Events
Conferences, festivals, jams and regular meetups. Dates and places are listed so you can find what is happening near you.
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A volunteer-run festival of talks, workshops and open studios in London, running alongside the London Design Festival each September.
Long-running informal monthly meetup for service designers in Berlin, with short talks followed by conversation.
Informal evening meetup for the Amsterdam service design community, hosted by a rotating set of studios.
The Systemic Design Association's annual symposium, held in several locations at once and online, bringing together systems thinking and design practice.
The Service Design Network's annual conference, moving between host cities each year, with talks, workshops and the Service Design Award. The 2026 edition is in Wiesbaden, Germany, with an online option.
Occasional evening meetups in Manchester run by the Service Design Network UK chapter, usually hosted by a local studio or public sector team.
An annual conference in Edinburgh for people designing public services, with workshops and talks drawn from across the UK and international public sectors.
A volunteer-run weekend where people in cities around the world prototype new services around a shared theme. No experience needed.
The Service Design and Innovation conference, the main academic gathering for service design research, held every two years with open proceedings.