The best UX and design events in 2020
A comprehensive list for designers who are looking for design events, meetups, and conferences to attend this year.
Alert: due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most events have been canceled or shifted to remote. Check the organizer's website to get the latest updates.
A great way of learning more about User Experience and getting in touch with professionals who share the same passion as you is to attend UX Conferences and UX Events happening every year around the globe.
Since our 2017, 2018, and 2019 lists have received a lot of positive feedback, we decided to bring it back in 2020. This year we’ve also created a table where you can see all events at once.
Charge your smartphone, bring some business cards in your pocket, and consider adding one of these design events to your 2020 itinerary.
If there’s any event missing from the list, please add a response at the end of this article. Don’t forget to follow UX Collective on Twitter and sign up for our weekly newsletter for more UX content throughout the year.
Alert: due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most events have been canceled or shifted to remote. Check the organizer's website to get the latest updates.
Group
January 6-8, 2020 ✈ Sanibel Island, Florida, United States
In/Visible Talks
January 16, 2020 ✈ San Francisco, California, United States
DesignTO
January 17-26, 2020 ✈ Toronto, Canada
UXCamp DC
January 18, 2020 ✈ Washington DC, United States
Awwwards Conference Tokyo
January 23-24, 2020 ✈ Tokyo, Chiyoda, Japan
New Adventures
January 23, 2020 ✈ Nottingham, United Kingdom
International Conference on MSIVISM
January 29-31, 2020 ✈ Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Chief Customer Officers
February 5-6, 2020 ✈ Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Pause Fest
February 5-7, 2020 ✈ Melbourne, Australia
Interaction 20
February 7-20, 2020 ✈ Milan, Italy
TEI: International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
February 9-13, 2020 ✈ Sydney, Australia
Australian Accessibility Conference
February 11-13, 2020 ✈ Victoria Park, Australia
UXistanbul Conference
February 18, 2020 ✈ Istanbul, Turkey
Awwwards Conference
February 20-21, 2020 ✈ Amsterdam, Netherlands
User Experience Hong Kong
“With recent disruptive events in Hong Kong this conference is on hold but we hope to announce some supporting events in 2020" ✈ Hong Kong, China
UXI Live
February 23-24, 2020 ✈ Rishon Lezion, Israel
ProfsoUX
February 28, 2020 ✈ St. Petersburg, Russia
Interaction Design Education Summit
February 29-March 1, 2020 ✈ Milan, Italy
The UX Conference
March 2-3, 2020 ✈ London, England
ConveyUX
March 3-5, 2020 ✈ Seattle, Washington, United States
Service Design in Government
March 4-6, 2020 ✈ Edinburgh, Scotland
Leading Design
March 4-6, 2020 ✈ San Francisco, California, United States
International Conference on SETECEC
March 10-13, 2020 ✈ Venice, Italy
NO/BS Conference
March 11-12, 2020 ✈ Melbourne, Australia
Deliver Conference
March 12, 2020 ✈ Manchester, United Kingdom
SXSW
March 13-22, 2020 ✈ Austin, Texas, United States
CHIIR
March 14-18, 2020 ✈ Vancouver, Canada
Booster Conference
March 18-20, 2020 ✈ Bergen, Norway
Design Research
March 18-20, 2020 ✈ Melbourne, Australia
Perth UX Camp
March 19-20, 2020 ✈ Perth, Australia
Ignite UX
March 24, 2020 ✈ Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Advancing Research
March 30-April 1, 2020 ✈ New York City, New York, United States
UX Copenhagen
March 30-31, 2020 ✈ Copenhagen, Denmark
AIGA Design Conference
March 30-April 1, 2020 ✈ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
UIArchConf
April 1-3, 2020 ✈ New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Creative South
April 2-4, 2020 ✈ Columbus, Georgia, United States
Offset
April 3-5, 2020 ✈ Dublin, Ireland
UX Insight
April 6-8, 2020 ✈ Breda, The Netherlands
University of Illinois Web Conference
April 8-9, 2020 ✈ Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, United States
An Event Apart
April 13-15, 2020 ✈ Washington DC, United States
Digital Thinking
April 14–17, 2020 ✈ Austin, Texas, United States
Health Experience Design Conference
April 14-15, 2020 ✈ Boston, Massachusetts, United States
IAC Information Architecture Conference
April 14-18, 2020 ✈ New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Customer Experience Strategies Summit
April 16-17, 2020 ✈ Toronto, Canada
UX STRAT
April 20-21, 2020 ✈ Singapore
SmashingConf
April 21-22, 2020 ✈ San Francisco, California, United States
UX Healthcare
April 22-24, 2020 ✈ London, United Kingdom
OFFF
April 23-25, 2020 ✈ Barcelona, Spain
CHI
April 25-30, 2020 ✈ Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Beyond Tellerrand
April 27-29, 2020 ✈ Düsseldorf, Germany
Ergonomics & Human Factors
April 27-29, 2020 ✈ Stratford, United Kingdom
From Business to Buttons
May 6-8, 2020 ✈ Stockholm, Sweden
An Event Apart
May 11-13, 2020 ✈ Seattle, Washington, United States
Camp Digital
May 13, 2020 ✈ Manchester, United Kingdom
UXConf BR
May 15-16, 2020 ✈ Porto Alegre, Brazil
UX Salon
May 17-18, 2020 ✈ Tel Aviv, Israel
Confab
May 17-20, 2020 ✈ Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
UXLx User Experience Lisbon
May 19-22, 2020 ✈ Lisbon, Portugal
Digital Health and Care Congress
May 20-21, 2020 ✈ London, United Kingdom
Ecommerce Design Summit
May 20-21, 2020 ✈ London, United Kingdom
UX London
May 27-29, 2020 ✈ London, United Kingdom
DesignOps Global Conference
May 28-29, 2020 ✈ Manchester, United Kingdom
Front UX & Product Management
May 28-29, 2020 ✈ Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
UX Camp Europe
May 30-31, 2020 ✈ Berlin, Germany
POLISHOPA Design Thinking Conference
June 1-4, 2020 ✈ Bydgoszcz, Poland
UX Research Conference Anywhere
June 25–26, 2020 ✈ Remote
99U
June 3-5, 2020 ✈ New York City, New York, United States
By Design
June 6, 2020 ✈ Bratislava, Slovakia
Enterprise Experience
June 10-12, 2020 ✈ San Francisco, California, United States
UX Scotland
June 10-12, 2020 ✈ Edinburgh, Scotland
Experience Fighters
June 10-11, 2020 ✈ Madrid, Spain
Pixel Pioneers Bristol
June 12, 2020 ✈ Bristol, United Kingdom
IMX Interactive Media Experiences
June 17-19, 2020 ✈ Barcelona, Spain
The Next Web
June 18-19, 2020 ✈ Amsterdam, Netherlands
UXPA
June 23-25, 2020 ✈ Baltimore, Maryland, United States
UX Healthcare
June 24-26, 2020 ✈ Amsterdam, Netherlands
User Research London
June 26, 2020 ✈ London, United Kingdom
An Event Apart
June 29-July 1, 2020 ✈ Boston, Massachusetts, United States
UX STRAT
June 29-July 1, 2020 ✈ Amsterdam, Netherlands
HCI International
July 19-24, 2020 ✈ Copenhagen, Denmark
UX Research & Insights Summit
July 21-23, 2020 ✈ Boston, Massachusetts, United States
An Event Apart
August 17-19, 2020 ✈ Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Beyond Tellerrand
August 24-27, 2020 ✈ Berlin, Germany
UX Australia
August 25-28, 2020 ✈ Melbourne, Australia
UX Healthcare
September 17-18, 2020 ✈ Frankfurt, Germany
Design Matters
September 23-24, 2020 ✈ Copenhagen, Denmark
An Event Apart
October 5-7, 2020 ✈ Orlando, Florida, United States
MobileHCI
October 5-8, 2020 ✈ Oldenburg, Germany
Canvas Conference
October 8, 2020 ✈ Birmingham, United Kingdom
UXDX Conference
October 8-9, 2020 ✈ Dublin, Ireland
UX-DAY
October 14-16, 2020 ✈ Mannheim, Germany
Amuse UX Conference
October 16, 2020 ✈ Budapest, Hungary
Smashing Conference
October 20-21, 2020 ✈ New York City, New York, United States
World Usability Congress
October 20-21, 2020 ✈ Graz, Austria
Interaction Latin America
To be confirmed, 2020 ✈ San Jose, Costa Rica
Beyond Tellerrand
November 2-4, 2020 ✈ Munich, Germany
An Event Apart
December 14-16, 2020 ✈ San Francisco, California, United States
Get together with local UX groups
IxDA
IxDA intends to improve the human condition by advancing the discipline of Interaction Design. IxDA has multiple groups around the globe that organize local events and leverage local knowledge sharing.
UXPA
The User Experience Professionals Association supports people who research, design, and evaluate the user experience of products and services.
Meetup
A great hub to search for local UX events around your area, or even to create your own. Plenty of UX groups that meet regularly in major cities around the world.
Follow events in your area
The links below are updated regularly and display local UX events filtered by city, topic, price and other criteria. Great tool for searching for events in a specific location and date.
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