The largest events of 2018: design and front-end
At the beginning of last year, we made a selection of interesting events that designers should mark on their calendar, and today it is time to continue this undertaking. This time we decided to focus on the most significant events of the world for specialists of different profiles. The material under the cut covers the design and front-end directions; The second part of the article is devoted to development and testing. The collection includes mostly large conferences, for which it makes sense to prepare, tune in and save up in advance, as well as some interesting educational events. At the end of the article you will find links to resources where it is convenient to track the full range of meetings, courses and local initiatives. Additions and suggestions, as always, are welcome.
Design Weekend
Where and when:
Ulyanovsk - January 20-21
Address: st. Iron Division, 5B, coworking "Boiling Point"
Smolensk - February 23-25
Perm - March 24-25
Kirov - April 28-29
Samara - April-May
(exact addresses will be announced in the Vkontakte group )
Conditions of participation: Free, registration is required
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A design weekend is a public educational, fundamentally non-commercial, project of the Russian design community. This year a series of meetings will be held for the sixth time. Participants aim to share practical knowledge and experience between the capital and the regions and improve the quality of design in Russia. The event takes place in different parts of the country in the format of two-day seminars, initiated by local design communities. The program of each particular exit conference is formed freely and flexibly, depending on the interests of the community. This year Design Weekend announced in five cities and in each case will cover a special range of topics relevant to local professionals. In Ulyanovsk, the talk will be about design, product design, mobile applications, augmented reality, design thinking, creative practices. In Smolensk, the attention of speakers will be focused on territorial branding, urban environment, urban planning, graphic design, illustration. Perm designers will discuss: big data visualization, services for the city, neural networks and artificial intelligence in design.
KRUPA
Where: Ukraine, Kiev, Stolichnoe Highway 103, RamadaEncoreKiev conference center
When: February 10
Participation conditions: 3200 UAH. (6478 rub.)
The largest Ukrainian UIX event in 2018 - the KRUPA conference - will bring together 11 speakers from 4 countries of the world and 950 listeners. Among the participants is the legendary AlanCooper from the USA. Here are some of the topics of the reports: VR in web design, cases from the mobile life of Ukrainian e-commerce, custom research for enterprise projects.
Winter Intensive Course "Service UX-design-2"
Where: Moscow
Workshops + practice + workshops: st. Godovikova 9/4
Master Class "Technical Design": 26/1, Mira Ave.
When: Seminars + practice - February 14-16
Master Classes - February 19-28
Master Class "Technical Design" - March 3
Participation conditions: from 35,000 rubles. (detailed information on the website and the organizers)
The program of the course consists of classes in three different formats: seminars, practice and master classes. The course will allow to penetrate into the subtleties of applying methods and tools when building a design of services. Emphasis will also be placed on the problems of organizing the design process and solutions for organizing an effective development process and product management.
World Information Architecture Day (WIAD 18)
Where: St. Petersburg, st. Flower, 19, Selectel
When: February 24
Participation conditions: free, registration required
An international conference to promote the creation of clear, accessible and easy-to-use digital products. The global theme of 2018 - “IA forGood” - convenience, protecting users from mistakes, achieving mutual understanding in the digital world. In St. Petersburg, the conference is held by UX SPb - a community of UX-specialists.
Chipets-3
Where: Krasnoyarsk, st. Airport, 10, MBDTs "Pilot"
When: March 17
Participation conditions: from 1000 rub.
Professional conference consisting of two streams: design and engineering, management. The event may be interesting to project managers, developers, managers and owners of companies and, of course, designers and designers. The event gathers participants from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnoyarsk, Orel, Omsk, Tomsk, Novosibirsk, Kemerovo and Abakan. Reports will be presented on a wide range of topics: from the balance between creativity and pragmatics in developing corporate websites to managing user behavior. Conference organizers: Chipsa, D2D, Tagline. The site can also apply for participation as a speaker.
CodeFest 2018
Where: Novosibirsk, st. Station, 104, Expocentre
When: March 31 - April 1
Participation conditions: 8 800 rub. Registration will be open on February 6
The annual largest event in the Urals - CodeFest 2018 - for developers, designers, testers and project managers. Speakers are expected from 16 countries, representatives of the largest IT companies.
ProfsoUX 18
Where: St. Petersburg, st. Lodeynopolskaya, 5, Center Petrokongress
When: April 14
Participation conditions: from 2800 rub.
Seventh Annual Conference on Usability and User Interface Design. The event can be interesting for both UX-specialists and designers, as well as analysts, project or product managers, developers and testers. The conference will consist of reports and master classes from representatives of leading Russian IT companies. Participants will learn how to conduct UX-studies in a limited budget, how to implement creative UX-tasks and how to analyze their results, get acquainted with the experience of designing truly high-quality websites, applications and programs, as well as hear about effective ways to interact with the customer.
DesignThinkingCamp
Where: Moscow, Perevedenyovskiy lane, 18, TEC “Factory”, p. 8, 3 fl., 8-32
When: August 1-3
Participation conditions: 15 000 rub.
3 days of lectures and open workshops in the framework of the summer camp for beginners, practitioners and experts of design thinking. Russian and foreign speakers will share with the audience valuable knowledge on the topic “Consumer Insights”. Exchange of experience, useful information about what your users expect, how to create a universal design and whether it is possible, how to include the user in the design, and much more.
AwwwardsConference (DigitalThinkersConf)
Where: Germany, Berlin (address specified)
When: February 7-9
Conditions of participation: 393 € - 845 € (26,726 - 57,465 rubles)
Where: USA, San Francisco (address to be specified)
When: May 10-11
Conditions of participation: $ 425 - $ 550 (24,245 - 31,375 rubles)
One of the most reputable industry conferences. The event attracts influential and powerful speakers who inspire, teach and guide professionals around the world, creating the future of web design. In 2018, DigitalThinkersConf will be held in Germany and the USA. The range of topics varies from theoretical considerations on the topic of creativity, impostor syndrome and debugging workflows to specific recommendations for using AR and increasing engagement. Several workshops will be held at the Berlin site, where problems of the frontend will also be affected.
UXistanbulConference 2018
Where: Turkey, Istanbul, EskiBĂĽyĂĽkdere, MaslakBusinessCenter
When: February 20
Conditions of participation: 1000 â‚ş (15 200 rub.)
The fourth annual conference of Uxistanbul keeps the bar on “Turkey's first UX-event”, attracting UIX experts from world-famous companies to exchange experiences. This time the focus will be on service design. Experts will present their views on popular methodologies and practices, explain the connection of service design with UX and designate the scope of application of the latest technologies.
UX DesignSummit
Where: USA, San Francisco, Market Street, 845
When: March 1
Conditions of participation: $ 449 - $ 599 (25 540 - 34 070 rubles)
UX DesignSummit is a meeting place for representatives of major world companies such as Facebook, Google, Spotify. Experts will share valuable information on how to create an unforgettable user experience. Insights and stories of famous designers will help students discover new horizons in their work.
UXinsight 2018
Where: Netherlands, Utrecht, Westkanaaldijk, 7, The Fabrique building
When: March 7-8
Conditions of participation: 284 € - 526 € (19 280 - 35700 rub.)
An international event that includes both sessions with reports and a series of workshops. The organizers emphasize that the event provides rich material on UX research, as well as examples of real practices and tips on the selection of tools. All reports will be presented in English.
UX Salon 2018
Where: Israel, Tel Aviv (address specified)
When: May 6-7
Participation conditions: from 540 â‚Ş to 1554 â‚Ş (8980 rubles - 25 850 rubles), taking into account the fee
The two-day UX Salon 2018 conference is dedicated to professional practice and additional training of UIX - participants will not only get a lot of food to mind, but also intensive trainings for successful learning. The organizers maintain a special approach to the formation of the program: they select topics in accordance with the current industry trends, and then look for speakers with appropriate expertise among well-known teams (Google, Smashing Magazine, Firefox) to make the event as balanced and informative as possible.
UXPA Boston
Where: USA, Boston, Dalton, 39
When: May 20
Conditions of participation: the price of the ticket is being specified, last year it ranged from $ 99 to $ 299 without taking into account the fee (5,630-17,000 rubles).
The seventeenth annual conference of UX specialists, which is famous, not least of all, for its stellar composition of speakers. At the moment, the program is still being formed, however, given that last year, among the speakers was the author of the book “Don't make me think” Steve Krug and Donn Licho, who wrote “User's Journey”, it is worth a lot to expect from her.
AppDesign & DevelopmentConference
Where: Spain, Barcelona, ​​Avinguda diagonal, 547
When: July 4-6
Participation conditions: from 99 € (6720 rub.), More details about prices.
An international conference that brings together designers and developers who create modern iOS and Android applications. Specialists will gather to share experiences, address problems at the intersection of design and design, and dialogue in order to achieve a better understanding of working moments. The event begins with a day completely dedicated to workshops. The rest of the time is allotted for reports that run in a single stream for perfect synergy, and free communication on professional topics - the organizers especially encourage networking, providing long breaks and comfortable recreation areas. The final chord is a barbecue party on a yacht.
UX Week 2018
Where: USA, San Francisco, Hyatt Regency, Embarcadero Center, 5
When: August 21-24
Conditions of participation: $ 2295 (130,525 rubles)
One of the biggest UIX events of the year from Adaptive Path, UX Week 2018 gathers experts from all over the world. Over the course of four days, they will share experience and inspiration for future work, as well as learn new tools that, in the opinion of the organizers, can be immediately incorporated into the workflow for better results.
World Usability Congress 2018
Where: Austria, Harz (address specified)
When: October 16-18
Conditions of participation: 350 € - 650 € (19 950 - 36970 rub.)
Conference, designed to gain practical knowledge in the field of usability. The practical orientation of the congress is multidimensional: these are real case studies from leading experts, and collaborative sessions in which other participants can help you solve the problems of your project, and group sessions with experts to consolidate new knowledge and work out skills. In order for students to easily create a personal schedule and visit the most useful sections of an extensive and dense program for themselves, the organizers introduce a new system, allowing you to easily select speakers by specific subject tags.
School of Interface Development Yandex
Where: Moscow, st. Lev Tolstova, 16
When: acceptance of work until January 15 - 31, 2018
The first stage of training: from March 5 to April 22.
The second stage - from April 23 to May 27.
Participation conditions: free by selection
University students and budding specialists who are interested in front-end development can still have time to get valuable knowledge from Yandex specialists. Requirements: knowledge of HTML, CSS, JS and a modest experience in developing interfaces. Two stages of training are planned: lectures and practical classes, hackathons and participation in this Yandex project. Classes will be held three times a week. Nonresident students will pay for accommodation in the hostel.
Ya Subbotnik
Where: Nizhny Novgorod, st. Kovalihinskaya, 8, MediaStrikeHall
When: January 20
Conditions of participation: free of charge, registration is required.
The organizer of the event, Yandex, will hold a subbotnik on the frontend, where participants will learn about the developments of the company's specialists, the tools that the team uses on a daily basis and the tasks it solves. Discussion is planned on the automation of routine processes, the secrets of ReactNative, unit testing of interfaces and other topics.
The rolling scopes
When: February 10-11
Where: Belarus, Minsk, praspiekt NiezalieĹľnasci, 25, Palac kuÄştury prafsajuzaĹ
Participation conditions: from 50 rub.
Collection of frontend fans in general and JavaScript in particular. In its quest to talk to the community and gather as much expertise from different teams as possible, The Rolling Scopes offers various forms of participation: from standard performances to blitz reports from audiences considering particular problems or presenting an overview of the tools. Among the speakers are experts from Belarus, Russia and European countries.
Jsfest 2018
When: March 30-31
Where: Ukraine, Kiev, st. Vadim Getman, 6, Mercure Congress Center
Participation conditions: $ 190 (10 746 rubles)
JavaScript specialists in particular and the frontend in general tend to be dynamic to match the niche itself; this is why the international community will meet to discuss the latest trends and emerging changes. It will be about the latest updates, fresh frameworks, modern trends in reactive programming, backend and mobile development. The list of participants is rich in guests from Europe and the USA, as well as representatives of large Ukrainian companies.
FrontTalks (DUMP 2018)
Where: Ekaterinburg, EXPO (transfer from the metro station Geological)
When: April 13
Conditions of participation: information is being specified; in 2017, the cost of tickets was 2000 - 5000 rubles.
Annual section at the DAMP 2018 conference for front-end developers. Qualitative reports, detailed discussions, interesting participants - this is what distinguishes FrontTalks from similar events.
HolyJS 2018 Piter
When: May 19-20
Where: St. Petersburg, pl. Victory, 1
Conditions of participation: 20 000 rubles.
JavaScript and only javascript, unauthorized access is prohibited. Those who are familiar with the event from the past years know that the development process is thoroughly analyzed through the narrow focus: from architecture to paradigms, from optimization to testing and debugging, from engines to graphics. Priority is given to the frontend, but the backend and desktop also will not be ignored. Among the guest stars this year, the organizers called Douglas Crockford, Lea Verou, Azat Mardan, Gerard Sans, Minko Gechev and Vitaly Friedman.
Frontend conf
When: May 28-29
Where: Skolkovo, st. New, 100
Conditions of participation: 16 000 rubles.
Frontend Conf has a wide and detailed overview of the problems associated with the development of the client side of the project: it discusses various aspects of design, usability and layout. The variety of topics is distributed over five main streams: Tools (that is, work with code, modularity, abstractions, tools), Quality (includes testing, speed, interfaces, accessibility), Applications (offline, isomorphism, web application development specifics), Adaptation (including on mobile devices and new types of devices) and New items (in browser API, technologies, media sphere, graphics). Mitapas and expert advice help participants apply expertise to their work.
pitercss_conf
Where: St. Petersburg (address specified)
When: June 8-9
Conditions of participation: information is being specified; in 2017, the ticket price ranged from 3,500 to 7,000 rubles.
pitercss_conf is a conference with a European bias: all reports are presented in English. In addition, foreign guests traditionally participate in the conference. The topics of the conference include the most “delicious”: from CSS to CSS in JS, from HTML to Schema, future standards, experiments, Opensource, and that's not all. There is no exact information about the venue of the conference and the cost of the ticket, follow the news on Twitter and the website of the event.
UpFront 2018
When: March 16
Where: UK, Manchester, Bridgewater Hall
Conditions of participation: 100 ÂŁ (7 677 rub.)
Conference for "everyone who makes the web." As the experience of past years shows, one can count on a rather high percentage of technical reports interspersed with general theoretical problems, and a friendly, creative atmosphere.
FEDC
When: April 25-27
Where: USA, St. Petersburg, The Paladium Theater
Participation conditions: from $ 175 (9.974 rubles)
FEDC is a conference with a rich, ten-year history and its own cohesive community for years, which gives the whole event a special relaxed atmosphere. On the anniversary of the organizers plan to invite the most charismatic and authoritative Western speakers, who only can be found. As always, the program will consist of 60% of speeches, 30% of workshops with topics relating to both web design and the front end.
Front Trends 2018
When: May 24-25
Where: Poland, Warsaw, Prądzyńskiego 12/14, EXPO XXI
Conditions of participation: 262.6 € (17 901 rub.)
Speeches, free discussions, exchange of new ideas and proven front-end practitioners are waiting for web developers and UX designers at the 8th Front Trends in Poland.The organizers are trying to maximize the range of guests and speakers with new faces, offering to cover the costs of speakers and preferential conditions for participation of specialists with special circumstances.
Frontend Conference Zurich
When: August 30-31
Where: Switzerland, Zurich, Alte Papierfabrik
Conditions of participation: ticket price is being determined , the sale will open on April 2
The main event for Swiss frontend developers, well known to guests from other European countries. To provide a variety of approaches and a symbiosis of “design and technology,” both experts conducting academic research and practitioners with a good portfolio and interesting cases are equally welcome here. The reports are held in two streams and are accompanied by workshops where participants are taught a variety of things needed in the profession - from storyboarding to public speaking skills.
Refresh 2018
When: September 7,
Where: Estonia, Tallinn (address being specified)
Participation conditions: 149 € (10,140 rub.)
Here, the stage is also shared by product design and front-end - the reports will be held in two thematic streams. Among the speakers of past years were representatives of Dropbox, SoundCloud, Typeform, DigitalOcean and other teams of the same level. Participants note the practical applicability of the materials, the low content of "water" and the active work of the speakers with the hall.
ColdFront 2018
When: November 13-14
Where: Denmark, Copenhagen (address is being specified)
Participation conditions: from 4,995 DKK (45 937 rub.)
Conference with a slightly more focused topic. Participants are invited to discuss the problems of adaptability and cross-platform, analyze the challenges posed to the front-end developers and designers of the latest technology, and answer the sacramental question: what is waiting for the interfaces in the future? Everyone involved in the frontend is invited to participate in the discussion - no matter on iOS, Android or the web.
So, we have presented a list of events that, from our point of view, should be visited, if possible, in the first place. However, for those who want to make a selection according to their own criteria or fill up the diary with more modest conferences, we offer the following sources:
150 design conferences from around the world
IT events in Russia and abroad
UX events of Ukraine
Design
Russia and CIS countries
Design Weekend
Where and when:
Ulyanovsk - January 20-21
Address: st. Iron Division, 5B, coworking "Boiling Point"
Smolensk - February 23-25
Perm - March 24-25
Kirov - April 28-29
Samara - April-May
(exact addresses will be announced in the Vkontakte group )
Conditions of participation: Free, registration is required
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A design weekend is a public educational, fundamentally non-commercial, project of the Russian design community. This year a series of meetings will be held for the sixth time. Participants aim to share practical knowledge and experience between the capital and the regions and improve the quality of design in Russia. The event takes place in different parts of the country in the format of two-day seminars, initiated by local design communities. The program of each particular exit conference is formed freely and flexibly, depending on the interests of the community. This year Design Weekend announced in five cities and in each case will cover a special range of topics relevant to local professionals. In Ulyanovsk, the talk will be about design, product design, mobile applications, augmented reality, design thinking, creative practices. In Smolensk, the attention of speakers will be focused on territorial branding, urban environment, urban planning, graphic design, illustration. Perm designers will discuss: big data visualization, services for the city, neural networks and artificial intelligence in design.
KRUPA
Where: Ukraine, Kiev, Stolichnoe Highway 103, RamadaEncoreKiev conference center
When: February 10
Participation conditions: 3200 UAH. (6478 rub.)
The largest Ukrainian UIX event in 2018 - the KRUPA conference - will bring together 11 speakers from 4 countries of the world and 950 listeners. Among the participants is the legendary AlanCooper from the USA. Here are some of the topics of the reports: VR in web design, cases from the mobile life of Ukrainian e-commerce, custom research for enterprise projects.
Winter Intensive Course "Service UX-design-2"
Where: Moscow
Workshops + practice + workshops: st. Godovikova 9/4
Master Class "Technical Design": 26/1, Mira Ave.
When: Seminars + practice - February 14-16
Master Classes - February 19-28
Master Class "Technical Design" - March 3
Participation conditions: from 35,000 rubles. (detailed information on the website and the organizers)
The program of the course consists of classes in three different formats: seminars, practice and master classes. The course will allow to penetrate into the subtleties of applying methods and tools when building a design of services. Emphasis will also be placed on the problems of organizing the design process and solutions for organizing an effective development process and product management.
World Information Architecture Day (WIAD 18)
Where: St. Petersburg, st. Flower, 19, Selectel
When: February 24
Participation conditions: free, registration required
An international conference to promote the creation of clear, accessible and easy-to-use digital products. The global theme of 2018 - “IA forGood” - convenience, protecting users from mistakes, achieving mutual understanding in the digital world. In St. Petersburg, the conference is held by UX SPb - a community of UX-specialists.
Chipets-3
Where: Krasnoyarsk, st. Airport, 10, MBDTs "Pilot"
When: March 17
Participation conditions: from 1000 rub.
Professional conference consisting of two streams: design and engineering, management. The event may be interesting to project managers, developers, managers and owners of companies and, of course, designers and designers. The event gathers participants from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnoyarsk, Orel, Omsk, Tomsk, Novosibirsk, Kemerovo and Abakan. Reports will be presented on a wide range of topics: from the balance between creativity and pragmatics in developing corporate websites to managing user behavior. Conference organizers: Chipsa, D2D, Tagline. The site can also apply for participation as a speaker.
CodeFest 2018
Where: Novosibirsk, st. Station, 104, Expocentre
When: March 31 - April 1
Participation conditions: 8 800 rub. Registration will be open on February 6
The annual largest event in the Urals - CodeFest 2018 - for developers, designers, testers and project managers. Speakers are expected from 16 countries, representatives of the largest IT companies.
ProfsoUX 18
Where: St. Petersburg, st. Lodeynopolskaya, 5, Center Petrokongress
When: April 14
Participation conditions: from 2800 rub.
Seventh Annual Conference on Usability and User Interface Design. The event can be interesting for both UX-specialists and designers, as well as analysts, project or product managers, developers and testers. The conference will consist of reports and master classes from representatives of leading Russian IT companies. Participants will learn how to conduct UX-studies in a limited budget, how to implement creative UX-tasks and how to analyze their results, get acquainted with the experience of designing truly high-quality websites, applications and programs, as well as hear about effective ways to interact with the customer.
DesignThinkingCamp
Where: Moscow, Perevedenyovskiy lane, 18, TEC “Factory”, p. 8, 3 fl., 8-32
When: August 1-3
Participation conditions: 15 000 rub.
3 days of lectures and open workshops in the framework of the summer camp for beginners, practitioners and experts of design thinking. Russian and foreign speakers will share with the audience valuable knowledge on the topic “Consumer Insights”. Exchange of experience, useful information about what your users expect, how to create a universal design and whether it is possible, how to include the user in the design, and much more.
Foreign countries
AwwwardsConference (DigitalThinkersConf)
Where: Germany, Berlin (address specified)
When: February 7-9
Conditions of participation: 393 € - 845 € (26,726 - 57,465 rubles)
Where: USA, San Francisco (address to be specified)
When: May 10-11
Conditions of participation: $ 425 - $ 550 (24,245 - 31,375 rubles)
One of the most reputable industry conferences. The event attracts influential and powerful speakers who inspire, teach and guide professionals around the world, creating the future of web design. In 2018, DigitalThinkersConf will be held in Germany and the USA. The range of topics varies from theoretical considerations on the topic of creativity, impostor syndrome and debugging workflows to specific recommendations for using AR and increasing engagement. Several workshops will be held at the Berlin site, where problems of the frontend will also be affected.
UXistanbulConference 2018
Where: Turkey, Istanbul, EskiBĂĽyĂĽkdere, MaslakBusinessCenter
When: February 20
Conditions of participation: 1000 â‚ş (15 200 rub.)
The fourth annual conference of Uxistanbul keeps the bar on “Turkey's first UX-event”, attracting UIX experts from world-famous companies to exchange experiences. This time the focus will be on service design. Experts will present their views on popular methodologies and practices, explain the connection of service design with UX and designate the scope of application of the latest technologies.
UX DesignSummit
Where: USA, San Francisco, Market Street, 845
When: March 1
Conditions of participation: $ 449 - $ 599 (25 540 - 34 070 rubles)
UX DesignSummit is a meeting place for representatives of major world companies such as Facebook, Google, Spotify. Experts will share valuable information on how to create an unforgettable user experience. Insights and stories of famous designers will help students discover new horizons in their work.
UXinsight 2018
Where: Netherlands, Utrecht, Westkanaaldijk, 7, The Fabrique building
When: March 7-8
Conditions of participation: 284 € - 526 € (19 280 - 35700 rub.)
An international event that includes both sessions with reports and a series of workshops. The organizers emphasize that the event provides rich material on UX research, as well as examples of real practices and tips on the selection of tools. All reports will be presented in English.
UX Salon 2018
Where: Israel, Tel Aviv (address specified)
When: May 6-7
Participation conditions: from 540 â‚Ş to 1554 â‚Ş (8980 rubles - 25 850 rubles), taking into account the fee
The two-day UX Salon 2018 conference is dedicated to professional practice and additional training of UIX - participants will not only get a lot of food to mind, but also intensive trainings for successful learning. The organizers maintain a special approach to the formation of the program: they select topics in accordance with the current industry trends, and then look for speakers with appropriate expertise among well-known teams (Google, Smashing Magazine, Firefox) to make the event as balanced and informative as possible.
UXPA Boston
Where: USA, Boston, Dalton, 39
When: May 20
Conditions of participation: the price of the ticket is being specified, last year it ranged from $ 99 to $ 299 without taking into account the fee (5,630-17,000 rubles).
The seventeenth annual conference of UX specialists, which is famous, not least of all, for its stellar composition of speakers. At the moment, the program is still being formed, however, given that last year, among the speakers was the author of the book “Don't make me think” Steve Krug and Donn Licho, who wrote “User's Journey”, it is worth a lot to expect from her.
AppDesign & DevelopmentConference
Where: Spain, Barcelona, ​​Avinguda diagonal, 547
When: July 4-6
Participation conditions: from 99 € (6720 rub.), More details about prices.
An international conference that brings together designers and developers who create modern iOS and Android applications. Specialists will gather to share experiences, address problems at the intersection of design and design, and dialogue in order to achieve a better understanding of working moments. The event begins with a day completely dedicated to workshops. The rest of the time is allotted for reports that run in a single stream for perfect synergy, and free communication on professional topics - the organizers especially encourage networking, providing long breaks and comfortable recreation areas. The final chord is a barbecue party on a yacht.
UX Week 2018
Where: USA, San Francisco, Hyatt Regency, Embarcadero Center, 5
When: August 21-24
Conditions of participation: $ 2295 (130,525 rubles)
One of the biggest UIX events of the year from Adaptive Path, UX Week 2018 gathers experts from all over the world. Over the course of four days, they will share experience and inspiration for future work, as well as learn new tools that, in the opinion of the organizers, can be immediately incorporated into the workflow for better results.
World Usability Congress 2018
Where: Austria, Harz (address specified)
When: October 16-18
Conditions of participation: 350 € - 650 € (19 950 - 36970 rub.)
Conference, designed to gain practical knowledge in the field of usability. The practical orientation of the congress is multidimensional: these are real case studies from leading experts, and collaborative sessions in which other participants can help you solve the problems of your project, and group sessions with experts to consolidate new knowledge and work out skills. In order for students to easily create a personal schedule and visit the most useful sections of an extensive and dense program for themselves, the organizers introduce a new system, allowing you to easily select speakers by specific subject tags.
Frontend
Russia and CIS countries
School of Interface Development Yandex
Where: Moscow, st. Lev Tolstova, 16
When: acceptance of work until January 15 - 31, 2018
The first stage of training: from March 5 to April 22.
The second stage - from April 23 to May 27.
Participation conditions: free by selection
University students and budding specialists who are interested in front-end development can still have time to get valuable knowledge from Yandex specialists. Requirements: knowledge of HTML, CSS, JS and a modest experience in developing interfaces. Two stages of training are planned: lectures and practical classes, hackathons and participation in this Yandex project. Classes will be held three times a week. Nonresident students will pay for accommodation in the hostel.
Ya Subbotnik
Where: Nizhny Novgorod, st. Kovalihinskaya, 8, MediaStrikeHall
When: January 20
Conditions of participation: free of charge, registration is required.
The organizer of the event, Yandex, will hold a subbotnik on the frontend, where participants will learn about the developments of the company's specialists, the tools that the team uses on a daily basis and the tasks it solves. Discussion is planned on the automation of routine processes, the secrets of ReactNative, unit testing of interfaces and other topics.
The rolling scopes
When: February 10-11
Where: Belarus, Minsk, praspiekt NiezalieĹľnasci, 25, Palac kuÄştury prafsajuzaĹ
Participation conditions: from 50 rub.
Collection of frontend fans in general and JavaScript in particular. In its quest to talk to the community and gather as much expertise from different teams as possible, The Rolling Scopes offers various forms of participation: from standard performances to blitz reports from audiences considering particular problems or presenting an overview of the tools. Among the speakers are experts from Belarus, Russia and European countries.
Jsfest 2018
When: March 30-31
Where: Ukraine, Kiev, st. Vadim Getman, 6, Mercure Congress Center
Participation conditions: $ 190 (10 746 rubles)
JavaScript specialists in particular and the frontend in general tend to be dynamic to match the niche itself; this is why the international community will meet to discuss the latest trends and emerging changes. It will be about the latest updates, fresh frameworks, modern trends in reactive programming, backend and mobile development. The list of participants is rich in guests from Europe and the USA, as well as representatives of large Ukrainian companies.
FrontTalks (DUMP 2018)
Where: Ekaterinburg, EXPO (transfer from the metro station Geological)
When: April 13
Conditions of participation: information is being specified; in 2017, the cost of tickets was 2000 - 5000 rubles.
Annual section at the DAMP 2018 conference for front-end developers. Qualitative reports, detailed discussions, interesting participants - this is what distinguishes FrontTalks from similar events.
HolyJS 2018 Piter
When: May 19-20
Where: St. Petersburg, pl. Victory, 1
Conditions of participation: 20 000 rubles.
JavaScript and only javascript, unauthorized access is prohibited. Those who are familiar with the event from the past years know that the development process is thoroughly analyzed through the narrow focus: from architecture to paradigms, from optimization to testing and debugging, from engines to graphics. Priority is given to the frontend, but the backend and desktop also will not be ignored. Among the guest stars this year, the organizers called Douglas Crockford, Lea Verou, Azat Mardan, Gerard Sans, Minko Gechev and Vitaly Friedman.
Frontend conf
When: May 28-29
Where: Skolkovo, st. New, 100
Conditions of participation: 16 000 rubles.
Frontend Conf has a wide and detailed overview of the problems associated with the development of the client side of the project: it discusses various aspects of design, usability and layout. The variety of topics is distributed over five main streams: Tools (that is, work with code, modularity, abstractions, tools), Quality (includes testing, speed, interfaces, accessibility), Applications (offline, isomorphism, web application development specifics), Adaptation (including on mobile devices and new types of devices) and New items (in browser API, technologies, media sphere, graphics). Mitapas and expert advice help participants apply expertise to their work.
pitercss_conf
Where: St. Petersburg (address specified)
When: June 8-9
Conditions of participation: information is being specified; in 2017, the ticket price ranged from 3,500 to 7,000 rubles.
pitercss_conf is a conference with a European bias: all reports are presented in English. In addition, foreign guests traditionally participate in the conference. The topics of the conference include the most “delicious”: from CSS to CSS in JS, from HTML to Schema, future standards, experiments, Opensource, and that's not all. There is no exact information about the venue of the conference and the cost of the ticket, follow the news on Twitter and the website of the event.
Foreign countries
UpFront 2018
When: March 16
Where: UK, Manchester, Bridgewater Hall
Conditions of participation: 100 ÂŁ (7 677 rub.)
Conference for "everyone who makes the web." As the experience of past years shows, one can count on a rather high percentage of technical reports interspersed with general theoretical problems, and a friendly, creative atmosphere.
FEDC
When: April 25-27
Where: USA, St. Petersburg, The Paladium Theater
Participation conditions: from $ 175 (9.974 rubles)
FEDC is a conference with a rich, ten-year history and its own cohesive community for years, which gives the whole event a special relaxed atmosphere. On the anniversary of the organizers plan to invite the most charismatic and authoritative Western speakers, who only can be found. As always, the program will consist of 60% of speeches, 30% of workshops with topics relating to both web design and the front end.
Front Trends 2018
When: May 24-25
Where: Poland, Warsaw, Prądzyńskiego 12/14, EXPO XXI
Conditions of participation: 262.6 € (17 901 rub.)
Speeches, free discussions, exchange of new ideas and proven front-end practitioners are waiting for web developers and UX designers at the 8th Front Trends in Poland.The organizers are trying to maximize the range of guests and speakers with new faces, offering to cover the costs of speakers and preferential conditions for participation of specialists with special circumstances.
Frontend Conference Zurich
When: August 30-31
Where: Switzerland, Zurich, Alte Papierfabrik
Conditions of participation: ticket price is being determined , the sale will open on April 2
The main event for Swiss frontend developers, well known to guests from other European countries. To provide a variety of approaches and a symbiosis of “design and technology,” both experts conducting academic research and practitioners with a good portfolio and interesting cases are equally welcome here. The reports are held in two streams and are accompanied by workshops where participants are taught a variety of things needed in the profession - from storyboarding to public speaking skills.
Refresh 2018
When: September 7,
Where: Estonia, Tallinn (address being specified)
Participation conditions: 149 € (10,140 rub.)
Here, the stage is also shared by product design and front-end - the reports will be held in two thematic streams. Among the speakers of past years were representatives of Dropbox, SoundCloud, Typeform, DigitalOcean and other teams of the same level. Participants note the practical applicability of the materials, the low content of "water" and the active work of the speakers with the hall.
ColdFront 2018
When: November 13-14
Where: Denmark, Copenhagen (address is being specified)
Participation conditions: from 4,995 DKK (45 937 rub.)
Conference with a slightly more focused topic. Participants are invited to discuss the problems of adaptability and cross-platform, analyze the challenges posed to the front-end developers and designers of the latest technology, and answer the sacramental question: what is waiting for the interfaces in the future? Everyone involved in the frontend is invited to participate in the discussion - no matter on iOS, Android or the web.
So, we have presented a list of events that, from our point of view, should be visited, if possible, in the first place. However, for those who want to make a selection according to their own criteria or fill up the diary with more modest conferences, we offer the following sources:
150 design conferences from around the world
IT events in Russia and abroad
UX events of Ukraine
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