Australia’s conference for design research
26 August 2026
Design Research is Australia’s conference for design research — a single day on research practice: methods, operations, AI’s effect on how we research, and turning insight into decisions the business acts on.
Streaming live from the NSW Teachers Federation Conference Centre in Sydney, with captions on every session.
Day 1, Session 1
09:30What Can’t AI See? Ethnographic Research in a Post-Screen World
10:05Designing research for AI moderators: Lessons from running 100 interviews a week
10:40Bridging the Gap Between Product, GTM, and the Bottom Line
Day 1, Session 2
12:15In defence of a long pause: Designing better through lived experience
12:50Designing ResearchOps for uncertainty
13:25The Researcher as a Diplomat
Day 1, Session 3
15:00Insight Is Not Enough: The Next Chapter of Design Research
15:35Applying Anthropology in Design Research: Why Culture Is the Conversion Strategy
16:10Nothing about us flying, without us: establishing a baseline for disabled travel through inclusive design research