📅 Date: Thursday, November 13, 2025
🕖 Time: 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM EET
📍 Location: Vienna, Austria
🔗 Official Website: wud.accessibilityfirst.at
🔗 RSVP here: gdg.community.dev event page

🎉 About the Event:
Join us in celebrating the 20th anniversary of World Usability Day with the first-ever World Usability Day Vienna – an evening dedicated to the theme “Emerging Technologies & Human Experience.”

This year’s edition explores how cutting-edge technologies can enhance or challenge the way humans interact with digital systems.
Event host Julia Undeutsch has brought together two inspiring speakers who are shaping the future of tech and accessibility:

🎙️ Katharina Krösl – Founder & CEO @ XREye, specializing in extended reality (XR) solutions
🎙️ Laura Wissiak – CRO & UX Researcher @ Hopetech, innovating human-centered digital experiences

👩‍💻 Host:
Julia Undeutsch – Web & UX Accessibility Specialist @ Atos Austria
After graduating in Musicology and Japanese Studies, Julia turned her passion toward front-end development and accessibility. Today, she’s a strong advocate for web inclusion, sharing her knowledge through articles, talks, and educational content.

📅 Agenda:
🕖 19:00 – Welcome
🎤 19:15 – Talks by Katharina Krösl & Laura Wissiak
💬 20:30 – Discussion and networking

💡 World Usability Day is a global event held annually on the second Thursday of November, celebrated in over 40 countries, bringing together professionals from UX, design, technology, psychology, and accessibility to make the world more inclusive and human-centered.