Call for Speakers: Share your insights through the RGD in 2026

The RGD invites designers, educators and creative leaders to submit proposals to present at their in-person and virtual events in 2026.

DesignThinkers Conference

The theme for their 2026 conferences is Out of Office: Stepping away from the desk allows for creative freedom. When we’re free to roam, we discover and document visuals with no agenda. There is a creative liberation that comes from being ‘offline’. A celebration of the wild, the unexpected and the thinkers who don’t fit the mould.

The RGD invites proposals from speakers interested in participating in our DesignThinkers 2026 conference in Toronto that address this theme and explore the ways in which designers can have a greater impact on the world. They are no longer accepting proposals for DesignThinkers 2026 Vancouver (May 26–27), as the deadline has passed and speakers have been confirmed.

DesignThinkers 2026 Toronto takes place October 20–21, 2026. The deadline for proposals is April 24, 2026.

If you are a TSA Member, please mention your membership in your submission.