Design Conferences
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Struggling to find design-related academic conferences? My friends and I compiled a list and turned it into this site to make it easy for others to find and track them!
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| # | Title / Acronym | Domains | Ranking | Proceedings Publisher | Journal Option | Conference Dates | Conference Location | Paper Deadline | DC Option | Website |
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| AARHUS 2025 โ Decennial Aarhus Conference | HCI / Crisis | Unranked | ACM | N | Aug 18 โ 22, 2025 | Denmark ๐ฉ๐ฐ | Feb 20, 2025 AoE | Y | Linkarrow_outward | |
| Absolute Sustainability 2025 | Sustainability | Unranked | NA / Design Society | N | Sep 30 โ 02 Oct, 2025 | Denmark ๐ฉ๐ฐ | Apr 01, 2025 | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| Academic Mindtrek 2025 | HCI / XR | B | ACM | N | Oct 07 โ 10, 2025 | Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ | May 02, 2025 | Y | Linkarrow_outward | |
| ACED 2026 โ Asian Conference on Ergonomics and Design | Ergonomics / HCI / XR / Animation / Communication | Unranked | Springer | N | Aug 01 โ 05, 2026 | Singapore ๐ธ๐ฌ | TBA | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| ACM AutoUI 2025 โ Transportation User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications | HCI / Transportation | Unranked | ACM | N | Nov 10 โ 11, 2025 | Australia ๐ฆ๐บ | Jan 30, 2025 | Y | Linkarrow_outward | |
| ACM C&C 2026 โ ACM Creativity and Cognition | HCI / XR | A | ACM | N | Jul 13 โ 16, 2026 | United Kingdom ๐ฌ๐ง | Jan 29, 2026 AoE (Paper Abstract) Apr 16, 2026 AoE (Poster) |
N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| ACM SUI 2025 โ ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction | HCI / XR | Unranked | ACM | Y | Nov 10 โ 11, 2025 | Canada ๐จ๐ฆ | Jun 20, 2025 AoE | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| AlpCHI 2026 | HCI / Communication / Health / Nature / Sports | NA | ACM | N | Mar 01 โ 05, 2026 | Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ | Oct 20, 2025 AoE | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| Augmented Humans 2026 | HCI / XR | Unranked | ACM | N | Mar 16 โ 19, 2026 | Japan ๐ฏ๐ต | Nov 18, 2025 AoE (Paper) Jan 26, 2026 AoE (Poster) |
N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| CGI 2026 โ Computer Graphics International | HCI / XR / Computer Graphics / Visualization | C | Springer / Wiley | Y | Jul 06 โ 10, 2026 | United Kingdom ๐ฌ๐ง | TBA | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| CHI 2026 โ Computer Human Interaction | HCI / XR | A* | ACM | Y | Apr 13 โ 17, 2026 | Spain ๐ช๐ธ | Sep 04, 2025 AoE (Paper) Jan 22, 2026 AoE (Poster) |
Y | Linkarrow_outward | |
| CHI PLAY 2025 โ Computer-Human Interaction in Play | HCI / Games | A* | ACM | Y | Oct 13 โ 17, 2025 | United States ๐บ๐ธ | Feb 19, 2025 | Y | Linkarrow_outward | |
| CHIRA 2025 โ Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications | HCI | C | Springer | N | Oct 20 โ 21, 2025 | Spain ๐ช๐ธ | May 19, 2025 | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| CHItaly 2025 โ Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter | HCI / XR / Wearable / AI | Unranked | ACM | N | Oct 06 โ 10, 2025 | Italy ๐ฎ๐น | Apr 21, 2025 | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| Cumulus Athens 2026 | Multidisciplinary / Communication / Aesthetics / Cultural Heritage / Sustainability / AI / Method | Unranked | Cumulus Association | N | May 05 - 09, 2026 | Greece ๐ฌ๐ท | Oct 31, 2025 UTC (Abstract) | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| CIRP Design 2026 | Multidisciplinary / HCI / AI / Communication / Industrial Design / Co-design / Education / Sustainability / Theory / Method | Unranked | CIRP | N | Mar 16 โ 18, 2026 | Japan ๐ฏ๐ต | Jul 13, 2025 | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| CMS 2026 โ Communication & Media Studies | Communication / Media | Unranked | Common Ground | Y | Oct 01 โ 02, 2026 | Singapore ๐ธ๐ฌ + Online ๐ | Sep 01, 2026 | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| COMPASS 2026 | HCI / XR | Unranked | ACM | N | TBA | TBA | TBA | Y | Linkarrow_outward | |
| CONFIA 2025 โ Conference on Illustration & Animation | Communication / Animation / Illustration | Unranked | Springer | N | Jul 14 โ 16, 2025 | Portugal ๐ต๐น | Jan 31, 2025 | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| DCC 2026 โ Design Computing and Cognition | Multidisciplinary / AI / Cognition / HCI / Creativity / Method / Theory | A | Springer | N | Jul 06 โ 08, 2026 | France ๐ซ๐ท | Dec 01, 2025 (Paper) Feb 27, 2026 (Poster) |
N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| DESIGN 2026 โ Design Conference | Multidisciplinary | Unranked | Design Research Society | N | May 18 โ 21, 2026 | Croatia ๐ญ๐ท | Nov 15, 2025 | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| DHS 2026 โ Design History Society Annual Conference | Multidisciplinary / History / Communication / Craft | Unranked | Design History Society + Oxford University Press | Y | Sep 03 โ 05, 2026 | Czech Republic ๐จ๐ฟ | Feb 01, 2026 | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| Digicom 2025 | Communication / HCI | Unranked | Springer | N | Nov 06 โ 08, 2025 | Portugal ๐ต๐น + Online ๐ | Apr 30, 2025 | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| DIS 2026 โ Designing Interactive Systems | HCI | A | ACM | N | Jun 13 โ 17, 2026 | Singapore ๐ธ๐ฌ | Jan 09, 2026 (Abstract) Feb 13, 2026 (DC) |
Y | Linkarrow_outward | |
| DPP 2026 โ Design Principles & Practices | Multidisciplinary / Communication | Unranked | Common Ground | Y | Feb 25 โ 27, 2026 | Italy ๐ฎ๐น + Online ๐ | Jan 25, 2026 | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| DRCI International Conference on Creativity, Design, Technology and Management | Multidisciplinary / Communication / HCI / Industrial / Creativity / AI / Ergonomics / Visual Art / Craft / Sustainability / Management | Unranked | Design Research Council of India | N | Nov 01 โ 03, 2025 | India ๐ฎ๐ณ | Aug 31, 2025 | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| DRS 2026 โ Design Research Society Biennial Conference | Multidisciplinary / Education / Co-design / HCI / Policy / Systems / Ethics | B | Design Research Society | N | Jun 08 โ 12, 2026 | Scotland ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | Oct 31, 2025 (Paper) Jan 16, 2026 (DC) |
Y | Linkarrow_outward | |
| EPDE 2026 โ Engineering & Product Design Education | Product / Industrial / Education / HCI / AI | C | Design Society | N | TBA (~Sep, 2026) | TBA | TBA (~Mar, 2026) | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| EvoMUSART 2026 โ Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design | Multidisciplinary / AI / Design | C | Springer | N | Apr 8 โ 10, 2026 | France ๐ซ๐ท | Nov 01, 2025 AoE | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| GamiFIN 2026 โ Annual International Conference on Gamification | Games / HCI / Communication / Media / Health / Toy / Theory / Method | Unranked | ACM | N | Mar 23 - 27, 2026 | Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ | Oct 27, 2025 | Y | Linkarrow_outward | |
| GI 2026 โ Graphics Interface | HCI | B | ACM | N | TBA | TBA | TBA | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| HCI International 2026 | HCI | Unranked | Springer | N | Jul 26 โ 31, 2026 | Canada ๐จ๐ฆ | Oct 10, 2025 AoE (Paper) Jan 16, 2026 AoE (Poster) |
N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| Heritage(s) 2026 | Cultural Heritage / Communication / Media / History / Architecture | Unranked | AMPS | Y | Jul 06 โ 08, 2026 | Tรผrkiye ๐น๐ท | Dec 15, 2025 (Abstract) | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| HWWE 2026 โ Humanizing Work and Work Environment | Mutiple / Ergonomics / HCI / Communication | Unranked | Springer | N | TBA | TBA | TBA | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| ICC 2027 โ International Comfort Congress | Multidisciplinary / HCI / Transportation / Industial Design / Ergonomics / Interior Design / Fashion / Textile / Theory / Method | Unranked | ICC | N | TBA (~Jun, 2027) | TBA | TBA (~Aug, 2026) | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| ICDHS 2027 โ International Committee for Design History and Design Studies | Multidisciplinary / Communication / Culture / History | Unranked | TBA | N | TBA (~Oct, 2027) | Denmark ๐ฉ๐ฐ | TBA (~Nov, 2026) | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| ICED 2027 โ International Conference on Engineering Design | Multidisciplinary / HCI / Education / Culture / Health / Sustainability / AI / Theory / Management / Manufacturing | B | Design Society | N | Aug 16 โ 20, 2027 | Germany ๐ฉ๐ช | TBA (~Nov, 2026) | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| ICoRD 2027 โ Biannual International Conference on Research into Design | Multidisciplinary / HCI / Communication / Education / Creativity / Culture / Craft / Health / Sustainability / Theory / Management / Manufacturing | Unranked | Springer | N | TBA (~Jan, 2027) | India ๐ฎ๐ณ | TBA | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| ICVR 2026 โ International Conference on Virtual Reality | HCI / XR | Unranked | IEEE | N | TBA (~Jul, 2026) | TBA | TBA (~Feb, 2026) | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| IDC 2026 โ ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference | HCI / XR / Children | Unranked | ACM | N | Jun 22 โ 25, 2026 | United Kingdom ๐ฌ๐ง | TBA (~Jan, 2026) | Y | Linkarrow_outward | |
| IDSA IDC 2025 โ International Design Conference and Education Symposium | Multidisciplinary / Industrial Design / Product Design / Engineering Design / Design Innovation | Unranked | NA / Industrial Design Society of America | N | Sep 16 โ 19, 2025 | United States ๐บ๐ธ | TBA | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| IDEC 2026 Annual Conference | Interior Design / Environmental Design / Design Education / Design Research | Unranked | N | N | Mar 16 โ 19, 2026 | United States ๐บ๐ธ | Sep 17, 2025 PST | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| IEEE INNOVARail 2026 | Transportation / Industrial Design / Product Design / HCI | Unranked | IEEE | N | May 26 โ 28, 2026 | United States ๐บ๐ธ | Sep 19, 2025 | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| IEEE VR 2026 โ IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces | HCI / XR | A* | IEEE | Y | Mar 08 โ 12, 2026 | South Korea ๐ฐ๐ท | Sep 05, 2025 AoE (Paper) Dec 19, 2025 AoE (Poster) |
Y | Linkarrow_outward | |
| IMX 2026 โ ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences | HCI / XR | Unranked | ACM | N | Jun 09 โ 11, 2026 | Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช | TBA (~Jan, 2026) | Y | Linkarrow_outward | |
| IndiaHCI 2025 | HCI / XR / Games / Health / New Media | Unranked | ACM | N | Nov 07 โ 09, 2025 | India ๐ฎ๐ณ | Jun 10, 2025 IST (Paper) Jul 15, 2025 IST (Poster) |
N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| INTERACT 2025 โ International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction | HCI | B | Springer | N | Sep 08 โ 12, 2025 | Brazil ๐ง๐ท | Feb 17, 2025 AoE (Paper) May 26, 2025 AoE (Poster) |
Y | Linkarrow_outward | |
| IASDR 2025 โ International Association of Societies of Design Research Conference | Multidisciplinary | B | Design Research Society | N | Dec 02 โ 05, 2025 | Taiwan ๐น๐ผ | May 01, 2025 UTC+8 (Paper) May 15, 2025 UTC+8 (Poster) |
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| ISMAR 2025 โ IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality | HCI / XR | A* | IEEE | Y | Oct 08 โ 12, 2025 | South Korea ๐ฐ๐ท | Apr 04, 2025 AoE (Paper) Jul 29, 2025 AoE (Poster) |
Y | Linkarrow_outward | |
| LearnXDesign 2025 | Design / Education | Unranked | Design Research Society | N | Sep 22 โ 25, 2025 | Portugal ๐ต๐น | Jan 13, 2025 | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| MIG 2025 โ ACM SIGGRAPH Motion, Interaction and Games | HCI / XR / Games / Animation | Unranked | ACM | N | Dec 03 - 05, 2025 | Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ | Aug 01, 2025 AoE (Paper) Sep 24, 2025 AoE (Poster) |
N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| MobileHCI 2026 | HCI | B | ACM | N | Aug 31 โ Sep 03, 2026 | United Kingdom ๐ฌ๐ง | Jan 29, 2026 AoE | Y | Linkarrow_outward | |
| MUM 2025 โ Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia | HCI | B | ACM | N | Dec 01 โ 04, 2025 | Italy ๐ฎ๐น | Aug 21, 2025 AoE (Paper) Oct 09, 2025 AoE (Poster) |
Y | Linkarrow_outward | |
| NERD 7th Heaven โ New Experimental Research in Design | Multidisciplinary | Unranked | Birkhรคuser | N | Nov 06 โ 07, 2025 | Germany ๐ฉ๐ช | April 30, 2025 | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| NORDES 2027 โ Nordic Design Research Society Conference | Multidisciplinary | B | Nordes Digital Archive | N | TBA (~Aug, 2027) | TBA | TBA | Y | Linkarrow_outward | |
| NordDesign 2026 โ Biennial NordDesign conference | Multidisciplinary / HCI / Industrial / Sustainability / Education / AI / Design Management | B | Design Soceity | N | TBA | TBA | TBA | Y | Linkarrow_outward | |
| NordiCHI 2026 โ Biennial Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction | HCI | Unranked | ACM | N | Oct 03 โ 07, 2026 | Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ | TBA | Y | Linkarrow_outward | |
| On Sustainability 2026 โ Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability | Sustainability | Unranked | Common Ground | Y | Apr 20 โ 22, 2026 | Greece ๐ฌ๐ท + Online ๐ | Jan 20, 2026 | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| OzCHI 2025 โ Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction | HCI / XR | B | ACM | N | Nov 29 โ Dec 03, 2025 | Australia ๐ฆ๐บ | Jun 12, 2025 AoE (Paper) Aug 18, 2025 AoE (DC) |
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| Pedagogy 2025 | Education / Design Research / Communication / HCI | Unranked | Taylor and Francis | Y | Nov 19 โ 21, 2025 | Online ๐ | Oct 05, 2025 | Y | Linkarrow_outward | |
| PDC 2026 โ Participatory Design Conference | Multidisciplinary / Participatory Design / HCI / Co-Design / Design Research | B | ACM | N | Jun 16 โ 19, 2026 | Italy ๐ฎ๐น | Jun 16, 2025 CET | Y | Linkarrow_outward | |
| PLATE Conference 2027 | Multidisciplinary / Sustainability / Product Design / Design Management | Unranked | PLATE Consortium | N | Jun 21 โ 24, 2027 | Sweden ๐ธ๐ช | TBA | TBA | Linkarrow_outward | |
| RSD14 โ Relating Systems Thinking and Design Symposium | Multidisciplinary / Sustainability / Systemic Design | Unranked | Systemic Design Association | N | Oct 08 โ 21, 2025 | Canada ๐จ๐ฆ + Online ๐ | Aug 31, 2025 | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| ServDes 2025 โ Service Design and Innovation | Service Design | Unranked | Design Research Society | N | Oct 06 โ 08, 2025 | India ๐ฎ๐ณ | Mar 01, 2025 | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| SIGGRAPH 2026 โ ACM SIG Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques | HCI / XR / Graphics | A* | ACM | Y | Jul 19 โ 23, 2026 | United States ๐บ๐ธ | TBA | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 โ ACM SIG Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Asia | HCI / XR / Graphics | A* | ACM | Y | Dec 15 โ 18, 2025 | China ๐จ๐ณ | May 16, 2025 AoE (Paper) Aug 20, 2025 AoE (Poster) |
N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| SDNC 2025 โ Social Design Network Conference | Multidisciplinary / Social Design / Participatory Design / Sustainability | Unranked | N | N | Sep 18 โ 20, 2025 | Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ | N | Y | Linkarrow_outward | |
| The Image 2026 โ International Conference On The Image | Communication / Media | Unranked | Common Ground | Y | Oct 01 โ 02, 2026 | Singapore ๐ธ๐ฌ + Online ๐ | Sep 01, 2026 | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| The Learner 2026 โ International Conference on Learning | AI / Education | Unranked | Common Ground | Y | Jul 08 โ 10, 2026 | Hong Kong ๐ญ๐ฐ + Online ๐ | Jun 08, 2026 | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| TKS 2026 โ International Conference on Technology, Knowledge & Society | HCI / AI | Unranked | Common Ground | Y | Apr 16 โ 17, 2026 | Greece ๐ฌ๐ท + Online ๐ | Jan 16, 2026 | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| Typoday 2026 | Typography / Communication | Unranked | N | N | TBA (~Mar, 2026) | TBA | TBA | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| UbiComp 2025 | HCI / Wearable | A* | ACM | N | Oct 12 โ 16, 2025 | Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ | Mar 03, 2025 | Y | Linkarrow_outward | |
| UbiLearn 2026 โ International Conference on e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies | HCI / AI / Education | Unranked | Common Ground | Y | Apr 16 โ 17, 2026 | Greece ๐ฌ๐ท + Online ๐ | Mar 16, 2026 | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| Visual Discourse 2024 โ International Conference on Research into Design of Visual Narratives | Communication | Unranked | None | N | Nov 06 โ 08, 2024 | India ๐ฎ๐ณ | Oct 05, 2024 | N | Linkarrow_outward | |
| VRST 2025 โ Virtual Reality Software and Technology | HCI / XR | A | ACM | N | Nov 12 โ 14, 2025 | Canada ๐จ๐ฆ | Jul 07, 2025 AoE | N | Linkarrow_outward |
Conference rankings are based on CORE.
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