# AI by Design Melbourne 2026

> How AI is reshaping design practice — and what designers do about it.

## Overview

- **Dates**: 2026-06-03 to 2026-06-03
- **Location**: Melbourne, Australia
- **Speakers**: 12
- **Sessions**: 16
- **Tracks**: AI x design

## Session Types

- social: 2
- housekeeping: 1
- keynote: 2
- talk: 9
- break: 2

## Links

- Conference website: https://webdirections.org/aixdesign/
- Registration: https://webdirections.org/register/?eventName=aixdesign26&eventTitle=ai+×+design+2026&selectedTicket=aixdesign26inperson
- Full LLM context: https://data.webdirections.org/aixdesign/llms-full.txt
- All sessions (JSON): https://data.webdirections.org/aixdesign/sessions.json
- All speakers (JSON): https://data.webdirections.org/aixdesign/speakers.json
- Schedule grid (JSON): https://data.webdirections.org/aixdesign/schedule.json
- Calendar (iCal): https://data.webdirections.org/aixdesign/calendar.ics
- Semantic embeddings: https://data.webdirections.org/aixdesign/sessions-embeddings.json
- MCP server: https://data.webdirections.org/aixdesign/mcp

## MCP Tools

Agents can connect to the MCP server at `https://data.webdirections.org/aixdesign/mcp` and use:

- `get_conference_info` — conference metadata
- `list_sessions` — filter by track, date, type, speaker
- `get_session` — full session detail
- `list_speakers` — filter by track, employer
- `get_speaker` — full speaker profile + their sessions
- `get_schedule` — day or full conference schedule
- `search_sessions` — semantic search over session content
- `search_speakers` — semantic search over speaker bios
- `whats_happening_now` — time-aware current/next session

## Build your own

All data is free and open. Build your own schedule app, agent, or tool — and share it with us.