Best Design Conferences In Summer 2019
Looking to get somewhere cool this summer? It’s gonna be the busiest season for those who want to attend as many conferences as possible. Don’t be afraid to miss something, some of the confs will take place more than one time in different locations.
June 2019
Enterprise UX 2019
Date: June 3–4, 2019
Location: San Francisco, CA, United States
Each year, over 500 enterprise design and research leaders meet to sharpen their ability to create transformational products at scale. Come join your tribe and have conversations that will move your design forward at warp speed.
Learn more: https://rosenfeldmedia.com/enterprise2019/
Polishopa Design Thinking
Date: June 3–4, 2019
Location: Bydgoszcz, Poland
POLISHOPA Design Thinking Conference is the biggest platform in Poland of enthusiasts and practitioners of the Design Thinking, Service Design an so on. The conference will give you a unique opportunity to expand your knowledge in such field as Design Thinking, Service Design and innovation.
Learn more: https://polishopa.pl/
Layers
Date: June 3–5, 2019
Location: San Jose, CA, United States
Layers is a 3-day conference about design, technology, and creativity. A conference of thoughtful content, wonderful attendees, and generous snacks, Layers provides a positive backdrop for the challenges and accomplishments in design and technology. For designers and non-designers alike, they showcase design fundamentals for industry newcomers and advanced ideas for seasoned professionals.
Learn more: http://layers.is/
Eyeo Festival
Date: June 3–6, 2019
Location: Minneapolis, MN, United States
The Eyeo Festival brings together a rich intersection of people doing fascinating things with technology. Artists, data designers, creative coders, AI explorers, storytellers, researchers, technology and platform developers all cross paths and share inspiration at Eyeo.
Learn more: http://eyeofestival.com/
Webinale
Date: Berlin, Germany
Location: Jun 3–7, 2019
Webinale is the conference for digital professionals, trendsetters and makers in the World Wide Web — it’s the optimal crossover platform for knowledge transfer, inspiration and exchange of experience across all industries.
Learn more: https://webinale.de/en
TECHSPO Houston 2019
Date: June 5–6, 2019
Location: Houston, TX, United States
TECHSPO Houston 2019 is a two-day technology expo that brings together some of the best developers, brands, marketers, technology providers, designers, innovators and evangelists looking to set the pace in our advanced world of technology. Be prepared to be inspired, amazed and educated on how these evolving technologies will impact your business for greater growth.
Learn more: https://techspo.co/
soap! 2019
Date: June 5–7, 2019
Location: Kraków, Poland
soap! Is an exceptional conference dedicated to, authors, information architects,
project managers, designers, and content professionals. The conference is attended by a young and vibrant crowd of content creators who are eager to explore new solutions and tools to reshape their working environments. You can’t miss the chance to show them your products and services!
Learn more: https://goo.gl/forms/xbYhJZ33YgNeheUe2
Kerning Conference 2019
Date: June 5–7, 2019
Location: Faenza, Italy
The top-notch speakers from the whole world of digital and web typography will gather in Faenza, in the very heart of Italy to create a unique event. Kerning offers a very interesting chance to meet developers, gurus, managers and innovators from all over the world.
Learn more: https://2019.kerning.it/
Product Camp
Date: June 5–7, 2019
Location: Gdynia, Poland
Inspiring talks that will likely change the way you plan projects, talk to users, design logic or listen to your boss. Mingle with the like-minded digital product creators. Participate in one (or even two) of eight half-day workshops hosted by world-class product practitioners. Hone your skills during hands-on exercises while collaborating with other designers, researchers and product professionals. All in a friendly and accommodating atmosphere and state of the art facilities.
Learn more: https://productcamp.pl/
Front UX & Product Management
Date: June 6–7, 2019
Location: Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Join for two full days of dedicated time away from your desk, learning better ways to work together with your team and be inspired to grow your career in UX or Product Management. Together with over 1,000 other professionals, you’ll learn from extremely talented people influencing the organizations they work for and changing the way our industry looks at digital products and the way people use them.
Learn more: https://www.frontutah.com
Strive: The 2019 UX Research Conference
Date: June 6–7, 2019
Location: Toronto, Canada
Researchers, designers and product people get together for listening, learning, and conversation about UX research. The big event, a full day conference featuring talks from the best and brightest in UXR today, bringing new ideas from the forefront of the industry.
Learn more: http://uxresearchto.com/
Front Utah 2019
Date: June 6–7, 2019
Location: Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Front is brought to you by Andrew Branch, Ben Peck, and Wade Shearer, experienced designers and product managers, and cofounders of Product Hive (originally called the Product Design Association), now boasting over 3,000 members.
Learn more: https://www.frontutah.com/conference/
Birmingham Design Festival
Date: June 6–8, 2019
Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom
A celebration of the local, national and international design industry held over three days in June Inspired by notable design (and non-design) festivals locally and beyond, Birmingham Design Festival’s goal is to establish itself as a credible, accessible and enjoyable event that spans the city and encourages visitors to rediscover what they presumed about Birmingham.
Learn more: https://birminghamdesignfestival.org.uk
Pixel Pioneers Bristol
Date: June 7, 2019
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
A one-day community conference of practical and inspiring UX/UI design and front-end talks, featuring eight world-class speakers, plus workshops and a free warm-up event. This time speakers include Rachel Andrew, Phil Hawksworth, Chen Hui Jing, and Jon Tan, and topics range from optimizing experiences for multiple devices, cutting-edge CSS layouts, practical web animation, to designing conversations for chatbots, durable and inclusive design, and more. The conference is preceded by a workshop day about Front-End Performance and Web Accessibility.
Learn more: https://pixelpioneers.co/events/bristol-2019
European Design Festival
Date: June 7, 2019
Location: Warsaw, Poland
In 2019 the European Design Festival will take place in Warsaw (it joins forces with the City of Warsaw, Element Talks conference and the Polish Graphic Design Awards). The event contains an awards show, conference, workshops, exhibitions, and many other events! If you work as a designer or with designers, this festival is not to be missed.
Learn more: https://www.elementtalks.com/edfestival/
By Design
Date: June 8, 2019
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
By Design is a conference about design and business for designers, entrepreneurs and creative minds.
Learn more: https://bydesignconf.com
ECSCW 2019
Date: June 8, 2019
Location: Salzburg, Austria
ECSCW is a series of international conferences on computer-supported cooperative work located in Europe. The ECSCW conference is an important venue for defining and further develop the agenda of CSCW research with a focus on the in-depth understanding of human practices and on the design of cooperation technologies based on such understanding.
Learn more: https://ecscw.eusset.eu/2019
UXcamp Europe
Date: June 8, 2019
Location: Berlin, Germany
One of the largest BarCamps for User Experience Professionals with 500+ active participants from all over the world that meet in Berlin once a year. The event is held since 2009, planned by a team of local UX enthusiasts and run during the weekend.
Learn more: https://www.uxcampeurope.org
User Modelling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP) 2019
Date: June 9–12, 2019
Location: Larnaca, Cyprus
A premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users, to groups of users, and that collect, represent, and model user information.
Learn more: http://cyprusconferences.org/umap2019/
Camp Digital
Date: June 12, 2019
Location: Manchester, United Kingdom
Camp Digital is an inspirational conference that brings together the digital, design and UX communities for a series of seminars exploring the latest thinking in the industry. You’ll have a day packed with well-known speakers from the industry. There’ll be the usual mix of inspirational presentations and hands-on, practical workshops. And you’ll be discussing some of the most important topics and trends in our community, including customer experience, service design, digital inclusion, ethical design, content strategy, data security and privacy.
Learn more: https://www.wearesigma.com/campdigital/2019
TECHSPO Los Angeles 2019
Date: June 12–13, 2019
Location: Santa Monica, CA, United States
TECHSPO Los Angeles brings together some of the best developers, brands, marketers, technology providers, designers, innovators and evangelists looking to set the pace in our advanced world of technology. Watch exhibitors showcase the next generation of advances in technology and innovation, including; Internet, Mobile, AdTech, MarTech and SaaS technologies.
Learn more: https://techspola.com/
ACM PerDis
Date: June 12–14, 2019
Location: Palermo, Italy
PerDis brings together researchers from various disciplines with a common interest in the opportunities and challenges raised by the emergence of pervasive display systems as a new communication medium for public and semi-public spaces. As a targeted topic venue, Pervasive Displays offers participants a unique opportunity to network with a diverse but focused research community, resulting in an extremely lively event with all the energy and excitement that characterizes the emergence of a new research area.
Learn more: http://pervasivedisplays.org/2019
UX Scotland
Date: June 12–14, 2019
Location: Scotland, United Kingdom
UX Scotland 2019 is a hands-on, practical User Experience and Design conference for the software, web, and mobile community. Participants will gain new ideas and skills to improve their user experiences, an increased professional network, and memories of many useful conversations.
Learn more: https://uxscotland.net/2019
Interaction Design and Children
Date: June 12–15, 2019
Location: Boise, ID, United States
IDC 2019 will be the 18th in an annual series that encourages research concentrating on the design, development, and use of interactive technologies for children. Ambitious and idea-driven researchers, designers, and educators from all over the world will gather for IDC to share and discuss these ideas. This year’s theme is Live Healthy!
Learn more: http://idc.acm.org/2019/
CSS Day
Date: June 13–14, 2019
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
CSS Day will feature eight world-class sessions by eight world-class speakers about curious, badly-known, or just interesting CSS features. As always the conference takes place in Het Compagnietheater.
Learn more: https://cssday.nl/2019
Forward Festival
Date: June 13–14, 2019
Location: Munich, Germany
Forward brings together the best international and local creative heads, who provide insights into their success stories in an exciting atmosphere. The conference, the centerpiece of the festival, is accompanied by various side events, such as workshops, live art sessions and networking events. The idea behind Forward is to create a festival where the creative community can exchange opinions, inspire and learn from each other.
Learn more: https://forward-festival.com/munich/overview
Spotlight: UX/UI 2019
Date: June 14, 2019
Location: Toronto, Canada
This event is for the Digital Creators of all kinds — designers, developers, motion graphics artists, digital artists and everyone and anyone who creates things in the digital space. From technical to inspirational sessions, there’s always something to choose from, regardless of what stage of your career you’re in.
Learn more: https://fitc.ca/event/ux2019/
Forward Festival
Date: June 15, 2019
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
The conference in Zurich is dedicated to all creatives out there. The Odd One Out can’t be forced into social norms and at Forward Festival encourages you to celebrate and embrace your oddness.
Learn more: https://forward-festival.com/zurich/overview
UX Strat Europe 2019
Date: June 17–19, 2019
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
UX STRAT is a conference that brings together leaders, strategists, researchers, and senior design professionals from many nations to hear about and discuss the latest trends in strategic UX / Product / Service Design. Carefully curated presentations focus on the intersection of business strategy, user experience, customer experience, product design, and service design, specifically for the European context.
Learn more: https://uxstrat.com/callForPresentations/Europe/
Experience Fighters
Date: June 19–20, 2019
Location: Madrid, Spain
Experience Fighters is the main Experience Design and Innovation event in Spain. The 6th edition will be bigger and better, with more international speakers and the best content in UX, customer experience, strategic design, service design and innovation, among others. During the two-day conference, which will include networking and case studies, you will have the opportunity to learn first hand what is yet to come in the field from international speakers who will be in our country for the first time as well as the best national experts.
Learn more: https://experiencefighters.com
Leading Design
Date: June 19–20, 2019
Location: New York City, NY, United States
Leading Design is a conference for people leading design teams, overseeing design direction, or instilling a culture of design within their organizations. You will listen to leaders from Lyft, Monzo, Pinterest, Google, Facebook and other design-led companies discuss the challenges of managing design and becoming a better design leader.
Learn more: https://2019.leadingdesignconf.com/newyork
WordCamp Europe 2019
Date: June 20–22, 2019
Location: Berlin, Germany
WordCamp Europe is hosted in a different city in Europe each year, meaning there is an annual opportunity to refresh our take on WCEU, putting a new spin on the established brand. Each year, the Design Team (a sub-team in the wider WCEU Organising Team) carefully chooses colors, fonts, graphics and a compelling theme that runs through the visual representation of the upcoming year’s edition of WCEU. For 2019, WCEU is hosted in Berlin, Germany, and the theme is Street art!
Learn more: https://2019.europe.wordcamp.org/
DIS 2019
Date: June 23–28, 2019
Location: San Diego, CA, United States
A premier international and interdisciplinary conference encompassing all issues related to the design and deployment of interactive systems where designers, artists, theorists, psychologists, user experience researchers, systems engineers and many more come together to debate and shape the future of interaction systems research, design, and practice.
Learn more: https://dis2019.com/
Future of Branding Week
Date: June 24–28, 2019
Location: London, United Kingdom
From Sonic Branding to VR and AR — explore how leading brands are disrupting the industry using new channels and evolving technologies. Discover the most innovative approaches to brand strategy from world-class creative and advertising agencies. The program includes talks, round-table discussions, fireside chats, mini-workshops, studio visits and case study deep dives. With topics ranging from trend forecasting, brand innovation and new tech to custom typography, SMM and design trends.
Learn more: https://futurelondonacademy.co.uk/en/course/branding
SmashingConf
Date: June 25–26, 2019
Location: Toronto, Canada
For the second SmashingConf Toronto, you’ll explore the bright and dark sides of front-end and UX — responsive HTML email, naming conventions, security audits, GDPR and privacy, responsive art direction, front-end architecture, rendering performance, CSS Grid Layout, PWA, Vue.js, Webpack and how to set up bulletproof contracts. Plus a bunch of hands-on workshops on design, front-end and UX.
Learn more: https://smashingconf.com/toronto-2019
UXPA International
Date: June 25–27, 2019
Location: Scottsdale, AZ, United States
UXPA International is bringing designers, researchers and academics from all over the world together in Scottsdale, AZ. The six topics cover industry tools and techniques, emerging innovations, developing your career and everything in-between for all levels of UX professionals. Three full days of inspirational talks along with a day of pre-conf courses!
Learn more: https://uxpa2019.org
App Design & Development Conference
Date: June 26–28, 2019
Location: Barcelona, Spain
ADDC aims to create an opportunity for designers and developers to meet, find new ways to work together and get inspired in an open, inclusive and collaborative space. Two days of inspiring talks, separated by a workshop or activity day.
Learn more: https://addconf.com/2019/
Webstock
Date: June 26–28, 2019
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
A special one-off event with a returning cast of past speakers to discuss where we’re at, where we’re going, and what we need to do to ensure our work and the web’s potential is realized in a positive, effective and humane way.
Learn more: https://www.webstock.org.nz/19/
GOOD19 (Great Outdoor of Design)
Date: June 27, 2019
Location: London, United Kingdom
GOOD conferences bring together design researchers from around the world to share experiences and jointly reflect on organizations, economies and societies in transition — and particularly on the strategic roles, design researchers play in helping to make these changes happen.
Learn more: http://reach-network.com/events-publications/good-conferences/good-19/
July 2019
Forward Festival
Date: July 4–5, 2019
Location: Hamburg, Germany
The idea behind Forward is to create a festival where the creative community can exchange opinions, inspire and learn from each other. Our core ambition is to bring each other’s ideas, projects and goals FORWARD.
Learn more: https://forward-festival.com/hamburg/overview
DigiMarCon Caribbean 2019
Date: July 7–14, 2019
Location: Cape Canaveral, FL, United States
Immerse yourself in topics like digital strategy, programmatic advertising, web experience management, usability/design, mobile marketing and retargeting, customer engagement, user acquisition, social media marketing, targeting and optimization, video marketing, data science and big data, web analytics and A/B testing, email marketing, content marketing, conversion rate optimization, search engine optimization, paid search marketing, geo-targeting, predictive analysis and attribution, growth hacking, conversion rate optimization, growth marketing tools, marketing and sales automation, sustainable growth strategies, product marketing and UX/UI and much, much more!
Learn more: https://digimarconcaribbean.com/
IEEE World Haptics
Date: July 9–12, 2019
Location: Tokyo, Japan
The IEEE World Haptics Conference is the premier international conference covering all aspects of haptics, covering the basic scientific findings, technological developments, algorithms and applications. The ultimate objective is to advance the field of haptics through networking among academia, industry, and affiliated specialists; and to build mutual understanding among colleagues from all over the world.
Learn more: https://www.worldhaptics2019.org
UXBristol 2019
Date: July 11–12, 2019
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
UXBristol User Experience Design conference organized by the Bristol Usability Group Community Interest Company. You will get to learn hands-on UX techniques from leading practitioners in a friendly and sociable setting.
Learn more: http://2018.uxbristol.org.uk/
CSSCamp 2019
Date: July 17, 2019
Location: Barcelona, Spain
The First CSS one-day, one-track conference for Web designers and developers in Barcelona.
Learn more: https://csscamp.tech/
Design & Content Conference 2019
Date: July 17–19, 2019
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Designers and content strategists team up. Hear from industry leaders about crafting experiences and telling stories that shape the future of the web. A day of workshops, two days of talks, and thoughtful extras in one of the most beautiful cities, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Learn more: https://content.design/
UX Barcamp HH
Date: July 27, 2019
Location: Hamburg, Germany
The UX Barcamp Hamburg is a yearly event, where people interested in the broad topic User Experience are gathering: designers, strategists, product people, project managers, developers, tinkerers and everyone else.
Learn more: https://uxcamphh.org/
An Event Apart
Date: July 29–31, 2019
Location: Washington DC, United States
An Event Apart Washington, D.C. is a three-day conference with 17 sessions and an intense focus on digital design, UX, content, code, and more, giving you deep insights into where we are now and where things are going next.
Learn more: https://aneventapart.com/event/washington-dc-2019
August 2019
UX and Digital Design Week
Date: August 12–16, 2019
Location: London, United Kingdom
Get inspiration for your current projects and advice on how to build a design team of your dreams. Find out the secrets of what makes products successful and what mistakes companies made when they were building new services. During a whole week you’ll immerse yourself into London’s tech and creative industry exploring the hottest trends and latest inventions. Create experiences that you will fall in love with.
Learn more: https://futurelondonacademy.co.uk/en/course/ux-and-digital-design
Rad Summit
Date: August 15–18, 2019
Location: Denver, CO, United States
A camp-style conference for people who build awesome products. RAD Summit is an event in Colorado for Product Designers, Product Managers, Artists, Producers, Leaders, Developers, Entrepreneurs, and people who love the fresh smell of pine. This isn’t some cheesy networking event; it’s a place to learn how to hone your craft, grow as an individual, and celebrate the intangible things that allow us to do awesome work.
Learn more: https://radsummit.co
Clarity 2019
Date: August 19–21, 2019
Location: San Francisco, CA, United States
Clarity is a design systems conference focused on how to work together. The real success comes when people align around a shared vision and language. Diverse perspectives for design, development, and product unite so more people can be a part of the conversation. At Clarity, you will elevate your skills through multi-faceted inclusion, empathy, technology, creativity, and collaboration.
Learn more: https://www.clarityconf.com/2019
Abstractions 2019
Date: August 21–23, 2019
Location: Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Abstractions is a multi-disciplinary software conference that brings together the full spectrum of individuals involved in modern software development — designers, developers, DevOps, managers, quality assurance, support, and community leaders — to teach, learn, and connect. With three full days of amazing content from a huge list of diverse speakers.
Learn more: https://abstractions.io/
An Event Apart
Date: August 26–28, 2019
Location: Chicago, IL, United States
Since 2006, An Event Apart is the leading web design/front-end conference for mobile/UX/product designers & developers in Seattle, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Denver, DC. An Event Apart Chicago is a three-day conference with 17 sessions and an intense focus on digital design, UX, content, code, and more, giving you deep insights into where we are now and where things are going next.
Learn more: https://aneventapart.com/event/chicago-2019
UX Australia 2019
Date: August 27–30, 2019
Location: Sydney, Australia
UX Australia is Australia’s premier User Experience Design conference, now in its 11th year, with workshops and presentations to suit everyone from graduate to experienced practitioners. Two days of hands-on workshops focus on practical skills and techniques that can help you get started, learn new methods and tools or explore new ideas in detail. Two full days of local and international conference presentations covering a huge range of topics and ideas relevant to experienced practitioners, newbies and everyone in between.
Learn more: http://www.uxaustralia.com.au/
The Conference 2019
Date: August 27–30, 2019
Location: Malmo, Sweden
A two-day conference where curious minds from all over the world meet to delve further into the promises and pitfalls of digital development. During two days you’ll explore complexity and trends in the digital world. The speakers from all over the world will be representing a wide range of disciplines. On stage, you can expect everything from brain scientists and activists to design experts and other cool makers who’ll cover topics like AI, psychology, art, marketing and so on. In the end, it all comes down to exploring our three main themes: Human behavior, new technology and how to make it happen.
Learn more: http://2019.theconference.se/
