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For the 5th time, UX communities all over Austria come together to organize one collaborative event for World Usability Day 2024. As last year, we are planning to host the event fully remote - so you can attend from anywhere around the globe!
Join us at the World Usability Day Austria 2024!
Our well curated speakers and hosts at this years WUD Austria
Do not miss our interesting talks
A warm welcome to World Usability Day Austria 2024, a unique gathering of UX communities from across Austria, all coming together for a collaborative and insightful event. Organizers and community members of UX Salzburg, UX Linz, UX Vienna, and UX Graz will be guiding us through a series of engaging talks and discussions.
Smartphones have changed our lives in countless ways. In this keynote, you'll learn how smartphones, particularly the iPhone with its built-in screen reader VoiceOver, are changing the daily lives of blind people. We'll explore the remarkable accessibility features that make tasks like navigation, communication and information access possible, and discuss the powerful, inclusive opportunities these innovations open up.
About the speaker
From the point Claudio Zeni understood how much technology could help
him as a person born blind, he began immersing himself in electronic
devices and computers. After completing an education in software development,
Claudio now works at a government office, where he handles incoming support
requests by mail and phone. Besides his role in the government, he is engaged
with a new company called “Incluton”, where he brings the topic of
accessibility into enterprises by organizing on-site workshops and delivering keynotes.
It seems like everyone is talking about accessibility, but often in the context of what’s going wrong. Much of the conversation focuses on the web’s inaccessibility. #A11yFans aims to shift this perspective by shining a light on what’s going right. In this session, we’ll showcase good examples of accessible design, illustrating how accessibility can enhance user experience for everyone. Join us as we explore these success stories, and discuss practical solutions that make a real difference.
Designing for accessibility sucks 😫, right? It limits creative expression, makes things look ugly, and is mostly just for the blind … or is it? In this talk, designer and type nerd Oliver confronts his own misconceptions: Is 16px really the minimum font size? Is the highest contrast necessary? Should you avoid serif typefaces? And is Comic Sans best for dyslexic readers (even if everyone else hates it)? Join this fun, engaging session and walk away inspired 🤩 with practical guidelines to make your next design beautifully accessible, reaching and convincing more people.
About the speaker
Oliver Schöndorfer is a renowned typography expert and freelance UI & app
designer from Austria. He is obsessed with everything type, feels physical
pain when spotting bad kerning, and even had to switched banks, because he
could not stand an updated logotype.
His vision is to make digital projects more successful and beautiful through
type. To share his knowledge, Oliver hosts the popular YouTube channel
Pimp my Type, runs the weekly
Font Friday Newsletter, writes articles,
speaks at conferences and podcast. His energetic, unique style sets Oliver
apart, while motivating thousands of designers and developers to leverage
the power of typography.
Concluding our insightful sessions, we extend a warm invitation to representatives from all communities across Austria to share perspectives, discuss key takeaways from today’s talks, insights, and the current state of accessibility.
Following the official agenda, don’t miss out on the Open Networking Session — an informal space to connect, network, and continue the conversations sparked during the event. Everyone is welcome!
Online via Zoom / YouTube
We are proud to have the following organisations onboard
