Dealership Minds Summit 2026
The **Dealership Minds Summit** is a dealer-only conference for retail farm equipment dealers, hosted by *Farm Equipment* magazine (a Lessiter Media brand). <cite index="4-14">Started in 2013, the Dealership Minds Summit is a limited-seating dealer-only gathering of retail farm equipment dealers of tractors and implements.</cite> The 2026 edition runs **August 4-5, 2026** in **Springfield, Illinois**, bringing together top farm equipment dealerships from across North America for two days of learning and networking. The program is built around collaborative, dealer-to-dealer learning. <cite index="4-15">Focused 100% on delivering actionable strategies to educate, connect and empower dealership management, the Summit delivers insightful learning and networking during more than 20 targeted sessions spread out over two days.</cite> Attendees are typically director-level dealership leaders in sales, service, marketing, finance, operations and IT. It is a strong fit for dealership principals and managers seeking proven, peer-vetted strategies to improve overall business performance. <cite index="1-42,1-43">98.9% of past attendees would recommend attending the Dealership Minds Summit to other dealers.</cite>