Design Research 2020 Talks, Workshops, Presenters Announced

The program for Design Research 2020 has been finalised, with six full-length conference presentations, 10 20-minute conference presentations and two full-day workshops joining keynote speaker Leisa Reichelt to round out a very full three-day event in Melbourne from 18-20 March.

Having grown from its first incarnation in 2017 as a one-day conference to the major three-day event it is now, Design Research has cemented a place in the Australian UX professional development calendar. This reflects both the growth of Design Rsearch as a specific UX discipline and the burgeoning need for ever more opportunities to refine skills, understanding and expertise.

Even a quick glance through the list of presentations and workshops - and their speakers and presenters - shows that DR2020 is focusing on key topics in Design Research today and has brought together an extraordinary group of people willing to share their insights. 

Keynote

Leisa Reichelt

Full-length Presentations

Kelly Ann McKercher
Dimming your light for others to shine: Sharing power in social design research

Michelle Pickrell and Ruth Ellison
How not to let stakeholder bias derail your user research findings

Remya Ramesh and Benson Low
Operationalising & Scaling UX Research Practice

Alexandra Almond and Karina Smith
Prototyping is all about learning, not testing

Ben Kraal
Research Synthesis: Why do we do it the way we do, where did it come from, and is there another way?

Ron Bronson
The Researcher’s Role in Reducing Hostile Design

20 minute presentations

Kelly Henderson
Bringing a Public Health Lens to Design Research

Sean Smith
Did you say 330 interviews? In 2-3 weeks?

Fiona Meighan and Kasia Mierzejewska
Extending the power of Human-Centred Design through Behavioural Design

Timothy Gaweco
Focusing on the right thing(s) - The importance of researching fast and slow

Ash Donaldson and Simon Tobias
How do you do research to own a multi-billion dollar industry?

Corrina Mercure
Playing nice with Agile – A CX approach

David Peter Simon
Prioritizing Privacy

Natalie Rowland and Lee Ryan
Research Epic - how we designed immersive, honest and ongoing conversations, remotely.

Rohan Irvine
Research Participant Survival Guide

Jax Wechsler
The Voices of Lived Experience : Design Research with Vulnerable People

Workshops

Michelle Pickrell and Ruth Ellison
Transforming findings into actionable insights

Alexandra Almond and Karina Smith
You Can Prototype Anything

You can read descriptions of the presentations, workshops, and presenters on the UX Australia website.

Design Research 2020 is a three-day event dedicated to design research – from planning and conducting, to analysis and use. 

Early Bird conference registrations are open until 1 January 2020 or 50 tickets are sold, whichever comes first.

Workshop registrations are now open.