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.

Special pricing

We have special pricing for anyone funding their own ticket, juniors, people working in education, not-for-profits, and people working in digital agencies. It’s an honour system. Just choose the ticket type that applies to you.

Ticket type:

In person · 2 days

Design Research + UX Australia in person

$1,795full price

  • In person, 3 days
  • All conference videos

Register

In person · 2 days

Design Research in person

$695full price

  • In person, 1 day
  • All conference videos

Register

In person · 2 days

UX Australia Streaming

$595full price

  • Live stream
  • All conference videos

Register

In person · 2 days

Design Research Streaming

$395full price

  • Live stream
  • All conference videos

Register

In person · 2 days

Design Research + UX Australia streaming

$695full price

  • Both conferences, live stream
  • All conference videos

Register

Keep up to date

Want news about the program and tickets? Let us know and we’ll email you as things are announced.

In the heart of Sydney

Our venue

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

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

Web Directions Conffab

Stream and download over 1,000 presentations from hundreds of world leading experts at 50 conferences…and counting

Live stream world leading conferences like performance.now() and AI Engineer Melbourne

Catchup on hundreds of presentations on our free tier, and keep up to date with all that's happening in our industry at your own pace.

Sign up Now Learn More

The organisers

About Us

Web Directions

For more than 20 years Web Directions has brought together the people creating the web and digital products to learn from one another and the world's leading experts.

We promise that attending one of our events will leave you better equipped for the challenges you face every day.

Crowd at a conference.
Portait of John Allsopp.

John Allsopp

John Allsopp has worked on the web for nearly 30 years. His tools and writing helped lay the groundwork for web typography and Responsive Web Design.

He has authored books, spoken at conferences worldwide and brings that experience and curiosity to every Web Directions program.

A conference for everyone

Code of Conduct

Everyone deserves a welcoming, inspiring and safe conference. Our code of conduct applies to attendees, speakers, partners and organisers.

If something concerns you, please tell us. We will take it seriously.