LIVE EVENTS SINCE 2011

What Design Can Do organises annual conferences on design and innovation in different cities across the world. With a shot of positivity, we facilitate unique exchanges through an international line-up of visionary speakers and interactive workshops.

Each WDCD Live event is a beehive of change-makers from a multi-disciplinary background, where connections are made and a cross-pollination of ideas take place. Join us to collaborate with makers and marketers, designers and diplomats, activists and architects, and more.

WDCD LIVE AMSTERDAM

5 JULY 2024

This year’s festival will take place at the Amsterdam Muziekgebouw and features an immersive programme of talks and workshops on design and climate justice. With breakout sessions turning vision into action, the main stage programme featured talks by creative visionaries like Natsai Audry Chieza, Edel Rodriguez, and Afaina de Jong, plus a string of musical performances.

Join us to explore how creative activism can be a powerful tool for disruption—and learn from changemakers who are paving the way.

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WDCD LIVE MEXICO CITY

6 OCTOBER 2023

In October 2023, we returned to Mexico City for the third edition of our annual festival exploring the power of design and how it can transform our world. Together, we delved into climate and equality-related issues with a special focus on the links between ancestral knowledge, heritage and design.

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WDCD CIRCULAR SHOWCASE

16 JUNE 2023

What Design Can Do hosted a pitch event celebrating a new generation of creative innovators in Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum on Friday, 16 June 2023. The WDCD Circular Showcase brought in some 200 creatives, policymakers and entrepreneurs for an afternoon exploring the latest trends and technologies shaping the future of circular design.

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WDCD LIVE AMSTERDAM

3 JUNE 2022

The 10th edition of our annual festival featured a one-day programme of talks, interviews and interactive break-out sessions at the International Theatre in Amsterdam.

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CREATIVE CLIMATE COLLECTIVE AT COP27

6-18 NOVEMBER 2022

With a group of 18 creative innovators, called the Creative Climate Collective (CCC), from the Netherlands, Egypt, Mali, Kenya, South Africa, Mozambique, and Ghana, we joined COP27 in Egypt.

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WDCD LIVE MEXICO CITY

OCTOBER 2021

The 2nd edition of WDCDMX GNP featured a line-up that included architect Liam Young, Pussypedia founders Zoe Mendelson & María Conejo, director Josh Fox, Pentagram partner Giorgia Lupi and more.

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