August 24–28 2026 • Sydney

A week of conferences, meetups and more for the Australian UX and design community

UX Week brings the Australian UX and design professions together for a week in Sydney — Design Research, UX Australia, and a series of community sideshows and meetups, 24–28 August 2026.

One week, one place: connect with the peers, practitioners and leaders across research, product, service and interaction design who can help with your challenges and be the bridge to your next opportunity.

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Featuring

UX Week runs 24–28 August 2026 in Sydney, bringing together Design Research (August 26), UX Australia (August 27 & 28), and a series of community sideshows and meetups across the week.

Design Research 2026 UX Australia 2026

Find the conference pass for you

UX Week is in Sydney, 24–28 August 2026. Choose the pass that suits you — prices rise after each early-bird date.

Ticket type:

Design Research + UX Australia in person

$1,795full price

  • In person, 3 days
  • All conference videos

$1,395 before 31 Jan, $1,595 before 17 Jul, $1,795 full price

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UX Australia in person

$1,195full price

  • In person, 2 days
  • All conference videos

$995 before 31 Jan, $1,095 before 17 Jul, $1,195 full price

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Design Research in person

$695full price

  • In person, 1 day
  • All conference videos

$495 before 31 Jan, $595 before 17 Jul, $695 full price

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UX Australia Streaming

$595full price

  • Live stream
  • All conference videos

$495 before 31 Jan, $595 before 17 Jul

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Design Research Streaming

$395full price

  • Live stream
  • All conference videos

$295 before 31 Jan, $345 before 17 Jul, $395 full price

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Design Research + UX Australia streaming

$695ends 26 Aug

  • Both conferences, live stream
  • All conference videos

$695 before 26 Aug

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Our venue

UX Week Australia 2026 will take place August 24–28 at the Teachers Federation Conference Centre, Surry Hills, Sydney.

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 accommodation options in and around the area.

The Teachers Federation Conference Centre, Surry Hills, Sydney

Partners

Reach the Australian UX and design community across a full week — Design Research, UX Australia and the sideshows in between. Partner with us.

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About Us

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.

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Portait of John Allsopp.

John Allsopp

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

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.