Design History Society Conference
FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel, Switzerland
September 3-5, 2020
Deadline (extended) for abstracts: March 1, 2020

October 13-15, 2020 National Institute of Design, India
Abstracts due April 24, 2020

The 2020 theme calls for research and fruitful case studies that share results and impacts with the RSD community. Together, we’ll explore real-world contexts where sustainability, co-designing, policymaking, and ecology are already colliding, as well as new tools and methodologies to evolve our individual and collective points of view about leadership and the transformative practices -and challenges-of large-scale collaboration for the betterment of all the species on Planet Earth.

The 4th international In Pursuit of Luxury (IPOL) Conference
POLIMI, Milan, Italy May 28-29, 2020
Abstracts and Vlogs are to be submitted by February 14, 2020

This 2020 conference provides a platform to continue to expand our understanding of luxury. As with previous conferences we welcome contributions from various disciplines and practices including automotive, architecture, engineering, fashion, product, digital design, retail, hospitality – all of which explore luxury through a critical lens to encourage debate.

Plymouth College of Art, UK
Conference hosted in Cebu City, the Philippines on March 6-8, 2020
Deadline for abstracts: January 20, 2020

A three-day Making Futures conference in Cebu City, the Philippines, from the 6-8 March 2020 at the Quest Hotel. This Making Futures edition in Southeast Asia is a partnership between the British
Council and Plymouth College of Art and supported through the British Council’s Crafting Futures global programme.

Focus on ‘Typographic Dialogues: Local-Global’
28 Feb – 1 March 2020, Beirut, Lebanon
Deadline for abstract submission: December 20, 2019

Typography Day will be organized for the Thirteenth time on 28th, 29th February and 1st March 2020 at Beirut, Lebanon with support from India Design Association (InDeAs) and Aksharaya.

March 30-April 1, 2020 Pittsburg, USA
Proposals are due December 1, 2019.

For the Spring 2020 AIGA Conference in Pittsburgh (March 30–April 1), the Design Educators Community Steering Committee invites educators, industry professionals, and graduate students to submit proposals to the Design Education Symposium that address the topic of Bridging Digital and Physical Experiences, which is one of the trends defined in AIGA’s Design Futures.

November 27, 2019

Theme: Interaction design education in the era of Artificial Intelligence: bringing ethics to machine learning

VIA Design, VIA University College
September 10-11, 2020 Herning, Denmark
Abstract submission by November 18, 2019

The theme of the 2020 conference is “The Value of Design & Engineering Education in a Knowledge Age”.