Want to travel the world and write it off to your business? Here are conferences to pique your interest in the many facets of the design profession. Conferences offering GDC members a special rate are noted below.
Transforming Design
Design Management Europe 14
21-22 April 2010
London, UK
Design is now recognized as an enabler of business transformation, because design leads change, which is critically needed to save and solve our future.
http://www.dmi.org/dmi/html/conference/europe10/conference.htm
2010 GDC National Annual General Meeting
23-25 April 2010
Coast Coal Harbour Hotel
Vancouver BC
http://www.gdc.net
This is not a conference, but of interest to members, particularly BC and VI chapters. The AGM is in Vancouver this year just before Icograda Design Week. Members and guests are welcome to attend as observers but must pre-register. Contact for information.
Design Currency: Defining the Value of Design
Icograda Design Week in Vancouver
26-30 April 2010
Vancouver Convention Centre
Vancouver, BC
http://www.designweekvancouver.ca/index.php
This is the major design conference in Canada for 2010. Don’t miss it! 25+ guest speakers from around the globe present you with the opportunity to experience current design thinking. Reshape your understanding of the value of design. Presentations, conversations and workshops. GDC members are members of Icograda, Region A. Choose from professional, academic and student registration rates.
DESIGN 2010: 11th International Design Conference
17-20 May, 2010
Cavtat-Dubrovnik, Croatia
Visit website.
Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD) Conference + Expo
2-5 June 2010
Gaylord National Hotel
Washington, DC
http://www.segd.org/news/next-conference.html
How Design Conference
6-9 June 2010
Denver, Colorado USA
Register by the March 12 Early-Bird deadline and save $200!
http://www.howconference.com/register
Create. Connect. Community. Whether you need creative inspiration or hard-hitting instruction, the HOW Conference provides all the tools you need to build a successful career and create outstanding designs. The information you’ll get at HOW will have an immediate impact on your work.
Lending Grace to Language: 4th International Conference on Typography and Visual Communication
17-19 June 2010
University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
www.ictvc.org
Straight to Business: Icograda Design Week in Madrid 2010
21-25 June 2010
Madrid, Spain
http://www.icograda.org/events/events/calendar583.htm
Design Research Society (DRS) international conference Design & Complexity
July 7-9, 2010
School of Industrial Design,
Université de Montréal
Montreal, Quebec
DRS 2010 is open to the whole range of design disciplines and contemporary inquiries in design.
http://www.drs2010.umontreal.ca
Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders
25-30 July 2010
New Haven, Connecticut
Presented by AIGA and Yale School of Management
http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/business-perspectives
TypeCon 2010: Babel
17-22 August 2010
Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, California
Presented by the Society of Type Aficionados
http://www.typecon.com
ATypI: The Word in Dublin
ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale)
8-12 September 2010
Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland
http://www.atypi.org
CONNECT: UCDA Design Conference
2-5 October 2010
Minneapolis, Minnesota
http://ucda.com/conference.lasso
GDC members receive partner rate/discount. (Discount code found on GDC Members only website)
Gain: AIGA Design and Business Conference
14–16 October 2010
Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers,
New York City
http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/gain-conference-2010
RGD Ontario: Design Thinkers 2010
11-12 November 2010
255 Front Street, Metro Toronto Convention Centre
11th annual international conference focusing on the role of design in shaping business, society and the future health of the planet.
http://www.designthinkers.com
August 10, 2010Help us help RGDON make this survey truly national in scope.
July 20, 2010Canadian design students excel and impress!
July 14, 2010Extraordinary meeting called to vote on constitutional amendments.
June 17, 2010Web, print, multi-media, product, even bike frames and tea towels! Graphex recognizes the best in Canadian design.
June 17, 2010No vuvuzelas here!
May 26, 2010GDC announces new National Executive for 2010–2012
May 26, 2010Renowned designer 64th individual to receive GDC's highest honour.
May 01, 2010The best source for designers and businesses looking for work or services.
April 30, 2010Adobe is offering GDC members special pricing on CS5
April 26, 2010Design Currency ad promotes value of design to Canadian business
April 14, 2010The 2010 Graphex Awards will be a party to remember!
April 13, 2010GDC members get reduced rates to this incredible international conference.
April 06, 2010So many conferences. So few airmiles...
February 28, 2010Gold medal news for Canadian designers!
February 26, 2010GDC National Sustainability Committee launches new section on gdc.net
February 21, 2010Graphex and Design Week Vancouver kick off 2010!
January 19, 2010InDesign CS4 Hints and Tricks presented by Loop Enterprises and Adobe. February 23rd, 2010 6:30pm - 9:30pm Vaughn, Ontario
January 13, 2010Furthering the education of Canada's future design leaders.
January 05, 2010Deadline Extended to January 25, 2010
December 08, 2009Take advantage of the early bird rates in effect until 31 January 2010.
November 03, 2009All is not quiet on the design front!
November 02, 2009Award honours outstanding contributions to the work of Icograda.
October 28, 2009Some speakers listed for next April's Icograda 2010 Design Week in Vancouver
October 28, 2009GDC members qualify to save 15% off their next Adobe Store order. All software qualifies.
October 14, 2009Get tweeted by the GDC
August 10, 2009The end is in sight (of summer that is, and maybe this recession!)
July 03, 2009Great deals on iPhones and plans from Rogers
June 19, 2009Some light reading to get you through the first month of summer!
May 31, 200913th Canadian woman to be made a GDC Fellow
April 25, 2009Principles for GDC members to follow and definition of sustainable design endorsed at GDC National AGM.- April 14, 2009Former GDC President and GDC Fellow passes away
March 06, 2009Spring into form!
February 16, 2009Adobe is delighted to offer GDC members special pricing on Adobe software.
February 13, 2009As a part of our effort to "green" the Society, we did not mail out invoices this year. Instead, we used the resources to build an online renewal system!
February 03, 2009We’re looking for a design firm to take on the biggest challenge of all: designing for designers.
February 02, 2009Prorogation is over! Enews is back...
January 16, 2009A new book by David B. Berman FGDC
January 14, 2009How to use communication design to weather a recession
January 11, 2009The GDC is pleased to announce that the 2010 Icograda Design Week will be held in Vancouver, BC.
December 03, 2008Its hard to compete with politics, but here’s some interesting design news.
November 13, 2008Deadline December 15th.
October 24, 2008Not so scary and spooky news from across the country
October 08, 2008What's new across the country
September 03, 2008What's new across the country
July 03, 2008Call for entries deadline announced.
May 27, 2008Vancouver Island awards competiton recognizes GDC's 50th anniversary publication
May 01, 2008International Indigo programme launched in Melbourne
April 22, 2008Today, on Earth Day, Ion Branding + Design is pleased to announce the launch of Cut.Count.Compel. - the first beneficiary of their One Good Idea™ $25,000 contest prize.
April 10, 2008Winners announced in the annual Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada.
April 09, 2008The touring exhibit of winners launched in Vancouver.
