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The **Georgia Educational Technology Conference (GaETC℠)** is one of the Southeast's premier gatherings for the educational technology community, hosted by the Georgia Education Technology Consortium. For more than two decades, the conference has played a key role in helping educators at all levels increase their understanding of the role of technology in education and providing the opportunity to learn about the latest in educational technology. The event draws a broad audience of education professionals. GaETC attracts educators, instructional technology specialists, media specialists, administrators, IT professionals, and other education leaders seeking innovative tools and strategies. Attendees include teachers, curriculum directors, district decision-makers, and edtech innovators eager to explore emerging technologies and network with industry experts. With hundreds of sessions, hands-on workshops, and a large exhibit hall, GaETC is worth attending for anyone looking to advance teaching and learning through technology. The conference empowers educators with cutting-edge tools, hands-on training, and networking opportunities, inspiring innovation and equipping educators to enhance instruction, student engagement, and technology integration in schools. The **2026 theme is "Playbook for Progress."**

The **NAWLA Traders Market** is the flagship annual trade show of the North American Wholesale Lumber Association (NAWLA). Traders Market is "Where Supply and Distribution Meet," convening wholesalers, distributors, manufacturers, service providers and other industry partners for face-to-face business conversations. For three decades, it has been one of the lumber and building materials industry's most important gatherings, and the only event that brings the entire product supply chain together under one roof, connecting professionals from across North America. The event is built around relationship building and business development. Hosted in Anaheim, CA, the 2026 event will bring together professionals for three days of networking, meetings, education and business conversations, where attendees can meet with current partners, explore new business opportunities and gain insights into the trends and challenges shaping the distribution channel. It is worth attending because of its unique reach across the channel. As Traders Market celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2026, NAWLA is expanding participation and inviting a broader audience, welcoming eligible non-members in addition to members, creating new opportunities for business development, collaboration and connection throughout the channel.

The Small Business Expo Dallas is a one-day business-to-business trade show, conference, and networking event serving the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex. Billed by its organizer as America's biggest B2B trade show for small business, the event brings together entrepreneurs, small business owners, startups, and decision-makers for a full day of learning and connection. It is free to attend the expo floor and networking, with paid upgrade options available. The day combines an exhibitor floor, keynote and workshop sessions, speed networking, and educational seminars. Attendees can meet vendors offering products and services to help grow their business, learn from industry experts on topics such as marketing, financial management, AI automation, and market trends, and make face-to-face connections with peers and potential partners from across North Texas. The Expo welcomes entrepreneurs at every stage, from those still in the planning phase to established companies looking to scale. Typical attendees include retailers, restaurants, tech startups, home-service providers, wellness professionals, and business-service providers from Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Irving, McKinney, and beyond. It is well suited to anyone looking to expand their network, generate leads, and find practical, actionable tools for growth.

The **Smoky Mountain Gift Show** is a leading wholesale buying event for the souvenir, resort, and gift industry, held annually in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The show brings Tennessee's largest selection of top-name souvenirs, resort gift lines, and innovative tourism products together under one roof for optimum buying convenience. Buyers can shop an unrivaled selection of top name lines and new products from hundreds of leading manufacturers and innovative newcomers in the souvenir, resort and gift industry. The event is billed as the nation's oldest, most beloved, souvenir show, and features more than 1,300 booths of top-name souvenir and resort products from the best names in the business. It is designed for retailers in the souvenir and resort trade who want to source new merchandise, place orders, and connect with suppliers. Attendees include buyers from amusement and theme parks, aquariums and zoos, museum gift shops, national parks, specialty and general gift stores, and online retailers. 95% of attendees rate this event as important to their business or organization, and 98% of attendees have purchasing authority or influence, making it a highly qualified marketplace worth attending for both buyers and exhibitors.

The **Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Annual Meeting** is the premier global gathering dedicated to cancer immunotherapy science and clinical practice. SITC 2026 is the organization's 41st Annual Meeting & Pre-Conference Programs, taking place Nov. 4–8, 2026 at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. The meeting can be attended either in person or virtually. The conference draws a worldwide audience of physicians, scientists, researchers, postdoctoral and clinical fellows, students, industry professionals, and members of the press engaged in tumor immunology and immuno-oncology. In-person registrants have access to onsite networking opportunities, the poster hall, and the exhibit hall, while virtual registrants receive real-time, live-streamed presentations with live Q&A, virtual networking, an ePoster hall, and virtual exhibits. Attendees come to hear late-breaking clinical trial results, cutting-edge translational science, and practice-changing data. Expanded plenary sessions feature late-breaking abstract oral presentations highlighting novel and practice-changing in-human clinical studies. Select sessions of the Annual Meeting qualify for Continuing Education credits. With a robust poster hall, sponsored symposia, career connections, and pre-conference programs, SITC is an essential event for anyone advancing the field of cancer immunotherapy.

The Landscape Expo (TLE) is a regional trade show and educational conference in Anaheim, California, serving landscape professionals from every facet of the green industry. The 2026 edition, marking the show's 20th anniversary, takes place November 4-5 at the Anaheim Convention Center and features more than five acres of exhibits, live equipment demonstrations, seminars, workshops, and panel discussions. The show draws a broad professional audience, including **landscape superintendents and groundskeepers**, **business owners and contractors**, **landscape architects and designers**, **facility and grounds managers**, and **arbor care and irrigation specialists**. Attendees come from cities, school districts, universities, parks departments, cemeteries, stadiums, amusement parks, and zoos across the western United States. Hundreds of exhibitors represent equipment, plant material, hardscapes, lighting, irrigation, and business services. TLE is worth attending for its combination of hands-on product access and continuing education. Visitors can shop trucks and equipment from major brands, explore new features like the AGZA Green Zone robotics demo area and the TLE Tree Academy, earn CEUs through accredited seminars, and network at the Wednesday evening industry reception. With very low admission pricing, it is an accessible event for entire crews and teams.

Travel Weekly's CruiseWorld is an annual B2B travel-trade conference that gathers North American travel advisors and travel suppliers for several days of education, networking and business development. The event brings the entire industry together for growth through educational workshops, general sessions, networking events and a trademark Exhibitor Showcase, with North American travel advisors attending in search of education, relationships and new products for their customers. Every segment of the industry — from air, hotels and tour operators to destinations, insurance and cruise — is represented at the signature Exhibitor Showcase. The show is produced by Northstar Travel Group, the parent company of Travel Weekly. The 2026 edition runs November 4-6 at the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center. New this year is an elevated educational track tailored to multimillion-dollar producers and agency owners, with a 2026 program designed to address the challenges professionals face at every stage of their careers while reinforcing the advisor-supplier relationship. It is a valuable stop for advisors who want to expand product knowledge, build supplier relationships and grow their businesses.

The ASRA Annual Pain Medicine Meeting is the fall conference of ASRA Pain Medicine (the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine). The 2026 edition marks the 25th Annual Pain Medicine Meeting, carrying the theme **"Making Waves: Turning the Tide in Pain Medicine."** It is an in-person continuing-medical-education event focused on advances in interventional and chronic pain medicine, blending scientific plenaries with hands-on skills training. The meeting draws a diverse clinical audience — physicians, pain medicine fellows and residents, medical students, and affiliate practitioners such as physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurses. Its co-chairs for 2026 are Dr. Tina Doshi and Dr. Ariana Nelson, who lead a program built around emerging evidence, new technologies, and evolving treatment paradigms. Attendees come for high-quality, unbiased education delivered by an experienced faculty, alongside practical strategies they can apply in their own practices. Interactive workshops, problem-based learning discussions, debates, and dedicated networking events make the meeting valuable for both established clinicians and those early in their careers. Set on the Tampa waterfront, the meeting also pairs professional development with an appealing destination.

The **Global Aesthetics Conference (GAC)** is a multispecialty aesthetic medicine event held annually in Miami Beach, Florida. It is described as one of the world's only conferences featuring plastic surgery, facial plastic surgery, dermatology and oculoplastic surgery. The conference was created by Dr. S Randolph Waldman to bring together Key Opinion Leaders from the four core aesthetic specialties in a collegial and apolitical environment, and it positions itself as the only true multispecialty event not organized under the banner of a large corporate entity. The event draws physicians, advanced providers, clinical staff, and industry partners from around the world. The best minds in plastic surgery, facial plastic surgery, dermatology and oculoplastic surgery come together to sharpen their skills and keep a finger on the pulse of what's next. Programming spans surgical, nonsurgical, and business-focused tracks so attendees can customize their schedule. GAC is worth attending for its scale and practical focus. Physicians and staff can earn up to 30 CME credits in an unsurpassed learning environment and satisfy all yearly requirements in most states.

ScentXplore is an international convention dedicated entirely to the art of niche and independent perfumery, billed as the first event of its kind in the Americas. Held in New York City, it brings together the world's most compelling fragrance houses — established names and emerging voices alike — for an intimate exhibition floor, curated talks, masterclasses, and an awards ceremony. The event is built around four dimensions — **Explore, Discover, Share, and Connect** — and draws a diverse community of fragrance lovers, collectors, industry professionals, digital creators, and press. Attendees encounter rare ingredients and creations that often exist beyond the reach of mainstream retail, meeting the founders and perfumers behind the work face to face. Now in its **8th edition**, ScentXplore returns to New York on **November 5–7, 2026** for three days of discovery at the intersection of art, craft, and fragrance. For anyone serious about scent — whether buyer, brand, or enthusiast — it offers direct access to some of the finest fragrance houses in the world under one roof, plus the annual People's Choice Niche Fragrance Awards.

The Liver Meeting® (TLM) is the annual meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) and is widely regarded as the largest global scientific conference dedicated to liver disease. AASLD annually hosts The Liver Meeting, which is the largest worldwide scientific conference on liver diseases. The 2026 edition takes place November 5–9 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado. The meeting brings together a global, multidisciplinary audience. The Liver Meeting brings together clinicians, associates, and scientists from around the world to exchange information on the latest research. Attendees include hepatologists, gastroenterologists, transplant surgeons, researchers, trainees, allied health professionals, and patient advocates. The meeting convenes attendees from around the world to learn about the latest advances in hepatology from experts in the field, explore cutting-edge technology and solutions, renew connections, and build new relationships. TLM is worth attending for its combination of cutting-edge science, clinical education, and networking. Programming spans research symposia, postgraduate and specialty courses, late-breaking abstract sessions, hands-on workshops, and numerous receptions, alongside an exhibit hall featuring the latest technologies, pharmaceutical developments, and medical devices in hepatology.

Learn Serve Lead: The AAMC Annual Meeting is the flagship gathering of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), and the 2026 edition carries special significance. Registration is open for Learn Serve Lead 2026, taking place November 6–10 in Anaheim, California, marking the AAMC's 150th anniversary and bringing together leaders across academic medicine to reflect on a century and a half of progress and shape the future of discovery, medical education, advocacy, and care. It is the main learning and networking event for people who influence decisions and advocate change across academic medicine, bringing together future leaders such as administrators, students, residents, medical school students, and teaching hospital stakeholders. Learn Serve Lead is the gathering for U.S. academic medicine, medical education, and GME leadership, and it is where program directors and DIOs gather. The event inspires, empowers, and fosters a community of individuals determined to improve health care for all, making it valuable for anyone involved in medical education, research, and academic health care who wants to learn from peers and build a professional network.

ACR Convergence is the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology and, in the organizer's words, the world's premier rheumatology experience. The meeting is an in-person event, showcasing cutting-edge and timely topics in rheumatology, as well as the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of rheumatic diseases and related comorbid conditions, and offers hundreds of sessions to educate professionals in every segment of rheumatology. ACR Convergence is the premier educational event for physicians, healthcare professionals, and scientists who treat or research rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, and it is attended by more than 15,000 rheumatology professionals from 100+ countries. The audience is broad: clinicians, researchers, academicians, practice managers, pediatric rheumatologists, fellows in training, advanced practice nurses, physician assistants, and physical or occupational therapists all attend. Attending is worthwhile for the depth of science and networking. Each year the annual meeting draws thousands of abstracts, and accepted abstracts submitted by rheumatologists and health professionals from around the world are displayed in an international venue and published in an online supplement of the Arthritis & Rheumatology journal.

The **American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions** is one of the world's premier gatherings for cardiovascular science and medicine. Scientific Sessions brings together the full spectrum of cardiovascular science—from foundational science and translational breakthroughs to clinical trials and real-world application, giving attendees knowledge they can apply in their practice, research, and leadership. The 2026 meeting runs **November 6–9, 2026** at **McCormick Place Convention Center** in Chicago, Illinois, with a virtual attendance option. The conference is designed for a broad cardiovascular audience. The core AHA audience is cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, and cardiovascular researchers, with interventional cardiologists, electrophysiologists, heart failure specialists, and preventive cardiology practitioners all well represented. Scientists, clinicians, and other healthcare professionals interested in every aspect of cardiovascular disease attend. It is worth attending for its scale and impact. The scientific program covers the full breadth of cardiovascular medicine—coronary artery disease, heart failure, arrhythmia, stroke, peripheral vascular disease, hypertension, and preventive cardiology—and late-breaking clinical trial results are typically announced at the meeting, making it one of the most closely followed events in cardiovascular medicine each year.

The **IAEM 74th Annual Conference & EMEX** is the premier annual gathering of the International Association of Emergency Managers, taking place in Long Beach, California. It stands as the foremost gathering for professionals in emergency management, uniting leaders from government, private industry, nonprofit organizations, healthcare, education, and public safety for a week dedicated to education, networking, and collaboration. The event is a conference and exhibition dedicated to the latest tools and technology in emergency management and homeland security. Attendees include emergency managers, homeland security officials, first response coordinators, private industry risk managers and contingency planners from government, the private sector, public health and related professions. The 2026 edition is organized around the theme "Charting through Preparedness: Anchored in Resilience." The event showcases sessions led by experts, an engaging exhibit hall, and chances to delve into the most recent trends, technologies, and strategies that are influencing the future of emergency management, making it worthwhile for anyone seeking professional development and connections across the field.

The **Northeastern Society of Orthodontists (NESO) Annual Meeting** is a regional orthodontic conference held each fall for orthodontists and their teams. The 2026 edition, themed **"In Sync: Aligning Disciplines for Exceptional Care,"** takes place November 6–7, 2026 at The Westin Copley Place in Boston, Massachusetts. NESO is a constituent organization of the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO). NESO's Annual Meeting is described as the premier professional development and networking event for orthodontists and their staff in the northeastern U.S. and Canada, featuring dynamic lectures, workshops, and an Exhibit Hall showcasing orthodontics' leading partners. The program is built around dual tracks that pair clinical education with practice-management and business-growth content, plus sessions tailored for both doctors and their teams. Attendees can earn continuing education credit, connect with regional colleagues, and engage industry partners in the exhibit hall. With social events such as a Friday Welcome Reception and Boston's Back Bay location as a backdrop, the meeting blends learning, networking, and a memorable host-city experience—ideal for practicing orthodontists, academics, residents, and clinical and administrative staff.

NAR NXT™, The REALTOR® Conference & Expo, is the annual national convention of the real estate industry, listed in some directories as the NXT REALTORS Conference & Expo®. It is owned and produced by the National Association of REALTORS®, a leading force in organized real estate dedicated to its members' success. The 2026 edition takes place November 6–8 in New Orleans, LA. Billed as one of the largest real estate conferences in the country, NAR NXT™ brings the whole industry together under one roof for three days of celebration, connection and forward momentum. Attendees include REALTORS®, brokers, commercial practitioners, and proptech professionals from across the nation, alongside industry-leading exhibitors and speakers. The program pairs hands-on education with a large convention floor built for making real connections, spanning general sessions, education tracks, an expansive expo, and targeted networking. It is worth attending for its marquee keynotes, emerging-tech and AI programming, specialized tracks for commercial and broker audiences, and the chance to build trusted partnerships nationwide.

OSN New York (part of the combined OSN New York & Retina Meeting) is an annual continuing medical education (CME) conference for eye care professionals held each fall in Manhattan. The meeting offers the opportunity for comprehensive ophthalmologists and retina specialists to earn CME credits, learn from and ask questions to a renowned faculty, interact with peers and gather industry updates in the exhibit hall. It is a CME meeting for 400+ comprehensive ophthalmologists that occurs annually in New York City, covering medical, surgical and subspecialty updates across the full range of ophthalmology, coupled with the expert perspective needed to increase confidence and apply to practice immediately to improve patient care. The parallel OSN New York Retina track focuses on retinal disease, imaging, drugs and devices, and practice management. The audience is primarily practicing ophthalmologists, retina specialists, fellows, residents and students, along with industry exhibitors. Nationally-renowned experts offer solutions to questions that many comprehensive ophthalmologists have on both routine and challenging patient care issues, providing the right perspective and tools needed for success so attendees can return home better equipped to treat patients with greater confidence. Its central Manhattan location makes it a convenient, high-value destination for practitioners across the Northeast and beyond.

The AMIA Annual Symposium is the flagship meeting of the American Medical Informatics Association and is billed as the world's premier scientific gathering for biomedical and health informatics. The event brings the informatics community together for five days fully dedicated to biomedical and health informatics, where peer-reviewed research, the field's leading minds, and thousands of informaticians come together each year across medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, research, and industry. The 2026 edition takes place November 7-11 in Dallas, TX. This year's theme, Harnessing Informatics to Accelerate Learning Health Systems, explores how informatics can help create health systems that adapt, improve, and get smarter in real time, all in pursuit of better patient outcomes, with topics spanning ambient AI, clinical decision support, real-world evidence, implementation science, and governance. The Symposium is intended for a broad, interdisciplinary audience. Attendees include clinical and health informatics professionals — physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, and other clinicians — as well as translational and clinical informatics scientists, researchers, and educators. Whether presenting a first poster or shaping the field's future, attendees gain access to cutting-edge research, career-building relationships, and the full academic, clinical, research, industry, and public-sector informatics community.

Electrify Expo is billed as North America's largest electric vehicle and e-mobility event, and its Dallas-area stop returns November 7–8, 2026 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX. The festival covers over 1 million square feet of experiences where attendees can feel the thrill of hybrids, EVs, e-motorcycles, e-bikes and e-scooters on multiple demo courses, plus robots, flying cars, e-UTVs, freestyle motocross and a huge kids zone for a full day for all ages. Visitors get access to the newest electric cars, trucks, e-bikes, scooters and motorcycles all in one place, can get behind the wheel and test drive EVs from top brands, and will find a special demo zone for kids, food trucks, music and open-air displays. Electrify Expo was created to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles by providing the very thing most likely to help people make the switch: demo ride experiences. The show suits EV-curious consumers, families, enthusiasts, and industry professionals alike. The festival showcases the industry's leading brands and startups through hands-on activations, demos and experiences spanning EVs, micro mobility, solar energy, charging solutions, powersports, automotive aftermarket and connected home technology. It is worth attending for the rare chance to try dozens of electric vehicles in one outdoor setting.

The **Resuscitation Science Symposium (ReSS)** is the American Heart Association's premier annual forum dedicated to cardiopulmonary arrest, resuscitation science, and emergency cardiovascular care. The symposium brings together critical care, emergency, and cardiovascular professionals to explore the latest breakthroughs in CPR, cardiac arrest, and emergency response, with high-impact science, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and a focus on real-world implementation. Resuscitation clinicians and researchers participate in discussions on recent advances to treating cardiopulmonary arrest and life-threatening traumatic injury. ReSS provides a unique opportunity for transdisciplinary interactions that rapidly translate advances in the resuscitation field from fundamental to translational to clinical to population science. The meeting covers both adult and pediatric resuscitation and CPR quality improvement. ReSS is an international forum aimed at clinicians, researchers, and other health care professionals focused on cardiopulmonary arrest, emergency cardiovascular care, and CPR quality improvement. Attendees join multidisciplinary discussions on the latest in resuscitation science and practice implementation in emergency settings, building their network and knowledge by engaging with critical care and emergency professionals. Held alongside AHA Scientific Sessions, it is especially valuable for those building a career in emergency cardiovascular care.

The **ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE)** is the flagship annual event of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. It is the only event where research leaders from academia, government, and industry converge to make connections and share insights for innovation across engineering disciplines. The 2026 edition carries the theme "Advancing Global Solutions: Convergence to Transformative Impact." The program spans nearly 20 technical tracks and special symposia covering fields such as advanced manufacturing, aerospace, energy, heat transfer, fluids engineering, biomedical engineering, dynamics and control, and micro/nano systems. This year's IMECE will emphasize the critical role of mechanical engineering in addressing global challenges through innovation and resilience. Attendees present research, meet potential R&D partners and employers, and network across disciplines. The event draws 2,000+ research leaders, offering opportunities to advance your career and innovate at the intersection of engineering disciplines. A co-located exhibition connects attendees with technology providers and services.