World Usability Congress 2025 (Graz, Styria, Austria)

World Usability Congress 2025, the 13th edition of Austria’s premier annual usability conference, returns from October 14 – 16, 2025, at Messecongress Graz. Over 60 usability practitioners academics, and design executives will share their insights, challenges and solutions through a mix of panel discussions, keynotes, talks, masterclasses, and workshops at this three-day event.

 

 

Program

• October 14, 2025 (Tuesday), 9:30am – 5:00pm – Workshop / Focus Event + Meeting with conference participants (Starts from 7:00pm)
• October 15, 2025 (Wednesday), 9:00am – 5:10pm – Main Conference + Networking (Starts from 7:00pm)
• October 16, 2025 (Thursday), 8:00am – 7:10pm – Networking Breakfast + Main Conference + Bye Bye Networking

 

List of Workshop Facilitators

• Bill Albert – Founder & Principal, Greenlight Idea Lab
• Claudia Bruckschwaiger – Managing Director & Business Consultant, swohlwahr
• Clemens Lutsch – Professor for Human-centered Strategy & User Experience, International University SDI / Managing Partner, swohlwahr
• Luke Hay – Senior User Researcher, Clearleft
• Sean MC Guire – Manufacturing & Automatic Principal, Tietoevry Austria
• Stefan Barac – Founder, strategicA11Y
• Stefanos Zafeiropoulous – Head of Content, Hellas Direct
• Thorsten Jonas – Founder & CEO, Sustainable UX

 

 

List of Conference Speakers

• Ahmad Alhuwwari – Senior UX/CX Consultant, UX Waves
• Alide von Bornhaupt – UX Designer, Noblesse Oblique
• Andreas Hinderks – Professor, University of Applied Sciences and Arts
• Andreas Nawrath – People Lead, UX Manager, Deutsche Telekom IT
• Aydeen Raspberry – Senior UX Researcher, Booking.com
• Dagmar Wehr – Experience Designer, Accessibility, Deutsche Telekom IT
• Daria Tarawneh – Head of Design, Miro
• Dominique Winter – Product Development Coach, OBI Group Holding
• Everton Lewis – Managing Director, OCAD U CO
• Frederik Bader – UXR Manager, Heidelberg Materials
• Frode Hegland – Director, The Augmented Text Company
• Guy Hatton – Experience Director, Cognizant
• Hanna Köhler – Lead Accessibility, Deutsche Telekom IT
• Hannah Bjerregaard – Design Lead, TBO Digital
• Hannes Robier – CEO, Youspi
• Imran Rehman – CEO, Kokoro

 

 

• Ines Lindner – UX Strategist, REWE International
• Javier Bargas-Avila – UX Director, Google
• Joel Gill – Head of Experience Design, Shell Okc
• Joshua Randall – Product Manager, The Home Depot
• Justnya Belkevic – Lead Service Designer, The Riot Games
• Katarina Barišić & Vjeran Vlahović – Head of UX, Netgen
• Kausik Surendran – DGM UX Design, Schneider Electric
• Lade Tawak – UX Researcher, Lobster Inc.
• Lisa Lokshina – Director of User Experience, L3A UX Studio
• Lloyd Hervey II – UX Design Consultant, EXIT 127
• Malay Nagda – Head of Design, Compliance and Anti Financial Crime, Deutsche Bank
• Manuel Colombo – Experience Lead, Publicis Sapient
• Maria Müller – Senior UX Researcher, Kleinanzeigen.de
• Markus Pirker – CEO & Co-Founder, Userbrain
• Meltem Naz Kaso – UX Career Coach
• Mirjam Wouters – Global UX Lab Lead, Philips
• Mohan Krishnaraj – Global CDO and CXO, WongDoody / Infosys
• Mohit Gupta – Senior UX Manager, CDK Global
• Nina Hundhausen – Strategic Designer & Accessibility Lead, Deutsche Telekom
• Nospipho Nwigbo – UX Research Specialist, Dinghy Studio

 

 

• Pavitra S. Tandon – UX Consultant, UX Reviewer
• Rahul – Senior UX Designer, Amazon
• Ramy Nassar – Speaker, Author & Facilitator
• Rebecca Bergmann – Experience Designer, Deutsche Telekom IT
• Ripul Kumar –  Senior Director, UX Design, Oracle
• Rob Manzano – Managing Partner, Playbook Research
• Sascha Wolter – Principal, AI/HMI Advocate & Advisor, Cognigy
• Shreya Thakkar – Senior Design Researcher, Electrolux Group
• Stephanie Weber – Head of UX, Fielmann Group
• Tara Maria Bosenick – Managing Director, Uintent
• Tiziana d’Agostino – UX Psychology Consultant and Educator, Tdag Design
• Ulf Schubert – Director, UX & Touchpoint Design, DATEV
• Utkarsh Seth – Senior Staff UX Research Manager, Google
• Vishal Mehta – UX Lead, Apple
• Yoel Sumitro – Senior Director, Product Design, Delivery Hero
• Zahra Haji Ali Beigi – SAP Design Hub Berlin Lead, SAP Signavio

 

 

Ticket Categories

Ticket Type (EUR)	Early Bird	Regular
3-Day All-In Package (Oct 14 – 16) 2 days conference 1 day workshop or focus event Food & drinks Access to the networking dinner	1,140	TBA
2-Day Conference Pass (Oct 15 – 16) 2 days conference Food & drinks Access to the networking dinner	830	TBA
1-Day Pass (Oct 14 or Oct 15 or Oct 16) 1 day conference, workshop, or special track Food & drinks	440	TBA

 

 

Notes:

• Prices quoted exclude 20% VAT.
• Register by March 31, 2025 (Monday) to receive a free ticket to reXrules (a 15-minute UX talk, followed by nearly 3 hours of DJ music). Add reXrules to cart during checkout to claim your free ticket.
• Early Bird tickets are limited.
• A group discount is available with a minimum purchase of 4 tickets. Contact the organizer for details.

 

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