Collide
Five simultaneous 7-minute anti-keynotes. A trading-floor matchmaking marketplace. Assumptions get disrupted on purpose.
Minneapolis · October 3–5, 2027
Stop networking.Start building.
This isn't a conference. It's a collision. 500+ integrators and creatives in a room built for friction, chemistry and construction.
Collide | Connect | Construct | Partner | Build Bigger
Where integrators meet creatives.
No death by PowerPoint. No filler panels. No "networking happy hour" that nobody actually likes. Two and a half days designed to break you out of your lane and send you home with something real.
Connect
Spark Scouts make live introductions. Lunch tables pair opposites. A collaboration wall tracks every partnership as it forms.
Construct
Deal Room working sessions, 90-minute build sprints and a showcase where the winning team leaves with a collaboration grant.
Running threads
Find the people who build what you can't.
Five principles run through every session, every room, every moment.
Live Collaboration Wall
New partnerships tracked in real time, publicly visible.
Spark Scouts
Staff whose only job is to overhear and introduce.
No panel of more than 3
Panels die when they grow. Three voices maximum.
No session over 75 minutes
Attention is the currency. Spend it wisely.
Phones welcome
Content-creation moments are built in, not fought.
When
October 3–5, 2027
Doors 1:00 PM Sunday the 3rd · out by 12:00 PM Tuesday the 5th
Where
Minneapolis, MN
Kickernick Building & Lumber Exchange, warehouse district
Who
1,000 builders
Integrators, creatives, operators