Design Conferences 2020: The Ultimate List
Looking to attend a design conference in 2020?
Welcome to the ultimate 2020 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
In/Visible Talks 2020 San Francisco, California 🇺🇸 Jan 16, 2020 1 $450.00
invisibletalks.com
DesignTO Toronto 🇨🇦 Jan 17, 2020 9 Note designto.org UXCamp DC 2020 Washington DC, Washington 🇺🇸 Jan 18, 2020 1 $65.00 uxcampdc.com You Got This London 🇬🇧 Jan 18, 2020 1 $78.85 yougotthis.io New Adventures Nottingham 🇬🇧 Jan 22, 2020 2 $256.27
newadventuresconf.com/2020
Digital Thinkers Conference Tokyo 🇯🇵 Jan 23, 2020 2 $494.46
conference.awwwards.com/tokyo
Nielsen Norman Group UX Conference Austin, Texas 🇺🇸 Jan 27, 2020 5 $4,348.00
nngroup.com/training/austin
Wearable Technologies 2020 Munich 🇩🇪 Jan 27, 2020 4 TBA
wearable-technologies.eu
Interaction ’20 Milan 🇮🇹 Feb 2, 2020 6 $1,500.00
interaction20.ixda.org
Interaction Design Education Summit Milan 🇮🇹 Feb 2, 2020 2 $195.00
edusummit.ixda.org
Pause Festival Melbourne 🇦🇺 Feb 5, 2020 3 $98.93
pausefest.com.au
Outcome Conference Chandigarh 🇮🇳 Feb 8, 2020 1 TBA
outcomeconf.com
Workplace Summit San Jose, California 🇺🇸 Feb 11, 2020 1 $75.00
watermarkconferenceforwomen.org/summit
Watermark Conference San Jose, California 🇺🇸 Feb 12, 2020 1 $250.00
watermarkconferenceforwomen.org
Nielsen Norman Group UX Conference Singapore 🇸🇬 Feb 17, 2020 5 $5,032.00
nngroup.com/training/singapore
UXistanbul Istanbul 🇹🇷 Feb 18, 2020 1 $249.50 uxistanbul.org World IA Day Online 🌍 Feb 22, 2020 1 Note worldiaday.org Nielsen Norman Group UX Conference Los Angeles, California 🇺🇸 Feb 23, 2020 5 $4,348.00
nngroup.com/training/los-angeles
Experience Design Week 2019 Denver, Colorado 🇺🇸 Feb 24, 2020 3 $2,899.00
experiencedesignweek.iqpc.com
FITC Amsterdam 2020 Amsterdam 🇳🇱 Feb 24, 2020 2 $330.89
fitc.ca/event/am20
Design Indaba Festival 2019 Cape Town 🇿🇦 Feb 26, 2020 3 $122.80
designindaba.com/conference
ProfsoUX Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺 Feb 29, 2020 1 TBA profsoux.ru/en The UX Conference London 🇬🇧 Mar 2, 2020 2 $392.95 theuxconf.com Bogotá Design Festival Bogotá 🇨🇴 Mar 3, 2020 5 Free
bogotadesignfestival.co
Convey UX Seattle, Washington 🇺🇸 Mar 3, 2020 3 $1,195.00 conveyux.com Service Design in Government Edinburgh 🇬🇧 Mar 4, 2020 3 $827.95
govservicedesign.net
Leading Design San Francisco San Francisco, California 🇺🇸 Mar 4, 2020 3 $1,345.00
leadingdesign.com/conferences/sanfran-2020
Forward Festival Munich 🇩🇪 Mar 12, 2020 2 $220.22
forward-festival.com/munich
SXSW Austin, Texas 🇺🇸 Mar 13, 2020 10 $1,350.00 sxsw.com Design Thinking and Innovation Week London 🇬🇧 Mar 16, 2020 5 $2,891.24
futurelondonacademy.co.uk/en/course/design-thinking-and-innovation
ACM IUI Cagliari 🇮🇹 Mar 17, 2020 4 TBA iui.acm.org Design Research 2019 Melbourne 🇦🇺 Mar 18, 2020 3 $511.69
uxaustralia.com.au/conferences/design-research-2019
AIGA Design Conference Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 🇺🇸 Mar 30, 2020 3 $1,495.00
designconference.aiga.org
Advancing Research 2020 New York City, New York 🇺🇸 Mar 30, 2020 3 $1,695.00
rosenfeldmedia.com/advancing-research-2020
Creative South Columbus, Ohio 🇺🇸 Apr 2, 2020 3 $447.00
creativesouth.com
An Event Apart Washington DC, Washington 🇺🇸 Apr 13, 2020 3 $1,500.00
aneventapart.com/event/washington-dc-2020
Forward Festival Vienna 🇦🇹 Apr 16, 2020 2 $220.22
forward-festival.com/vienna
FITC Toronto 2020 Toronto 🇨🇦 Apr 19, 2020 3 $603.37
fitc.ca/event/to20
SmashingConf San Francisco San Fransico Apr 21, 2020 2 TBA
smashingconf.com/sf-2020
CHI 2020 Oahu, Hawaii 🇺🇸 Apr 25, 2020 6 TBA chi2020.acm.org Beyond Tellerrand Düsseldorf 🇩🇪 Apr 27, 2020 3 $330.89
beyondtellerrand.com/events/dusseldorf-2020
Frontend United Minsk 🇧🇾 May 1, 2020 2 TBA
frontendunited.org
From Business to Buttons Stockholm 🇸🇪 May 8, 2020 1 $1,105.54
frombusinesstobuttons.com
An Event Apart Seattle, Washington 🇺🇸 May 11, 2020 3 $1,500.00
aneventapart.com/event/seattle-2020
JAM Product Leaders Weekend 2020 Cardigan 🇬🇧 May 14, 2020 4 $1,314.20
jamlondon.io/events/jam-product-leaders-weekend-2020
Confab Minneapolis, Minnesota 🇺🇸 May 17, 2020 4 $1,595.00
confabevents.com
ACE! Kraków 🇵🇱 May 20, 2020 3 TBA aceconf.com C2 Montréal 2019 Montreal 🇨🇦 May 27, 2020 3 TBA c2montreal.com Berlin Letters Festival Berlin 🇩🇪 May 28, 2020 3 $332.00
berlinletters.com
DesignOps Global Conference Manchester 🇬🇧 May 28, 2020 3 $1,051.36
designops-conference.com
Front Conference Salt Lake City, Utah 🇺🇸 May 28, 2020 2 $700.00
frontutah.com/conference
Forward Festival Berlin 🇩🇪 May 29, 2020 1 $198.09
forward-festival.com/berlin
Creative Pro Week Seattle, Washington 🇺🇸 Jun 1, 2020 5 $2,195.00
creativeproweek.com
Fluxible Waterloo 🇨🇦 Jun 1, 2020 7 TBA fluxible.ca Eye Tracking Research & Applications Stuttgart 🇩🇪 Jun 2, 2020 4 TBA
etra.acm.org/2020
99U New York City, New York 🇺🇸 Jun 3, 2020 3 $999.00
conference.99u.com
Eyeo Festival Minneapolis, Minnesota 🇺🇸 Jun 8, 2020 4 TBA
eyeofestival.com
SmashingConf Austin Austin, Texas 🇺🇸 Jun 9, 2020 3 TBA
smashingconf.com/austin-2020
Enterprise Experience 2020 San Francisco, California 🇺🇸 Jun 10, 2020 3 $1,795.00
rosenfeldmedia.com/enterprise2020
ECSCW 2020 Siegen 🇩🇪 Jun 13, 2020 5 TBA ecscw.eusset.eu Car HMi Berlin 🇩🇪 Jun 22, 2020 2 $2,982.42 car-hmi.com Future of Branding Week London 🇬🇧 Jun 22, 2020 5 $2,891.24
futurelondonacademy.co.uk/en/course/branding
Fintech Design Summit New York City, New York 🇺🇸 Jun 25, 2020 1 TBA
fintechdesignsummit.com/new-york/
An Event Apart Boston, Massachusetts 🇺🇸 Jun 29, 2020 3 $1,500.00
aneventapart.com/event/boston-2020
Forward Festival Hamburg 🇩🇪 Jul 2, 2020 2 $330.89
forward-festival.com/hamburg
DIS 2019 Eindhoven 🇳🇱 Jul 6, 2020 5 TBA
dis.acm.org/2020
Design & Content Vancouver 🇨🇦 Jul 15, 2020 3 $713.63 content.design An Event Apart Minneapolis, Minnesota 🇺🇸 Aug 17, 2020 3 $1,500.00
aneventapart.com/event/minneapolis-2020
Framer Loupe Amsterdam 🇳🇱 Aug 20, 2020 3 TBA
framer.com/loupe
Beyond Tellerrand Berlin 🇩🇪 Aug 24, 2020 4 $330.89
beyondtellerrand.com/events/berlin-2020
Design Leadership Melbourne 🇦🇺 Aug 25, 2020 4 $648.14
uxaustralia.com.au/conferences/design-leadership-2019
SmashingConf Freiburg Freiburg 🇩🇪 Sep 7, 2020 2 TBA
smashingconf.com/freiburg-2020
An Event Apart Orlando, Florida 🇺🇸 Oct 5, 2020 3 $1,500.00
aneventapart.com/event/orlando-2020
Canvas Birmingham 🇬🇧 Oct 8, 2020 1 $216.84
canvasconference.co.uk
SmashingConf New York New York City, New York 🇺🇸 Oct 20, 2020 2 TBA
smashingconf.com/ny-2020
EPIC Melbourne 🇦🇺 Oct 25, 2020 4 $800.00
2019.epicpeople.org
Beyond Tellerrand Munich 🇩🇪 Nov 2, 2020 3 $330.89
beyondtellerrand.com/events/munich-2020
Digital Thinkers Conference San Francisco, California 🇺🇸 Nov 18, 2020 3 TBA
conference.awwwards.com/san-francisco
An Event Apart San Francisco, California 🇺🇸 Dec 14, 2020 3 $1,500.00
aneventapart.com/event/san-francisco-2020
Deliver Manchester 🇬🇧 TBA TBA TBA
deliverconf.co.uk
Podcamp Toronto Toronto 🇨🇦 TBA TBA TBA
podcamptoronto.com
SustainableUX Online 🌍 TBA TBA TBA
sustainableux.com
UX Salon Tel Aviv 🇮🇱 TBA TBA TBA uxsalon.com UX Thailand Bangkok 🇹🇭 TBA TBA TBA uxth.co UXHK Hong Kong 🇭🇰 TBA TBA TBA
uxhongkong.com
UXI Live Tel Aviv 🇮🇱 TBA TBA TBA
uxilive.co.il/2019
UXZ Prague 🇨🇿 TBA TBA TBA uxz.cz/en SDN China National Conference Shanghai 🇨🇳 TBA TBA TBA
service-design-network.org/conferences
Activate Conference Baton Rouge, Louisiana 🇺🇸 TBA TBA TBA
activateconf.com
Adobe MAX 2019 Los Angeles, California 🇺🇸 TBA TBA TBA max.adobe.com AGI Open TBA TBA TBA TBA agi-open.com Agrafa Katowice 🇵🇱 TBA TBA TBA
agrafa.asp.katowice.pl
Amuse Budapest 🇭🇺 TBA TBA TBA amuseconf.com An Interesting Day Amsterdam 🇳🇱 TBA TBA TBA
aninterestingday.com
App Design & Development Conference Barcelona 🇪🇸 TBA TBA TBA
addconf.com/2019
Big Design Dallas, Texas 🇺🇸 TBA TBA TBA
bigdesignevents.com
Birmingham Design Festival Birmingham 🇬🇧 TBA TBA TBA
birminghamdesignfestival.org.uk
Blend Fest Vancouver 🇨🇦 TBA TBA TBA blendfest.ca Brand New Conference Las Vegas, California 🇺🇸 TBA TBA TBA
underconsideration.com/brandnewconference
Bulgaria Web Summit Sofia 🇧🇬 TBA TBA TBA
bulgariawebsummit.com
By Design Conference 2019 Bratislava 🇸🇰 TBA TBA TBA
bydesignconf.com
Camp Digital Manchester 🇬🇧 TBA TBA TBA
wearesigma.com/campdigital/2019
Catskills Conf TBA TBA TBA TBA
catskillsconf.com
CHIuXiD TBA TBA TBA TBA chiuxid.org Circles Conference Forth Worth, Texas 🇺🇸 TBA TBA TBA
circlesconference.com
Clarity San Francisco, California 🇺🇸 TBA TBA TBA clarityconf.com Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Austin 🇺🇸 TBA TBA TBA cscw.acm.org CSS Day Amsterdam 🇳🇱 TBA TBA TBA cssday.nl/2019 CSSConf Argentina Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 TBA TBA TBA cssconfar.com Design Festival Bern Bern 🇨🇭 TBA TBA TBA
designfestival.ch
Design Leadership Summit 2019 Toronto 🇨🇦 TBA TBA TBA
designleadership.io
Design Matters Copenhagen 🇩🇰 TBA TBA TBA
designmatters.io
Design Thinkers VAN Vancouver 🇨🇦 TBA TBA TBA
designthinkers.com/van
DesignUp Bengaluru 🇮🇳 TBA TBA TBA designup.io eCommerce Design Summit London 🇬🇧 TBA TBA TBA
ecommercedesignsummit.com
Epicurrence TBA TBA TBA TBA epicurrence.com EuroIA TBA TBA TBA TBA euroia.org European Design Festival TBA TBA TBA TBA
elementtalks.com/edfestival
Experience Fighters Madrid 🇪🇸 TBA TBA TBA
experiencefighters.com/en
Fintech Design Summit London 🇬🇧 TBA TBA TBA
fintechdesignsummit.com/london
Flupa UX Days 2019 Paris 🇫🇷 TBA TBA TBA uxdays.eu Front-End Design Conference St. Petersburg, Florida 🇺🇸 TBA TBA TBA
frontenddesignconference.com
Frontend Conference Zürich Zürich 🇨🇭 TBA TBA TBA frontendconf.ch No Code Conf San Francisco, California 🇺🇸 TBA TBA TBA
webflow.com/nocodeconf
DesignUp Bengaluru 🇮🇳 TBA TBA TBA designup.io Future Sync Plymouth 🇬🇧 Apr 16, 2020 1 $91.99 futuresync.co.uk Games User Research Summit Montreal 🇨🇦 May 14, 2020 1 TBA
gamesurconf.com/us
GOOD (Great Outdoor of Design) London 🇬🇧 TBA TBA TBA
reach-network.com/events-publications/good-conferences/
Google I/O Mountain View, California 🇺🇸 TBA TBA TBA
events.google.com/io
GI20 (Graphics Interface 2020) Toronto 🇨🇦 May 21, 2020 3 TBA
graphicsinterface.org/conference/2020
Growth Marketing Summit 2020 Frankfurt 🇩🇪 Sep 1, 2020 1 $1,083.41
growthmarketingsummit.com
HCI International 2020 Copenhagen 🇩🇰 Jul 19, 2020 6 $795.00
2020.hci.international
Health Experience Design Conference Boston, Massachusetts 🇺🇸 Apr 14, 2020 2 $1,298.00
healthexperiencedesign.com
How Design Live Boston, Massachusetts 🇺🇸 May 4, 2020 4 $1,695.00
howdesignlive.com
Human-Robot Interaction 2019 Cambridge 🇬🇧 Mar 23, 2020 4 TBA
humanrobotinteraction.org/2020
IAC 2019 (Information Achitecture Conference) New Orleans, Louisiana 🇺🇸 Apr 14, 2020 5 TBA
theiaconference.com
ICMI 2019 Utrecht 🇳🇱 Oct 25, 2020 5 TBA
icmi.acm.org/2020
Interact 2019 Paphos 🇨🇾 5 $675.06 interact2019.org Interaction Design and Children Boise 🇺🇸 4 $625.00
idc.acm.org/2019
Interaction Latin America Medellín 🇨🇴 3 $225.00
ila.ixda.org/2019/?lang=en
IXDC Beijing 🇨🇳 4 $1,619.48 ixdc.org/2019 JAM Barcelona 🇪🇸 2 $863.19
jamlondon.io/events/experiences/jam-barcelona-2019
JAM London 🇬🇧 2 $591.39
jamlondon.io/events/conferences/jam-london-2019
JAM Retreat Wales 🇬🇧 4 $2,628.40
jamlondon.io/events/experiences/jam-retreat-2019
Joint Futures Helsinki 🇫🇮 3 $662.88
jointfuturesconf.com
KIKK Festival Namur 🇧🇪 4 $109.56 kikk.be Krupa Kyiv 🇺🇦 1 $177.24
prjctr.com.ua/krupa
Layers San Jose 🇺🇸 3 $850.00 layers.is Leading Design
New York City 🇺🇸
2 $1,295.00
2019.leadingdesignconf.com/newyork
Mensch und Computer Hamburg 🇩🇪 4 $586.52
muc2019.mensch-und-computer.de/en
Midwest UX Michigan 🇺🇸 3 $375.00
2019.midwestuxconference.com
Mind the Product Engage Hamburg Hamburg 🇩🇪 3 $553.33
mindtheproduct.com/mtpengage/hamburg
Mobile HCI Taipei 🇹🇼 4 $985.80
mobilehci.acm.org/2019
Mobile UX London London 🇬🇧 1 $353.52
mobileuxlondon.com
NUX8 Manchester 🇬🇧 1 $157.70 2019.nuxconf.uk OFFF Barcelona 🇪🇸 3 $220.94 offf.barcelona Offset Dublin 🇮🇪 3 $260.06 iloveoffset.com Pervasive Displays Palermo 🇮🇹 3 $663.99
pervasivedisplays.org/2019
Pixel Up! Cape Town 🇿🇦 3 $122.80 pixelup.co.za Polishopa Design Thinking Conference Bydgoszcz 🇵🇱 4 $116.13 polishopa.pl/en Prodfest 2019
San Francisco 🇺🇸
1 $799.00 prodfest.com Product Camp Gdynia 🇵🇱 3 $309.43 productcamp.pl Product Design Summit London 🇬🇧 1 $787.21
productdesignsummit.com
Product Management Festival Singapore 🇸🇬 2 $1,169.22
productmanagementfestival.com
Product Management Festival Zürich 🇨🇭 2 $1,305.95
productmanagementfestival.com
Push Conference Munich 🇩🇪 2 $441.55
push-conference.com
Rad Summit Denver 🇺🇸 4 $1,399.00 radsummit.co Refresh Conference Groeningen 🇳🇱 1 $221.33
eventbrite.nl/e/refresh-conference-2019-tickets-62259870950
Revolve Conference
TBA
revolveconference.com
RubyKaigi Fukuoka 🇯🇵 3 $276.30
rubykaigi.org/2019
Seattle Interactive Seattle 🇺🇸 2 $449.00
seattleinteractive.com
Semi Permanent Sydney 🇦🇺 3 $542.39
semipermanent.com/events/sydney-2019
Semi Permanent Auckland 🇳🇿 3 $588.34
semipermanent.com
Semi Permanent Los Angeles 🇺🇸 TBA
semipermanent.com
Semi Permanent Singapore 🇸🇬 TBA
semipermanent.com
Service Design Fringe Festival London 🇬🇧 2 Note sd-ldf.com SmashingConf
San Francisco 🇺🇸
2 $599.00
smashingconf.com/sf-2019
SmashingConf Toronto 🇨🇦 2 $527.86
smashingconf.com/toronto-2019
SmashingConf Freiburg 🇩🇪 2 $662.88
smashingconf.com/freiburg-2019
SmashingConf
New York City 🇺🇸
2 $599.00
smashingconf.com/ny-2019
SPAN Brooklyn 🇺🇸 1 Note
Strive Toronto 🇨🇦 2 $313.15
uxresearchto.com
Summer Camp for Geeks Lake Delton 🇺🇸 4 $779.00
thatconference.com
TEI 2019 Tempe 🇺🇸 4 $900.00
tei.acm.org/2019
The Design Conference Brisbane 🇦🇺 4 $281.43
thedesignconference.com.au
The Next Web Conference 2019 Amsterdam 🇳🇱 2 $662.88
thenextweb.com/conference
Think About! Cologne 🇩🇪 2 $553.33 think-about.io Try! Swift Tokyo 🇯🇵 2 $350.00
tryswift.co/events/2019/tokyo/en/
Try! Swift
New York City 🇺🇸
2 $699.00
tryswift.co/events/2019/nyc
TVX’19 Manchester 🇬🇧 3 $800.00
tvx.acm.org/2019
ueno.land
New York City 🇺🇸
3 $499.00 ueno.land UIST 2019 New Orleans 🇺🇸 4 $895.00
uist.acm.org/uist2019
University of Illinois Web Con Chicago 🇺🇸 3 $275.00
UpFront Conf 2019 Manchester 🇬🇧 1 $157.70 upfrontconf.com Us By Night Antwerp 🇧🇪 3 $118.01
usbynight.be/ubn4
User Modelling, Adaptation and Personalization Larnaca 🇨🇾 4 $874.25
cyprusconferences.org/umap2019
UX and Digital Design Week London 🇬🇧 5 $2,621.83
futurelondonacademy.co.uk/en/course/ux-and-digital-design
UX Australia Sydney 🇦🇺 4 $511.69
uxaustralia.com.au
UX Barcamp HH Hamburg 🇩🇪 1 Free uxcamphh.org UX Brighton Brighton 🇬🇧 1 $223.41
uxbrighton.org.uk/2019
UX Burlington Burlington 🇺🇸 1 $199.00
uxburlington.com
UX Copenhagen Copenhagen 🇩🇰 2 $888.45
uxcopenhagen.com
UX Days Tokyo Tokyo 🇯🇵 3 $458.66
2019.uxdaystokyo.com
UX Design Summit 2019
San Francisco 🇺🇸
1 $799.00
uxdesignsummit.com
UX Healthcare Amsterdam 2019 Amsterdam 🇳🇱 2 $774.66
uxdhealthcare.com
UX Healthcare London 2019 London 🇬🇧 2 $774.66
uxdhealthcare.com
UX in the City: Manchester Manchester 2 $327.24
uxinthecity.net/2019/manchester
UX India Hyderabad 🇮🇳 3 $105.68
ux-india.org/uxindia2019/
UX Insight Utrecht 🇳🇱 1 $370.73
uxinsightevent.com
UX Live London 🇬🇧 3 $1,848.28 ux-live.co UX London London 🇬🇧 3 $1,268.20
2019.uxlondon.com
UX Riga Riga 🇱🇻 3 $220.22 uxriga.com UX Scotland Scotland 🇬🇧 3 $637.39
uxscotland.net/2019
UX Strat Amsterdam 🇳🇱 3 $1,064.54
uxstrat.com/europe
UX, Y’all Durham 🇺🇸 1 $229.00 uxyall.org UXcamp Berlin 🇩🇪 2 Free
uxcampeurope.org
UXCamp Switzerland Zurich🇨🇭 1 Free uxcamp.ch UXConf BR Porto Alegre 🇧🇷 2 $120.45 uxconf.com.br UXLX Lisbon 🇵🇹 4 $1,543.78 ux-lx.com UXPA Boston Boston 🇺🇸 1 $275.00
conference.uxpaboston.org
UXPA International Scottsdale 🇺🇸 3 $1,150.00 uxpa2019.org UXSEA Summit 2019 Singapore 🇸🇬 3 $239.91
uxsea.org/summit-2019
Web à Québec Québec 🇨🇦 3 $604.13 webaquebec.org Web Directions Summit Sydney 🇦🇺 2 $951.74
webdirections.org/wds
Web Summit Lisbon 🇵🇹 4 $940.65 websummit.com Webinale Berlin 🇩🇪 5 $530.09 webinale.de/en Webstock Wellington 🇳🇿 3 $520.28 webstock.org.nz Within Palm Springs 🇺🇸 5 $4,500.00 gowithin.co World Haptics 2019 Tokyo 🇯🇵 4 $911.80
worldhaptics2019.org
World Product Summit London 🇬🇧 1 $787.21
worldproductsummit.com
World Usability Congress Graz 🇦🇹 2 $874.25
worldusabilitycongress.com
WWDC
San Jose, California 🇺🇸
5 $1,599.00
developer.apple.com/wwdc
Yggdrasil Sandefjord 🇳🇴 2 $929.29
yggdrasilkonferansen.no
