KeynoteTo be announced
Spatial strategy in commercial work
Saturday 24 October 2026 · Interiors as Infrastructure
Programme
One day, five formats. Timings are indicative and are confirmed to registered guests with the speaker line-up.
Running order
The day, hour by hour
Doors open mid-morning and the day closes before evening. The clinic runs alongside the main stage from lunchtime.
09:30
Registration & coffee
Badge collection, clinic slot confirmation, and the exhibition of member work opens.
10:15
Opening address
The President on the year ahead and why the summit exists.
10:35
Keynotes, first set
Three short talks of twelve minutes each.
11:30
Design thinking showcase
Members present the brief, the constraint and the resolution.
12:30
Lunch · clinic opens
Free 15-minute consultations, booked at registration, until close.
13:30
Panel: architect × interior designer
Designed from day one: how the two professions work together, and what public buildings teach us when they don't.
14:30
Keynotes, second set
Three more talks, weighted toward workplace and commercial practice.
15:10
Panel: recognition & standards
Professional recognition and certification: where it stands and what changes next.
15:50
Live: IDAN Conversations
A live recording of the IDAN podcast on the summit theme, Interiors as Infrastructure.
16:10
Premiere: Pioneers, first cut
The opening cut of IDAN's twentieth-anniversary documentary.
16:40
Closing & announcements
What follows the summit, and the year ahead.
Speakers
Speakers being announced
Practitioners, clients, allied professionals and one voice from outside the profession. Register your interest to hear the names first. Line-up being confirmed
KeynoteTo be announced
The client's side of the brief
Panel chairTo be announced
Workplace, people and the cost of getting space wrong
Standards panelTo be announced
Recognition, standards and certification
New for 2026
Design consult clinic
Fifteen minutes with a practising IDAN member. Bring a floor plan, a fit-out brief, a budget question or a room you cannot resolve. Leave with a direction and a name.
Slots are limited and booked when you register. Priority goes to guests with a live project.
Venue
Lagos · to be announced
A central Lagos venue seating two hundred. Confirmed guests receive the address and access details directly.
Venue being confirmed
Every year
A fixture of Design Week Lagos
NIDS is built to return annually. 2026 is the first edition.
Saturday 24 October 2026 · Lagos
Two hundred seats. One day.
Admission is free and by invitation. Register your interest, and we will send the programme, speakers and registration details directly.