Design research is how we understand, shape and address systemic issues — from individual products and services and the structure of organisations, through to societal challenges like climate change and inequality.
A one-day conference dedicated to design research and evidence-led practice, produced by UX Australia.
Lead Researcher
Atlassian
The Researcher as a Diplomat
Research & Insights Principal
A2 Online
Insight Is Not Enough: The Next Chapter of Design Research
Director of Customer Experience & Innovation
Publicis Sapient
What Can’t AI See? Ethnographic Research in a Post-Screen World
CX Researcher & Designer
Meridian Energy / Independent Consultant
Designing research for AI moderators: Lessons from running 100 interviews a week
ResearchOps Lead
Bupa
Designing ResearchOps for uncertainty
CX/UX Research & Research Operations Leader
Flight Centre Travel Group
Applying Anthropology in Design Research: Reframing Travel as Culture, Not Just Conversion
More speakers to be announced soon.
Design Research is in Sydney on August 26th, 2026. Grab the pass that suits you — prices rise after each early-bird date.
$1,595ends 17 Jul
$1,395 before 31 Jan, $1,595 before 17 Jul, $1,795 full price
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$495 before 31 Jan, $595 before 17 Jul, $695 full price
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$995 before 31 Jan, $1,095 before 17 Jul, $1,195 full price
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$295 before 31 Jan, $345 before 17 Jul, $395 full price
Register$595ends 17 Jul
$495 before 31 Jan, $595 before 17 Jul
Register$695ends 26 Aug
$695 before 26 Aug
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Since 2009, UX Australia has been Australia’s premier conference about UX, product and service design, and the surrounding disciplines of research, content, operations, management, and more.
Steve was the inaugural CEO of the Australian Design Council, co-founder of Meld Studios and co-founder of UX Australia. He is a Director of the Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence and served two years as the President of the Interaction Design Association.
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.
We promise attending one of our events will leave you significantly better versed in the challenges you face day to day, and in solutions for addressing them.
John Allsopp has worked on the web for nearly 30 years, creating innovative tools like Style Master and X-Ray. His ideas laid the groundwork for Typekit (now Adobe Fonts) and Responsive Web Design itself.
His seminal 2000 essay "A Dao of Web Design" was cited by Ethan Marcotte as a key inspiration for Responsive Web Design and by Jeremy Keith as "a manifesto for anyone working on the Web." He's authored books including Developing With Web Standards, spoken at conferences worldwide, and brings deep expertise and passion to Web Directions
For over a decade, we've worked hard to create inclusive, fun, inspring and safe events for the Web Industry.
As part of our commitment to these values, we've adopted a code of conduct for all involved: ourselves, our speakers, our partners and our audience.
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