THE IDeACOM CONFERENCE
Three days that set the year.
Once a year the whole network is in one room — the owners and principals of more than 110 independent technology companies, together with the manufacturers and providers they build their businesses on.
WHEN
May 1-3, 2027
WHERE
New Orleans, Louisiana
VENUE
New orleans Marriott
ATTENDANCE
By invitation
Registration opens this fall — details below.
Why members build their year around it
The short answer: it is the one place the entire network is in the same building at the same time.
Ask a member why they joined IDeACOM and you’ll hear about purchasing power. Ask why they clear three days every spring, and you’ll hear about the people — and this is where the people are.
For three days you are among owners and principals of independent technology companies from more than 40 states, most of whom have been doing this for decades. Nobody is guarding territory, because our members aren’t stacked into the same markets. So the conversations are unusually direct: what a platform actually costs to support, which hire worked out, what went wrong on the install nobody warned you about.
The exhibit hall and the sessions are what make it a business trip. The hallway is why it’s the one members don’t skip.
You can read about the industry all year. Three days a year, you get to ask it questions.
The opening reception, 2026 — St. Petersburg, Florida.
What happens over three days
The shape stays consistent year to year. The 2027 agenda will be published closer to the event.
1Welcome Reception
The first evening is deliberately unstructured — the part where people who have traded emails all year finally catch up in person, and where first-time attendees stop being strangers.
2General Session & Mining Our Diamonds
The general session opens the working day: where the organization is heading, what changed in the vendor programs, what members should expect from the year ahead.
Then comes Mining Our Diamonds — the session members consistently say they get the most out of. It runs on the simplest premise in the network: the best ideas in this industry are already inside the membership, and the work is getting them into the open. Members bring what worked this year — their diamonds — and just as often bring something that isn’t working and put it to the room. There aren’t many rooms in this business where an owner can do that. Everyone leaves with something they can use the following week.
“I always come away from that meeting with ideas and a renewed enthusiasm. I am so lucky to have access to this organization and all the members who share their company ‘secrets’ so openly. It’s a special group.”
Brad L., IDeACOM member
3Exhibit Hall
An afternoon with 30-plus voice and IT manufacturers and service providers under one roof. Members routinely cover more vendor ground in that room than in a quarter of scheduled calls — and the people staffing the booths are the ones who can actually answer.
4The Grand Banquet
The closing dinner, and by most accounts the reason a fair number of people come back.
5Morning Leadership and Vendor Sessions
The final morning runs on where the market is moving — unified communications, hosted services, AI and integrations, and the products members will be selling next year rather than last.
The 2027 conference at a glance
The venue is confirmed. Registration opens this fall — details below.
Note the day change. The 2027 conference runs Saturday through Monday. Recent years have run Sunday through Tuesday, so plan travel accordingly.
Registration
Registration is not open yet. We’re finalizing the last details and expect to open this fall — members will hear from us directly the day it does.
“A great meeting, great to reconnect with old friends and some new ones. To think I nearly didn’t come.”
Mike S., IDeACOM member
Not a member? You can still come.
The conference is the clearest look at what IDeACOM actually is — the vendor floor, the sessions, and the people. If you own an independent technology company and want to see it firsthand, get in touch and we’ll talk about getting you in the room.
joinus@ideacom.org →Last year, in St. Petersburg
The 2026 conference was held at The Vinoy Resort & Golf Club, St. Petersburg, Florida.
General session
Exhibit hall
Exhibit hall floor
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Manufacturers and Service Providers
Vendors who want to reach our membership on the exhibit hall floor can get in touch directly.