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**Connect Winter Marketplace** is a business-to-business event for the meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions (**MICE**) industry, built around a reverse-style trade show format. Rather than a traditional exhibit floor, the show centers on curated **one-on-one appointments** that pair event buyers with destinations, hotels, venues, and hospitality suppliers for focused, pre-scheduled meetings. The event brings together corporate and association meeting and event professionals, with a particular focus on planners from the **New York** and **Washington, D.C./DMV** regions, alongside suppliers and vendors from across the country. Attendees include hosted buyers, non-hosted buyers, and suppliers who source and sell event services. Over three days, participants take part in scheduled marketplace appointments, high-impact networking functions, and educational sessions featuring case studies, panels, and keynotes from industry leaders. It is worth attending for planners who want to efficiently source vendors and for suppliers seeking direct access to decision-makers with real purchasing power, all set in the Florida sunshine.

The **Finance & Accounting Technology Expo (FATE)** is a two-day event that brings together finance and accounting technology professionals to evaluate the tools reshaping the modern finance stack. Produced under the CFO Leadership/Strategic CFO360 umbrella, FATE is billed as the largest gathering of finance and accounting technology professionals in the country, bringing the market together in one place. FATE Expo attendance is designed exclusively for finance leaders and senior decision makers from non-vendor firms, making it a curated environment for CFOs, controllers, and finance teams rather than a general trade show. The program is framed around helping finance teams evaluate finance and accounting technology, from year-round perspectives to the flagship live event. With CFOs navigating how to plan for and implement AI, FATE is positioned as a practical way to close that gap, offering two days of immersive demos, interactive theater sessions, and peer-driven discussions that show how leading finance teams are driving agility, insight, and impact. Attendees can compare vendors side by side, meet product experts on-site, and network with peers.

MEDevice Silicon Valley is a focused business-to-business medtech event held in the heart of Silicon Valley, California's leading medical device innovation hub. An MD&M event, it is an innovation-driven MedTech event designed to connect top OEMs with emerging suppliers, cutting-edge technologies, and strategic partners through curated networking, hands-on workshops, and an immersive expo experience. The show draws medical device professionals including engineers, R&D, quality, purchasing, design staff, and C-suite executives, along with suppliers spanning contract manufacturing, 3D printing, robotics, automation, adhesives, and components. It brings together the brightest minds in the industry to demonstrate and discuss emerging trends, innovation, and disruptive tech changing the future of the medical device industry, with the latest components, materials, cybersecurity innovations, 3D printing technologies, and more. MEDevice is positioned as the launching pad for tomorrow's groundbreaking medical devices, offering attendees the chance to push past hurdles in product development, get the latest regulatory updates to stay in compliance, and build the OEM industry partnerships that get devices designed, built, and out to market faster. Its intimate, regional format makes it especially valuable for early-stage and innovation-driven Bay Area medtech companies.

The **Philly Buildings Engineering & Facility Maintenance Show (PHILLY-FM)** is a one-day regional trade show and education forum for professionals responsible for the management, engineering, and maintenance of buildings and facilities. The show is positioned to serve plant and facility engineering, plant management, and buildings engineering and facility maintenance professionals from the Greater Philadelphia region including Eastern PA, DE and Southern NJ. The event draws professionals who oversee a broad range of properties. These include colleges and universities, commercial office buildings, mixed-use facilities, government buildings, hospitals and eldercare facilities, hotels and resorts, manufacturing and industrial facilities, military facilities, religious facilities, sports and shopping complexes, transportation centers, and warehouses. On the show floor, attendees meet product and service providers and can attend educational sessions. Running concurrently with the show is a free comprehensive education forum, with sessions conducted by respected association members or industry professionals featuring the latest applications and innovations facility maintenance professionals need. It is always free to attend a Maintenance Show.

The **Small Business Expo Phoenix** is a one-day, free-to-attend B2B trade show, conference and networking event held at the Phoenix Convention Center in downtown Phoenix. Part of a national series that bills itself as America's biggest business-to-business trade show, it brings together small business owners, entrepreneurs, startup founders, independent contractors, sales professionals and marketers from across the Valley. The Expo is built around the largest cross-industry networking in Phoenix, drawing entrepreneurs, vendors, and business leaders from every sector. Attendees can shop a trade show floor of exhibitors, sit in on workshops and keynote sessions, join speed-networking, and connect with potential clients, partners and vendors from Downtown Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe and Mesa. Why attend: admission is completely free, the format packs education, exhibitors and networking into a single day, and the content is tailored to the local Arizona market. It is a practical, low-cost way for Phoenix-area businesses to generate leads, find service providers, learn from experienced local entrepreneurs and expand their professional network.

Salon du Chocolat is widely regarded as the world's largest event dedicated to chocolate and cocoa, and in November 2026 it makes its Toronto debut. After captivating millions in Paris, Tokyo, New York, Dubai and Montreal, the legendary Salon du Chocolat makes its grand premiere in Toronto. The show arrives at the Toronto Congress Centre for a four-day celebration of the art, culture and craft of chocolate. The event blends a public tasting festival with a professional trade platform. More than 120 exhibitors, chef demonstrations, workshops, cocoa producers and interactive experiences fill the venue throughout the weekend, alongside the famous Chocolate Fashion Show, where designers create wearable runway pieces entirely from chocolate. It appeals to a broad audience — from families and curious food lovers to industry buyers. The Salon du Chocolat is not only a paradise for chocolate fans but also an invaluable platform for networking and knowledge exchange for industry professionals. Attendees can taste global creations, watch live pastry and chocolate demonstrations, meet artisans and learn about cocoa sourcing, making it a worthwhile stop for both consumers and trade visitors.

The **ACTFL Annual Convention and World Languages Expo** is organized by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and is globally recognized as the most comprehensive professional development event for language educators in the U.S. The 2026 edition takes place in San Antonio, Texas, from Friday, November 20, through Sunday, November 22, at the Henry B. González Convention Center. The convention draws thousands of language education professionals — teachers, administrators, and language leaders. This event offers learning opportunities for all language education professionals at all levels and from all languages. Attendees gather for three days of innovation, collaboration, and practical strategies that advance multilingual learner success. It is worth attending for both the depth of programming and the marketplace. Registration includes access to more than 600 educational sessions for all levels of instruction and entry to an interactive exhibit hall featuring more than 200 companies. Attendees are encouraged to return with new ideas, stronger professional connections, and an action plan that builds measurable impact in their classroom, school, district, or institution.

The **SBL Annual Meeting** is the flagship gathering of the **Society of Biblical Literature**, the oldest and largest learned society devoted to the critical study of the Bible. Held jointly with the **American Academy of Religion (AAR)**, the meeting focuses on biblical scholarship and research, religious studies, and theology, drawing professors and students, authors and publishers, religious leaders, and interested laypersons from around the world. Attendees gain access to more than **900 academic sessions and workshops** spanning a vast range of disciplines, from textual criticism and archaeology to history, literature, and theology. The **Exhibit Hall** features one of the world's largest collections of books and digital resources for biblical study, alongside a vibrant networking space where scholars connect with publishers, browse the latest publications, and meet colleagues. The event is worth attending for anyone engaged in the academic study of the Bible and religion. It combines an unrivaled scholarly program, career services, and one of the field's most important marketplaces of books and ideas, making it the premier professional gathering in biblical studies and a key annual meeting point for the global scholarly community.

The Canadian Western Agribition (CWA) is a six-day agricultural showcase held each November in Regina, Saskatchewan. It is Canada's largest livestock show and a premier agricultural event, renowned as the best beef show on the continent, featuring over 1,500 head of cattle representing 12 breeds along with a diverse array of livestock and an extensive agribusiness trade show. CWA offers a unique blend of agriculture, Indigenous culture, education, shopping, and live entertainment, making it a truly immersive experience. The event draws agricultural producers, ranchers, buyers, craftspeople, manufacturers, and families. It is expected to host over 1,200 international guests from more than 63 countries, establishing it as an international hub for Canadian agriculture. For exhibitors and attendees alike, Agribition combines world-class cattle competitions with a large indoor marketplace. The trade show brings together agricultural producers, craftspeople, manufacturers, and more in an event for education, networking, and sales. In addition to livestock competitions, CWA features the esteemed Maple Leaf Finals Pro Rodeo, which hosts four nights of action-packed entertainment.

The **2026 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit** is the flagship autumn gathering of the Materials Research Society, one of the world's premier international scientific conferences in materials science. The meeting returns to Boston, Massachusetts, from November 29 – December 4, 2026, held at the Hynes Convention Center and the adjacent Sheraton Boston Hotel, bringing together the global materials research community for a week of innovation, collaboration, and discovery, showcasing the latest advancements from quantum materials to energy and sustainability. As the must-attend event for researchers, industry professionals, and students, the meeting features a dynamic mix of cutting-edge presentations, interactive exhibits, and networking opportunities, with a program organized by the materials community itself. As the meeting chair notes, because researchers—not just committees—propose and organize all the symposia, the program gives a genuine picture of where the field of materials science is heading, drawing everyone from new graduate students to Nobel winners. With a rich program designed to foster collaboration and inspire new ideas, the meeting is an ideal platform to connect with leading minds, share research, and drive the future of materials science. Attendees can expect hundreds of technical symposia alongside a large exhibit hall of instrumentation and technology providers.

The IDEAg Amarillo Farm & Ranch Show is a major agricultural trade show serving the Texas panhandle and the surrounding high plains region. The show provides farmers and ranchers a place to forge new partnerships that drive progress on their farms and ranches, bringing together the best in agribusiness from across the Texas panhandle, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas. The event is carefully planned and organized with over 400 exhibitors showcasing agricultural products, services and technologies, giving attendees a place to see products up close, attend classes and education sessions for CEU credits, and network with friends and neighbors to share ideas and help grow their family farm or ranch. Farm and ranch operators of the high plains are responsible for producing a significant volume of the world's grain crops, cotton fiber, fed beef and milk, and the Amarillo Farm & Ranch Show brings ag professionals and producers together each year to share knowledge, make connections and provide the products needed to keep this unique growing area thriving. Admission and parking are free, making it accessible to producers, ranchers, and agribusiness professionals throughout the region.

Art Miami is an annual modern and contemporary art fair held each December in downtown Miami during Miami Art Week. First staged in January 1991, it is described as the city's longest-running art fair and, as the show itself states, its original and one of the most attended contemporary art fairs globally. The 2026 edition opens with a VIP Preview on Tuesday, December 1 and runs to the public through Sunday, December 6 at One Herald Plaza, a waterfront pavilion on Biscayne Bay in the heart of downtown Miami. The fair is a **blue-chip destination** for acquiring important works from the 20th and 21st centuries, spanning the contemporary, modern, classical modern, post-war and pop eras, presented in collaboration with respected international galleries. It draws a deep base of collectors, art dealers, advisors, curators and museums who descend on Miami for what is widely regarded as a key week for contemporary art in the United States. Art Miami is worth attending for its combination of investment-quality works, solo shows and ambitious installations, along with elevated on-site hospitality and its position alongside sister fairs CONTEXT Art Miami and Aqua Art Miami. Whether you are a serious collector or an art enthusiast, it offers a museum-caliber overview of the market under one roof.

The **Construction Super Conference (CSC)** is the premier annual event for the construction law industry, bringing together attorneys, engineers, consultants, and commercial construction professionals for education, discussion, and analysis. Now in its 39th year, the conference was developed specifically for mid- to senior-level professionals who work in the legal and commercial construction markets. Educational sessions and panel discussions address timely issues within the legal, business, and economic realms of today's construction industry. The program showcases notable in-house and outside construction counselors and consultants who provide expert advice, and it is structured to allow ample opportunity to network with representatives from leading construction firms and the industry's top construction attorneys. Attendees walk away with practical information and resources to help meet current industry challenges, plus valuable networking connections. With keynotes, panels, MCLE-accredited education sessions, and a Knowledge Exchange Hall featuring products and services from more than 20 sponsors, CSC is widely regarded as the leading gathering for networking and professional development in the construction law field.

CONTEXT Art Miami is a leading international contemporary art fair held each December during Miami Art Week. As the sister fair to Art Miami, it is dedicated to the development and promotion of emerging and mid-career artists, presented by both emerging and established galleries. Running directly adjacent to Art Miami at One Herald Plaza on Biscayne Bay in downtown Miami, the fair creates a meaningful dialogue between artists, galleries and collectors while offering a platform for cutting-edge and mid-career talent. The fair draws serious collectors, art advisors, curators, and museum acquisition committees looking to discover the next significant artistic voices. With 75 international galleries presenting program highlights, solo exhibitions, and purpose-built curatorial projects, CONTEXT offers genuine global coverage spanning European, Latin American, Asian, and American artists under one roof. It is worth attending because works are often conceived specifically for the fair, producing a level of freshness and discovery that blue-chip fairs structurally cannot replicate. Sharing venue and VIP infrastructure with Art Miami, CONTEXT allows visitors to move seamlessly between both fairs in a single visit during the most important week for contemporary art in America.

EDPA ACCESS is the annual meeting and conference of the Experiential Designers and Producers Association (EDPA). It brings together exhibit design and fabrication firms alongside their strategic partners, serving as a peer-driven forum for education, collaboration, and relationship building within the experiential marketing, exhibit, and event industry. The 2026 edition takes place December 1–3 at the Arizona Biltmore Resort in Phoenix, Arizona. The three-day event is aimed at **event designers, producers, and key industry suppliers**, and historically draws a senior audience that includes many C-level executives of large and small companies. Programming typically blends keynote speakers, educational breakout sessions, off-site networking excursions, awards ceremonies, and social events. Attendees come to ACCESS for insight into the forces reshaping the trade show and business-events industry, along with high-value networking with peers, partners, and prospective clients. As EDPA describes it, the association's annual ACCESS event provides unmatched educational opportunities for business leaders, making it a marquee gathering for professionals who create face-to-face brand experiences.

The **INCYBER Forum Canada** (INCYBER Forum North America) is a pan-Canadian and international conference dedicated to cybersecurity and AI security and safety, held under the theme "Forging the Future: Cybersecurity, AI, and National Digital Resilience." Part trade show, part forum, and part international summit, it brings together the entire ecosystem: cybersecurity and trusted digital providers, end customers, security agencies, experts, researchers, and policy makers. The event brings together public and private sector leaders, international delegations, primes, small and medium sized businesses, government, military, security, law enforcement and cybersecurity professionals to a region with a high concentration of key decision-makers across all sectors. Organizers expect delegations from over 35 countries, including representation from the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, France, Estonia, Lithuania, Ukraine, and Greece. For 2026 the Forum moves to the National Capital Region. The INCYBER Forum Canada has chosen Ottawa/Gatineau to host its premier pan-Canadian and international cybersecurity and AI safety conference, taking place 1-3 December 2026 at the Rogers Conference Centre in downtown Ottawa with pre-events across the river in Gatineau. It is a strong choice for attendees seeking high-level policy, defence, and industry exchange in a leading Canadian hub for technology and digital resilience.

MJBizCon — the National Marijuana Business Conference & Expo — is the largest and most established B2B event serving the cannabis and hemp industry. Held annually in Las Vegas and organized by Emerald X, the show draws entrepreneurs, investors, and executives from across the supply chain. **The 2026 edition runs December 1-4 at the Las Vegas Convention Center's Central Hall.** The event connects professionals across cultivation, processing, manufacturing, distribution, and retail. It combines a large Expo Hall with a multi-day conference program, pre-show certifications, an Investment & Liquidity Summit, curated buyer programs, and extensive networking. Organizers describe it as the world's leading cannabis gathering, drawing 20,000+ industry professionals each year. It is worth attending for the breadth of sourcing, education, and dealmaking under one roof. Attendees can meet 800+ exhibitors, hear from 200+ industry speakers across 60+ sessions, and connect through state takeovers, community meetups, and programming such as Empowering Women in Cannabis and Achieving Equity in Cannabis.