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Submitting a proposal is easy

Our proposal submission system is called COMS. The first step is to create an account. Then draft your proposal and submit it. It’s that easy! If you have any questions, contact us here.

1) Create a COMS account and start writing your submission. We suggest writing/saving your submission first elsewhere and then copying/pasting it into COMS. (You can also upload your file directly).

2) Choose a track (Career Development, Emerging Technologies, Tools and Techniques, UX Strategy, UX Leadership, and DEIA).

3) Choose a discipline (UX Design, Visual Design, UX Research, Content Strategy, Content Writing, Design Ops, Multiple Other).

4) Choose a submission type (60-Minute Talk, 60-Minute Panel, 3-Hour Course, Poster).

5) Choose an audience level (Entry, Mid, Senior).

CHOOSE A TRACK

Track 1: Career Development

Whether you’re thinking about your next career move or planning to continue growing at your current organization, it can be important to consider your goals and the steps you can take to get there. This track is about growing and developing as UXers and navigating the challenges in your career.

Track 2: Emerging Technologies

Emerging technologies are transforming people’s experiences and presenting increasing opportunities for innovation and impact. This track is about innovation and emerging technologies in the UX field.

Track 3: Tools and Techniques

UXers use a wide variety of tools and techniques to get their job done. This track is about the methods, processes, and tools UXers can use to improve their performance and products.

Track 4: UX Strategy

The involvement of UXers with relevant business decisions has significantly increased over time. This track is about the alignment and/or impact of UX with business strategy.

Track 5: UX Leadership

Driving design vision, evangelizing research insights, and communicating solid views are just some important leadership skills. This track is about developing leadership skills as a manager or an individual contributor.

Track 6: Inclusive & Universal Design

This topic explores strategies and principles of Inclusive Design—creating products, services, and experiences that embrace human diversity and remove barriers to participation. From accessibility best practices to co-design with marginalized communities, in this track presenters will share approaches that ensure equity, usability, and belonging are embedded at every stage of the design process.

CHOOSE A DISCIPLINE

(This is optional)

1) UX Design

2) Visual Design

3) UX Research

4) Content Strategy

5) Content Writing

6) Design Ops

7) Multiple

8) Other

CHOOSE A SUBMISSION TYPE

60-Minute Talk

60-minute talks focus on a practitioner’s ideas and experience with usability methods, skills, philosophy, design, business case studies, or other relevant topics. Speakers should plan ample time for innovative audience participation within the 60 minutes.

60-Minute Panel

Panels cover topics that may be similar to or stretch beyond the talks and will include speakers with different perspectives. Panels should include 3-5 domain experts and submissions should include a short, anonymous position statement from each potential panelist.

3-Hour Course

Courses are classroom-style sessions, led by experienced UX professionals, where instructors teach attendees specific skills. Courses include in-depth explorations of a topic and activities to allow attendees to practice their new skills. We are looking for courses on a wide range of topics, including design, evaluation, research, and UX management. Courses are targeted to early-, mid-, or senior-level user experience professionals. Course instructors receive an honorarium.

Poster

Posters are a way to present research results, new ideas or concepts in an informal, visual, and interactive manner. During an hour-long session, people move around from poster to poster – they will gather around for a few minutes as you talk to them about your work. Posters include what you did, why, how, and what you’ve learned. Your research, ideas, or concepts don’t need to be complete – you can even use the session to pick the brains of professionals to help move your thinking forward. Poster presenters are responsible for printing their own posters.

CHOOSE AN AUDIENCE LEVEL

Entry-level

Entry-level proposals cover the basics of a topic and are aimed at those with little experience in the topic.

Mid-level

Mid-level proposals dive deeper into concepts that early-level professionals already know.

Senior-level

Senior-level proposals cover a new way of thinking, a detailed case study, or practical tips on an advanced technique. It will be of interest to UX professionals and academics of a senior level.

After completing your submission

Proposal review process

Every proposal is anonymously reviewed by at least five people on our reviewer committee. Topic and type chairs then review each submission, and considering the reviewer comments, shortlist their top proposals. The full conference committee then meets to select the final conference program.

UXPA International is a community event and we need your help to review all the submissions. For every proposal you submit, you will be required to review three other proposals.

If you have any questions, please contact us here.

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