UX Australia 25 Session 3

A year after the launch of the Apple Vision Pro we are seeing an amazing range of enterprise and consumer applications explore new ways of combining the physical and digital worlds through spatial computing. Oliver will talk through key design guidelines, highlighting great examples from Australia and around the world. He'll walk through the way Contxtual approached designing and developing their app, Day Ahead, for the launch day of the Apple Vision Pro, and their vision for the future of everyday spatial computing experiences.

Designing for Every Australian: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Digital Experiences Session Overview Australia ranks among the highest in youth bullying within OECD nations, profoundly affecting mental health, particularly in rural and remote communities. This session explores how trauma-informed design can bridge the gap between standard accessibility guidelines and the complex realities faced by Australians dealing with bullying, addiction, and mental health challenges. What You’ll Learn Drawing from real-world work with a leading Australian charity focused on youth mental health and anti-bullying, and remote user research conducted across communities in Western Australia and Queensland, this session demonstrates how embedding empathy, trauma awareness, and cognitive accessibility into digital experiences can lead to transformative outcomes for vulnerable users. You’ll gain: - Frameworks for translating trauma awareness into actionable design decisions Techniques for building cognitively accessible interfaces that reduce overwhelm Strategies for mobile-first, offline-capable design in low-connectivity environments Methods for safeguarding your team’s emotional wellbeing when working with sensitive topics Why Attend Traditional accessibility standards like WCAG don’t address how trauma impacts the way people absorb, process, and respond to information. When triggered, users may struggle to concentrate, make decisions, or engage meaningfully. This session moves beyond compliance to explore how we can design truly inclusive, supportive, and emotionally aware experiences for communities that need it most. Who Should Attend UX designers and researchers working with vulnerable or underserved populations Product managers building digital services for rural and regional communities Design leaders seeking to embed trauma-informed principles into their practice Anyone interested in the intersection of mental health, accessibility, and digital experience

How often do you consider disabilities, language, culture, age, and different experiences in your design thinking process? In this presentation, I’ll demonstrate how easy it is to incorporate inclusive design practices into your everyday work—even if accessibility isn't a primary focus for your organisation. We’ll focus on simple, actionable changes that can make a significant impact for users with disabilities and diverse needs, showing how small adjustments can lead to a more inclusive design approach. I’ll share valuable insights from my experience researching and designing for users with disabilities, low tech-savviness, and non-native English speakers. I’ll also explore common design patterns that may not be fully accessible and offer alternative solutions you can implement to improve inclusivity in your designs.

Lucas will share some of the unique challenges and opportunities of expanding a design practice within a company built on decades of healthcare software success who are leaning into the critical need for human-centred design in a modern context. Like many organisations going through this transformation, it is not always as simple as creating products with a blank slate. The need to support legacy products while helping users get the benefit of modern technology – in healthcare; moving to the cloud, embracing the web and mobile over classic desktop platforms. The present and future of AI in healthcare will become even more crucial to ensure user needs are understood, met, and supported in a clinically safe way – and to build trust between creator and end user. This talk will cover design systems, building a customer-centric culture from the top down, and ways of strengthening the voice of design when often faced with the "adversity" of legacy attitudes and ways of working.