Imagine a vibrant hall buzzing with creative energy – designers sketching bold ideas, startup founders pitching visions over coffee, and tech innovators exchanging insights. This isn’t a fantasy – it’s UXINDIA 2025, the world’s biggest design experience, returning to Hyderabad from September 18–20, 2025 at the Trident Hotel.
Celebrating its 21st edition, UXINDIA focuses on design-driven entrepreneurship, empowering the community to step into leadership and innovation roles. The theme builds on last year’s “Design – A Way of Life,” encouraging attendees to go beyond aesthetics and use design thinking to create products, solve problems, and launch businesses.
Organized by the UMO Design Foundation – which also celebrates its 25th anniversary this year – UXINDIA 2025 aims to inspire the next wave of design-led entrepreneurs shaping India’s innovation ecosystem.
Why This Year Feels Different
UXINDIA is no longer just a conference. It’s a launchpad for innovation, a design university on steroids, and a three-day festival for thinkers, builders, and dreamers.
This year celebrates a shift – from design as a service to design as strategy. From UX portfolios to product pitches. From individual creators to the next generation of designpreneurs.
Who Should Attend
- Founders crafting early-stage products
- Designers looking to lead, not just design
- Developers exploring human-centered tech
- Product managers, educators, and CX innovators
- Students hungry to break into the design world
What to Expect
Day 1: Keynotes and panels on AI, Design Leadership, and Future of Work
Day 2: Talks on entrepreneurship, lightning sessions, TED-style stories, and Design Pitch
Day 3: Full-day workshops, portfolio reviews, hiring fair, unconference sessions, and live music
Design Meets Entrepreneurship
This year’s agenda is packed with stories of design-led businesses, ethical innovation, and inclusive design at scale. From UX in healthcare and AI tools to femtech and fintech, the conversations will stretch the edges of what design can solve.
Confirmed Speakers Include
- Kaladhar Bapu, Founder of UXINDIA
- Bryce Johnson, Microsoft – Inclusive Design
- Donald Chesnut, Candescent – Designpreneurship
- Mirjam Wouters, Royal Philips – Innovation in Healthcare
- Amber Krishan, Futurris – CX in the Startup Era
- Shey Cobley, The Loops – AI in Design Systems
25 Years of UMO Foundation
2025 also marks 25 years of the UMO Design Foundation – the team behind UXINDIA. This milestone brings a sense of legacy and forward momentum to every session.
Throwback Vibes from 2024 and 2023
In 2024, UXINDIA drew over 3500 attendees from 16 countries, celebrating “Design – A Way of Life.” In 2023, the focus was “All Things AI and UX,” with breakout workshops, comedy sets, and even generative AI design challenges.
Each year has been a creative explosion. 2025 promises to be the boldest yet.
For Startups and Builders
- Pitch your startup at the Design Pitch
- Connect with UX and product experts
- Attend workshops on rapid prototyping, AI tools, and scaling design systems
- Get feedback on your product UX from industry leaders
- Hire or get hired at the UX job fair
No Suits. Just Creators.
Forget boring business conferences. At UXINDIA, you will find people sketching ideas on napkins, founders whiteboarding prototypes in corridors, and spontaneous design jams happening over filter coffee.
This is Your Tribe
By the end of Day 3, you won’t just have a notebook full of notes – you’ll have new friends, new perspectives, and possibly, your next collaborator or mentor.
How to Join
Tickets are live now.
Student discounts and group passes are available.
Register early – this sells out fast every year.
Website
Visit: https://ux-india.org for tickets, speaker lineup, and full agenda.
Closing Thought
In a world where tech moves fast and attention is short, design is the anchor. UXINDIA 2025 invites you to not just learn design, but to live it.
Bring your ideas. Leave with a movement.
