Conferences & workshops

Canada 

FWD50 

FWD50 (pronounced “forward fifty”) is the annual gathering of the world's leading public sector innovators. 

FWD50 | Home 

DPI Professional Development Week 

Annual professional development week for the public sector IM, IT, and Digital community. 

Professional Development Week (PDW) -DPI (dpi-canada.com) 

CanUX 

CanUX (pronounced “canucks”, like the hockey team) is an independent, locally-grown, volunteer-driven event created for people who want to learn and share their expertise about experience design, and how our profession contribute to making things work better for everyone. 

CanUX 2024. 13th edition. | Canada's Premier UX Event, eh? 

Design Thinkers 

Canada’s largest graphic design conference held twice yearly in Toronto and Vancouver and hosted by the Association of Registered Graphic Designers (RGD).  

RGD – Design Thinkers – RGD – Design Thinkers 

International 

Axe-con

Digital accessibility conference presented by Deque Systems. This conference is free to attend. 

axe-con Digital Accessibility Conference | Deque

SDinGov (Service Design in Government) 

The original international community event for anyone involved in designing, delivering and commissioning public services. 

Service Design in Government | Virtual Service Design in Government (sdingov.net) 

UXPA International Conference 

User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA) International events provide interactive opportunities for our members and the UX community to learn, have fun, and collaborate. 

Conferences & Events - UXPA International 

UXRConf

User Experience Research Conference (UXRConf) is an opportunity to learn from leading user researchers and UX practitioners in the industry. The first day of the 3-day event is dedicated to demos of salient user research tools, while a series of talks and discussions on UX research processes and strategies will take place at the main conference in the remaining 2 days.  

UXRConf 2024 - Learners (joinlearners.com) 

SIGCHI 

The Special Interest Group on Computer–Human Interaction (SIGCHI) sponsors/co-sponsors 26 Human-Computer Interaction conferences annually, including our flagship conference, CHI (Human Factors in Computing Systems), which has been organized every year since 1983. 

Conferences | SIGCHI 

HFES Events 

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) organizes highly regarded educational activities on a variety of topics and interest areas. These activities offer unparalleled opportunities to immerse oneself in new discoveries and breakthroughs in the field of human factors/ergonomics and benefit from opportunities to meet peers from around the world. 

Events | HFES 

Figma Config 

Figma's conference for people who build products.

Figma Config 

World Expo – Japan 2025 

Expos are global events dedicated to finding solutions to fundamental challenges facing humanity by offering a journey inside a chosen theme through engaging and immersive activities. 

Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai (bie-paris.org)