Predict 2026: The Future is Calling. Will You Answer?

The exhibitions industry stands at a crossroads. While others cling to yesterday’s playbook, visionary executives are already building tomorrow’s competitive advantage.

The disruption is real. Economic volatility, shifting buyer behaviors, digital transformation, and generational change aren’t distant threats—they’re reshaping our industry right now. The question isn’t whether change is coming; it’s whether you’ll lead it or be left behind by it.

Predict isn’t just another conference. It’s your strategic intelligence briefing for what’s next.

This isn’t about incremental improvements or recycled best practices. Predict delivers the hard truths and breakthrough insights that separate industry leaders from industry followers. We bring you face-to-face with the external forces that will define the next 3-5 years of exhibitions—before your competition even sees them coming.

The Predict Advantage: Two Lenses, One Clear Vision

Other events give you opinions. Predict gives you evidence-based intelligence through our dual-lens approach:

The Data Lens: Hard metrics from the CEIR Index reveal the quantifiable shifts happening across net square feet, exhibitor participation, attendance patterns, and real revenue streams. See the trends others are missing.

The Insight Lens: Deep-dive research partnerships with leading market analysts provide the qualitative intelligence on attendee expectations, experience design, and engagement strategies that will separate winners from survivors.

The bottom line? You’ll leave with the strategic clarity to position your events—and your organization—ahead of the curve, not behind it.   

Who's Attending CEIR Predict 2026?

Executives from the following companies are attending CEIR Preduct.

Updated 17 August 2026

  • 360 Live Media
  • American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM)
  • American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACM)
  • American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • American Nurses Enterprise
  • American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
  • American Psychiatric Association
  • American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
  • American Society of Human Genetics
  • American Urological Association
  • Associated Builders and Contractors
  • Association for Financial Professionals
  • Association of Equipment Manufacturers
  • Association of the U.S. Army
  • Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric & Neonata
  • Auto Care Association
  • CNTV (Convention News Television)
  • Consumer Technology Association/CES
  • Convention Plant Creations
  • CORT Events
  • Emerge Americas
  • Exhibitions and Conferences Alliance (ECA)
  • EXHIBITOR Group
  • Family Career & Community Leaders of America Inc (FCCLA)
  • Freeman
  • GES
  • Informa Markets Limited
  • INFORMS
  • Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority
  • Louisville Tourism
  • Map Your Show
  • Maritz
  • Messe Frankfurt North America
  • MHI
  • National Apartment Association
  • National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)
  • National Association of Home Builders
  • National Automobile Dealers Association
  • National Business Aviation Association (NBAA)
  • National Glass Association
  • New Orleans & Company
  • New Orleans Ernest N Morial Convention Center
  • North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers
  • Oaklins DeSilva & Phillips
  • OPEI/Equip Exposition
  • Optica
  • Plastics Industry Association
  • Populous
  • RE+Events
  • SB Expos & Events
  • School Nutrition Association
  • SEMI
  • Show Ready Productions
  • Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
  • Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine
  • Swapcard
  • Taffy Event Strategies
  • Trifecta Collective LLC
  • US Travel Association
  • Visit Orlando
  • Visit San Antonio
  • Water Environment Federation