World Usability Day turns 20 on Nov 14, 2024

Get ready for an epic milestone on November 14, 2024! For two decades, this amazing grassroots movement has brought together passionate innovators worldwide to champion user-centered design.

2024 Theme: Designing for a Better World

The theme of “Designing for a Better World” is demonstrated in many ways such as architects and urban planners creating accessible public spaces, companies focusing on eco-friendly packaging, software developers prioritizing inclusive digital design, community engagement platforms enhancing civic participation, sustainable transportation solutions prioritizing pedestrians and cyclists, educational materials designed for inclusivity, and green architecture emphasizing energy efficiency and occupant well-being. These efforts contribute to a more accessible and environmentally conscious world.

 World Usability Initiative

The goal of the World Usability Initiative (WUI) is to connect the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and the User Experience (UX) community and everyone who believes that great design is inclusive and usable by all, to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals by establishing World Usability Day as an internationally observed day, listed on the United Nations calendar. WUI launched the Design Challenge in 2020 and the Speaker Series in 2021. Help us achieve this goal of being engaged in our global community to design for a better world.

Sign the Petition to the UN!

World Usability Day across the years!

Column 1 Theme Events Countries Individuals Engaged
2005 Make it Easy 115 35 6,500
2006 Accessibility 228 40 38,000
2007 Healthcare 157 41 29,000
2008 Transportation 161 43 50,000
2009 Designing for a Sustainable World 150 43 48,000
2010 Communication 150 40 45,000
2011 Education: Designing for Social Change 120 42 7,000
2012 Usability of Financial Systems 80 20 6,000
2013 Healthcare: Collaborating for Better Systems 107 32 7,000
2014 Engagement 135 40 8,500
2015 Innovation 91 31 6,500
2016 Sustainability 73 24 6,000
2017 Inclusion 66 25 6,500
2018 Design for Good or Evil 62 26 6,500
2019 Design for the Future We Want 56 27 6,500
2020 Human-Centered AI 42 26 5,500
2021 Trust, Ethics, Integrity 47 25 4,550
2022 Healthcare 32 25 4,550
2023 Collaboration and Cooperation 48 20 4575

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We have been organizing events on the second Thursday in November since 2005.

Over 250,000 people have been involved in events so far, around the world, bringing  together different communities to create a more usable world for all of us.

Upcoming Events

Usability Events

From around the world

November 15, 2024

World Usability Day Progressive 2024

IxD

Cleveland, Ohio
United States

November 14, 2024

World Usability Day 2024

UXPA Austin + UXPA UT Austin + IBM

Austin, Texas
United States

November 14, 2024

wudSIE24

Innovation and Foresight for Start-ups: Designing the Future of the Territory

Ancona, Marche
Italia

November 14, 2024

WUD Austria 2024

,
Austria

November 10, 2024

UX Meeting AI Meeting Adda

A World Usability Day event

Kolkata, West Bengal
India

November 14, 2024

UXPA Austin - World Usability Day

Austin Designing for a Better World!

Austin, Texas
United States

November 14, 2024

World Usability Day 2024- Bremen

Designing for a Better World

Bremen, Bremen
Germany

November 14, 2024

World Usability Day '24 Berlin

Designing for a Better World

Berlin, Berlin
Germany

November 14, 2024

World Usability Day Augsburg

Designing for a Better World

Augsburg, Bavaria
Germany

November 14, 2024

Triangle UXPA

World Usability Day Celebration

Chapel Hill, North Carolina
United States

December 12, 2024
12:00 - 14:00
UTC+01
How to Attend
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Host City

Waltham Massachusetts,
United States

Brandeis Maker Space

Brandeis University

Join us in the markerspace.

More Details forthcoming soon.