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Design Leaders Conference 2026

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When:
Thursday, Jan 29th 2026 9:45am-5pm (Registration from 9am - Reception afterwards)
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Where:

Light House Cinema
Market Street South
D07 R6YE Dublin 7

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Cost:

New Year Offer: MEMBER €315 | NON MEMBER €379
New Year Offer - Team of 3: MEMBER €858 (€286 each) | NON MEMBER €1035 (€345 each)
Standard Ticket: MEMBER €349 | NON MEMBER €399
Standard Ticket - Team of 3: MEMBER €951 (€317 each) | NON MEMBER €1089 (€363 each)
Late Bird Ticket: MEMBER €399 | NON MEMBER €459
Late Bird Ticket - Team of 3 : MEMBER €1089 (€363 each) | NON MEMBER €1254 (€418 each)

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Design Leaders Conference

Inspiring Today, Transforming Tomorrow

A full-day conference with international thought leaders exploring design; process, practice and culture.  

 

Time to be inspired, reflect and recharge your career and your business.

Join us for Design Leaders Conference 2025 on Thursday, January 29th 2026.

Light House Cinema, Dublin

 

Don’t miss the chance to invest time away from the day-to-day for a day of inspiring talks and insightful in-person discussions and debates with creative peers, thought leaders and industry experts.

 

Design Leaders Conference 2026 will be back for a full-day in-person event on January 29th 2026 at the Light House Cinema, Dublin, bringing together design leaders and industry experts who are shaping the future. It’s an opportunity to hear practical insights, talk shop, dig into challenges, develop new ideas, treat your teams and spend quality time with your peers.

 

This year, we are taking a deep dive into MegaTrends — the global forces reshaping how we design, create and lead.  They are shaping our era from new technologies to climate change and shifting demographics.

Join us to uncover how these defining forces are transforming design and where new opportunities lie. Together, we’ll look at how shifts in a global context influence design nationally and how Irish design can position itself as a global player.

By drawing on the strength of Irish creativity and innovation, we’re inviting design leaders to harness the trends of the future to inspire transformative growth in their own practice, lead with purpose and design for impact.

 

Find out more on the Design Leaders Conference website.

Who should attend?

Key stakeholders and decision-makers – agency owners, senior designers, design and creative directors, design and account managers, leaders of in-house design and creative teams and any emerging leader who leads or aspires to lead a design team or a successful creative studio into the future or manage design as a strategic resource.  

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