AI Week brings together the people building with AI—engineers training models, software developers and AI engineers, researchers pushing boundaries, designers creating AI-native experiences, and product leaders shipping AI-powered products. Come to Melbourne to connect with your peers, explore what's working (and what's not), and discover where this technology is actually heading. If AI is central to your work, this is where you need to be
Featuring AI Engineer, the world-leading conference coming to Australia for the very first time. It's the state-of-the-art in AI engineering all in one place in, partnership with Swyx (who coined the term "AI engineer") and the folks who produce AI Engineer Summit and World's Fair.
We'll also feature the one-day ai × design conference, exploring how AI, large language models, and machine learning are transforming design practice—from ideation and prototyping to design systems and user experience.
The cornerstone of ai week is AI Engineer Melbourne, bringing the world-leading conference to Australia for the very first time. Think "early NeurIPS for Engineers", "StrangeLoop + LLMs", or "TED AI but everyone codes". It's the state-of-the-art in AI engineering all in one place in.
We'll gather AI engineers, Software Engineers, CTOs, and VPs of AI to connect, learn, and engineer the future of AI. Every edition to date has sold out, and tickets will go fast, so don't miss out.
UX Australia and Web Directions collaborate to bring you ai × design, exploring how AI, large language models, and machine learning are transforming design practice—from ideation and prototyping to design systems and user experience. Whether you're designing with AI or designing for AI, this is where design meets intelligence.
Join product designers, UX/UI designers, design systems experts, and design leaders to explore how AI is reshaping design practice.
Run a meetup? An industry group? Or a company. Maybe an individual with a particular interest in the space. If you're keen to get on the AI Week calendar and host your own event, then drop us a line and tell us what you've got planned. Let's see how we can fit you on the programme.
In 2026 we have a huge lineup of events for you. We'll bring you AI Week, featuring the edition in Australia of the renowned AI Engineer Conference, and a brand new collaboration with UX Australia ai × design. UX Week Australia featuring UX Australia and Design Research. And we'll cap it all off with the 20th anniversary edition of Web Directions.
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Web Directions has for 2 decades years brought together leading developers, engineers, visual, IxD, UX and product designers, Art and Creative Directors, product managers indeed everyone involved in producing web and digital products to learn from one another, and the World's leading experts across this vast field.
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