As Chair of the European Academy of Design, Professor Paul Atkinson is playing a leading role in the organization of the next EAD conference to be held in Paris in 2015. The event is being convened by Professor Brigitte Borja de Mozota in association with the Paris College of Art and Paris Descartes University of Psychology.

Atkinson visited Paris at the end of October 2013 to meet with a variety of sponsors and co-convenors and to visit potential sites to host the conference.