Event categories: Third-party event

  • Designing safer cities for women and girls

    Date: 15 November 2023More info In the last few years, a number of high profile murders of women using public space have raised the profile of women’s safety and prompted more conversations across the industry on how the design of the built environment might help or hinder personal safety. Hear from Scott Brownrigg Director of…

  • 14th international space syntax symposium 2024

    Start date: 24 June 2024End date: 27 June 2024More info The Space Syntax Symposium aims to bring together scholars, practitioners and students who are currently working on Space Syntax and related approaches all over the world to share knowledge, to discuss theoretical and methodological advances as well as practical applications, and to explore directions for…

  • HCDI: urban renewal and health equity

    Start date: 16 October 2023End date: 17 October 2023More info Urban policymakers, planners and practitioners keen to chart a path to sustainable development must link the local and global – activating measures that improve the lives of citizens and reduce health inequalities while addressing the wider impacts of planetary health. How can cities walk the…

  • Sustainable healthcare design international symposium

    Date: 14 September 2023More info The climate emergency is a health emergency. The impacts of a destabilising climate are no longer confined to the global south, with more intense storms and floods, and more frequent heatwaves and wildfires now also affecting high-income countries. Amid a growing risk of infectious disease spread, threats to public health…

  • Design for planet festival

    Start date: 17 October 2023End date: 18 October 2023More info A landmark festival to galvanise and support the UK’s design industry to commit to a sustainable, climate-first future. This two-day event provides a platform for visionaries across the sector who are leading the way in sustainability and climate action, and supports others in the industry…

  • Bodleian Libraries Exhibition: Alphabets Alive!

    Start date: 19 July 2023End date: 21 January 2024More info Alphabets Alive! brings the magic of books and alphabets to life, featuring more than 150 works inspired by the alphabet – manuscripts, prints, posters, sculptures, alphabet books and, especially, artists’ books in their many shapes, sizes, colours, materials and languages.  Encounter medieval and modern bestiaries, miniature and…

  • Sign & Digital UK 2024

    Start date: 25 February 2024End date: 27 February 2024More info Sign & Digital UK (SDUK) is back in 2024 for another great opportunity to bring the sign-making, large format printing and visual communications industry together. The three-day show starts on a Sunday for the first time, making it more accessible for small business owners to…

  • 10th Anniversary better cities film festival

    Start date: 5 October 2023End date: 8 October 2023More info This year we’re doing a double feature 10th anniversary. It’s not only the festival’s 10th anniversary, it’s also the 10th anniversary of the global placemaking movement launched from Detroit! This year’s free celebration includes the premiere of the film The Place Man,“ a documentary that…

  • NI Urban Green Space welcomes Make Space for Girls

    Date: 20 September 2023More info You are invited to be part of the first NI Urban Green Space Webinar where we will be joined by Susannah Walker from ‘Make Space for Girls’ for a practical session (including Q&As) on making our urban green spaces more welcoming to women and girls. You will also hear about…

  • Responsible design thinking symposium

    Responsible design thinking symposium

    Start date: 18 September 2023End date: 20 September 2023More info What does it mean to take responsibility when thinking like designers? What does Responsible Design Thinking look like? Join us for an exciting and dynamic gathering of practitioners, educators and researchers from the University of Sydney and Monash University to explore this question.  Through a series…