Welcome to WOW Design Live!

Monday, August 10 - Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Pre-Conference Sessions Sunday, August 9, 2020

Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile

540 N. Michigan Avenue | Chicago Illinois 60611

One of the largest annual gatherings of creative professionals in the world, WOW Design Live is a career-changing, life-altering experience that provides:

  • More than 80 educational sessions that will change your thinking, radically improve your work and build business and marketing skills essential to your job.
  • 13 keynotes representing the best creative minds in design, business and technology.
  • A truly global happening, with nearly 4,000 attendees from every state in the U.S. and from dozens of countries around the world.
  • An exclusive opportunity to preview new tools, technologies and products from up to 100 vendors in the exhibit hall.
  • Workshops and Master Classes designed to create a more in-depth, hands on learning environment.
  • A creative community that embraces everyone and empowers real opportunities.

Testimonials

“Everything about the conference is extremely beneficial. The creative inspiration, the techniques learned to work smarter and more efficiently, and the endless opportunity in the resource center, just to name a few. It’s the connections, for me, that make it all worthwhile. The four conferences I’ve attended have spanned nine years. Nine years ago, I met a bunch of people that to this day, I consider some of my best friends. We may live around the country and the world, but we stay in touch. Connected. Everyone at WOW Design Live, thank you for this conference. Believe it or not, it’s changing the world.”
Bryan Konicki
WOW Design Live Attendee
"I attended my first WOW Design Live conference last year and was blown away by the experience. In some ways, I felt like I learned more about the design industry in two days than I did in my entire college career. Like a lot of things in life, the design industry is continually changing. By attending future conferences, I am confident I'll be staying on the cutting edge of design insuring my work always stays current and relevant."
Molly Stine
Multimedia Designer
Conference Schedule

View the complete two-day schedule.

Pre-Conference Workshops

Learn about four special workshops being offered Sunday, August 9th.

For Marketing Professionals

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The Dieline Conference

The Dieline, the leading resource for the packaging design industry, has been partnering with WOW Design Live since 2010 when we launched the first annual The Dieline Conference, and hosted The Dieline Awards. Over the past six years The Dieline Conference has evolved to become an integral part of the WOW Design Live program and experience. We are thrilled to continue with this collaboration, and as you peruse the program look for sessions labeled “by The Dieline” to find the programming developed by The Dieline and its founder Andrew Gibbs. Learn more about The Dieline.

About WOW

Founded in 1985, the WOW brand began its life as a print magazine. Today, the brand still includes an award-winning design magazine, but has grown to encompass a host of products and events including several design competitions, WOW U’s online design courses, design books (available at My Design Shop) and, of course, WOW Design Live. Whether you work for a design firm, for an in-house creative department or for yourself, it’s our mission to serve the business, creativity and technology needs of graphic designers.

Code of Conduct

At WOW Design Live we are committed to providing a harassment-free and welcoming environment for attendees, speakers, exhibitors, staff and any participant of all races, sexual orientations, physical abilities, physical appearances, gender, trans statuses and beliefs.

In general, the WOW community is overwhelmingly well behaved, kind and civil, but we believe a clear code of conduct is an important element in building of a respectful community space.

WOW Design Live participants agree to:

  • Be considerate in speech and actions, and actively seek to acknowledge and respect the boundaries of fellow attendees.
  • Refrain from demeaning, discriminatory, or harassing behavior and speech. Harassment includes, but is not limited to deliberate intimidation; stalking; unwanted photography or recording; sustained or willful disruption of talks or other events; inappropriate physical contact; use of sexual or discriminatory imagery, comments, or jokes; and unwelcome sexual attention. If you feel that someone has harassed you or otherwise treated you inappropriately, please alert any member of the conference team in person, via the team phone/text line, or via email.
  • Take care of each other. Alert a member of the conference team if you notice a dangerous situation, someone in distress, or violations of this code of conduct, even if they seem inconsequential.
  • If any attendee engages in harassing behavior, the conference organizers may take any lawful action we deem appropriate, including but not limited to warning the offender or asking the offender to leave the conference. (If you feel you have been unfairly accused of violating this code of conduct, you should contact the conference team with a concise description of your grievance; any grievances filed will be considered by the entire WOW Design Live team.)

We welcome your feedback on this and every other aspect of WOW Design Live, and we thank you for working with us to make it a safe, enjoyable, and friendly experience for everyone who participates.