Schedule

UX Australia 2022 will take place from Tuesday, August 23 to Friday, August 26.

The event is hosted live at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne and broadcast online via Zoom Webinar. Some attendees, speakers and sponsors will attend online while others will attend in person. 

All conference ticket holders will have access to the entire two days and will be able to view all conference presentations - whether delivered online or in person.

The webinar recording will be sent to all conference attendees post-event. 

The event is closed-captioned. If you require additional accessibility assistance please get in touch

Programme

Workshops run in-person only on Tuesday, 23 August and Wednesday, 24 August. 

Conference presentations run in a hybrid format on Thursday, 25 August and Friday, 26 August.

Sponsor sessions run either online or in person. Sponsor sessions are organised externally to the #UXA2022 programme and require additional sign-up. Please follow the registration links in each sponsor session to RSVP.

Tickets

More information on registration.

Schedule

All times are in AEST.

Day 1 - Tuesday, August 23

Day 1 - In-person workshops. Workshop tickets need to be purchased separately. 

Time: Presenter: Workshop /Activity: Delivery:

8:00 am 

DAY 1 COMMENCES Grand Hyatt Melbourne

Workshops

Grand Hyatt Melbourne

8:15 am

REGISTRATION OPENS - AM workshops Grand Hyatt Melbourne

9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Ben Pecotich Workshop: How to solve problems that matter Grand Hyatt Melbourne

9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Karina Smith & Alexandra Almond                               Workshop: Ethical Conundrums Grand Hyatt Melbourne

12:30 pm

REGISTRATION OPENS - PM workshops Grand Hyatt Melbourne

1:30 - 5:30 pm

Ben Pecotich 

Workshop: How to solve problems that matter Grand Hyatt Melbourne

1:30 - 5:30 pm                                                   

Karina Smith & Alexandra Almond 

Workshop: Ethical Conundrums            Grand Hyatt Melbourne

5:30 pm

END OF DAY 1 WORKSHOPS Grand Hyatt Melbourne

Sponsor Sessions & Social

Must be individually registered too, follow the hyperlinks below

1:00 - 2:00 PM

Askable Sponsor Session: Sample Sizes; Are you getting the most out of your research? Online - Register here

2:00 - 3:00 PM

Bourne Digital Sponsor Session: Unleash your super power as a UX Designer  Online - Register here 

3:00 - 4:00 PM

Concentrix Catalyst

Sponsor Session: UX and UI: What difference does one letter make?

Online - Register here

5:00 - 8:00 pm

PwC Sponsor Session: Building Inclusive Experiences for Everyone In-person - Register here

5:30 - 6:30 pm

Sketch Group Sponsor Session: Sip and Sketch  Online - Register here 

6:00 - 8:00 pm

UsabilityHub Sponsor Session: UXA2022 Networking, pizza & beer! In-person - Register here

6:00 - 8:00 pm

IxDA Sydney Sponsor Session: Portfolio Reviews  Online - Register here

8:00 pm

END OF DAY 1

Day 2 - Wednesday, August 24

Day 2 - In-person workshops. Workshop tickets need to be purchased separately. 

Time: Presenter: Workshop/Activity: Delivery:

8:00 am                  

DAY 2 COMMENCES 

Grand Hyatt Melbourne    

Workshops

Grand Hyatt Melbourne

8:15 am

REGISTRATION OPENS - AM workshops Grand Hyatt Melbourne

9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Alan Chen and Diana Ayoub Workshop: Organise your thoughts; Learn to sketchnote Grand Hyatt Melbourne

9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Jeremy Yuille & Morgan Williams Workshop: Changemaking for Designers Grand Hyatt Melbourne

12:30 pm

REGISTRATION OPENS - PM workshops Grand Hyatt Melbourne

1:30 - 5:30 pm                                                          

Alan Chen and Diana Ayoub Workshop: Organise your thoughts; Learn to sketchnote Grand Hyatt Melbourne

1:30 - 5:30 pm

Jeremy Yuille & Morgan Williams                                     Workshop: Changemaking for Designers Grand Hyatt Melbourne

5:30 pm

END OF DAY 2 WORKSHOPS Grand Hyatt Melbourne    

Sponsor Sessions & Social

Must be individually registered too, follow the hyperlinks below

1:00 - 2:00 pm

Deloitte Digital Sponsor Session: Content-led UX: Moving beyond placeholder text to purposeful patterns Online - Register here

2:00 - 3:00 pm

Aquent Sponsor Session: Creating A Human-Centred Design System That People Love To Use                                        Online - Register here

3:00 - 4:00 pm

Bourne Digital Sponsor Session: Build the relationship, battle the problem  In-Person - Register here 

3:00 - 5:00 pm

blueegg Sponsor Session: Research Facilitation, Tagging and Synthesis Online - Register here 

5:00 - 6:00 pm

Everest Engineering Sponsor Session: Sh*T Tank In-Person - Register here

5:30 - 8:00 pm

UX Australia Conference Opening Party Grand Hyatt Melbourne

6:00 - 8:00 pm

Cozy Juice Real Virtual Opening Party Online - Register here

8:00 pm

END OF DAY 2

Day 3 - Thursday, August 25

Day 3 - Conference presentations, delivered in-person and online, all streamed online. Conference tickets need to be purchased to attend Day 3 & 4. 

Time: Presenter: Presentation/Activity: Delivery:

8:00 am

DAY 3 COMMENCES
8:15 am

REGISTRATION OPENS

Grand Hyatt Melbourne

8:50 AM

ZOOM WEBINAR OPENS Online

8:55 AM

Opening notes & welcome to country Grand Hyatt Melbourne
9:05 am

Opening Keynote: Lara Penin

Thinking Design for this Century

Online
10:05 - 10:30 am.        

MORNING TEA BREAK

 

10:30 am - 10:00 am

Lydia Penkert Designing for everyone? Voice Interaction in public spaces Online

11:00 am - 11:45 am

Jen Blatz How Enterprise Software Can be Saved by UX Research and Service Design Online

11:45 am - 12:15 pm

Liz Adcock Enterprise Service Design for Government: De-risking the design and delivery of digital services

Grand Hyatt Melbourne

12:15 - 1:20 pm

LUNCH BREAK  
1:20 pm - 1:40 pm

Paul Merrell & Lauren Argenta                   

From matter to meta: how to establish multi-disciplinary teams to effectively design and build products

Grand Hyatt Melbourne

1:40 pm - 2:10 pm

Fiona Armstrong How to design services in sensitive areas

Grand Hyatt Melbourne

2:10 pm - 2:55 pm

Ted Drake Inclusive design for cognitive disabilities, neurodiversity, and chronic illness Online

2:55 pm - 3:25 pm

Natasha Ballantyne The life-changing potential of digital inclusion

Grand Hyatt Melbourne

3:25 - 3:55 pm

AFTERNOON TEA BREAK  

3:55 - 4:55 pm

Closing Keynote: Corey Tutt The inspiration for what is DeadlyScience Online

4:55 pm

END OF DAY 3 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS  

5:30 - 7:30 PM

Everest Engineering Sponsor Session: UX Games Night  In-person - Register here

5:30 - 11:00 PM

blueegg Sponsor Session: Thursday Night Redux In-person - Register here

5:30 - 6:30 PM

Sketch Group  Sponsor Session: Sketching Goals  Online - Register here 

5:30 - 7:30 PM

Askable Sponsor Session: Aperitifs @ Askable  In Brisbane - Register here

8:00 pm

END OF DAY 3

Day 4 - Friday, August 26

Day 4 - Conference presentations, delivered in-person and online, all streamed online. Conference tickets need to be purchased to attend Day 3 & 4. 

Time: Presenter: Presentation/Activity: Delivery:

8:00 am

DAY 4 COMMENCES

8:15 am

REGISTRATION OPENS Grand Hyatt Melbourne

8:50 am

ZOOM WEBINAR OPENS Online

9:00 am

Opening notes & welcome to country Grand Hyatt Melbourne

9:00 am - 10:00 am

Opening Keynote: Tim Yeo Design Leadership for Introverts Online
10:00 am - 10:30 am

MORNING TEA BREAK

 
10:30 am - 11:15 am

Julie Schiller, Nika Smith Auld, Jennifer Romano and Rebecca Destello

Scaling UX Culture Online

11:15 am - 11:45 pm

Kerry Matheson & Catherine Gleeson

Slowing down to speed up: The accidental innovation

Online

11:45 am - 12:30 pm

Rich Brophy Death to “best practice”: The journey to cohesive design practice at scale

Grand Hyatt Melbourne

12:30 - 1:30 pm

LUNCH BREAK  

1:30 pm - 1:50 pm

Justin Cheong Design principles for online learning

Grand Hyatt Melbourne

1:50 pm - 2:20 pm

Joel Perlgut The Narrative Design of Everyday Things: Storytelling and Digital Products

Grand Hyatt Melbourne

2:20 pm - 2:50 pm

Matt Fenwick Defending design: writing to influence

Grand Hyatt Melbourne

2:50 pm - 3:35 pm

Jon Duhig Getting under their skin: culture change in transformation programs

Grand Hyatt Melbourne

3:35 pm - 4:00 pm

AFTERNOON TEA BREAK  

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Closing Keynote: Christian Crumlish Product Management for UX People Online

5:00 pm

END OF DAY 4 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS  

5:00 pm

Closing party Grand Hyatt Melbourne

8:00 pm

END OF DAY 4