Conference hall with attendees

Design × Technology Conference

Rotterdam · Nieuwe Hall

The program
is the poster.

Two days for people shaping clearer systems, public tools and shared futures.

  • Day 1

    ·

    Forum

    ·

    The Civic Interface

    ·

  • Day 1

    ·

    Studio

    ·

    Designing for Repair

    ·

  • Day 1

    ·

    Commons

    ·

    Coffee, Fruit & Conversation

    ·

  • Day 1

    ·

    Commons

    ·

    Public Signals and Shared Streets

    ·

  • Day 1

    ·

    Commons

    ·

    Seasonal Table

    ·

  • Day 1

    ·

    Forum

    ·

    A Manual for Useful Futures

    ·

  • Day 1

    ·

    Studio

    ·

    Maintenance Is a Design Practice

    ·

  • Day 1

    ·

    Workshop

    ·

    Prototyping Trust

    ·

  • Day 1

    ·

    Commons

    ·

    Open Table: What We Keep

    ·

  • Day 2

    ·

    Forum

    ·

    Protocols for Belonging

    ·

  • Day 2

    ·

    Studio

    ·

    Tools That Explain Themselves

    ·

  • Day 2

    ·

    Commons

    ·

    Coffee & Field Notes

    ·

  • Day 2

    ·

    Commons

    ·

    The Neighbourhood Network

    ·

  • Day 2

    ·

    Commons

    ·

    Shared Lunch

    ·

  • Day 2

    ·

    Workshop

    ·

    Mapping Shared Services

    ·

  • Day 2

    ·

    Forum

    ·

    Closing the Maintenance Gap

    ·

  • Day 2

    ·

    Studio

    ·

    Documents as Public Infrastructure

    ·

  • Day 2

    ·

    Commons

    ·

    Closing Assembly

    ·

Supported by

  • North Grid
    North Grid
    Common
    Common
    Quayform
    Quayform
    Open Unit
    Open Unit
    Axis Foundry
    Axis Foundry
    Public Signal
    Public Signal
    Soft Field
    Soft Field
    Civic Layer
    Civic Layer
    Neighbour Net
    Neighbour Net
    Plain Form
    Plain Form
    Paperkade
    Paperkade
    Bright Yard
    Bright Yard

01 / The assembly

Ideas become useful when people can find their way into them.

Field Assembly brings designers, engineers and organizers together around a practical question: how can shared systems make participation easier?

1

2

Speakers

1

4

Sessions

6

4

0

Seats

0

2

Days

Anonymous participants working at a conference workshop

04 / Four routes

Choose a track.
Change direction.

Forum

Big questions,
shared room.

Shared questions become public arguments and useful commitments. Hear the ideas shaping tomorrow’s civic systems.

4 sessions · Hall 01

Mira Chen · Program curator

01

Day 1

·

The Civic Interface

Hall 01

Day 1

·

A Manual for Useful Futures

Hall 01

Day 2

·

Protocols for Belonging

Hall 01

Day 2

·

Closing the Maintenance Gap

Hall 01

01

Day 1

·

The Civic Interface

Hall 01

Day 1

·

A Manual for Useful Futures

Hall 01

Day 2

·

Protocols for Belonging

Hall 01

Day 2

·

Closing the Maintenance Gap

Hall 01

Studio

Methods shown
in practice.

See methods tested in real projects, with the decisions left visible. Leave with patterns your team can adapt.

4 sessions · Room 04

Noa Vale · Practice curator

02

Day 1

·

Designing for Repair

Room 04

Day 1

·

Maintenance Is a Design Practice

Room 04

Day 2

·

Tools That Explain Themselves

Room 04

Day 2

·

Documents as Public Infrastructure

Room 04

02

Day 1

·

Designing for Repair

Room 04

Day 1

·

Maintenance Is a Design Practice

Room 04

Day 2

·

Tools That Explain Themselves

Room 04

Day 2

·

Documents as Public Infrastructure

Room 04

Workshop

Make something
you can use.

Work in a small group and make a concrete artifact. Every session ends with something ready to use.

2 sessions · Studio 3

Priya Nair · Workshop curator

03

Day 1

·

Prototyping Trust

Studio 3

Day 2

·

Mapping Shared Services

Studio 3

03

Day 1

·

Prototyping Trust

Studio 3

Day 2

·

Mapping Shared Services

Studio 3

Commons

Small groups,
open exchange.

Meet around open questions, local knowledge and unfinished work. The room is designed for exchange.

4 sessions · Hall 02

Amari West · Community curator

04

Day 1

·

Public Signals and Shared Streets

Hall 02

Day 1

·

Open Table: What We Keep

Hall 02

Day 2

·

The Neighbourhood Network

Hall 02

Day 2

·

Closing Assembly

Hall 02

04

Day 1

·

Public Signals and Shared Streets

Hall 02

Day 1

·

Open Table: What We Keep

Hall 02

Day 2

·

The Neighbourhood Network

Hall 02

Day 2

·

Closing Assembly

Hall 02

Fictional Nieuwe Hall conference venue

05 / Nieuwe Hall

Built to gather.

Westkade 20, Rotterdam. A fictional former municipal depot, five minutes from Central Station.

Train

5 min from Central

Walk

Step-free route

Airport

28 min by rail

Access

Lifts, captions, quiet room

← Swipe map →

Illustrated map of the area around Nieuwe Hall

Central Station

5 min walk

Westkade

Assembly Ave

Civicstraat

Tram 7

Nieuwe Hall

1

2

3

4

5

1

Hotel Common

2

North Quay Hotel

3

Field Coffee

4

Cycle parking

5

Taxi rank

Airport

Train · 28 min

Central Station

Walk · 5 min

Taxi

22 min from the airport

Nieuwe Hall

Arrive

Venue address

Westkade 20 · Rotterdam

06 / Tickets

A pass for how
you want to join.

Prices include both days, lunch and evening program. Ticket links are demonstration only.

Sold out

Early / 01

€

1

4

9

Two-day conference pass

• 14 sessions

• Lunch both days

• Evening gathering

42 left

Standard / 02

€

1

8

9

The complete assembly

• 14 sessions

• Lunch both days

• Session recordings

16 left

Workshop / 03

€

2

6

9

Conference + workshop

• Everything in Standard

• One 90-minute workshop

• Printed field notes

Conference audience viewed from behind

07 / Partners

Made possible by people who build in public.

Partners fund captions, quiet rooms and supported tickets.

Headline

North Grid
North Grid
Common
Common

Partners

Quayform
Quayform
Open Unit
Open Unit
Axis Foundry
Axis Foundry
Public Signal
Public Signal

Community

Soft Field
Soft Field
Civic Layer
Civic Layer
Neighbour Net
Neighbour Net
Plain Form
Plain Form
Paperkade
Paperkade
Bright Yard
Bright Yard

08 / Practical

Before you arrive.

Who is Field Assembly for?

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Designers, engineers, researchers and organizers responsible for making shared systems understandable.

Are sessions captioned?

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Can I transfer my ticket?

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Is the venue step-free?

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Will sessions be streamed?

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20—21

MAY

2027

Rotterdam · Nieuwe Hall

Take your place
in the program.

20—21

MAY

2027

Rotterdam · Nieuwe Hall

Take your place
in the program.

20–21 May 2027

Rotterdam, NL

Program updates

Email address

Demo form — no data is sent or stored.

© 2027 Field Assembly

20–21 May 2027

Rotterdam, NL

Program updates

Email address

Demo form — no data is sent or stored.

© 2027 Field Assembly

20–21 May 2027

Rotterdam, NL

Program updates

Email address

Demo form — no data is sent or stored.

© 2027 Field Assembly

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