DFC Convenings
Where peers
become counsel
Off-the-record gatherings of senior design leaders — built for the candid exchanges that don't happen anywhere else.
10 convenings
Upcoming Convenings
Past Convenings
Sep
10–11
2025
DFC Convening
DFC Leadership Summit on the Business of Design: The Changing Economics of Design
Convening Overview The business of design is undergoing a profound transformation. As artificial intelligence reshapes w…
Speakers:Brian Olasov · Donny Walker · Iñaki Alday +more
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Jun
16–20
2025
DFC Convening
DFC International Think Tanks: The Values and Value of the Design Professions in the AI Pervasive Reality
Convening Overview Never before had so many disruptions emerged in such proximity and at such velocity, converging to cr…
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Jan
15–16
2025
DFC Convening
DFC Leadership Summit on the Future of Technology and Applied Innovation: Consequential Questions Demanding A Voice
Convening Overview For the previous three years, the Design Futures Council had delved deeper each gathering into the dy…
Speakers:Akhil Hemanth · Caroline Golin, Ph.D · Jennifer Kolstad +more
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Oct
7–8
2024
DFC Convening
DFC Leadership Summit on the Business of Design: The Future of Talent, Organizations, & Leadership
Convening Overview The new live, work, play context is not so new. We now live in an ongoing remote and virtual reality.…
Speakers:Alan Lamonica · Kate Shaw · Molly Johnson +more
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Jan
10–11
2024
DFC Convening
DFC Leadership Summit on the Future of Technology and Applied Innovation: AI – De-mystifying, Optimizing, and Cautioning
Convening Overview The new reality is here. Status quo for the design professions is no longer relevant. The new underst…
Speakers:Dan Mapes · Edward Feigenbaum · Michael Hodge +more
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Nov
6–7
2023
DFC Convening
DFC Leadership Summit on the Business of Design
Convening Overview The past few years had been marked by yoyo dynamics in economics, investor sentiment, geopolitical oc…
Speakers:Andrea Cochran · Bob Hughes · Brian Olasov +more
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Sep
11–12
2023
DFC Convening
DFC Leadership Summit on the Future of Environmental Responsibility
Convening Overview We believe that when it comes to the challenges of environmental responsibility, becoming a collabora…
Speakers:Amanda Kaminsky · Don Davies · James Middling +more
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Apr
11–12
2023
DFC Convening
DFC Leadership Summit on the Future of Talent
Convening Overview The AE professions have continued to make breakthroughs that astound the imagination and bring tremen…
Speakers:Andres Plascencia · Bradley Bell · Britney Gore +more
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Jan
11–12
2023
DFC Convening
DFC Leadership Summit on Technology & Applied Innovation: Technology Empowered Business Transformation from Possibility to Probability
Convening Details This gathering of the DFC held in La Jolla, CA on January 11-12, 2023, focused on challenges and propo…
Speakers:Dave Gilmore · Don Harrier · Gavin Starks +more
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