Design Conferences

New Adventures in Web DesignNew Adventures in Web Design
January 18-19, 2012
Nottingham, UK at the Albert Hall

We’re working closely with our speakers over the next few months to ensure we bring you engaging, relevant, joined-up themes, and we’ll introduce all eight topics here in late 2011. Note also that our provisional schedule is subject to change.

WebVisions
January 18-20, 2012
New York, NY

WebVisions explores the future of the Web and mobile design, technology, user experience and business strategy and it’s bringing its Indie/DIY/Maker vibe to venues around the world, with awesome workshops, sessions and networking events.

An Event Apart Atlanta
February 6-8, 2012
Atlanta, GA, USA at the InterContinental

An Event Apart is an intensely educational two-day conference for passionate practitioners of standards-based web design.

INHOWSE Managers Conference
June 21-23, 2012
Boston, MA

You lead a gutsy band of creatives through sometimes-perilous corporate territory. InHOWse brings you expert advice from veteran in-house pros on inspiring your creative team, powering through a heavy workload without losing the spark, selling your group’s ideas up the corporate ladder, and more.

Creative Freelancer Conference
June 21-22, 2012
Boston, MA

Being self-reliant doesn’t mean going it alone all the time. At the only business conference for creative solopreneurs, you’ll get expert, from-the-trenches advice on money management, marketing, client relations and more. And you’ll have the rare chance to connect and share survival tips with fellow freelancers. Presented in partnership with Marketing Mentor.

How Design Conference
June 22-25, 2012
Boston, MA

Ignite your creativity, make your design skills unstoppable, sharpen your tech savvy and forge powerful connections with designers from around the globe. HOW Conference is your once-a-year refresher course in resisting the daily grind to make your design, your work and your life extraordinary.

The Dieline Package Design Conference
June 22-25, 2012
Boston, MA

Step outside the box at this inspiring, targeted event that solves the particular challenges you encounter as a packaging designer—and reveals the opportunities that arise when you know where to look. Innovation and reinvention are the watchwords at this event that will have you rethinking your assumptions about package design.

2012 SEGD Conference
TBD
Brooklyn and Manhatten, NY

SEGD’s annual event is the only international conference focused on communication design for the built environment. For the global community of designers, industry professionals, educators, and design clients who strive to create compelling, emotive, and information-rich environments, it is an invaluable source of inspiration, education, and networking.