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 1 – Pinterest Office
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.	Design Tour 2 – Polar Capital
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
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.	Break
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.	IDC Awards Celebration – Cocktails
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.	Presentation
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.	Networking Break
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.	Presentation
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.	Networking Lunch
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.	Presentation
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