August 27 and 28, 2025
UX Australia is Australia’s premier conference about UX, product and service design, and the surrounding disciplines of research, content, operations, management, and more.
Connect with a global audience to share inspiration, insights, knowledge and experiences. Join peers, pros and leaders who can help with challenges and may be the bridge to your next opportunity. Take away new skills and insights to apply in your organisation.
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UX Australia 25 Session 1
Wednesday 27th August 25 9:00 am
UX Australia opens with Christopher Noessel and Over-reliance and deskilling: 2 long-term AI problems (and what designers can do about it)Watch SessionUX Australia 25 Session 2
Wednesday 27th August 25 10:40 am
Session 2 features- Stephanie Moss: (Re)Designing Research: How AI is shaping research practices
- Erietta Sapounakis: The Continuous Discovery paradox: rigour vs. agility
- Bec Purser and Sophie Goodman: Beyond the Method: Ethnography as a Mindset
- Sash Milne: Translating Chaos: How I Bridge Ambiguity and Bureaucracy
UX Australia 25 Session 3
Wednesday 27th August 25 1:30 pm
After lunch we continue with
- Oliver Weidlich: Designing for Spatial Computing & the Apple Vision Pro
- Taryn D'Souza: Designing for Every Australian: Trauma-Informed and Emotionally Accessible Digital Experiences
- Viv Dinh: Practical tips to integrate inclusive design into your everyday work
- Lucas Arundell: Scaling Design in Healthcare SaaS: Dealing with the past, Building for the Future
UX Australia 25 Session 4
Wednesday 27th August 25 3:40 pm
We end day one with- Shawn Phua: Auslan and Access in UX
- Matija (Tia) Squire: Designing Beyond Visibility: Neurodivergent Perspectives and the Hidden Layers of UX
UX Australia 25 Session 5
Thursday 28th August 25 9:00 am
Day two starts with a fireside chat between Seb Chan and Steve BatyWatch SessionUX Australia 25 Session 6
Thursday 28th August 25 10:40 am
We continue with- Ally Tutkaluk: Inclusive design for audiences with alcohol and other drug challenges
- Billie-Mae Kennedy: Designing for people who’ve been let down before
- Ryan Hubbard: Designing for belonging: finding and keeping close people in the modern world
- Tori Sanderson: The Death of the User: UX in a Fully Personalised World
UX Australia 25 Session 7
Thursday 28th August 25 1:30 pm
In the afternoon we'll hear from- Ruth Ellison: Beyond User Needs: Speaking the Language of Business to Drive Decisions
- Harry Court: LLMs in government service design
- Dr Anita Gisch: From Governance to Ground: Service Design Without Power
- Sheree Hannah: How Futures Design practices can strengthen research output
UX Australia 25 Session 8
Thursday 28th August 25 3:40 pm
To round out the conference we have- Kiri James: Lessons from Designing for Small Communities
- Dr. Lena Belin: Soft Power: Designing the Infrastructure of Care