Each Thursday in June we have a conference focused on a big-picture topic like increasing the impact of design, creating an inclusive design culture and building the future we all want (and need).
These festival days are focused on zooming out a little and are perfect for a more senior practitioner, design manager, senior IC, product manager, product owner or anyone looking to progress our industry as a whole.
Three conferences will cover big picture topics including:
- Strategy & Business
- Design Culture
- Design Ethics
Spread over three Thursday afternoons in June (or mornings if you’re in the US), it’ll be a combination of over a dozen short talks you can watch live or on-demand, plus live Q&As.
To ensure content is accessible pre-recorded content will be captioned and live Q&As will be live transcribed and available on-demand within 72 hours.
Please note the schedule is subject to changes as we finalise the line-up.
Our final mini-conference puts design ethics front and centre. Expect straight-talking about how we can, as an industry, be better and tackle some of the most challenging questions we face as designers.
A few words of welcome from our UX Fest host and an introduction to today's theme.
Kit will talk about the ethos of "makers"—how making things and simply being creative for the sake of creativity can be a bad thing, if we're not willing to be responsible for our legacy and pretend that “design isn’t political.” I'll showcase studies of companies and products that are making our lives and our society worse—sometimes unintentionally. He'll explore dark patterns and how they could cost millions of dollars—and, sometimes, human lives. And share three areas of transformation where we as an industry can get better:
Jeremy will take your questions for Kit.
Time for a break from sitting down. Take a walk if you can, and grab a drink (hot, cold, long or short). We'll be back in 30 minutes.
In this talk, Steven Wakabayashi (founder and president of QTBIPOC Design) will walk through the landscape of diversity within our design industry, highlight some of the pitfalls of transactional DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) work, and ways of creating brave and safe spaces to create more equitable spaces for one another that encourages more diversity and creativity within our design teams.
In this talk, Felicia explores how modern media and pop culture influence engineering and design, from target audience to coding and ethics. With an eye towards unlocking positive possibilities, as well as critical feedback for the industry, this talk aims to open up new avenues for designers, engineers and all sorts of product people and inspire us to work in more inclusive and robust ways.
Jeremy will take your questions for Steven & Felicia.
Time for a break from sitting down. Take a walk if you can, and grab a drink (hot, cold, long or short). We'll be back in 30 minutes.
It's been a tough few years. But I don’t need to tell you that. You were there.
This talk provides answers to some of the most challenging questions facing us as designers and builders for the coming years: Where do we go from here? How are we going to get there? And how can we make things better in the face of a world that seems to be getting worse and worse?
Jeremy will take your questions for Jon.
A few words from Jeremy about the day and a wrap up of the Festival.
We have a range of passes available to suit every schedule. All the conference and festival content will be available on-demand for three months after the event.