Design Conferences 2019: The Ultimate List
Looking to attend a design conference in 2019?
Welcome to the ultimate 2019 Design Conference Guide which lists 140+ conferences & events for Graphic Design, Web Design, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), Tech, Usability, User Research, Product Development and Branding, from around the world, including Europe, USA, UK, Australia and more.
The conferences below have been sorted by date, location, days and price.
Special thanks to @nunosans who put this list together. For the latest updates, see this Google Sheet.
Conference Location Date Days Price Website UXCamp DC 2019 Washington 🇺🇸 Jan 12, 2019 1 $65.00 uxcampdc.com UX Vietnam Ho Chi Minh 🇻🇳 Jan 13, 2019 2 $23.00
DesignTO Festival Toronto 🇨🇦 Jan 17, 2019 10 Note designto.org In/Visible Talks San Francisco 🇺🇸 Jan 17, 2019 1 $450.00
You Got This London 🇬🇧 Jan 19, 2019 1 $61.90 yougotthis.io Nielsen Norman Group UX Conference Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Jan 21, 2019 5 $4,113.00
nngroup.com/training/hong-kong
New Adventures Nottingham 🇬🇧 Jan 23, 2019 3 $241.41
Interaction ’19 Seattle 🇺🇸 Feb 3, 2019 6 $1,500.00
Interaction Design Education Summit Seattle 🇺🇸 Feb 3, 2019 2 $195.00
Wearable Technologies 2019 Munich 🇩🇪 Feb 3, 2019 4 $946.22
wearable-technologies.com/events/wt-wearable-technologies-conference-2019-europe
Pause Festival Melbourne 🇦🇺 Feb 6, 2019 3 $549.35
Outcome Conference Chandigarh 🇮🇳 Feb 9, 2019 1 $20.33
UXI Live Tel Aviv 🇮🇱 Feb 11, 2019 1 $281.11
SustainableUX Online 🌍 Feb 12, 2019 1 Donation
Digital Thinkers Conference Amsterdam 🇳🇱 Feb 13, 2019 3 $922.67
conference.awwwards.com/amsterdam
UXHK Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Feb 15, 2019 2 $594.78
FITC Amsterdam 2019 Amsterdam 🇳🇱 Feb 18, 2019 2 $332.85
UXistanbul Istanbul 🇹🇷 Feb 19, 2019 1 $238.44 uxistanbul.org UXZ Prague 🇨🇿 Feb 19, 2019 1 $217.21 uxz.cz/en Workplace Summit San Jose 🇺🇸 Feb 21, 2019 1 $75.00
watermarkconferenceforwomen.org/summit
The UX Conference London 🇬🇧 Feb 21, 2019 1 $283.50 theuxconf.com JoomlaDay Florida Tampa 🇺🇸 Feb 22, 2019 2 $75.00
Podcamp Toronto Toronto 🇨🇦 Feb 22, 2019 3 Free
Watermark Conference San Jose 🇺🇸 Feb 22, 2019 1 $240.00
watermarkconferenceforwomen.org
World IA Day Online 🌍 Feb 23, 2019 1 Note
UX Thailand Bangkok 🇹🇭 Feb 23, 2019 2 $160.40 https://uxth.co/ Nielsen Norman Group UX Conference Los Angeles 🇺🇸 Feb 24, 2019 5 $4,760.00
nngroup.com/training/los-angeles
Experience Design Week 2019 Denver 🇺🇸 Feb 25, 2019 3 $2,799.00
Design Indaba Festival 2019 Cape Town 🇿🇦 Feb 27, 2019 3 $126.52
ProfsoUX Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺 Mar 2, 2019 2 $80.66
An Event Apart Seattle 🇺🇸 Mar 4, 2019 3 $1,500.00
aneventapart.com/event/seattle-2019
Bogotá Design Festival Bogotá 🇨🇴 Mar 5, 2019 5 Free
Deliver Manchester 🇬🇧 Mar 6, 2019 2 $198.08
Service Design in Government Edinburgh 🇬🇧 Mar 6, 2019 3 $656.14
SXSW Austin 🇺🇸 Mar 8, 2019 9 $1,450.00 sxsw.com UX Salon 2019 Tel Aviv 🇮🇱 Mar 10, 2019 2 $572.16
Convey UX Seattle 🇺🇸 Mar 11, 2019 3 $1,195.00 conveyux.com Human-Robot Interaction 2019 Daegu 🇰🇷 Mar 11, 2019 4 $900.00
humanrobotinteraction.org/2019
Pixel Up! Cape Town 🇿🇦 Mar 11, 2019 3 $126.52 pixelup.co.za Booster Bergen 🇳🇴 Mar 13, 2019 2 $918.12
Design Research 2019 Sydney 🇦🇺 Mar 13, 2019 3 $518.25
uxaustralia.com.au/conferences/design-research-2019
IAC 2019 (Information Achitecture Conference) Orlando 🇺🇸 Mar 13, 2019 5 $800.00
UX in the City: Manchester Manchester Mar 14, 2019 2 $308.26
uxinthecity.net/2019/manchester
ACM IUI Las Vegas 🇺🇸 Mar 17, 2019 4 $950.00
TEI 2019 Tempe 🇺🇸 Mar 17, 2019 4 $900.00
Design Thinking and Innovation Week London 🇬🇧 Mar 18, 2019 5 $2,469.81
futurelondonacademy.co.uk/en/course/design-thinking-and-innovation
UX Copenhagen Copenhagen 🇩🇰 Mar 18, 2019 2 $894.45
Games User Research Summit San Francisco 🇺🇸 Mar 19, 2019 1 $230.00
Epicurrence Breckenridge 🇺🇸 Mar 21, 2019 2 $999.00 epicurrence.com Try! Swift Tokyo 🇯🇵 Mar 21, 2019 2 $350.00
tryswift.co/events/2019/tokyo/en/
UpFront Conf 2019 Manchester 🇬🇧 Mar 22, 2019 1 $148.56 upfrontconf.com Nielsen Norman Group UX Conference London 🇬🇧 Mar 30, 2019 5 $4,391.19
CHIuXiD Jakarta 🇮🇩 Apr 1, 2019 1 $250.00 2019.chiuxid.org Yggdrasil Sandefjord 🇳🇴 Apr 1, 2019 2 $975.51
Health Experience Design Conference Boston 🇺🇸 Apr 2, 2019 2 $1,199.00
Agrafa Katowice 🇵🇱 Apr 3, 2019 1 $26.05
CHIuXiD Surabaya 🇮🇩 Apr 3, 2019 5 $250.00 2019.chiuxid.org University of Illinois Web Con Chicago 🇺🇸 Apr 3, 2019 3 $275.00
Activate Conference Baton Rouge 🇺🇸 Apr 4, 2019 3 $25.00
AIGA Design Conference Los Angeles 🇺🇸 Apr 4, 2019 3 $1,500.00
eCommerce Design Summit London 🇬🇧 Apr 4, 2019 2 $649.95
Forward Festival Vienna 🇦🇹 Apr 4, 2019 3 $222.64
JAM Retreat Wales 🇬🇧 Apr 4, 2019 4 $2,476.00
jamlondon.io/events/experiences/jam-retreat-2019
UX Insight Utrecht 🇳🇱 Apr 4, 2019 1 $372.92
Offset Dublin 🇮🇪 Apr 5, 2019 3 $261.60 iloveoffset.com UX Days Tokyo Tokyo 🇯🇵 Apr 5, 2019 3 $458.36
Krupa Kyiv 🇺🇦 Apr 6, 2019 1 $165.48
CHIuXiD Bali 🇮🇩 Apr 8, 2019 2 $250.00 2019.chiuxid.org Web à Québec Québec 🇨🇦 Apr 9, 2019 3 $607.60 webaquebec.org Creative South Columbus 🇺🇸 Apr 11, 2019 3 $447.00
Fintech Design Summit London 🇬🇧 Apr 12, 2019 1 $557.10
fintechdesignsummit.com/london
SmashingConf San Francisco 🇺🇸 Apr 16, 2019 2 $599.00
UX Healthcare London 2019 London 🇬🇧 Apr 17, 2019 2 $779.24
RubyKaigi Fukuoka 🇯🇵 Apr 18, 2019 3 $276.12
Confab Minneapolis 🇺🇸 Apr 23, 2019 4 $1,395.00
2019 SDN China National Conference Shanghai 🇨🇳 Apr 23, 2019 2 $444.16
service-design-network.org/conferences
Front-End Design Conference St. Petersburg 🇺🇸 Apr 25, 2019 2 $200.00
Future Sync Plymouth 🇬🇧 Apr 25, 2019 1 $74.28 futuresync.co.uk OFFF Barcelona 🇪🇸 Apr 25, 2019 3 $222.25 offf.barcelona Nielsen Norman Group UX Conference Washington DC 🇺🇸 Apr 27, 2019 5 $5,735.00
nngroup.com/training/washington-dc
Within Palm Springs 🇺🇸 Apr 29, 2019 5 $4,500.00 gowithin.co ueno.land New York City 🇺🇸 May 2, 2019 3 $499.00 ueno.land Design Festival Bern Bern 🇨🇭 May 3, 2019 3 $48.33
From Business to Buttons Stockholm 🇸🇪 May 3, 2019 2 $735.77
UX Burlington Burlington 🇺🇸 May 3, 2019 1 $199.00
CHI 2019 Glasgow 🇬🇧 May 4, 2019 6 $1,200.00 chi2019.acm.org An Event Apart Boston 🇺🇸 May 6, 2019 2 $1,500.00
aneventapart.com/event/boston-2019
Google I/O Mountain View 🇺🇸 May 7, 2019 3 $1,150.00
How Design Live Chicago 🇺🇸 May 7, 2019 4 $1,695.00
99U New York City 🇺🇸 May 8, 2019 3 $999.00
Digital Thinkers Conference San Francisco 🇺🇸 May 8, 2019 3 $784.95
conference.awwwards.com/san-francisco
The Next Web Conference 2019 Amsterdam 🇳🇱 May 9, 2019 2 $666.80
UXPA Boston Boston 🇺🇸 May 10, 2019 1 $275.00
UXCamp Switzerland Zurich🇨🇭 May 11, 2019 1 Free uxcamp.ch Beyond Tellerrand Düsseldorf 🇩🇪 May 13, 2019 3 $310.58
Nielsen Norman Group UX Conference Austin 🇺🇸 May 13, 2019 5 $4,113.00
UX Design Summit 2019 San Francisco 🇺🇸 May 13, 2019 1 $799.00
Prodfest 2019 San Francisco 🇺🇸 May 14, 2019 1 $799.00 prodfest.com Design Leadership Melbourne 🇦🇺 May 15, 2019 2 $310.95
uxaustralia.com.au/conferences/design-leadership-2019
Berlin Letters Festival Berlin 🇩🇪 May 16, 2019 2 $333.96
UX Riga Riga 🇱🇻 May 16, 2019 3 $221.53 uxriga.com Frontend United Utrecht 🇳🇱 May 17, 2019 3 $278.30
UXConf BR Porto Alegre 🇧🇷 May 17, 2019 2 $132.19 uxconf.com.br UXLX Lisbon 🇵🇹 May 21, 2019 4 $1,552.91 ux-lx.com C2 Montréal 2019 Montreal 🇨🇦 May 22, 2019 3 $1,819.00 c2montreal.com Mind the Product Engage Hamburg Hamburg 🇩🇪 May 22, 2019 3 $556.60
mindtheproduct.com/mtpengage/hamburg
ACE! Kraków 🇵🇱 May 23, 2019 2 $361.79 aceconf.com Semi Permanent Sydney 🇦🇺 May 23, 2019 3 $549.35
semipermanent.com/events/sydney-2019
Think About! Cologne 🇩🇪 May 23, 2019 2 $556.60 think-about.io Design Thinkers VAN Vancouver 🇨🇦 May 28, 2019 2 $512.66
Graphics Interface 2019 Kingston 🇨🇦 May 28, 2019 4 $637.22
graphicsinterface.org/conference/2019
The Design Conference Brisbane 🇦🇺 May 29, 2019 4 $285.04
UX London London 🇬🇧 May 29, 2019 3 $1,194.67
Agile & Beyond Detroid 🇺🇸 May 30, 2019 2 $399.00
DesignOps Global Conference Manchester 🇬🇧 May 30, 2019 2 $1,213.24
Enterprise UX 2019 San Francisco 🇺🇸 Jun 3, 2019 3 $1,795.00
Eyeo Festival Minneapolis 🇺🇸 Jun 3, 2019 4 $679.00
Layers San Jose 🇺🇸 Jun 3, 2019 3 $850.00 layers.is Polishopa Design Thinking Conference Bydgoszcz 🇵🇱 Jun 3, 2019 4 $117.24 polishopa.pl/en WWDC San Jose 🇺🇸 Jun 3, 2019 5 $1,599.00
Webinale Berlin 🇩🇪 Jun 4, 2019 5 $533.22 webinale.de/en Product Camp Gdynia 🇵🇱 Jun 5, 2019 3 $312.38 productcamp.pl TVX’19 Manchester 🇬🇧 Jun 5, 2019 3 $800.00
Birmingham Design Festival Birmingham 🇬🇧 Jun 6, 2019 3 Free
birminghamdesignfestival.org.uk
Front Conference Salt Lake City 🇺🇸 Jun 6, 2019 2 $700.00
Strive Toronto 🇨🇦 Jun 6, 2019 2 $314.95
European Design Festival Warsaw 🇵🇱 Jun 7, 2019 3 $96.14
By Design Conference 2019 Bratislava 🇸🇰 Jun 8, 2019 1 $333.96
ECSCW 2019 Salzburg 🇦🇹 Jun 8, 2019 5 $701.31
UXcamp Berlin 🇩🇪 Jun 8, 2019 2 Free
User Modelling, Adaptation and Personalization Larnaca 🇨🇾 Jun 9, 2019 4 $879.42
cyprusconferences.org/umap2019
Creative Pro Week Seattle 🇺🇸 Jun 10, 2019 5 $2,495.00
Camp Digital Manchester 🇬🇧 Jun 12, 2019 1 $185.70
wearesigma.com/campdigital/2019
Interaction Design and Children Boise 🇺🇸 Jun 12, 2019 4 $625.00
Pervasive Displays Palermo 🇮🇹 Jun 12, 2019 3 $667.92
UX Scotland Scotland 🇬🇧 Jun 12, 2019 3 $600.43
CSS Day Amsterdam 🇳🇱 Jun 13, 2019 2 $667.92 cssday.nl/2019 Forward Festival Munich 🇩🇪 Jun 13, 2019 2 $222.64
Forward Festival Zurich🇨🇭 Jun 15, 2019 1 $231.58
Product Management Festival Singapore 🇸🇬 Jun 17, 2019 2 $1,161.25
UX Strat Amsterdam 🇳🇱 Jun 17, 2019 3 $1,070.84
DesignUp Singapore Singapore 🇸🇬 Jun 18, 2019 2 Free designup.io Product Design Summit London 🇬🇧 Jun 18, 2019 1 $741.56
Experience Fighters Madrid 🇪🇸 Jun 19, 2019 2 $289.43
Leading Design New York City 🇺🇸 Jun 19, 2019 2 $1,295.00
2019.leadingdesignconf.com/newyork
World Product Summit London 🇬🇧 Jun 19, 2019 1 $741.56
Flupa UX Days 2019 Paris 🇫🇷 Jun 20, 2019 2 $200.38 uxdays.eu DIS 2019 San Diego 🇺🇸 Jun 23, 2019 6 $1,250.00 dis2019.com Future of Branding Week London 🇬🇧 Jun 24, 2019 5 $2,469.81
futurelondonacademy.co.uk/en/course/branding
Eye Tracking Research & Applications Denver 🇺🇸 Jun 25, 2019 4 $810.00
SmashingConf Toronto 🇨🇦 Jun 25, 2019 2 $530.89
UXPA International Scottsdale 🇺🇸 Jun 25, 2019 3 $1,150.00 uxpa2019.org App Design & Development Conference Barcelona 🇪🇸 Jun 26, 2019 3 $444.16
Webstock Wellington 🇳🇿 Jun 26, 2019 3 $527.56 webstock.org.nz GOOD19 (Great Outdoor of Design) London 🇬🇧 Jun 27, 2019 1 $247.60
reach-network.com/events-publications/good-conferences/good-19/
Car HMi Berlin 🇩🇪 Jul 1, 2019 2 $2,996.72 car-hmi.com Forward Festival Hamburg 🇩🇪 Jul 4, 2019 1 $333.96
UX Healthcare Amsterdam 2019 Amsterdam 🇳🇱 Jul 4, 2019 2 $779.24
World Haptics 2019 Tokyo 🇯🇵 Jul 9, 2019 4 $911.20
Design & Content Vancouver 🇨🇦 Jul 17, 2019 3 $717.73 content.design IXDC Beijing 🇨🇳 Jul 18, 2019 4 $1,657.16 ixdc.org/2019 HCI International 2019 Florida 🇺🇸 Jul 26, 2019 6 $795.00
UX Barcamp HH Hamburg 🇩🇪 Jul 27, 2019 1 Free uxcamphh.org An Event Apart Washington DC 🇺🇸 Jul 29, 2019 3 $1,500.00
aneventapart.com/event/washington-dc-2019
Summer Camp for Geeks Lake Delton 🇺🇸 Aug 5, 2019 4 $779.00
UX and Digital Design Week London 🇬🇧 Aug 12, 2019 5 $2,469.81
futurelondonacademy.co.uk/en/course/ux-and-digital-design
Rad Summit Denver 🇺🇸 Aug 15, 2019 4 $1,399.00 radsummit.co Framer Loupe Amsterdam 🇳🇱 Aug 15, 2019 2 $1,334.72
Semi Permanent Auckland 🇳🇿 Aug 15, 2019 3 $604.63
Clarity San Francisco 🇺🇸 Aug 20, 2019 3 $500.00 clarityconf.com An Event Apart Chicago 🇺🇸 Aug 26, 2019 3 $1,500.00
aneventapart.com/event/chicago-2019
Frontend Conference Zürich Zürich 🇨🇭 Aug 29, 2019 2 $552.76 frontendconf.ch Interact 2019 Paphos 🇨🇾 Sep 2, 2019 5 $679.05 interact2019.org Growth Marketing Summit 2019 Frankfurt 🇩🇪 Sep 3, 2019 1 $1,090.93
Joint Futures Helsinki 🇫🇮 Sep 3, 2019 3 $666.80
Mensch und Computer Hamburg 🇩🇪 Sep 8, 2019 4 $589.99
muc2019.mensch-und-computer.de/en
Try! Swift New York City 🇺🇸 Sep 8, 2019 2 $699.00
SmashingConf Freiburg 🇩🇪 Sep 9, 2019 2 $666.80
smashingconf.com/freiburg-2019
UX India Hyderabad 🇮🇳 Sep 9, 2019 3 $108.89
Fluxible Waterloo 🇨🇦 Sep 16, 2019 7 $467.74 fluxible.ca Design Matters Copenhagen 🇩🇰 Sep 18, 2019 2 $1,006.26
Circles Conference Forth Worth 🇺🇸 Sep 18, 2019 3 $457.00
Big Design Dallas 🇺🇸 Sep 19, 2019 3 $249.00
Blend Fest Vancouver 🇨🇦 Sep 20, 2019 2 TBA blendfest.ca AGI Open Rotterdam 🇳🇱 Sep 24, 2019 1 $139.15 agi-open.com EuroIA Riga 🇱🇻 Sep 26, 2019 3 $862.73 euroia.org Us By Night Antwerp 🇧🇪 Sep 26, 2019 3 $118.71
JAM Barcelona 🇪🇸 Sep 27, 2019 2 $868.29
jamlondon.io/events/experiences/jam-barcelona-2019
Mobile HCI Taipei 🇹🇼 Oct 1, 2019 4 TBA
Fintech Design Summit New York City 🇺🇸 Oct 3, 2019 1 $726.09
fintechdesignsummit.com/new-york/
NUX8 Manchester 🇬🇧 Oct 4, 2019 1 TBA 2019.nuxconf.uk UX, Y’all Durham 🇺🇸 Oct 4, 2019 1 $229.00 uxyall.org Canvas Birmingham 🇬🇧 Oct 10, 2019 1 $185.70
Midwest UX Michigan 🇺🇸 Oct 10, 2019 3 $375.00
ICMI 2019 Suzhou 🇨🇳 Oct 14, 2019 5 TBA
SmashingConf New York City 🇺🇸 Oct 15, 2019 2 $599.00
Amuse Budapest 🇭🇺 Oct 16, 2019 3 $465.00 amuseconf.com World Usability Congress Graz 🇦🇹 Oct 16, 2019 2 $879.42
Brand New Conference Las Vegas 🇺🇸 Oct 17, 2019 2 $500.00
underconsideration.com/brandnewconference
Seattle Interactive Seattle 🇺🇸 Oct 17, 2019 2 $449.00
UIST 2019 New Orleans 🇺🇸 Oct 20, 2019 4 TBA
DesignOps Summit New York City 🇺🇸 Oct 23, 2019 2 $1,795.00
rosenfeldmedia.com/designopssummit2018
Push Conference Munich 🇩🇪 Oct 24, 2019 2 $444.16
Service Design Fringe Festival London 🇬🇧 Oct 24, 2019 2 TBA sd-ldf.com Interaction Latin America Medellín 🇨🇴 Oct 31, 2019 3 $225.00
JAM London 🇬🇧 Oct 31, 2019 2 $557.10
jamlondon.io/events/conferences/jam-london-2019
KIKK Festival Namur 🇧🇪 Oct 31, 2019 4 $110.21 kikk.be UX Brighton Brighton 🇬🇧 Nov 1, 2019 1 $210.46
Adobe MAX 2019 Los Angeles 🇺🇸 Nov 2, 2019 5 $1,895.00 max.adobe.com Web Summit Lisbon 🇵🇹 Nov 4, 2019 4 $946.22 websummit.com Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Austin 🇺🇸 Nov 9, 2019 5 TBA cscw.acm.org EPIC Rhode Island 🇺🇸 Nov 9, 2019 4 $800.00
UX Live London 🇬🇧 Nov 11, 2019 3 $1,741.11 ux-live.co Product Management Festival Zürich 🇨🇭 Nov 13, 2019 2 $1,298.84
DesignUp Bangalore Bengaluru 🇮🇳 Nov 14, 2019 3 Free designup.io Mobile UX London London 🇬🇧 Nov 21, 2019 1 $333.02
An Event Apart Denver 🇺🇸 Nov 28, 2019 3 $1,500.00
aneventapart.com/event/denver-2019
An Event Apart San Francisco 🇺🇸 Dec 9, 2019 3 $1,500.00
aneventapart.com/event/san-francisco-2019
An Interesting Day TBA TBA TBA TBA
Bulgaria Web Summit Sofia 🇧🇬 TBA TBA TBA
Catskills Conf TBA TBA TBA TBA
CSSConf Argentina Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 TBA TBA TBA cssconfar.com Revolve Conference TBA TBA TBA TBA
Semi Permanent Los Angeles 🇺🇸 TBA TBA TBA
Semi Permanent Singapore 🇸🇬 TBA TBA TBA
SPAN TBA TBA TBA TBA
