UX Days 2026
UX Days 2026
Systems in FLUX: Designing What Comes After
April 17–18, 2026 | Siebel Center for Design, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
The future of design is being rewritten in real time. As technology evolves and intelligent systems enter our workflows, UX professionals are not only designing for humans, but with machines — redefining creativity, authorship, and collaboration itself.
This year’s UX Days explores how designers work within, against, and beyond the systems that shape our world — from institutional and technological frameworks to cultural and ethical ones. Together, we’ll ask: What do we keep, what do we break, and what must we rebuild to create more equitable, adaptive, and human futures?
Through keynotes, workshops, and conversations, UX Days 2026 bridges the visionary and the practical, inviting students, educators, and professionals to explore how design can remain human-centered in an age of systemic change.
The call for session proposals is closed. Full schedule details coming soon!
Attendee Registration will launch on March 2
Who Attends UX Days
UX Days attracts a vibrant, interdisciplinary audience. Most attendees are University of Illinois students, with a handful of recent graduates and community participants. They come from fields such as computer science, information sciences, industrial and graphic design, sustainable design, architecture, business, humanities, and psychology.
Our participants include both undergraduate and graduate students with varying levels of experience — from first-year beginners to those who have completed internships or advanced UX coursework.
See Sessions from 2025
Want to see the kinds of sessions we’ve hosted before?
Browse the UX Days 2025 Schedule to view last year’s speakers, topics, and agenda.