product design strategy and innovation.
UXInsight Festival
UX research conference 2023 - Pause, Rewind & Play
Date: -
Attendance: Hybrid
Location: The Netherlands
A UXR conference for everyone passionate about UX research.
Confab
The Content Strategy Conference
Date: -
Attendance: in person
Location: Minneapolis, MN USA
For the Confab grand finale, we’re pulling out all the stops! From UX to accessibility, structure to storytelling, Confab brings content strategy to life like no other event. Join smart, curious folks from around the world who care about making content more useful and usable for all.
UX Salon WORDS
An online conference for writers in tech & Product Designers
Date: -
Attendance: remote
Location: Online
Gain new insights, learn and inspire from the best minds in tech writing on crafting your own product’s copy.
NN/G April Virtual Training
Date: -
Attendance: remote
Location: Online
Each virtual training event offers a variety of courses in UX design, research and management. Check out NN/g's site for more dates!
Women in UX by UX Australia
Community meetup
Date:
Attendance: remote
Location: Online
The Women in UX community recognises that women face unique challenges in UX design, some of which are inherent to (but not exclusive to) the technology industry. Through the monthly meetup forum, we aim to elevate and celebrate the voices and work of women, and support the development and advancement of their UX design careers as practitioners and conference speakers.
UX Healthcare London
Date: -
Attendance: in person
Location: London, UK
This conference will bring together designers, practitioners, clinicians, technologists and thought leaders linked by a common belief and a shared obsession: We can alter and improve our health care experience. From the food we eat to the tools we use and the hospitals and hospices we reside in, we can make a difference. We are looking to partner with speakers and sponsors that want to make a difference in Healthcare UX. A better healthcare experience is waiting on us.
May
Smashing Front End Conference
Date: -
Attendance: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
SmashingConf is coming back to San Francisco, and this year our conference is entirely focused on cutting-edge front end. With topics like accessibility and advanced CSS to JavaScript gems and web performance, all front end specialist will really enjoy this conference.
UXDX USA
Build the right product faster, together
Date: -
Attendance: Hybrid
Location: New York, New York, USA
Learn the latest Product, UX, Design and Dev practices, increase your T-shaped skills and discover the techniques companies are using to empower teams to deliver.
UXLx
Where all UX Pros meet for the best training
Date: -
Attendance: in person
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Come to sunny Lisbon to get inspired with talks from industry-renowned speakers and upgrade your skills with hands-on workshops. Share and learn with hundreds of UXers from all over the world.
Design 2024
18th International Design Conference
Date: -
Attendance: in person
Location: Dubrovnik, Croatia
Discussion and further development of all aspects of design knowledge from cognition and philosophy, to methods and tools, from research theory to practice.
NN/G May Virtual Training
Date: -
Attendance: remote
Location: Online
Each virtual training event offers a variety of courses in UX design, research and management. Check out NN/g's site for more dates!
From Business to Buttons
Date:
Attendance: in person
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
This time it’s all about collaboration and finding ways to communicate. We need to design the conversations we’re having and create safe spaces to have them. How do we make decisions that impact humanity and our planet earth in a sustainable way? Can we make design choices to encourage collaboration over conflict? Because the truth is – Design impacts Humanity.
ConveyUX
Date: -
Attendance: remote
Location: Online
- Insights from more than 60 leading UX professionals
- Practical tips and techniques for improving your UX practice
- Speed networking with UX practitioners from around the world
- Workshops and book club discussions
- Informal exhibitions of actual UX projects, their design challenges and solutions
UXI Live
Date:
Attendance: In person
Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
Design Day is for anyone concerned with the characterization and design of technological products. If the user experience is interesting to you, if your profession touches on websites, software products or mobiles, whether it is your profession or a side hobby – the contents of the conference can contribute a lot of knowledge and practice, in addition to networking with the best people in the industry. Leadership Day – Experienced in the field of UX / UI Design or managing Design activity? You should check out this unique day. Strong focus on Peer Learning and Networking with an audience like you. Insights that will take you further and significantly strengthen your Design Leadership capabilities.
Succeeding in Design by UX Australia
Date: -
Attendance: in person
Location: Sydney & Melbourne, Australia
#SiD2023 will focus on the effectiveness of design in the delivery of services and products. We are looking for engaging presentations that showcase how you have thrived and shaped the work that has been delivered in your organisation.
UXistanbul
9th International UX Conference
Date: -
Attendance: remote
Location: Online
Leading names from both the Web3 community and the Silicon Valley will be with us to share their visions and experiences with speaking sessions. We will also enjoy being a community 24/7 with Discord activities.
June
UMAP
The 31st ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization
Date: -
Attendance: in person
Location: Limassol, Cypress
ACM UMAP – User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization – is the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users, to groups of users, and that collect, represent, and model user information. ACM UMAP is the successor to the biennial User Modeling (UM) and Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-based Systems (AH) conferences that were merged in 2009. It is sponsored by ACM SIGCHI and SIGWEB, and organized with User Modeling Inc. as the Steering Committee.
UXPA International
Date: -
Attendance: in person
Location: Austin, TX, USA
Conference for the UXPA organization. 50 sessions, a full day of interactive pre-conference courses, and over 100 speakers.
UX Strat Europe
Date: -
Attendance: in person
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
UX STRAT Europe is a unique conference curated specifically for research, design, product, and data science professionals in European countries, highlighting the latest methodologies and trends in product design strategy and innovation.
Pixel Pioneers Bristol
Date:
Attendance: in person
Location: Bristol, UK
A one-day conference of practical and inspiring UX/UI design and front-end talks, featuring eight world-class speakers, preceded by a workshop day.
UXR Conf
Date: -
Attendance: remote
Location: Online
Another year, another UXRConf. Back for its sixth edition, our team is as excited as ever to bring you an upgraded, fully remote experience showcasing the best UX Research content you’ll find all year.
NN/G June Virtual Training
Date: -
Attendance: remote
Location: Online
Each virtual training event offers a variety of courses in UX design, research and management. Check out NN/g's site for more dates!
UXPA International
Date: -
Attendance: in person
Location: Austin, TX USA
The UXPA International 2023 program is packed with inspirational content across 3 days of talks (June 20 - 22) and a day of hands on pre-conference courses (June 19)
Enterprise UX
Scaling research and design: new tools, new responsibilities
Date: -
Attendance: remote
Location: Online
You’ll explore both the promise and perils of new tools and technologies, and learn how you can use them to scale research and design
UX Healthcare Amsterdam
Date: -
Attendance: in person
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
This conference will bring together designers, practitioners, clinicians, technologists and thought leaders linked by a common belief and a shared obsession: We can alter and improve our health care experience. From the food we eat to the tools we use and the hospitals and hospices we reside in, we can make a difference. We are looking to partner with speakers and sponsors that want to make a difference in Healthcare UX. A better healthcare experience is waiting on us.
July
HCI International
25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Date: -
Attendance: hybrid
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
The first three days of the conference (23-25 July) will comprise virtual only parallel sessions for paper presentations with remote only participation and ‘in-person’ only satellite events. The Opening Plenary Session (25 July) and the parallel sessions that will take place 26-28 July will run as hybrid events
August
UX Australia
Date: -
Attendance: hybrid
Location: Sydney, Australia and Online
UX Australia is Australia's premier conference about UX, product and service design, and the surrounding disciplines of research, content, operations, management, and more.
September
Epic2023
Ethnography in business and organizations
Date: -
Attendance: in person
Location: Chicago, IL, USA
Our keenest insight and most powerful impact come when we cross boundaries, forge partnerships, and challenge conventional wisdom. Those moments both embrace friction and are friction. Join a community of researchers, designers, creators and innovators to grapple with and harness friction for all its complex and productive powers.
MobileHCI
The ACM International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction
Date: -
Attendance: in person
Location: Athens, Greece
The conference theme in 2023 is "Beyond morality: Ethics and action in MobileHCI". Ethics are our deliberate effort to find answers to the questions of identifying good actions and choices. Focusing on deliberate action, we’d like to encourage authors to bravely move from following inherited, learned or handed-down rules that define good actions and choices (e.g. from legislation, professional practice, tradition, cultural and social norms and customs, etc) and to reflect on how their work addresses design, implementation and implications from a normative ethics viewpoint, such as virtue-based, deontological or utilitarian - consequentialist approaches.
Design Matters
Made by Designers, for Designers
Date: -
Attendance: Hybrid
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Themes: The AI Generation, The Power of Unity, Leading with Craft, & Chill the F Out
UXCon Vienna
Date: -
Attendance: in person
Location: Vienna, Austria
UX Strat USA
Date: -
Attendance: in person
Location: Boulder, CO, USA
UX STRAT brings together experienced design and product professionals from around the world to share methodologies, innovations, and tools focused on strategic design and innovation.
UX Design Summit
Emergence. Design. Experience.
Date: -
Attendance: remote
Location: Online
UXDG Virtual 2023 is Merlien’s flagship event born out of our QUAL360 and UX360 research conference series. Innovation in UX Design is increasingly important as industries are evolving and emerging technologies are constantly changing. UXDG will cater to this trend and offer a unique platform for world’s best designers to showcase their successful UX design strategies.
UX Healthcare Berlin
Date: -
Attendance: in person
Location: Berlin, Germany
This conference will bring together designers, practitioners, clinicians, technologists and thought leaders linked by a common belief and a shared obsession: We can alter and improve our health care experience. From the food we eat to the tools we use and the hospitals and hospices we reside in, we can make a difference. We are looking to partner with speakers and sponsors that want to make a difference in Healthcare UX. A better healthcare experience is waiting on us.
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October
Interact
Designing Tomorrow
Date:
Attendance: in person
Location: London, UK
Interact London is a design conference where the best minds from UX, design, Ai, data and more share their ideas with digital leaders from around the world.
In 2023, the conference will take place at the Museum of London on October 12th, alongside the Interact London workshop on October 11th.
World Usability Congress
Date: -
Attendance: in person
Location: Graz, Austria
At World Usability Congress, we organize a high-class deep insight and hands-on UX conference. 10 years ago a new family was born. Our WUC family. People and speakers are joining every year. Friendships and new businesses were created. This is why it’s also the main part of our conference to get inspired- to motivate ourselves and to get the best out of a conference through experiences and networking and training!
UXDX EMEA
Build the right product faster, together
Date: -
Attendance: Hybrid
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Learn the latest Product, UX, Design and Dev practices, increase your T-shaped skills and discover the techniques companies are using to empower teams to deliver.
AIGA Design Conference
Date: -
Attendance: in person
Location: New York, NY USA
As the professional association for design, we advocate for the value and impact of design in our contemporary world. Join us for three days of design leadership development, advocacy, and design industry expansion.
November
UX Brighton
Date:
Attendance: in person
Location: Brighton, UK
Join us for our annual conference where people from product management, ux, research and design will gather to discover what we have to learn from one another.
Learn new approaches and glean fresh insights that will bring solid benefits for you, your colleagues and your clients.
CanUX
Canada's Premier UX Event
Date: -
Attendance: in person
Location: Ottawa, Canada
A four day showcase of modern experience design trends shaped as Canada's premier annual UX event, featuring hands-on workshops and a world-class mix of amazing presentations, with plenty of chances to find inspiration, learn, exchange ideas, and make new friends, eh?
UXDX APAC
Build the right product faster, together
Date: -
Attendance: remote
Location: Online
Learn the latest Product, UX, Design and Dev practices, increase your T-shaped skills and discover the techniques companies are using to empower teams to deliver.
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