Event categories: Third-party event

  • Urban Future: The Better Cities Event

    Urban Future: The Better Cities Event

    Start date: 24 March 2026End date: 27 March 2026More info The full conference programme, featuring 60 sessions that dive into the burning questions cities are facing right now. The programme brings together bold topics that matter, makes complex urban challenges tangible, and creates space for open, courageous discussion. Each session is designed to spark debate, challenge assumptions, and…

  • Sign & Digital 2026

    Sign & Digital 2026

    Start date: 22 February 2026End date: 24 February 2026More info More than 60 exhibitors take to the show floor to showcase their very latest equipment, products and services for the visual communications sector. Visitors are able to view many exclusive product launches as exhibitors used the show as a platform to showcase their new equipment…

  • Tomorrow Mobility: World Congress

    Tomorrow Mobility: World Congress

    Start date: 3 November 2026End date: 5 November 2026More info In an era of ever-growing cities and technological innovation, Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress stands as the premier gathering for smart urban mobility. This essential go-to platform unites industry executives, organization leaders, and changemakers who are driving the evolution toward a greener and more efficient transportation ecosystem. Here we’ll uncover strategies…

  • International Transport Forum (ITF) Summit 2026

    International Transport Forum (ITF) Summit 2026

    Start date: 6 May 2026End date: 8 May 2026More info The ITF 2026 Summit takes place in Leipzig, Germany, under the Presidency of Azerbaijan.  It is the world’s largest gathering of transport ministers and the premier global transport policy event. The 2026 theme, “Funding Resilient Transport”, is the second in the 2025-2027 ITF Summit trilogy…

  • Wharton – Weitzman Future of Cities Conference 2026

    Wharton – Weitzman Future of Cities Conference 2026

    Date: 20 February 2026More info The Wharton-Weitzman Future of Cities Conference is an annual multidisciplinary, student-led, faculty-advised event hosted at the University of Pennsylvania.Founded in 2020, the conference aims to bring together urban innovators and experts from the public and private sectors to challenge and deepen the discourse around the trends, technologies, and policies transforming…

  • Typographics Conference 2026

    Typographics Conference 2026

    Start date: 26 June 2026End date: 27 June 2026More info A design festival for people who use type. This two-day series of talks is the central event of the Typographics Festival, focused on the use of type across all design disciplines. Now in its eleventh year, this will be a hybrid conference. More details about the…

  • St. Bride Foundation: ‘Give Way to Design’ (film screening)

    St. Bride Foundation: ‘Give Way to Design’ (film screening)

    Date: 19 March 2026More info Give Way to Design is a documentary that traces the history of road signage in the United Kingdom, from Roman milestones to the present day. It explores how functional signs evolved into a defining element of the British visual landscape, becoming part of the nation’s cultural heritage. The film highlights the…

  • Inclusive Type Design

    Inclusive Type Design

    Date: 3 March 2026More info ypotheque shows how science and typography can unite to create accessible fonts for visually impaired readers and marginalized communities. Typotheque worked with the researchers of the National Centre of Ophthalmology in France to determine the ideal letter proportions for their visually impaired patients. Cognitive scientist Héctor Mangas will discuss a lab-based…

  • The City Through a Child’s Eyes: Lessons from Copenhagen and Gladsaxe

    Date: 10 February 2026More info This is the third edition of the Academy of Urbanism’s Founder’s Lecture, held in memory of John Thompson at his alma mater, Cambridge University. The lecture aims to continue his legacy of community architecture by inviting speakers whose work helps strengthen community through urbanism. We’re delighted to have Honorary Academician Tina Saaby delivering the…

  • Small Performances: An Interlude

    Small Performances: An Interlude

    Date: 4 March 2026More info In March 2024, a collaborative team of researchers from the University of Cambridge and Birmingham City University launched an AHRC-funded project entitled ‘Small Performances; investigating the typographic punches of John Baskerville through heritage science and practice based research’. Two years later, the team is back in Birmingham, taking an interlude…