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UX Australia is Australia's premier conference about UX, product and service design, and the surrounding disciplines of research, content, operations, management, and more.

Connect with a global audience to share inspiration, insights, knowledge and experiences. Join peers, pros and leaders who can help with challenges and may be the bridge to your next opportunity. Take away new skills and insights to apply in your organisation.

Keen to speak at UX Australia?

If you're keen to speak at UX Australia, we'd love to hear from you. CFPs are open now, closing May 2nd 2025.

Read all the details about what we're looking for and what we offer speakers.

Learn more and apply!

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Previous editions of UX Australia

After a year's hiatus, UX Australia returns revitalised in 2025. See what we covered in previous years, starting way back in 2009.

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Find the conference pass for you

There's in person and streaming options, and we have special pricing if you're paying your own way, in education, at a not for profit, and for early career professionals wherever you are working.

Early bird ends May 3–that's

UX Australia 2025 in person

$995before May 3

Includes

  • UX Australia in person attendance
  • UX Australia conference videos
  • early bird ends May 3 $995
  • middle bird ends July 18 $1095
  • late bird $1295

See below for special pricing

register

UX Australia Streaming Pass

$495before May 3

Includes

  • UX Australia live stream
  • UX Australia conference videos
  • early bird ends May 3 $495
  • middle bird ends July 18 $595
  • late bird $695

See below for special pricing

register

What's included?

In person

In-person conferences are fully catered (morning and afternoon tea and lunch) including any dietary requrements. Our conferences feature amazing coffee (and more). We end the first day with a reception at the venue.

Streaming

Streaming passes include access to the conference livestream on Web Direction's platform Conffab, including live captioning and chat, access to the stream on demand after the event and to the conference videos when they become available.

Special Pricing

We know it's valuable to attend, to learn from our experts, and make connections in the industry. So, to make our events as affordable as possible, we have special pricing for a range of attendees.

Freelancers

If you're paying you're own way–whether as a contractor, freelance, consultant, independent–whatever you might call yourself, or if you're employed but you're covering the cost, then use the code freelanceuxau25 and pay just $795 in person or the code freelanceuxau25streaming and pay $395 streaming.

Education

If you work in education–as an educator or otherwise for an educational institution, then you'll pay just $795 with the code eduuxau25, or $395 streaming with the code eduuxau25streaming

Juniors

To encourage teams to send juniors to our events, we have special pricing for early career professionals. Use the code junioruxau25 and pay $795 in person or junioruxau25streaming and pay just $395 for a streaming pass.

Not for profits

As a not for profit, register with the code nfpuxau25, and pay just $795, or nfpuxau25streaming and pay $395 for a streaming pass.

Keep up to date with Announcements

Want to keep up to date with news about UX Australia? Let us know below and we'll email you as things develop.

Our venue

UX Australia 2025 will take place August 27th and 28th at ACMI in Federation Square, Melbourne.

Getting there:

There are numerous public transport options, and parking available close by.

Accommodation:

If you're coming from out of town, there are many hotel and serviced apartment style accomodation options in and around the area.

ACMI by night
A complex AV setup for conference streaming

Live Streaming

Not everyone is ready, or able to get back to in-person events. Others find online conferences provide greater accessibility, or make their training budget go further. So we'll be streaming UX Australia, on Web Direction's very own streaming platform Conffab.

Streaming passes just $495

Partner with us

Keen to connect with those in the industry shaping its direction? Then Next is for you.

We work closely with our partners and their technologies to deliver world leading online conferences. Contact us to talk about how we can help you be even more awesome.

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In 2025, UX Australia teams up with Web Directions to bring you Australia's leading UX conference.

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About Steve Baty

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.

His practice is centred on improving our public spaces, infrastructure and services.

About UX Australia

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.

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About Web Directions

Web Directions has for nearly 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.

Crowd at a conference.
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About John Allsopp

John Allsopp has been working on the Web for nearly 30 years. His ideas formed the foundation for Typekit, now Adobe Fonts, and the entire concept of Responsive Web Design.

His "A Dao of Web Design" published in 2000 is cited by Ethan Marcotte as a key influence in the development of Responsive Web Design, who's acclaimed article in 2010 begins by quoting John in detail, and by Jeremy Keith as "a manifesto for anyone working on the Web".

Code of Conduct

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.

If you have any concern or feedback, please don't hesitate to contact us.