With just under two weeks to go, we’re excited to bring together participants from around the world for short presentations, interactive discussions, and opportunities to connect across disciplines and regions to celebrate our 10-year anniversary.
Event Details
Dates: June 1–2, 2026
Times:
June 1 (16:00–18:00 UTC)
June 2 (21:00–23:00 UTC)
Format: Fully online and free to attend
We’ll be sharing the full programme schedule later this week, but the programme will feature perspectives from across academia, emergency management, and design practice.
We look forward to welcoming you online.
Best wishes,
Saskia, Claudine, Tingyi, Klaus and Rodrigo
Our books
Design for Emergency Management the Workshop
This guidebook presents the contents of the first workshop on Design for emergency Management. It is a short and easy read to introduce key ideas, and provides you with easy-to-use tools to incorporate these design concepts into your day-to-day work. It is aimed at emergency managers and anyone interested in the topic. The book covers visual language, iconography, cognition in emergencies, rapid prototyping, evaluation and ethics.
This book provides a more in-depth and academic perspective on Design for Emergency Management. Through a combination of theory, practice, and a range of interdisciplinary case studies, this book expands how we define and think about the critical role and relationship between design and emergencies. This role extends far beyond aesthetics: the book highlights the urgency of ensuring that a wide range of stakeholders and a diverse representation of the public comes together to work towards preventing disasters.
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