Conferences & Events
Virtual + In Person
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ps. Resources with a “diamond” are ones we personally use and highly recommend!
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Plywood Presents *
Inspiration Conference
An inspirational conference hosted in Atlanta, Georgia. Gathering for inspiring talks, aspirational projects, and connections that can make any idea come to life.
Altitude Summit
Female Conference & Community
A community of thousands of women influencers and entrepreneurs in creative fields. One week a year, we provide a physical gathering place for that community and then incredible things happen.
Design thinkers 🇨🇦*
Design Conference
Canada's largest conference for the communication design industry, DesignThinkers brings together visionaries from a range of disciplines to explore creativity, the design process and the future of design and design thinking.
Creative South *
Annual Creative Conference
4 Day creative conference and community gathering. Some of the best designers in the industry share their ideas and dreams.
DesignTO 🇨🇦
Toronto Design Conference
DesignTO is about creativity, community and experimentation. There are several events and exhibitions to experience online. Most events are free, but some require a RSVP or purchase tickets
Circles Conference
Annual Creative Conference
Circles Conference is a three-day creative design conference by Circles Co., bringing together designers and makers from around the globe.
Typographics
Conference
Typographics is organized and run by a dedicated group of typography fans, offering talks and other programming for people who use type. Typographics design festival is an annual forum for presentations about graphic design, web design, publication design, book design, type design, packaging, branding, corporate identity, advertising, motion graphics, and more. Importantly, Typographics focuses on new frontiers in digital typography.
Letterwest
Conference
This intentionally small conference is the only event of its kind in North America that is catered specifically to lettering artists. It’s a place where letterers can take their craft and business skills to the next level and create relationships with like-minded peers and industry leaders who understand them, their work, and their goals. There is a magical quality about being together in the same physical space rather than simply connecting online.
Awwwards
Digital Design Conference
Every year Awwwards holds conferences in different iconics cities all over the world, from Los Angeles, New York and London and to Amsterdam, Barcelona and Toronto. Three exciting days with some of the most influential speakers of the industry, who inspire, teach, and guide us as we face the many challenges.
MindCamp Canada 🇨🇦
Conference
A Canadian retreat where you can take seminars and classes which teach creativity, innovation and leadership skills. It’s a five-day micro-university for personal, professional, and organizational creativity — a feast of concurrent sessions presented by the best creativity leaders in North America and world-wide. And on top of our scheduled programs, there are evening salons, dialog sessions, music, dancing, campfires, and just plain fun.
Crop Cons
Conference
We’re proud to share our roster of some of the top artists, designers, letterers, illustrators, authors, and creative entrepreneurs around. Their unique perspectives, tales, experiences, and workshops are sure to inspire, impart new skills & practices, and spark your passion to create. Keynotes & Live Sessions are included in Crop General Admission registration.
Adobe Max
Conference
Being one of the largest creative conferences in North America, Adobe Max hosts 12,000 attendees and offers over 300 sessions, labs, workshops and more. Whether you attend to perfect your skills, meet your favourite designers, or to explore trends in future design. Join your fellow graphic designers, illustrators, videographers, web and UX designers, photographers, and creative directors by registering to attend the conference!