Time to plan for 2023!


Our goal is to raise standards so that technology works to harness human potential. Every second Thursday in November, events occur around the world that bring together different communities to celebrate how we can make our world easy for all.

 

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. Help us acheive this goal!

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2023 Theme

Collaboration and Cooperation


Collaboration and Cooperation

In order to solve the world’s biggest problems, we all have to work together. In 2023, we will focus working together to create solutions, both globally and locally. Let’s connect our work to the big problems of our world and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS)

 

 


Usability Events

From around the world

November 12, 2020

Arizona World Usability Day 2020

THEME: Human-Centered AI

Scottsdale, Arizona
United States

November 12, 2020

STHLM Xperience Conference 2020 Digital Edition

Human-Centered AI

Stockholm, Stockholms län
Sverige

November 12, 2020

Next Round

for World Usability Day Leipzig

Leipzig, Saxony
Germany

November 12, 2020

World Usability Day 2020

in Munich

München, Bayern
Germany

July 28, 2020

Pandemic Inspired Solutions for Everyone

Designers for Solutions

Boston, Massachusetts
United States

November 12, 2020

World Usability Day

with UX Research and Strategy

Dallas, Texas
United States

November 12, 2020

[WUD’2020@Tehran] online event hosted by ACM SIGCHI Iran Chapter -روز جهانی کاربردپذیری2020 در تهران

پنجشنبه 22 آبان 1399 ساعت 14:30 الی 17:30 –به میزبانی کارگروه موضوعی ویژه تعامل انسان و رایانه ایران

Tehran, Tehran Province
Iran

November 12, 2020

2020 Indiana World Usability Day

Indianapolis, Indiana
United States

September 24, 2020

The Gray Zones: World Usability Day Edition

Online social experiment

New York, New York
United States

October 14, 2020

Usable Angst

A design workshop on the futures of community-police interactions

Newton, Massachusetts
United States

November 12, 2020

Puget Sound World Usability Day 2020

Human-Centered AI

Seattle, Washington
United States

November 12, 2020

WUD Torino 2020 - Italy

Human-Centered AI. Naturally artificial

Torino, Piemonte
Italia

November 12, 2020

WUD Würzburg 2020

Würzburg, Bayern
Deutschland

November 12, 2020

World Usability Day Bamberg 2020

Bamberg, Bayern
Deutschland

November 12, 2020

World Usability Day 2020

World Usability Day 2020

Lisbon, Lisbon
Portugal

November 13, 2020

WUD Bologna 2020 - Italy

Bologna, Emilia-Romagna
Italia

November 10, 2020

WUD Perugia 2020 - Italy

Human-Centered AI. Naturally artificial

Perugia, Umbria
Italia

November 14, 2020

WUD@ITMO 2020

World Usability Day at ITMO University

Санкт-Петербург, Петроградский
Россия

November 12, 2020

IA centrada en el humano: Retos y perspectivas en México

Un evento de las comunidades de UX mexicanas

Puebla, Puebla
Mexico

November 11, 2020

World Usability Day Rome 2020

The WUDRome Multi-Day learning & networking experience

Rome, Lazio
Italy

November 11, 2020

Solved By Design

This year we'll learn how human centred AI has impacted our life, specially during pandemic.

Kolkata, West Bengal
India

November 12, 2020

World Usability Day Austria 2020

, Steiermark
Österreich

November 12, 2020

World Usability Day 2020

in Prague

Praha, Hlavní město Praha
Česko

November 19, 2020

Create your own chatbot

Hands-on Workshop

Praha, Hlavní město Praha
Česko

November 12, 2020

WORLD USABILITY DAY São Paulo 2020

Hosted by UXPA São Paulo

São Paulo, São Paulo
Brasil

November 12, 2020

Saudi World Usability Day 2020

الرياض, منطقة الرياض
Saudi Arabia

November 12, 2020

World Usability Day 2020 Budapest

Budapest,
Magyarország

November 12, 2020

Michigan's 18th Annual World Usability Day event

East Lansing, Michigan
United States

November 16, 2020

WUD 2020 - France

UX/CX community (Telecom Valley)

Valbonne, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
France

November 12, 2020

Aprendizaje online en tiempo de crisis

Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana
España

November 17, 2020

Design Workshop: Futures for Police-Community Interactions

Newton, Massachusetts
United States

November 10, 2020

TorCHI.org Celebrates World Usability Day - Nov 10, 2020

Intentional Product Leadership - with Chris Avore

Toronto, Ontario
Canada

November 18, 2020

PhillyCHI: World Usability Day 2020

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
United States

November 12, 2020

WUD-SIGHItaly 2020

Milan, Lombardy
Italy

November 11, 2020

Milano, Lombardia
Italia

November 12, 2020

World Usability Day Cleveland - 2020

Cleveland, Ohio
United States

November 12, 2020

Copenhagen,
Denmark

December 8, 2020

The Role of Trust in the UX of AI Systems

Human-Centered AI (HCAI)

Boston, Massachusetts
United States

November 12, 2020

World Usability Day 2020 - Human Centered A.I.

Los Angeles, California
United States

November 14, 2020

Greek ACM SIGCHI chapter WUD 2020

Athina, Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon
Greece

December 4, 2020

Arab World Usability Day 2020

اليوم العالمي لقابلية الاستخدام في العالم العربي

Cairo, Cairo Governorate
Egypt

February 3, 2021

Speaker Series: UX Through Arabic Eyes

Amman, Amman Governorate
Jordan

March 18, 2021

Engaging with Ethics

Keeping our fellow humans safe and in control is important, but implementing ethics is intimidating

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
United States

June 3, 2021

Paving the Way for More Inclusive User Research

, New York
United States

November 11, 2021

WORLD USABILITY DAY SÃO PAULO 2021

Hosted by UXPA São Paulo

São Paulo, São Paulo
Brasil

November 11, 2021

World Usability Day Cleveland - 2021

Cleveland, Ohio
United States

November 11, 2021

WUDMilan 2021

Milano, Lombardia
Italia

November 11, 2021

World Usability Day 2021

in Munich

München, Bayern
Germany

November 11, 2021

World Usability Day 2021 in Hamburg

WUD 2021: Hamburg

Hamburg, Hamburg
Deutschland

November 11, 2021

World Usability Day with UX Research and Strategy

Trust, Ethics and Integrity in Design

Dallas, Texas
United States

November 10, 2021

Michigan Fall Mixer

Kick off World Usability Day, hang out with Michigan UXers

Lansing, Michigan
United States

November 11, 2021

wudSIE - Our online world

, Piemonte
Italia

October 14, 2021

Deconstructing copy-paste futures for designing a Post-COVID world

Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Pakistan

November 11, 2021

Arizona 2021 World Usability Day - Online Evening Event

Phoenix, Arizona
United States

November 13, 2021

Design for our online world: From Mexico

Puebla, Puebla
Mexico

November 11, 2021

STHLM Xperience Conference 2021

A hybrid conference for designers by designers

Stockholm, Stockholms län
Sverige

September 25, 2021

World Usability Day & Solved by Design presents EXPERT MEET with Piyush Relan,

Piyush Relan is the Director of Design at Walmart International

Kolkata, West Bengal
India

November 11, 2021

Seattle, Washington
United States

November 10, 2021

World Usability Day Rome 2021

The WUDRome Multi-Day learning & networking experience

Rome, Lazio
Italy

November 10, 2021

Philadelphia World Usability Day 2021

Hosted by PhillyCHI

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
United States

November 11, 2021

TCID@KSU Usability Lab Launch

Join us and our friends from Mediacurrent as we officially open our new lab.

Marietta, Georgia
United States

November 11, 2021

Solved By Design

Kolkata, West Bengal
India

November 9, 2021

Comment développer une UX performante sans perdre en éthique ?

Éthique et #uxdesign : les deux font-ils toujours la paire ?

Bruxelles, Bruxelles
Belgique

November 11, 2021

Design Thinking Challenge from IxDA Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio
United States

November 11, 2021

[WUD’2021@TEHRAN] روز جهانی کاربردپذیری2021 در تهران

پنجشنبه 20 آبان 1400 ساعت 14:00 الی 17:30

Tehran, Tehran Province
Iran

November 11, 2021

User Experience for Change Managers

Hosted by ACMP Greater Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
United States

November 25, 2021

اليوم العالمي لقابلية الاستخدام | كيف نصمم محتوى مقروء

كيف يمكننا تطبيق قابلية الاستخدام في تصميم المحتوى وكتابة تجربة المستخدم في المشاريع الرقمية بنجاح

,
Egypt

November 11, 2021

An exclusive accessibility roundtable event on the risk of overlays and improving usability for all!

London, England
United Kingdom

November 11, 2021

WUD SIGCHI Finland 2021

SIGCHI Finland 20 vuotta

Oulu,
Finland

November 11, 2021

, Victoria
Australia

November 11, 2021

World Usability Day Aalen 2021

Aalen, Baden-Württemberg
Germany

November 11, 2021

World Usability Day Bamberg 2021

Bamberg, Bavaria
Germany

November 11, 2021

World Usability Day Berlin 2021

Berlin, Berlin
Germany

November 11, 2021

World Usability Day Dresden 2021

Dresden, Saxony
Germany

November 11, 2021

World Usability Day Cologne 2021

Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany

November 11, 2021

World Usability Day Leipzig 2021

Leipzig, Saxony
Germany

November 11, 2021

World Usability Day Metropole Ruhr 2021

Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Germany

November 11, 2021

World Usability Day Osnabrück 2021

Osnabrück, Lower Saxony
Germany

November 11, 2021

World Usability Day Paderborn 2021

Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany

November 11, 2021

World Usability Day Stuttgart 2021

Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
Germany

November 11, 2021

World Usability Day Wolfsburg 2021

Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony
Germany

November 11, 2021

World Usability Day Würzburg 2021

Würzburg, Bavaria
Germany

November 11, 2021

World Usability Day Zurich 2021

Zürich, Zurich
Switzerland

November 11, 2021

World Usability Day 2021 Tangível - Portugal

Ethics, Inclusion and Transparency in Design

Porto, Porto District
Portugal

November 11, 2021

Triangle UXPA World Usablity Day

Durham, North Carolina
United States

November 11, 2021

UXPA Boston, in collaboration with Triangle UXPA: Where Next for Ethical Text?

Boston, Massachusetts
United States

November 11, 2021

Inclusive design: Case studies from IBM design leaders

TorCHI event

Toronto, Ontario
Canada

December 11, 2021

Odisha Design Week (ODW) 2021

Bhubaneswar, Odisha
India

November 17, 2022

[WUD’2022@TEHRAN] Online event hosted by ACM SIGCHI IRAN CHAPTER

Tehran, Tehran Province
Iran

May 11, 2022

Beyond Design Thinking: Ukraine's Design Community

Kyiv, Kyiv City
Ukraine

August 23, 2022

Design for good

Save the Date!

San Francisco, California
United States

November 23, 2022

World Usability Day Estonia 2022

Tallinn, Harju County
Estonia

November 10, 2022

Arizona World Usability Day Event

Online Event - All are Welcome!

Scottsdale, Arizona
United States

November 10, 2022

World Usability Day 2022 Bamberg

Bamberg, Bayern
Germany

November 10, 2022

World Usability Day 2022 in Munich

München, Bayern
Germany

November 10, 2022

WORLD USABILITY DAY WITH UX RESEARCH AND STRATEGY

Dallas, Texas
United States

November 10, 2022

World Usability Day Switzerland

Ambassador Conference House in Zurich-Opfikon

Opfikon, Zürich
Switzerland

November 3, 2022

WUD Würzburg, Germany

Würzburg, Bavaria
Germany

October 18, 2022

Embedded Interaction Design & Usability Engineering

Mumbai, Maharashtra
India

November 10, 2022

World Usability Day 2022 Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio
United States

June 7, 2023
12:00 - 13:30
UTC-04
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UX of Climate Change

Reimagine futures

Climate change is arguably the most urgent problem of our time. The impact of climate change is different but serious for everyone on the planet as it impacts everyone’s experience.

““The impacts of climate change that we are feeling today, from extreme heat to flooding to severe storms, are expected to get worse, and people least able to prepare and cope are disproportionately exposed,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan “This report punctuates the urgency of equitable action on climate change. With this level of science and data, we can more effectively center EPA’s mission on achieving environmental justice for all.”

“ from https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-report-shows-disproportionate-impacts-climate-change-socially-vulnerable

By going beyond user experience (UX) and including relational design we can look at our whole world, together to solve to problems resulting from climate change, Moving past human centered and expanding usability to include a sustainable planet by including all species and their ecosystems. Human centered design has disowned other life specifics and their ecosystems with disastrous effects for our planet.

This workshop will expand UX and Usability to include a hard look at climate change.Working with people on the ground, those directly coping with life changing consequences of climate change, such as fires and floods empower people to cope with crises and change our behavior to think of usability as including all species and their ecosystems. We will work in small groups for short training to be empowered to solve problems as they arise. This will create strong skills people can use, on the ground, to learn how to be proactive and lead with curiosity, not fear.

 

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