Pittsburgh Distilled
We've gathered on a beach in the South of France, where the Mediterranean made everyone braver, and the conversations ran long past sunset. We've held delegate sessions between Whistler and Blackcomb mountains on the Peak to Peak gondola, literally hovering between two peaks, where the altitude seemed to unlock thinking that ground level never could.
We've held court at Soho House Austin, where creative ambition filled every corner and strangers became collaborators before the first session ended.
Every single time, at our events, the venue did half the work.
That's philosophy. That's intentional. Priya Parker put it plainly: "The choice of venue is one of your most powerful levers over your guests' behavior."
Displace people from their routines, and they show up differently. They listen differently. They connect differently. The walls of a great venue don't just contain a network; they build one.
Experiential learning demands experiential settings. You cannot ask delegates to think boldly about the future of sponsorship ROI while they sit under fluorescent lights in a ballroom that could be anywhere. Place people inside history, inside craft, inside a city roaring with energy and the lessons land in the body, not just the mind.
Pittsburgh's Historic Distillery Complex does exactly that. A place built on the alchemy of raw ingredients becoming something extraordinary, which is precisely the work our delegates come to do.
Distillery Complex - ROI Forum 2026 venue
And this spring, Pittsburgh will be electric. The NFL Draft descends on the city, and the energy radiating from Acrisure Stadium will pulse through every session, every handshake, every deal sketched on a napkin. We'll be playing flag football at Highmark Stadium, seeing the best brands in the business activate outside Acrisure Stadium and Fort Pitt Park, and hosting delegates in the comfort and convenience of the Sheraton Station Square, Even Hotel IHG, and Hampton Inn West Mifflin. The city is literally on the agenda.
I love the New York Times « 36 Hours in a City » series. They said Pittsburgh's charms run deep, « sometimes gritty, always hilly, Steel City's charms are often hidden below the surface." That's the point. The best networks, like the best cities, reveal themselves to people willing to show up, lean in, and look closer.
That's who our delegates are. Pittsburgh is ready for them.
Early Bird goes up April 7.