The IDC Design Symposium begins on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, with a keynote presentation by Bestselling Author, Hamza Khan.
Hamza Khan believes the future of work is more human, not less. He’s on a mission to help organizations revolutionize leadership and rehumanize the workplace by adopting a bold ‘people first’ approach. Khan is a two-time bestselling author and multi-award-winning entrepreneur whose TEDx talk Stop Managing, Start Leading has been viewed millions of times. As a world-renowned keynote speaker, he empowers audiences to amplify human potential through collaboration and technology while prioritizing long-term impact.
Khan is the Co-Founder of SkillsCamp, an award-winning learning and leadership development company whose clients include FIFA, Shopify, Peloton, Deloitte, Microsoft, Mercedes-Benz, The United Nations, and hundreds of colleges and universities. These world-leading organizations trust Khan to enhance modern leadership, inspire purposeful productivity, nurture lasting resilience, and navigate constant change.
Khan’s latest venture, Saige, is an AI-powered leadership development platform that upskills leaders for the wisdom economy. He is also a visiting scholar, top-ranked university educator, and the bestselling author of The Burnout Gamble: Achieve More by Beating Burnout and Building Resilience and Leadership, Reinvented. As a respected thought leader, his insights have been featured by notable media outlets such as Inc., Bloomberg, and Business Insider.
This year’s Design Symposium will include dedicated programming for commercial and residential designers, thought-provoking workshops, inspiring panel discussions, guided project tours, select dinners with designers, and timely presentations on topics important to the interior design community.
Learn more about this year’s sponsors, view the Design Symposium schedule.
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