Design Your Path is BACK!

This year, the IIDA NE Student Engagement Committee is partnering with ASID NE for Design Your Path 2026. Join us in Boston or Connecticut for a day packed with real-talk panel discussions, industry connections, a tradeshow, and networking with design professionals and fellow students.

✅ Free for all students and faculty
☕ Breakfast, coffee, and lunch included
🤝 Meet local designers and expand your network
🚀 Explore where your design career could take you

LOCATIONS
Boston Location: Haworth/Environments at Work Showroom, 101 Arch Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA

• Arrival + Networking: 10:00 – 10:30 a.m.

• Welcome: 10:30 - 10:45 a.m.

• Professional Panel: 11:00 - 11:30 a.m.

• Tradeshow and Lunch: 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

• Networking: 1:30 - 2:00 p.m.
  

Connecticut Location: University of New Haven, Dodds Hall, 300 Boston Post Road, West Haven, CT

• Arrival + Networking: 9:30 – 10:00 a.m. (Bucknall Theater)

• Welcome: 10:00 - 10:10 a.m. (Bucknall Theater)

• Professional Panel: 10:10 - 10:50 a.m. (Bucknall Theater)

• Professional Development & Networking: 11:00 – 11:30 a.m. (Dodds Hall)

• Trade Show, Lunch & Networking: 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. (Dodds Hall)

• Closing comments, prize drawings: 1:00 - 1:30 p.m. (Dodds Hall)

  *This event is for UNH Students and Faculty Only

Whether you’re a returning attendee or checking it out for the first time, this is your chance to connect, learn, and start shaping your future. Register for the location that works best for you!

Release of Liability
By attending this event, participants release IIDA New England, its board, staff, and volunteers from any liability for loss, theft, or damage to personal property, and for any injury to participants or their guests, arising from participation in this event. It is understood that IIDA New England does not provide insurance coverage for participants.

Photographs/Video
Please note: audience photographs, screenshots and/or video may be taken at this event. By nature of your attendance, you are granting permission for your image, voice and likeness to be used for marketing purposes.

Cancellations/Refunds
Cancellations received two weeks before the event, will be fully refunded. Registrations cancelled within two weeks of the event, will not be refunded. Tickets may be transferred to another individual at no cost. N/A for free events.