UX Australia 2021 will take place from Tuesday, August 24 to Friday, August 27.
The event is hosted live and broadcasting online via Zoom. Attendees, speakers and sponsors will attend online. Recordings of presentations will also be available to attendees post-event.
Conference presentations run each morning from Tuesday to Friday, followed by workshops in the afternoon from Tuesday to Thursday.
Tickets to the conference and workshops are on sale now. Conference and workshop tickets must be purchased separately.
All times are in AEST.
| Time: | Activity: |
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1:00 pm |
Junior Designers Workshop with blueegg - Improve Your Research Process |
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5:30 pm |
UX Australia 2021 Mega Meetup Opening Party |
| Time: | Presenter: | Presentation / Workshop / Activity: |
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| 8: 00 am |
DAY 1 COMMENCES |
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| 8:55 am | Steve Baty |
Introduction & Acknowledge Country |
| 9:00 am |
Steve Baty |
Opening Keynote - The Contemporary Practice of Design - a look at the potential for design over the coming decade |
| 10:00 am |
Oliver Weidlich |
Designing Experiences for the Augmented Human |
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10:20 - 10:35 am |
Morning Tea Break - Sponsored by Visual Academy | |
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10:35 am |
Krystal Higgins | Better Onboarding |
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10:55 am |
TJ Harrop | |
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11:15 am |
Martin Tomitsch | Non-human personas and other UX tools for a post-pandemic world |
| 12:00 pm |
END OF DAY 1 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS |
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| 12:00 - 1:00 pm. |
DAY 1 SPEAKER Q&A - Join the Day 1 speakers for a virtual meeting discussing their presentations |
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| 1:00 pm |
DAY 1 WORKSHOPS COMMENCE - Tickets to workshops need to be purchased separately |
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1:00 pm |
Mags Hanley | Workshop - Career Architecture |
| 1:00 pm |
Donna Spencer |
Workshop - Re-Introduction to IA |
| 1:00 pm |
DAY 1 SPONSOR SESSIONS COMMENCE - Each sponsor session needs to be registered individually. Please click the session links to register |
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2:30 - 3:30 pm |
Amplitude | Sponsor Session - Bridging the Business/Experience Divide with the North Star Framework |
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4:00 - 5:00 pm |
Sketch Group | Sponsor Session - Sketching Goals |
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6:00 - 8:00 pm |
IxDA Sydney | Sponsor Session - Portfolio Reviews |
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END OF DAY 1 | |
| Time: | Presenter: | Presentation / Workshop / Activity: |
|---|---|---|
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8:00 am |
DAY 2 COMMENCES | |
| 8:55 am |
Steve Baty |
Introduction |
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9:00 am |
Steven Wakabayashi | Keynote - Design Thinking for Building Equitable Teams |
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10:00 am |
Kim Chatterjee | |
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10:20 - 10:35 am |
Morning Tea Break - Sponsored by Askable | |
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10:35 am |
Charlii Parker |
The Why, When and How of including people with disability in the design process |
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10:55 am |
Josh Thompson |
Design Systems with augmented teams: best practice for connection and alignment |
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11:15 am |
Aaron Cheang & Michelle Pickrell | |
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12:00 pm |
END OF DAY 2 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS | |
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12:00 - 1:00 pm |
DAY 2 SPEAKER Q&A - Join the Day 2 speakers for a virtual meeting discussing their presentations | |
|
1:00 pm |
DAY 2 WORKSHOPS COMMENCE - Tickets to workshops need to be purchased separately | |
| 1:00 pm | Justin Cheong |
Workshop - Visual Thinking for Experience Designers |
| 1:00 pm |
DAY 2 SPONSOR SESSIONS COMMENCE - Each sponsor session needs to be registered individually. Please click the session links to register |
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1:00 - 2:00 pm |
Aquent | Sponsor Session - Why Accessibility and Inclusive Design Matters |
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2:00 - 3:00 pm |
User Testing | Sponsor Session - Human Insights Led Roadmap - How to plan, structure and report on research for action |
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3:00 - 4:00 pm |
Entropik Tech | Sponsor Session - Humanizing UX: User Research with Eye Tracking and Facial Coding |
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4:00 - 5:00 pm |
Sketch Group | Sponsor Session - Sketch n Sip |
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4:30 - 5:30 pm |
UX Australia | Virtual Session - UX Australia 2021 Presenter Bookclub |
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5:45 - 7:00 pm |
Cozy Juicy Real | Sponsor Session - Networking After-Party: Awesome connections don't just happen...they're made. |
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END OF DAY 2 |
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| Time: | Presenter: | Presentation / Workshop / Activity: |
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8:00 am |
DAY 3 COMMENCES | |
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8:55 am |
Steve Baty | Introduction |
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9:00 am |
Gerrard Gosens | Keynote - Change is Constant, Growth is Optional |
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10:00 am |
Donna Spencer | |
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10:20 am |
Morning Tea - Sponsored by UsabilityHub | |
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10:35 am |
Kate Archbold | |
|
10:55 am |
Mags Hanley | ...And then a HIPPO walked into a room... |
| 11:15 am |
Jen Blatz |
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| 12:00 pm |
END OF DAY 3 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS |
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12:00 - 1:00 pm |
DAY 3 SPEAKER Q&A - Join the Day 3 speakers for a virtual meeting discussing their presentations | |
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1:00 pm |
DAY 3 WORKSHOPS COMMENCE - Tickets to workshops need to be purchased separately | |
|
1:00 pm |
Matt Fenwick | Workshop - Defending Design: Writing to Influence |
| 1:00 pm |
DAY 3 SPONSOR SESSIONS COMMENCE - Each sponsor session needs to be registered individually. Please click the session links to register |
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| 1:00 - 2:00 pm | QTBIPOC Design |
Sponsor Session - Creating Safe & Inclusive Spaces within Design ft. QTBIPOC Design |
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1:00 - 2:30 pm |
UsabilityHub | Sponsor Session - Intro to remote usability research with UsabilityHub |
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2:30 - 3:30 pm |
Bourne Digital | Sponsor Session - Enabling Organisations to Adopt Design Thinking |
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3:30 - 4:30 pm |
Exo Digital | Sponsor Session - Barking dogs, crying babies and delivery men... Innovation during a crisis |
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4:30 - 5:30 pm |
UX Australia & Sponsors | Sponsor Session - Speed Networking |
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END OF DAY 3 |
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| Time: | Presenter: | Presentation / Workshop / Activity: |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am |
DAY 4 COMMENCES |
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| 8:55 am |
Steve Baty |
Introduction |
| 9:00 am |
Dori Tunstall |
Keynote - Decolonizing Design: Six Steps to Transformation |
| 10:00 am |
Elle Geraghty |
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|
10:20 - 10:35 am |
Morning Tea - Sponsored by Visual Academy | |
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10:35 am |
Scott Burns and Petra Gulicher | |
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11:15 am |
Erin Malone | |
| 12:00 pm |
END OF DAY 4 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS |
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| 12:00 - 1:00 pm |
DAY 4 SPEAKER Q&A - Join the Day 4 speakers for a virtual meeting discussing their presentations |
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1:30 - 3:00 pm |
Closing Party Virtual Game | |
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END OF DAY 4 |
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