Navigate the event like a pro with the 2019 Annual Conference mobile app, powered by Core-apps.
With the Annual Conference mobile app, you can:

• Stay organized with up-to-the-minute presentation and event information
• Receive important, real-time communications from IDEC
• Build a personalized schedule and bookmark exhibitors
• Take notes and download event handouts and presentations
• Rate and comment on the sessions you attend
• Find attendees and connect with your colleagues

Concerned about not having a strong signal at the event hotel during the conference? Anxious about the idea of your battery dying right in the middle of building your event schedule? Don’t worry – we have you covered! Our mobile app is native  – which means an internet connection is not needed to access any of its impressive features.

To download, search for “IDEC Conference”.

Sheraton/LeMeridian Charlotte Hotel*
*Sleeping rooms will be located in the LeMeridan Tower
555 South McDowell Street
Charlotte, North Carolina, 28204
Phone: (877) 782-0116.

Special IDEC rate: $169 per night**

Book your room now

**Rate expires February 15. After this date, rate increases to $199 per night.

For the first time, IDEC is pleased to offer corporate travel discounts with Delta, United Airlines, Avis and Budget rentals. We hope our attendees will take advantage of these special rates! Learn more.

The IDEC Annual Conference draws on average more than 350 of the most influential interior design educators to its location – and North Carolina will be no different. Be a part of the advancement of interior design education, scholarship, and service this year.

View the available opportunities. If interested, email info@idec.org.

Human-Centered Design speaks to the critical role interior spaces play in the well being of people in the made environment. Specific conference tracks joining design scholars, educators, and creators aim to coalesce a body of work significant in size and focus and to facilitate collaboration amongst these design thinkers. You must select one of the Conference Tracks below or select Open Track. All submissions will be scored using established criteria and there is NO penalty or advantage to selecting a track. These will be used for scheduling and so that conference presenters and attendees can identify areas of interest.

• Culture
• Pedagogy
• Practice
• Social Impact
• Boundaries
• Open Track

The Interior Design Educator’s Council values the recognition of excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service from both its own membership and the larger international design community. Awards will be presented at the 2019 Annual Conference.

• Service Award
• Merit Award
• Presidential Award
• Teaching Excellence Award
• Scholarship Excellence Award
• Community Service Award
• Book Award
• Media Award
• Partners in Education Award
• Industry Merit Award
• Institutional Merit Award