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AIGA's conferences and festivals are sites of learning, inspiration, creativity, and connection. Join us for our virtual 2021 events, or view recordings of past conferences.

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AIGA National Conferences

Design and Business Conference

Virtual

May 12–14, 2021

AIGA Design + Business Conference

Fueling growth, delivering brand loyalty, and creating cultural impact and meaningful social change—design is at the heart of every successful business. See firsthand how design is impacting businesses in measurable ways

Virtual

July 13–16, 2021

AIGA Portfolio Festival

Focused on mentorship, collaboration, and learning, the Portfolio Festival features content from design practitioners, influencers, educators, and partners, who can help you tailor your portfolio to your next opportunity.
AIGA Design Conference

Virtual

September 20–24, 2021

AIGA Design Conference

Join us this fall for the biggest event of the year for creatives. Be there as the design community comes together to discuss cutting edge work that’s launching our profession into new territory.

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AIGA Portfolio Festival Talks

The AIGA Portfolio Festival is a week-long virtual festival supporting students, recent graduates, and those looking to refresh their portfolio as they look for new jobs.

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AIGA Design Conference Talks

The AIGA Design Conference takes on the world’s newest challenges, and learn how we can all make positive progress—and arrive at a more innovative, meaningful, and inclusive place.

Watch the 2019 talks

AIGA Chapter Conferences

AIGA Minnesota

Design Camp

Since 1980, creatives have come together in Minnesota's North Woods for the annual Design Camp.

AIGA Austin

Design Ranch

AIGA Austin Design Ranch is an intimate, three-day, hands-on, workshop-driven design retreat in a rustic setting on the banks of the Guadalupe River.

AIGA Creative LeadCon

AIGA Creative LeadCon

This conference unlocks designers' potential to lead through change by mastering creative, business, and strategic skills.

AIGA Seattle

AIGA Into the Woods

Into the Woods is an opportunity to immerse yourself in an environment dedicated to helping aspiring leaders expand their range of vision and enable others’ success.

AIGA Washington DC

DotGov Design

Design is a critical part of government — it touches services and experiences that are crucial to all of us as citizens. But it’s hardly without challenges. Rules and regulations, antiquated technologies, and bureaucratic roadblocks are just some of the issues that designers transforming public institutions overcome every day.

AIGA Arizona

Phoenix Design Week

PHXDW is the largest event for creative professionals in Arizona.
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