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The APDIG holds a busy programme of parliamentary seminars, receptions and conferences with relevant Ministers, Government officials and other high-profile speakers from the design sector and beyond. These focus on topical policy and industry issues and provide opportunities for engagement and input from members. We also organise smaller round-table discussions and events in partnership with Government departments, parliamentary groups and other organisations on specific issues.

If you would like to discuss our events programme in more detail or find out about partnership opportunities, please contact the APDIG secretariat on 0207 202 8588 or design@policyconnect.org.uk

View our events archive here

V&A Exterior: Photo by DAVID ILIFF. License: CC-BY-SA 3.0

Make and Create: Design and Innovation in Practice Based Research

9th July 2018
This summer event will bring together an audience of academics, students and policy makers to discuss the work of the V&A Research Institute and how design influences practice-based research.It will also allow guests to take part in a ‘making’ activity to highlight the value of practical design skills.
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Classroom

Roundtable on Education, Skills and the Next Generation of Designers

16th May 2018
The All-Party Design and Innovation Group, in partnership with the Design and Technology Association and the Design Business Association, are delighted to host a roundtable discussion on the present state of design education in secondary schools, universities and the impact that they are having on the design industry.
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Doors

Design and the Future of Housing Policy

30th April 2018

The All Party Parliamentary Design and Innovation Group (APDIG) will host a panel discussion on how design can influence Government policy on housing and the built environment on Monday 30th April.

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Designing Information for Public Understanding

5th February 2018

The All Party Parliamentary Design and Innovation Group APDIG and the Centre for Information Design Research at the University of Reading are delighted to announce our first event of 2018 will take place in the Houses of Parliament on Monday 5th February.

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Packaging Design and Resource Efficiency

6th December 2017

The APDIG, together with the All-Party Parliamentary Sustainable Resources Group (APSRG), will showcase the latest design innovations underpinning food packaging and how innovations in plastics is transforming the food and drink sector. 

Packaging continues to be debated nationally in the news, in homes, in businesses and formally in Parliament. Coffee cup recycling, litter prevention and ocean plastics are all, quite literally at times, under the microscope.

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