2024 IDC Design Symposium

Canadian Design at Home and Around the World

Interior Designers of Canada (IDC) is hosting its seventh Design Symposium this fall. Canada’s design and architecture community is invited to come together to learn, connect, and network.

Participants can expect to attend design tours of notable member projects, connect and network with peers, collect IDCEC credits through panel discussions, hear from incredible speakers, participate in workshops, and celebrate the best of interior design at the IDC Awards Celebration, featuring the prestigious Value of Design Awards (VODA).

TUESDAY, NOV. 5, 2024

4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

IDC Annual General Meeting

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 6, 2024

9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.	Networking Breakfast
9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.	KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – AI and the Future of Interior Design: Transforming Education, Practice, and the Built Environment by Dwayne Matthews
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.	Networking Break
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	PANEL – Working with Canadian Makers – Joel Berman, Moderator
12:00 p.m. – 12:15 p.m.	Networking Break
12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.	PANEL – Canadian Chic & Color Palettes: Celebrating Design from Cottage Charm to Urban Sophistication – Presented by Benjamin Moore
1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.	Networking Lunch
2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.	WORKSHOP (HSW) – Interior Design and the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action Presented by Ojiibik
3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.	Networking Break
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.	PRESENTATION – From Vacancy to Vibrancy Presented by Gensler
4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Networking, Wrap-up Cocktails
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.	DESIGN TOUR – Waterworks Food Hall (Registration required)
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m	Dine with the Designer – Florette (Registration required)

Symposium schedule is subject to change.

THURSDAY, NOV. 7, 2024

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.	Networking Breakfast
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.	FIRESIDE CHAT (HSW)– Leading with Empathy: From the Clinical to the Practical by Teknion
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.	Networking Break
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	PRESENTATION – Material Bank & The Market by Material Bank
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.	KEYNOTE (HSW) – Constructing Health: How the Built Environment Enhances Your Mind’s Health Presented by Tye Farrow
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.	Networking Lunch
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.	PRESENTATION (HSW) – Embodied Carbon & Materials Presented by Material Bank
3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.	Wrap-up, break prior to Awards
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.	Awards Cocktails (separate ticket required to attend – sold out)
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.	IDC AWARDS CELEBRATION (separate ticket required to attend – sold out)

Symposium schedule is subject to change.

LOCATION:
Toronto Roundhouse (The Rec Room Event Space)
255 Bremner Blvd
Toronto, ON
M5V 3M9
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