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2023 IDC Design Symposium

Together, United.

Interior Designers of Canada (IDC) is preparing its sixth Design Symposium this fall. Participants from the design and architecture community across Canada are invited to the Teknion showroom in downtown Toronto, to learn together, connect and network at IDC’s sixth Design Symposium. Learn more about the event from our Symposium title sponsors.

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 presentation, featuring the prestigious Value of Design Awards (VODA).

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DAY 1: WEDNESDAY, OCT. 25, 2023

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Design Tour 1Pinterest Office
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Design Tour 2Polar Asset Management Partners 
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Welcome Reception

 

DAY 2: THURSDAY, OCT. 26, 2023

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Networking Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Propel Keynote – Russell Pollard, MBA
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Propel Panel on Leadership
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Networking Break
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. GEN Z IS HERE: ARE YOU READY? Presentation by ThinkLab
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Networking Lunch
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. What Workers Want: Findings from Gensler’s Canadian Workplace Survey Presentation by Gensler
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Why Standards Matter Presentation by BIFMA
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Networking Coffee Break
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Presentation – The Mindful MATERIALS Common Materials Framework
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Break
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. IDC Awards Celebration – Cocktails (Separate ticket required to attend)
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. IDC Awards Celebration – Gala (Separate ticket required to attend)

 

DAY 3: FRIDAY, OCT. 27, 2023

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Networking Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Keynote Presentation – Nicole Verkindt
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Panel Discussion – Emerging Tech as a Successful Business Tool
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Networking Break
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Presentation – Are You a Brand? Thriving in a World of Brands
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Networking Lunch
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Panel Discussion – The Importance of Neuroaesthetics for Interior Design
2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Networking Coffee Break
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. IDC Annual General Meeting
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. IDC Symposium wrap up & cocktails

 

LOCATION:

TEKNION
120 Bremner Blvd., Suite 2010
Toronto, ON
M5J 0A8
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