This engineering design exhibition and conference runs from 7-8 October 2026 at Coventry Building Society Arena in Coventry and focuses on Electronic design and components, Embedded systems and connectivity, Mechanical design and simulation. Spacecraft teams can apply its coverage to spacecraft mechanisms, embedded control, electronic architecture, component sourcing, prototyping and design-for-manufacture decisions.
About Engineering Design Show
Engineering Design Show is engineering design exhibition and conference focused on embedded, electronic and mechanical design supported by suppliers, technical talks, workshops and practical product-development expertise. The 2026 edition runs from 7-8 October 2026 at Coventry Building Society Arena in Coventry, United Kingdom. Its electronic design and components programme combines specialist knowledge with opportunities to compare technologies, methods and suppliers. This Engineering Design Show edition is not presented as a space-only meeting, so teams should select the sessions and exhibitors that match a defined need.
The reason for including it in Arc’s space-engineering calendar is specific: spacecraft mechanisms, embedded control, electronic architecture, component sourcing, prototyping and design-for-manufacture decisions. Those electronic design and components capabilities often sit below mission-level requirements but materially affect whether flight hardware can be designed, produced, verified and supported with defensible evidence. Space teams can therefore use Engineering Design Show to investigate technical options, meet relevant specialists and understand adjacent-industry practices without assuming that every part of the programme applies to spacecraft development.
Event history and organiser
The Engineering Design Show is an established United Kingdom event organised around solving practical design challenges. For 2026 the organiser has consolidated the former electronic and embedded labels into three disciplines inside one show: electronic design, embedded design and mechanical design. Mark Allen Group publishes the current Engineering Design Show information and remains the authoritative source for dates, venue, programme and access arrangements. Arc reviewed its electronic design and components material on 31 August 2026 and separated confirmed edition facts from broader descriptions of the recurring event. Previous-edition information explains the Engineering Design Show series and typical format, but it should not be used to infer an unannounced speaker, exhibitor, deadline or activity for 2026. This Engineering Design Show guide links directly to the official sources and records its review date so readers can identify what may have changed before they register or travel. Readers should recheck details whenever the organiser publishes a later update.
Topics and themes
The official electronic design and components scope is broader than space, but the following subjects have a direct connection to spacecraft engineering. Readers should use the live Engineering Design Show programme to confirm the depth and timing of each subject.
- Electronic design and components: the programme helps space hardware designers examine this subject against current engineering tools, methods and supplier capability.
- Embedded systems and connectivity: the programme helps space hardware designers examine this subject against current engineering tools, methods and supplier capability.
- Mechanical design and simulation: the programme helps space hardware designers examine this subject against current engineering tools, methods and supplier capability.
- Prototyping and manufacture: the programme helps space hardware designers examine this subject against current engineering tools, methods and supplier capability.
- Test, EMC and power: the programme helps space hardware designers examine this subject against current engineering tools, methods and supplier capability.
Who should attend?
Engineering Design Show is most relevant to Space hardware designers, Embedded flight-software teams, Mechanical engineers, Electronics engineers, Manufacturing and test leads when they have a defined technical or assurance question to investigate. Programme managers and systems engineers may benefit when a electronic design and components decision crosses requirements, design, manufacture, verification and supplier evidence. It is less useful for general space networking because it is engineering design exhibition and conference. Before attending Engineering Design Show, teams should review the programme and exhibitor information, identify relevant spacecraft work packages, and arrange focused conversations around qualification constraints, evidence needs, interfaces and lifecycle risk. Colleagues should agree Engineering Design Show outcomes before making travel or registration commitments.
View official Engineering Design Show informationPractical information
Engineering Design Show is listed for 7-8 October 2026 at Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry. Check the official electronic design and components event page immediately before booking for registration, opening times, programme changes and travel guidance. Arc is not the organiser and cannot confirm places. Space teams should shortlist Engineering Design Show sessions or suppliers in advance and avoid treating exhibition claims as proof that a product is flight qualified.
Frequently asked questions
When and where is Engineering Design Show 2026?
Engineering Design Show 2026 runs from 7-8 October 2026 at Coventry Building Society Arena in Coventry, United Kingdom. Verify with the organiser before travel.
What kind of event is Engineering Design Show?
Engineering Design Show is engineering design exhibition and conference covering Electronic design and components, Embedded systems and connectivity, Mechanical design and simulation. Arc includes it for electronic design and components; it is not space-only.
Why is Engineering Design Show relevant to space engineering?
Its strongest spacecraft connection is spacecraft mechanisms, embedded control, electronic architecture, component sourcing, prototyping and design-for-manufacture decisions. Map that electronic design and components capability to a requirement, verification task, manufacturing issue or supplier decision.
Who should attend Engineering Design Show?
The clearest fit is for Space hardware designers, Embedded flight-software teams, Mechanical engineers, Electronics engineers. Systems engineers benefit when electronic design and components affects cross-disciplinary evidence or risk.
How should a space team prepare for Engineering Design Show?
Review the Engineering Design Show programme, shortlist relevant spacecraft work packages and prepare questions that distinguish promising capability from flight-qualification evidence.
Where should current Engineering Design Show 2026 details be verified?
Verify dates, registration, programme and venue through Engineering Design Show sources. Arc reviewed Engineering Design Show on 31 August 2026 but is not the organiser.