The 2012 REBRAND 100 Global Awards are now open for entries! Any rebrand launched anywhere in the world between January 2009 and September 2011 is eligible to compete. The REBRAND 100 Global Awards is the first and highest worldwide recognition of its kind.

For ten years The Economist has presented Innovation Awards to some of the world's leading creators, entrepreneurs, innovators, scientists and thinkers - people who map our future by changing the way we work, think and live, such as De Soto, Gates, Jobs, Miyamoto, Wales and Zuckerberg. This year's theme is "the essence of truly great innovation," so The Economist has invited every Innovation Award winner from the last ten years to attend this year's ceremony: the Anniversary prize will be awarded to the innovator of the decade voted for by you.

The International Conference on Social Robotics brings researchers and practitioners together to report and discuss the latest progress in the eld of social robotics. The conferences focuses on the interaction between humans and robots and the integration of robots into our society. The inaugural conference was held in Incheon, Korea (2009), and after the very successful ICSR2010 in Singapore, we are proud to invite you to the intriguing city of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Good Design Award is a comprehensive program for the evaluation and encouragement of design organized by Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP). This award system was originally born in 1957, out of the belief that design was essential in breaking out of the cycle of poverty in Japan. Since then, the Good Design Award has been given to outstanding designs for more than 50 years in the pursuit of prosperous lives and industrial development. Approximately 37,000 Good Design Awards have been given in continuing these efforts.

The Bat-Yam Biennale: Urban Action is due to take place for the third time in October 2012 in and around the city of Bat-Yam. Following the two former editions, "Hosting 2008" and "Timing 2010", we invite artists, architects, designers, residents, and anyone with a keen interest on urbanism to suggest ideas for improving the quality of life in the city. Selected proposals will be executed by the Bat-Yam municipality.

Creative practitioners from across the UK are invited to submit a design, based around a proposed ‘smart banknote’ system, a potential replacement for existing paper notes. Your vision isn’t limited to a specific medium, but should be based around the technological specifications/limitations of the smart banknote system.

The Bentley Student Design Competition gives students an opportunity to explore the crucial and rewarding work of designing, building, operating, and sustaining the world's infrastructure. At the same time, it encourages them to pursue a course of study that emphasizes math and sciences, which are fundamental to every infrastructure discipline.

Transform 2011 is Europe's only dedicated celebration of brand rebuilding and redesign.
Judged by a jury of branding experts, communications practitioners and academics, Transform is open to all companies or agencies that have launched a rebrand between April 2009 and December 2010.
Entries are welcomed from in-house corporate professionals, branding consultants, business strategists, design firms, architects, advertising agencies, non-profit organisations, and government agencies.

EXHIBITOR Magazine's Exhibit Design Awards honor the world's best trade show exhibit designs. The most coveted design award in the industry, the competition draws domestic and international entrants from countries such as Turkey, Switzerland, Israel, Australia, and the Netherlands.

“Green and sexy” has become synonymous with the combination of great design and minimal environmental footprint (with respect to the consumption of non-renewable resources). This could be everything from equipment (mechanical, sanitary, etc.), materials or a conceptual approach that is integral part of a design.