Call for Speakers: Share your insights through the RGD

The RGD is always looking for speakers for webinars, including for our series covering accessible design, branding, business, in-house design, UX design, signage & wayfinding and typography. 

RGD Members attend all RGD webinars for free, while non-members pay a small fee to attend.

Submit a proposal to present a webinar.

The theme for our 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. We 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 March 13, 2026.

Submit a speaker proposal for DesignThinkers 2026 in Toronto

Our 2026 In-House Conference in Toronto takes place on June 16 at the Bram & Bluma Appel Salon, Metro Reference Library (also live-streamed). The deadline for proposals is March 13, 2026.

We are planning to also present an In-House Conference in Calgary on November 26, 2026 at the TELUS Spark Science Centre, Calgary. The deadline for proposals is May 11, 2026.

We are particularly interested in presentations covering the following: Accessible Design, Artificial Intelligence, Brand Strategy, Client Communications & Management, HR/Team Management, Career Progression, Technical Skills, Productivity & Workflows, UX.

Presentation proposals may be for presentations that are 20 or 40 minutes long. 

Submit a speaker proposal for one or both In-House Design Conferences