# Design Research 2026

> A one-day conference dedicated to design research and evidence-led design practice.

## Overview

- **Dates**: 2026-08-26 to 2026-08-26
- **Location**: Sydney, Australia
- **Speakers**: 10
- **Sessions**: 9
- **Tracks**: Design Research

## Session Types

- talk: 9

## Links

- Conference website: https://webdirections.org/design-research/
- Registration: https://webdirections.org/register/?eventName=uxaustralia26&eventTitle=Design+Research+2026&selectedTicket=designresearch26inperson
- Full LLM context: https://data.webdirections.org/design-research/llms-full.txt
- All sessions (JSON): https://data.webdirections.org/design-research/sessions.json
- All speakers (JSON): https://data.webdirections.org/design-research/speakers.json
- Schedule grid (JSON): https://data.webdirections.org/design-research/schedule.json
- Calendar (iCal): https://data.webdirections.org/design-research/calendar.ics
- Semantic embeddings: https://data.webdirections.org/design-research/sessions-embeddings.json
- MCP server: https://data.webdirections.org/design-research/mcp

## MCP Tools

Agents can connect to the MCP server at `https://data.webdirections.org/design-research/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

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