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This years work leisure times meaning attending conferences might be a little troublesome for most of us to say the least with all the restrictions due to COVID-19 situation. Even though travelling to a distant country to meet new people and talk work matters in a light way while drinking free beverages is not possible, there is another option to learn something new and possibly meet others, meaning online remote conferences.
Many of the yearly happenings have successfully moved to the virtual space this year to accommodate new conditions. While the experience might be slightly different we still think it’s worth it, so grab your favourite beverage and snacks and get ready for some binge keynoting.
UX Healthcare: Frankfurt
July 8, 2020
Better user experience can save lives. With this bold statement UX Healthcare conference presents their mission. At UX GIRL Healthcare is at the forefront of our services sectors and we, as well as UX Healthcare, also see a big need in revolutionising this industry. Healthcare systems need better design and need some talks about it. Frankfurt edition of this conference will be held fully online with later editions to stay in the usual format. It’s a great possibility to catch a glimpse of the healthcare industry progress in terms of technology and experience working products. We particularly recommend attending these sessions: Adventures in Surgical UX from Tim Caynes and UX for AR: Brain Surgery with Augmented Reality.
Gdynia Design Days
July 4–11, 2020
This baltic conference is already an established brand in the polish design scene. 2020s’ years theme is Attention! which was announced even before the worldwide epidemic of COVID-19. It was chosen to showcase mindfulness and enhance focusing on values, that we sometimes forget these days. We have our own possibility of adding to the theme, as Magdalena-our founder will be performing design workshops there. If you want to learn more about Blockchain and how to solve sustainability issues with it through design be sure to sing up here.
HCI International
July 19–24, 2020
We were particularly looking forward to visiting this conference, as it was scheduled to be held in a beautiful venue Bella Sky, Copenhagen, but it’s great to know that the conference has been fully moved to the online. HCI International is a very solid science-oriented conference covering all aspects of Human Computer Interaction. If want to see factual research studies being presented-this is something for you. We also highly recommend it for people interested in accessibility.
FinTech Design Summit
July 30, 2020
Financial world is finally catching up with new technology and it’s a very interesting moment for designers to dive deeper into Capital Markets, Corporate and Personal Banking and Brokerage. The conference will feature aspects of Product, Design, UX and Strategy in the Fintech sector. It would be great to listen to Andy Montgomery talk about Square, which was one of the hottest startups in the early fintech days and still stays strong in e-commerce. For people more interested in Blockchain we think listening to Sarah Gregory from Coinbase might just be the best thing to do in your free time.
Enterprise Experience 2020
August 31-September 3, 2020
It’s hard not to notice the organiser of the event Rosenfeld Media, which is responsible for delivering technology and design oriented books to eager reading designers for over a decade. The program of the conference is quite robust with lectures ranging from design for US satellites, through LEGO and giants like Mastercard, Salesforce, ZenDesk. Seems like everyone will find something worthy to listen to.
UXPA 2020 International
September TBA, 2020
Offline conference that was supposed to be cancelled and moved to 2021 decided to run a mini version of it during September. Dates are still TBA, so make sure to write it down a check once in a while. Conference is organized by UXPA association (former UPA) and will be free for all it’s members. Special feature for this conference is a big UX Quiz, which can be completed solo or in team.
Design Thinking: Virtual Experience
September 8–11, 2020
Biggest highlight of this conference is John Maeda, a designer and technologist that was marked by Wired magazine as to be to design as Warren Buffet is to finance. He will be talking about transformation and going beyond design — we can’t wait. Apart from this talk we think it would be beneficial to attend to some workshops that are being held by people from IDEO U.
Disrupt 2020
September 14–18, 2020
It’s hard not to know this conference if you have been to the startup world once in your lifetime. Techrunch Disrupt offers a glide through this years hottest startups that will certainly be big in years to come. It might be the best place to catch a glimpse at the newest user interface trends to come and see them in action on a live product. The conference is supposed to be held offline, but will feature a Digital Pass, that will allow attendees to listen to select keynotes from their homes.
Design Matters ‘20
September 23–24, 2020
A conference with a rebel flare, we really recommend you visit their 90' inspired website. Design Matters explores new movements in the digital design scene. This year it features Real Fake, Next Gen Design and Scrappy Creative as the conference themes. All sound pretty neat, so we think you should attend just to check them out of curiosity. It will be held onsite in Copenhagen, but live stream tickets are available.
Mobile HCI 2020
October 5–8, 2020
This Mobile conference is organized by ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), a nearly 75-years old organisation directed at technology and computing. We expect a decent dose of research backed information concerning mobile applications and human computer interaction there. The conference has been fully moved to the virtual space, so expect lots of presentations and insights delivered straight to your comfortable sofa.
UXDX
October 6–9, 2020
Last but not least, UXDX offers a fresh view on combining product, design and development topics. Conference is to be held online and will get you the knowledge needed to amp your product development process a level higher.
Either onsite or online we still think conferences do broaden up your horizons. Make sure to save some time for these events and try to network, given our current possibilities.
Have fun!
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