The best UX and design events in 2020
A comprehensive list for designers who are looking for design events, meetups, and conferences to attend this year.
Alert: due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most events have been canceled or shifted to remote. Check the organizer's website to get the latest updates.
January
Group
January 6-8, 2020 ✈ Sanibel Island, Florida, United States
In/Visible Talks
January 16, 2020 ✈ San Francisco, California, United States
DesignTO
January 17-26, 2020 ✈ Toronto, Canada
UXCamp DC
January 18, 2020 ✈ Washington DC, United States
Awwwards Conference Tokyo
January 23-24, 2020 ✈ Tokyo, Chiyoda, Japan
New Adventures
January 23, 2020 ✈ Nottingham, United Kingdom
International Conference on MSIVISM
January 29-31, 2020 ✈ Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
January 6-8, 2020 ✈ Sanibel Island, Florida, United States
In/Visible Talks
January 16, 2020 ✈ San Francisco, California, United States
DesignTO
January 17-26, 2020 ✈ Toronto, Canada
UXCamp DC
January 18, 2020 ✈ Washington DC, United States
Awwwards Conference Tokyo
January 23-24, 2020 ✈ Tokyo, Chiyoda, Japan
New Adventures
January 23, 2020 ✈ Nottingham, United Kingdom
International Conference on MSIVISM
January 29-31, 2020 ✈ Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
February
Chief Customer Officers
February 5-6, 2020 ✈ Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Pause Fest
February 5-7, 2020 ✈ Melbourne, Australia
Interaction 20
February 7-20, 2020 ✈ Milan, Italy
Outcome
February 8, 2020 ✈ Chandigarh, India
TEI: International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
February 9-13, 2020 ✈ Sydney, Australia
Australian Accessibility Conference
February 11-13, 2020 ✈ Victoria Park, Australia
UXistanbul Conference
February 18, 2020 ✈ Istanbul, Turkey
Awwwards Conference
February 20-21, 2020 ✈ Amsterdam, Netherlands
User Experience Hong Kong
“With recent disruptive events in Hong Kong this conference is on hold but we hope to announce some supporting events in 2020" ✈ Hong Kong, China
UXI Live
February 23-24, 2020 ✈ Rishon Lezion, Israel
ProfsoUX
February 28, 2020 ✈ St. Petersburg, Russia
Interaction Design Education Summit
February 29-March 1, 2020 ✈ Milan, Italy
March 2-3, 2020 ✈ London, England
ConveyUX
March 3-5, 2020 ✈ Seattle, Washington, United States
Service Design in Government
March 4-6, 2020 ✈ Edinburgh, Scotland
Leading Design
March 4-6, 2020 ✈ San Francisco, California, United States
International Conference on SETECEC
March 10-13, 2020 ✈ Venice, Italy
NO/BS Conference
March 11-12, 2020 ✈ Melbourne, Australia
Deliver Conference
March 12, 2020 ✈ Manchester, United Kingdom
SXSW
March 13-22, 2020 ✈ Austin, Texas, United States
CHIIR
March 14-18, 2020 ✈ Vancouver, Canada
Booster Conference
March 18-20, 2020 ✈ Bergen, Norway
Design Research
March 18-20, 2020 ✈ Melbourne, Australia
Perth UX Camp
March 19-20, 2020 ✈ Perth, Australia
Ignite UX
March 24, 2020 ✈ Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Advancing Research
March 30-April 1, 2020 ✈ New York City, New York, United States
UX Copenhagen
March 30-31, 2020 ✈ Copenhagen, Denmark
AIGA Design Conference
March 30-April 1, 2020 ✈ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
April 1-3, 2020 ✈ New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Creative South
April 2-4, 2020 ✈ Columbus, Georgia, United States
Offset
April 3-5, 2020 ✈ Dublin, Ireland
UX Insight
April 6-8, 2020 ✈ Breda, The Netherlands
University of Illinois Web Conference
April 8-9, 2020 ✈ Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, United States
UX Days Tokyo
April 10, 2020 ✈ Tokyo, Japan
An Event Apart
April 13-15, 2020 ✈ Washington DC, United States
Digital Thinking
April 14–17, 2020 ✈ Austin, Texas, United States
Health Experience Design Conference
April 14-15, 2020 ✈ Boston, Massachusetts, United States
IAC Information Architecture Conference
April 14-18, 2020 ✈ New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Customer Experience Strategies Summit
April 16-17, 2020 ✈ Toronto, Canada
UX STRAT
April 20-21, 2020 ✈ Singapore
SmashingConf
April 21-22, 2020 ✈ San Francisco, California, United States
UX Healthcare
April 22-24, 2020 ✈ London, United Kingdom
OFFF
April 23-25, 2020 ✈ Barcelona, Spain
CHI
April 25-30, 2020 ✈ Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Beyond Tellerrand
April 27-29, 2020 ✈ Düsseldorf, Germany
Ergonomics & Human Factors
April 27-29, 2020 ✈ Stratford, United Kingdom
May 4-6, 2020 ✈ Cape Town, South Africa
From Business to Buttons
May 6-8, 2020 ✈ Stockholm, Sweden
An Event Apart
May 11-13, 2020 ✈ Seattle, Washington, United States
Camp Digital
May 13, 2020 ✈ Manchester, United Kingdom
GamesUR
May 14, 2020 ✈ Montreal, Canada
UXConf BR
May 15-16, 2020 ✈ Porto Alegre, Brazil
UX Salon
May 17-18, 2020 ✈ Tel Aviv, Israel
Confab
May 17-20, 2020 ✈ Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
UXLx User Experience Lisbon
May 19-22, 2020 ✈ Lisbon, Portugal
ACE!
May 20-22, 2020 ✈ Kraków, Poland
Digital Health and Care Congress
May 20-21, 2020 ✈ London, United Kingdom
Ecommerce Design Summit
May 20-21, 2020 ✈ London, United Kingdom
UX London
May 27-29, 2020 ✈ London, United Kingdom
DesignOps Global Conference
May 28-29, 2020 ✈ Manchester, United Kingdom
Front UX & Product Management
May 28-29, 2020 ✈ Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
UX Camp Europe
May 30-31, 2020 ✈ Berlin, Germany
June 1-4, 2020 ✈ Bydgoszcz, Poland
Fluxible
June 1-7, 2020 ✈ Ontario, Canada
UX Research Conference
June 3-5, 2020 ✈ Toronto, Canada
99U
June 3-5, 2020 ✈ New York City, New York, United States
By Design
June 6, 2020 ✈ Bratislava, Slovakia
SmashingConf
June 9-10, 2020 ✈ Austin, Texas, United States
Enterprise Experience
June 10-12, 2020 ✈ San Francisco, California, United States
UX Scotland
June 10-12, 2020 ✈ Edinburgh, Scotland
Experience Fighters
June 10-11, 2020 ✈ Madrid, Spain
Pixel Pioneers Bristol
June 12, 2020 ✈ Bristol, United Kingdom
IMX Interactive Media Experiences
June 17-19, 2020 ✈ Barcelona, Spain
The Next Web
June 18-19, 2020 ✈ Amsterdam, Netherlands
UXPA
June 23-25, 2020 ✈ Baltimore, Maryland, United States
UX Healthcare
June 24-26, 2020 ✈ Amsterdam, Netherlands
User Research London
June 26, 2020 ✈ London, United Kingdom
An Event Apart
June 29-July 1, 2020 ✈ Boston, Massachusetts, United States
UX STRAT
June 29-July 1, 2020 ✈ Amsterdam, Netherlands
February 5-6, 2020 ✈ Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Pause Fest
February 5-7, 2020 ✈ Melbourne, Australia
Interaction 20
February 7-20, 2020 ✈ Milan, Italy
Outcome
February 8, 2020 ✈ Chandigarh, India
TEI: International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
February 9-13, 2020 ✈ Sydney, Australia
Australian Accessibility Conference
February 11-13, 2020 ✈ Victoria Park, Australia
UXistanbul Conference
February 18, 2020 ✈ Istanbul, Turkey
Awwwards Conference
February 20-21, 2020 ✈ Amsterdam, Netherlands
User Experience Hong Kong
“With recent disruptive events in Hong Kong this conference is on hold but we hope to announce some supporting events in 2020" ✈ Hong Kong, China
UXI Live
February 23-24, 2020 ✈ Rishon Lezion, Israel
ProfsoUX
February 28, 2020 ✈ St. Petersburg, Russia
Interaction Design Education Summit
February 29-March 1, 2020 ✈ Milan, Italy
March
The UX ConferenceMarch 2-3, 2020 ✈ London, England
ConveyUX
March 3-5, 2020 ✈ Seattle, Washington, United States
Service Design in Government
March 4-6, 2020 ✈ Edinburgh, Scotland
Leading Design
March 4-6, 2020 ✈ San Francisco, California, United States
International Conference on SETECEC
March 10-13, 2020 ✈ Venice, Italy
NO/BS Conference
March 11-12, 2020 ✈ Melbourne, Australia
Deliver Conference
March 12, 2020 ✈ Manchester, United Kingdom
SXSW
March 13-22, 2020 ✈ Austin, Texas, United States
CHIIR
March 14-18, 2020 ✈ Vancouver, Canada
Booster Conference
March 18-20, 2020 ✈ Bergen, Norway
Design Research
March 18-20, 2020 ✈ Melbourne, Australia
Perth UX Camp
March 19-20, 2020 ✈ Perth, Australia
Ignite UX
March 24, 2020 ✈ Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Advancing Research
March 30-April 1, 2020 ✈ New York City, New York, United States
UX Copenhagen
March 30-31, 2020 ✈ Copenhagen, Denmark
AIGA Design Conference
March 30-April 1, 2020 ✈ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
April
UIArchConfApril 1-3, 2020 ✈ New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Creative South
April 2-4, 2020 ✈ Columbus, Georgia, United States
Offset
April 3-5, 2020 ✈ Dublin, Ireland
UX Insight
April 6-8, 2020 ✈ Breda, The Netherlands
University of Illinois Web Conference
April 8-9, 2020 ✈ Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, United States
UX Days Tokyo
April 10, 2020 ✈ Tokyo, Japan
An Event Apart
April 13-15, 2020 ✈ Washington DC, United States
Digital Thinking
April 14–17, 2020 ✈ Austin, Texas, United States
Health Experience Design Conference
April 14-15, 2020 ✈ Boston, Massachusetts, United States
IAC Information Architecture Conference
April 14-18, 2020 ✈ New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Customer Experience Strategies Summit
April 16-17, 2020 ✈ Toronto, Canada
UX STRAT
April 20-21, 2020 ✈ Singapore
SmashingConf
April 21-22, 2020 ✈ San Francisco, California, United States
UX Healthcare
April 22-24, 2020 ✈ London, United Kingdom
OFFF
April 23-25, 2020 ✈ Barcelona, Spain
CHI
April 25-30, 2020 ✈ Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Beyond Tellerrand
April 27-29, 2020 ✈ Düsseldorf, Germany
Ergonomics & Human Factors
April 27-29, 2020 ✈ Stratford, United Kingdom
May
Pixel UpMay 4-6, 2020 ✈ Cape Town, South Africa
From Business to Buttons
May 6-8, 2020 ✈ Stockholm, Sweden
An Event Apart
May 11-13, 2020 ✈ Seattle, Washington, United States
Camp Digital
May 13, 2020 ✈ Manchester, United Kingdom
GamesUR
May 14, 2020 ✈ Montreal, Canada
UXConf BR
May 15-16, 2020 ✈ Porto Alegre, Brazil
UX Salon
May 17-18, 2020 ✈ Tel Aviv, Israel
Confab
May 17-20, 2020 ✈ Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
UXLx User Experience Lisbon
May 19-22, 2020 ✈ Lisbon, Portugal
ACE!
May 20-22, 2020 ✈ Kraków, Poland
Digital Health and Care Congress
May 20-21, 2020 ✈ London, United Kingdom
Ecommerce Design Summit
May 20-21, 2020 ✈ London, United Kingdom
UX London
May 27-29, 2020 ✈ London, United Kingdom
DesignOps Global Conference
May 28-29, 2020 ✈ Manchester, United Kingdom
Front UX & Product Management
May 28-29, 2020 ✈ Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
UX Camp Europe
May 30-31, 2020 ✈ Berlin, Germany
June
POLISHOPA Design Thinking ConferenceJune 1-4, 2020 ✈ Bydgoszcz, Poland
Fluxible
June 1-7, 2020 ✈ Ontario, Canada
UX Research Conference
June 3-5, 2020 ✈ Toronto, Canada
99U
June 3-5, 2020 ✈ New York City, New York, United States
By Design
June 6, 2020 ✈ Bratislava, Slovakia
SmashingConf
June 9-10, 2020 ✈ Austin, Texas, United States
Enterprise Experience
June 10-12, 2020 ✈ San Francisco, California, United States
UX Scotland
June 10-12, 2020 ✈ Edinburgh, Scotland
Experience Fighters
June 10-11, 2020 ✈ Madrid, Spain
Pixel Pioneers Bristol
June 12, 2020 ✈ Bristol, United Kingdom
IMX Interactive Media Experiences
June 17-19, 2020 ✈ Barcelona, Spain
The Next Web
June 18-19, 2020 ✈ Amsterdam, Netherlands
UXPA
June 23-25, 2020 ✈ Baltimore, Maryland, United States
UX Healthcare
June 24-26, 2020 ✈ Amsterdam, Netherlands
User Research London
June 26, 2020 ✈ London, United Kingdom
An Event Apart
June 29-July 1, 2020 ✈ Boston, Massachusetts, United States
UX STRAT
June 29-July 1, 2020 ✈ Amsterdam, Netherlands
July
HCI International
July 19-24, 2020 ✈ Copenhagen, Denmark
UX Research & Insights Summit
July 21-23, 2020 ✈ Boston, Massachusetts, United States
August
An Event Apart
August 17-19, 2020 ✈ Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Beyond Tellerrand
August 24-27, 2020 ✈ Berlin, Germany
UX Australia
August 25-28, 2020 ✈ Melbourne, Australia
September
SmashingConf
September 7-8, 2020 ✈ Freiburg, Germany
UX Healthcare
September 17-18, 2020 ✈ Frankfurt, Germany
Design Matters
September 23-24, 2020 ✈ Copenhagen, Denmark
October
An Event Apart
October 5-7, 2020 ✈ Orlando, Florida, United States
MobileHCI
October 5-8, 2020 ✈ Oldenburg, Germany
Canvas Conference
October 8, 2020 ✈ Birmingham, United Kingdom
UXDX Conference
October 8-9, 2020 ✈ Dublin, Ireland
UX-DAY
October 14-16, 2020 ✈ Mannheim, Germany
Amuse UX Conference
October 16, 2020 ✈ Budapest, Hungary
Smashing Conference
October 20-21, 2020 ✈ New York City, New York, United States
World Usability Congress
October 20-21, 2020 ✈ Graz, Austria
Interaction Latin America
To be confirmed, 2020 ✈ San Jose, Costa Rica
November
Beyond Tellerrand
November 2-4, 2020 ✈ Munich, Germany
Web Summit
November 2-5, 2020 ✈ Lisbon, Portugal
December
An Event Apart
December 14-16, 2020 ✈ San Francisco, California, United States
