David Shing explores how exponential technology and cultural acceleration are reshaping how people live, work, connect, and create, often faster than our organizations, spaces, and design systems can adapt. This is not a talk about trends. It is a talk about preparedness.

Join BIFMA for an in-depth, industry-focused event designed to keep members informed, connected, and ahead of what’s shaping the future of commercial furniture.

Keep the momentum going on night two as Industry Night returns for another evening of connection, conversation, and creativity.

Join the Charette participants and jurors at the IIDA National Charette Awards, where winners of the Student Design Charette will be announced.

Noise Down. Beats Up. A Silent Disco Experience.

Circularity in commercial furniture is increasingly being judged not by intentions, but by outcomes. This panel examines where circular strategies are working in the marketplace—and where they fall short—by comparing high-quality, durable products with lower-cost, disposable offerings.

Drawing on insights from the ASID 2026 Trends Outlook Report, this session reframes aging as an opportunity rather than a challenge. Industry leaders will explore how organizations can design workplaces that support collaboration, wellbeing, mentorship, and knowledge transfer across generations—turning longevity into a powerful strategic advantage.

Join us as we examine originality in an era when design is being frequently echoed and instantly reproduced. As copy culture intensifies, design leaders confront the impact on value, innovation, and trust— and what it takes to create work with depth, integrity, and meaning that imitation can echo but never replace.

Drawing on research from the American Society of Interior Designers 2026 Trends Outlook and Economic Outlook, this featured presentation examines how these forces are transforming not only what designers create, but how projects are managed and delivered.

Strike a post and have a local artist capture the moment in a fashion illustration.

Rather than forecasting outcomes, Nick Foster offers a moment of intentional pause, inviting the NeoCon community to rethink how we imagine, evaluate, and prepare for the future of the built environment.

Held during Chicago Design Week, this annual event brings together students from across the nation for a day of design, collaboration, networking, problem-solving, and fun.

Celebrate our new Innovation Center location in Fulton Market, including cocktails, mocktails, and hors d'oeuvres.

Feel the spark at our opening night as you mingle with leading minds and influencers from the design world.

Join us in the new Mannington Commercial showroom in Fulton Market for an evening of expertly crafted cocktails, co-hosted by Cheryl Durst, EVP and CEO of IIDA, and Cindy Kaufman, VP of Marketing at Mannington Commercial.

Your portfolio tells your story as a designer. Join ASID to gain insight and receive one-on-one feedback from leading designers on portfolio development.

Led by members of ASID’s Environment Health and Wellness Committee, this talk will focus on the core principles of circular interior design: longevity, adaptability, material health, circular material flows and end-of-life planning—while addressing why interiors require strategies distinct from architecture.

In this conversation, we convene designers, futurists, and other experts to talk about the future of entrepreneurship within the design world, and beyond.

In this powerful keynote, Jessica O. Matthews reveals why the most groundbreaking innovations often emerge not from privilege or power, but from struggle, uncertainty, and deeply personal motivation. IIDA’s Executive Vice President and CEO, Cheryl S. Durst, Hon. FIIDA will introduce Matthews and lead a question and answer session.

IIDA's annual celebration held at the start of Chicago Design Week, bringing together the brightest stars of the interior design industry for an elegant dinner and celebration of design excellence.

Step into the spotlight at the annual INTERIOR DESIGN HiP Awards.