Pop!Tech

October 18 - 21, 2006
Camden, Maine, USA
Dangerous Ideas

31st International Design Management Conference

October 22 - 25, 2006
Manchester Village, Vermont, USA
Design Leadership in Action: Measuring and Building Design's Role in Achieving Business Success

The 2nd Int'l Conference for Universal Design

October 22 - 26, 2006
Kyoto, Japan
Listen To The Users and Deliver!

Forbes MEET: Media, Electronic Entertainment, Technology

October 24 - 25, 2006
Beverly Hills, California, USA

Forrester's Consumer Forum 2006

October 24 - 25, 2006
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Humanizing the Digital Experience

IDSA Spotlight Series

October 25, 2006
Online
"The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: How Companies Measure Design," Dan Buchner, Design Continuum

GAIN: Business and Design Conference

October 26 - 28, 2006
New York, New York, USA
Design Means Business

2006 Design Research Society

November 1 - 5, 2006
Lisbon, Portugal
Designing interdisciplinary discourse, conspiring for Design Leadership

China Industrial Design Expo

November 5 - 9, 2006
Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China
Innovation Design

Future Trends Conference

November 6 - 8, 2006
South Beach, Miami, Florida, USA
"Ready, Set, Shine" Visionary Information for BUSINESS NOW

Barcelona Design Week

November 6 - 10, 2006
Barcelona, Spain
Better Design = Better Business

Future Design Days

November 13 - 14, 2006
Stockholm, Sweden
SHARE- The Power of Collaborating

IDSA Spotlight Series

November 15, 2006
Online
Gordon Bruce, Gordon Bruce Design LLC

Fortune Innovation Forum

November 29 - 30, 2006
New York, New York, USA
Where the best minds in world business meet

Award Competitions

INDEX 2007

Deadline in November
"Design to Improve Life" Categories: Body, Home, Work, Play and Community

2006 SparkAwards

Early Bird Deadline: November 30, 2006
A new award competition with special categories such as "Sustainable Design" produced in partnership with Dwell Magazine

I.D. Annual Design Review 2007

Call for Entries Now Open
Deadline: December 1, 2006

Bottom Line Design Awards

Call for Entries Now Open
Deadline: December 7, 2006

Microsoft/ IDSA Next-Gen PC Design Competition

Call for Entries Now Open
Deadline: December 15, 2006
Envision. Invent. Inspire.

Metropolis NEXT Generation Competition

Deadline: January 6, 2006
The "Channel your Energy" prize will finance the development of a bright idea that focuses on ENERGY, its uses, reduction, consumption, efficiencies and alternatives