UX Australia 2026
Day 1, Session 1
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How Do We Design Vibrant Communities?
Nila Rezaei Co-founder & Design Director RK Collective
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Design Shapes Context, Context Shapes Design
Cornel Steyn; Jess Witt Principal Consultant: Strategy & Design Versent
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Re-architecting PeerChat for on-demand mental health support
Nadine Raydan; Emily Smith Senior Product Manager ReachOut Australia
Day 1, Session 2
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How to lead in a time of seismic change
MC Monsalve ABC
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Why most Mobile UX increases risk โ and how to reduce it
Emma Buckland Lead UX Designer
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Enjoyment as a Design Principle and Metric
Sakib Jalil Lecturer UTS & Central Queensland University
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Beyond Designers: Building a Culture of UX Through a Playbook
Sarah Fennelly; Rachael Wilson Visual Design Lead Deakin University
Day 1, Session 3
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Designing for disappointment
Patima Tantiprasut CEO & Managing Director PetRescue
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The Masking Tax: How Workplace Products Charge an Invisible Cost on Disabled Employees
Josephine Abbatangelo Senior Product Designer Movember
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In conversation
Sam Alderton-Johnson Founder & Director Impact Policy
Day 2, Session 1
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The city as interface: What neurodivergent experiences can teach us about designing for every mind
Fatemeh Aminpour Researcher & Sessional Academic UNSW Sydney
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You're Not Designing the Experience. You're Inheriting It
Mina Giang Co-founder, Head of Product & Experiences Oexa
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Building your inclusive design toolkit
Maria Sereno Design leader
Day 2, Session 2
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The Human Margin
Peter Barber Staff Product Designer Airwallex
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From reactive systems to proactive intelligence
Jessie Pahng Design leader Independent
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Designing for the Mind: Using Cognitive Load to Measure UX Effectiveness
Ben Shelton; Cordelia Prangley Senior Manager, User Experience & Business Improvement The University of Newcastle, Australia
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Unplanned Disruption: Mind the Gaps
Elise Loeuille Senior Service Designer Transport for NSW