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Bring your community to the global stage
24 Hours of UX takes place on June 8th-9th-10th. This event is by communities, for communities, on user experience design.
We are a non-profit of communities, built for the communities. Our goal is to provide a global stage for grassroots UX communities, and to showcase UX stories from the field through them. Because we’ve all seen the shiny, the perfect, the ideal – but we rarely get to see the real and the different. From Kenya to the US, from Switzerland to New Zealand, from Japan to Uruguay, we want to show the world not just the global successes, but also the local peculiarities, struggles, and golden nuggets.
This is where you come in.
Are you a local grassroots UX community organizer? Meaning you don’t have a large for-profit organization backing you, rather you do it for the sheer love of the subject matter? Then we need to talk, you and us.
Who can apply as community?
You should be a local organizer or educational institute, bringing together or training the UX designers, researchers, strategists, architects, writers, etc. in a city, region or country. You should have some experience under your belt, having organised at least a few community events or competitions. And you should be grassroots, meaning you do all this not because you are told or paid by someone, but because you want to create value locally.
What do you need to do?
It’s as easy as 1-2-3-4
How are participants selected?
Based on the topic relevance, location, and time of submission. The speaker’s seniority will not play a role in our decision. If you trust them, we trust them. The final decision will be made by the board of 24 Hours of UX. Our members cover Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, and South America. We’re pretty diverse too. So we won’t be biased.
When should you apply?
Right now! What are you waiting for? Applications should be sent no later than May 9th. The event takes place on June 8th, 9th, 10th – depending on where in the world you are. We start at 7am CEST.
The local qwirks, cultural aspects, user mindsets, or usage characteristics, that the world may not know anything about. Example topics could be: Cultural perspectives of design; The local web – peculiarities in UX based on local business, culture, language; Design leadership in the developing world; etc.
Never-ending learning is the hallmark of our practice. How do you make this happen? Example topic may include: Challenges absolved – case studies of a formidable problem that your team overcame; Academic research; Methods for continuous education within a design team; Fuck-up hours – how we failed and what we learned from it; etc.
We are more than the sum of our parts. What did you achieve with a community of users, or as a community of designers? Topic thought-starters: Perspectives and achievements of local design communities; Academia vs. Industry – knowledge transfer or parallel worlds?; Ethical Design & Inclusion; etc.
We are not machines, but we still need to function well-oiled. How is design fitted into an organization, and how is smooth functioning achieved? Topics could be, but are not limited to: Operations – making design efficient and effective; Fundamentals of UX measurement & reporting; Metrics and UX strategy; etc.
Fields are converging, and there is more connecting business and UX than what sets them apart. How do we make the most of this situation? You may want to talk about: Business success & UX Maturity; Incorporating UX into agile / SAFe operations; Business and design – arguments for and against integration.
Maybe you don’t just want to bring a presentation, you want to teach a skill? Or want to do both? Perfect! We are planning to run workshops in parallel with the main event. Participation in these will be limited, and charging for this type of content can be discussed. The topic should be hands-on, and relevant for designers. For example: Qualitative data tagging in UX research; Futurecasting in practice; Interactive hands-on session on a tool or technique; etc.
Remember 2020? It wasn’t the year we were expecting. But there were a few highlights, like when 20 local communities came together and entertained 7000 registrants on June 10th. Take a look back at our 2020 story, or our 2020 videos. We are keeping what worked and adding some more awesomeness.
Your contact details will only be used for communication about your participation at 24 Hours of UX 2021 event, and our future events. No information will be shared with any third party.
Get plenty of sleep before June 9th, because we’ll keep you up all day!
Are you running a local UX-related community? We want to hear from you! Check out our community page.
We are partnering with sponsors to bring our event to thousands of UXers across the planet. Let’s make it happen together.
