UCDA 2025 Design Education Summit: MINDFUL

UCDA 2025 Design Education Summit

Save the Date: May 19-21, 2025

The UCDA Design Education Summit is an annual national summit where design educators, chairs, practitioners, and students engage in the sharing of academic research, pedagogy, and creative projects through peer review, discourse, and presentation.

You are invited to explore the limitless possibilities of Mindful Design at the 20th Annual UCDA Design Education Summit in Charlotte, North Carolina May 19-21. The summit delivers an exciting and enriching experience for all attendees as part of a national ongoing community of design educators and other attendees. You will have the opportunity to showcase your research and projects. This summit includes peer-reviewed presentations and posters, workshops, panels, and keynote presentations.

The summit is open to UCDA members and non-members, design educators, practitioners, and students. Join us to present work, network, learn, and exchange ideas with like-minded design educators. We look forward to seeing you there.

More information will be coming online soon including call for abstracts, posters, panels, presentations, and workshops. We will also be posting registration, travel and accommodations, information about the campus, speakers, and more. 


Call for Abstracts

The Call for Abstracts will open soon. Stay tuned. 


Event Registration

Registration coming soon. Stay tuned. 

NOT A MEMBER YET? JOIN NOW FOR DISCOUNTED REGISTRATION Membership Application

A confirmation will be sent to you after registration is received and processed. Occasionally conferences fill before the registration cut-off date, so please register early.

Registration Cancellations
See UCDA Cancellation Policies


Event Location

University of North Carolina at Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina.


Transportation & Lodging


Event Schedule & Website 


Keynote Speakers


Peer Review Panel


Student Poster Call For Entries - Coming Soon

Ryan Slone,
Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas.

STUDENT POSTER DESIGN INITIATIVE

This year, the student poster initiative theme is Immerse
Students are invited to explore immersive design in all its formal and contextual possibilities. This student poster design contest helps promote positive thinking by enabling students to design an original poster for print or online use. We welcome entries as part of a class assignment or done independently by students outside of class. Entries are reviewed by Student Poster Chairperson, Ryan Slone,
Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas.

SPONSORS

Interested in becoming a sponsor? Contact the UCDA Home Office at 615-459-4559 or susan@ucda.com.


PROGRAM CHAIRS

Christina Singer, Program Co-chair

CHAIR
Christina Singer
Assistant Professor
of Graphic Design
College of Arts and Architecture
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

CO-HOST
Samira Shiridevich
Assistant Professor
of
Graphic Design

College of Arts and Architecture
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

 

Location: University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte , North Carolina

Date: May 19, 2025, midnight - May 21, 2025, 11:59 p.m.