World Usability Council

The World Usability Council, Part of the World Usability Initiative

The World Usability Council advises the World Usability Initiative and the IAPUX. It brings together C-level executives, political leaders, industrial innovators, and international organizations to advance human-centered innovation, AI, the society of tomorrow and sustainable systems worldwide.

It engages in

  • policy making
  • stakeholder exchange
  • discussion of professional
  • social and economic challenges
  • debate
  • consensus-building and
  • opinion formation

in the context of Usability and the Human-centered Approach.

The World Usability Initiative chairs the World Usability Council, which is administered by IAPUX.

The World Usability Council was established on October 12th 2026 in the City Hall of Graz, an event chaired by Elizabeth Rosenzweig, World Usability Initiative. At that event, the GRAZ MANIFESTO ON USABILITY AND THE HUMAN-CENTERED APPROACH was signed by attendees.

The Inauguration of the World Usability Council

The Graz Manifesto on Usability and the Human-centered Approach is shown by its editors and Panelists (from the left): Claudia Bruckschwaiger (IAPUX, HTL Salzburg), Clemens Lutsch (IAPUX, swohwahr), Hannes Robier (World Usability Congress, youspi), Elizabeth Rosenzweig (World Usability Initiative), Jaya Deshmukh (MICA, India), Vivian Gomes (Shnorh, HRF&D)
Elizabeth Rosenzweig
Elizabeth Rosenzweig (World Usability Initiative), chairs the meeting and explains the importance of Usability and the Human-centered Approach.
Hannes Robier
Hannes Robier, President of IAPUX and Host of the World Usability Congress details the Idea of the Council.
Roland Sommer
Roland Sommer, Managing Director of Platform Industry 4.0 Austria, supports the importance of the Human-centered Approach, especially for a resilient economy.
Claudia Bruckschwaiger
Claudia Bruckschwaiger, Vice-President IAPUX, Professor at HTL Salzburg and Partner at swohlwahr, emphazises accountability and responsibility that are inherent to the Human-centered Approach.
Clemens Lutsch
Clemens Lutsch, Director Accreditation IAPUX, Board Member World Usability Initiative, Partner at swohlwahr, providing an overview of the Graz Manifesto on Usability and the Human-centered Approach.
The signed Manifesto
The Graz Manifesto signed by its editors and attendees of the first meeting of the World Usability Council (first signatures: Elizabeth Rosenzweig as Chair, Clemens Lutsch as Editor, Claudia Bruckschwaiger for IAPUX and HTL Salzburg and Hannes Robier as Initiator and the World Usability Congress)