4 DAYS. 20 TALKS. 2 CPD CREDITS
Future Talks returns to Decorex Cape Town (25 – 28 June, CTICC) as a focused, CPD-accredited talks programme for the design and built environment industry.
Across four days, the programme brings together leading voices from Africa and internationally –
exploring the ideas, shifts and realities shaping how we design, specify and build today.
FUTURE TALKS, BROUGHT TO YOU BY OGGIE
Presented by Oggie, Future Talks is a curated platform connecting material thinking, design practice and industry insight.
It’s designed to move beyond inspiration – offering conversations that translate directly into how projects are approached, specified and delivered.
• 20 CPD-accredited sessions
• 5 talks per day across four days
• 0.1 CPD credits per session
Attend the full programme and earn 2 CPD credits – while engaging with content that supports your ongoing professional development.
A PROGRAMME SHAPED BY HOW WE’RE LIVING NOW
The 2026 programme is built around The Soft Life – not as a trend, but as a lens through which design is becoming more responsive, more human and more considered.
Across the four days, conversations move between:
• New ways of living and cultural exchange
How emerging designers and African platforms are reshaping interiors and identity
• Wellbeing and objects of care
The growing role of emotional value, restoration and slower design thinking
• Materiality and design leadership
Craft, surfaces and the commercial realities shaping design practice
• Light, luxury and rituals of rest
Atmosphere, sensory design and the future of spaces built around wellbeing
WHY THIS MATTERS TO YOUR WORK
Design is shifting – not just in how it looks, but in how it’s
experienced, specified and valued.
Future Talks offers a way to stay connected to that shift:
• Understanding what clients are responding to
• Seeing how global ideas translate locally
• Engaging with material and design thinking in context
• Applying insight directly to current and future projects
