IIDA Specialty Forums

What Is A Specialty Forum?

IIDA Specialty Forums provide our members with the opportunity to gain detailed insights into specific markets and areas of concentration. The Forums offer a venue for discussion and dissemination of information on trends, problem-solving strategies and perspectives on current or developing areas of design practice. Each Forum promotes client awareness of the importance and value achieved through retaining knowledgeable, experienced professional interior designers. The Forums also provide the chance to work directly with other professionals in similar fields, offering outstanding contacts, access to exclusive resources, and the expertise of others.

The International Forums’ mission is to provide the environment for the mutual development and exchange of knowledge within and among specific areas of interior design practice.

We encourage you to join your peers in this important growth opportunity.

FORUMS CALENDAR 2008

Sustainable Design Forum: Great River Energy
August 20, 2008 8AM-9AM Maple Grove, MN
IIDA Members: FREE
Non-Members: $20
Students: $10
Tour of LEED Platinum building. Sponsored by Perkins+Will and G.R.E.
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Education and Research Forum: NCIDQ Exam Roundtable
August 26, 2008 5:30PM - HGA
Members: FREE
Non-Members: $10
NCIDQ test date is October 3rd and 4th.
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Education and Research Forum: Cheryl Durst, Executive Vice President/CEO, IIDA
September 30, 2008 6:00PM location TBA

Sustainable Design Forum: LEED CI Workshop with Penny Bonda (two sessions)
October 1st and 2nd - Minneapolis Central Library
Sponsored by Haworth and Fluid Interiors

IIDA Northland 2008 Key Note Forum: Eva Maddox
November 3rd, 2008 Sponsored by Haworth - time and location TBA

Corporate Forum provides the corporate designer with information exchange and opportunities for professional development and promotes awareness of the positive effects on productivity and profitability achieved through high-quality design. Areas of practice include:

• financial institutions

• professional offices

• industrial facilities/complexes

• public spaces

• transportation terminals

• day care centers

Education and Research Forum advances the interior design profession by promoting education and advocating the pursuit of scholarly inquiry through philosophic discussion, research and creative performance that support:

• excellence in undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education

• various specialties of practice

• development and dissemination of new knowledge

• collaborative efforts among interior design practitioners, educators, and industry members

Government Forum enhances the quality of interior design in public and government facilities through professional advocacy,
member services, and member interaction. Areas of practice include:

• billeting

• clubs

• schools + educational facilities

• fire stations

• courts

• historic preservation

• public + community spaces

Healthcare Forum develops and disseminates new knowledge and design concepts related to healthcare facilities. Forum discussions focus on the environment, technology, and legislative issues as they relate to healthcare. Areas of practice include:
hospitals

• satellite facilities/outpatient treatment centers

• clinics

• rehabilitation centers

• senior living centers

• hospices

Hospitality Forum provides a venue for discussion, development and dissemination of knowledge specific to the hospitality industry and promotes the importance of retaining knowledgeable, experienced, professional interior designers. Areas of practice include:

• hotels + restaurants

• country clubs + athletic clubs

• casinos

• cruise ships + airplanes

• amusement parks

• resorts

• convention centers

Residential Forum creates an environment for mutual development and exchange of knowledge within and among the residential interior design community. Areas of practice include:

• single family homes

• new construction

• restoration and renovation

• model homes + mobile homes

• community projects/shelters

• specialty design

Facility Planning and Design Forum focuses on the increasing number of interior designers who are responsible for facility operations and directly involved with organizational management. This Forum gives facility managers the tools to communicate design in terms that an organization’s leaders and financial analysts can understand and use to make informed business decisions. Areas of practice include:

• corporations

• medical & educational institutions

• government, public and private

• institutions for aging

• tenant improvement management

• interior design

• construction

• architecture/engineering

• operations + risk management

Retail Forum provides a venue for discussion, development and dissemination of knowledge specific to the retail industry and promotes awareness of the importance and value of retaining knowledgeable, experienced, professional retail designers.
Areas of practice include:

• shopping centers

• mass merchandisers

• duty free stores

• showrooms

• salons

• specialty stores/boutiques

• department stores

• hypermarkets

• value-oriented stores

• home improvement stores

• mobile retail outlets

• food stores