Although other cities in the UK are up and coming as tech hubs, London is still the place to be when it comes to all things tech. Anyone who wants to explore website design in London can find a number of conferences each year, where they can learn new things and keep up with trends in the industry. Successful conferences in the past have included the likes of Future of Web Design, and there are several returning conferences in the last quarter of 2017 and next year in 2018. Web design professionals and enthusiasts are likely to be flocking to these events in the next few months.
Generate
Generate will be hosting an event in New York in April 2018, before returning to London September 19th-21st. The three-day event at the Royal Institution will feature leading figures in web design, lunchtime workshops, and plenty of opportunity to socialise with other attendees. The conference aims to inspire and provide delegates with practical takeaways. Speakers at the 2017 event included experience directors, designers, and strategists, and company founders. As an event that is going into its sixth year next year, it is now award-winning, having won Most Influential Design Conference of the Year 2015 at Creative Market’s inaugural awards.
UX London
UX London is returning for its 10th year in the capital in 2018. The organisers are so excited about it that they have released tickets early for the first time since the conference started. The three-day event, run by Brighton-based consultancy and design studio Clearleft, will feature inspirational talks and in-depth workshops exploring how to improve user experience, which is a vital part of website design. User experience, or UX, focuses on working out how to make a website easier and more pleasurable to use. The next UX London will take place 23-25 May 2018, and it’s not to be missed by anyone interested in website design in London.
Reasons to:
Reasons to: is a design and code conference that aims to be more like a festival. Hosted at The British Library in King’s Cross, it’s attended by designers, developers, coders, artists, and more. Speakers at Reasons to: aren’t just web designers, but artists and graphic designers like Jonathan Barnbrook, who has worked on four of David Bowie’s albums, and Marina Willer who has helped to create some iconic brand identities, such as Southbank Centre and Amnesty International. The 2018 event takes place on Friday 23rd March.
HalfStack
Some conferences are shorter, smaller and more focused than others. HalfStack is a single-day conference all about JavaScript, held in a Shoreditch pub. The 2017 event is on November 17th and features a range of eclectic sessions centred around JavaScript. Website design fans in London can attend talks including topics ranging from ‘How I hacked my coffee machine using JavaScript’ to ‘Make your animations perform well’. There’s also lunch and several breaks, plus an after party, complete with a pub quiz, with the day wrapping up around 11pm.
London is one of the best places to be for any web design professionals or anyone interested in how to create the best website experience. These conferences, ranging from big to small, are ideal events for exchanging ideas, networking, and learning.
