Site Selectors Guild Annual Conference

Network at the Guild’s Most Popular Event

Each year, the Guild holds its marquee Annual Conference event with 50 Guild members in attendance. The cornerstone of the Annual Conference is knowledge sharing, an interactive exchange of ideas, and networking between Guild members, economic developers, and investment promotion professionals from around the world.

At the conference, the ratio of Guild members to economic development organization (EDO) participants is eight to one (eight attendees for one Guild member). Members plan all conference content, serve on panels, and participate in interactive breakout sessions with conference attendees to share insights and foster discussion. Additionally, our awards program for the Annual Conference gives EDOs, their partners, and communities the opportunity to be recognized within the industry and receive complimentary registration.

See below for general registration, sponsorship opportunities, agenda, and other information.

Event details

Date & Time

March 25-27, 2026

Location

Atlanta, GA

Venue

Grand Hyatt Atlanta Buckhead

Agenda

All events are located at the Grand Hyatt Atlanta Buckhead hotel unless otherwise noted. Event locations, times and participation assignments are subject to change.

*The agenda will be set closer to the event date

WEDNESDAY, March 25, 2026

11:00 AM – 2:00 PM | Presenting Sponsor event
(Private event for Presenting Sponsor & Guild Members)

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Conference Badge Pick-Up
Location TBD

2:30 PM – 4:30 PM | Guild Partner event
(Private event for Guild Partners & Guild Members)

6:30 PM – 9:00 PM | Welcome Reception

 

THURSDAY, March 26, 2026

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM | Breakfast

8:05 AM – 8:30 AM | Conference Welcome

8:30 AM – 9:45 AM | General Session

9:45 AM – 10:15 AM | Break

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM | Breakout Sessions 

11:15 AM – 12:45 PM  | Lunch, Ady Scholarship & ED Award Presentations

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM  | Breakout Sessions 

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Break

2:30 PM – 4:00 PM | Table Talk

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM | Silver Sponsor Reception
(Private reception for Silver Sponsors & Guild Members)

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Gold Sponsor Dinners
(Private dinners for Gold Sponsors & Guild Members)

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM | After Hours

 

FRIDAY, March 27, 2026

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM | Breakfast

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM | General Session or Ask Anything

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM | Break

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | General Session

Sponsorships

Sponsorship will open in November of 2025.

General Registration

Registration Fee

The 2025 registration fee was $2,450. The 2026 fee will be similar pricing. The registration fee is per attendee and is non-transferrable between other Guild events such as the Annual Conference and/or Fall Forum and can only be transferred to another attendee within the same organization.

Eligibility

To be eligible to attend the Annual Conference, you must be a practicing professional from a local, regional, state or national economic development organization in the U.S. or abroad.

Scholarship Application

The Robert M. Ady Professional Development Scholarship awards five deserving economic developers with complimentary registration to an upcoming Guild Annual Conference, a premier event that brings together leading site selection consultants and economic developers for networking and professional development.  Application Link

Upcoming Annual Conferences

Dates & Locations

Join our mailing list to be notified when registration is open for our next event.

Past Annual Conferences

Previous Dates & Locations

2025 | Miami, FL | March 12-14
2024 | Nashville, TN | April 3-5
2023 | San Antonio, TX | March 29-31
2022 | San Diego, CA | March 2-4
2021 | Orlando, FL | June 10-12
2020 | Atlanta, GA | March 9-11
2019 | Salt Lake City, UT | March 25-27
2018 | Cincinnati, OH | March 19-21
2017 | Tucson, AZ | March 13-15

Participating Guild Members

Sydney August

CBRE, Inc.

Didi Caldwell

Past Chair

Global Location Strategies
Greenville, SC

Michelle Comerford

Chair

Biggins Lacy Shapiro & Company
Cleveland, OH

Ron Crum

CSRS, Inc.
Baton Rouge, LA

Kim Williams Davis

Quest Site Solutions
Greenville, SC

David Dera

Newmark
Berlin, Germany

Jan Desmaretz

Alvarez & Marsal
Brussels, Belgium

Dennis Donovan

Wadley Donovan Gutshaw Consulting
Bridgewater, NJ

Andreas Dressler

Location Decisions
Berlin, Germany

Courtney Dunbar

Burns & McDonnell

Tess Fay

Global Location Strategies
Greenville, SC

Jay Garner

Past Chair

Garner Economics, LLC
Fayetteville, GA

Larry Gigerich

Board Member
Past Chair

Ginovus
Indianapolis, IN

Ford Graham

McGuireWoods Consulting

Taylor Gravois

CSRS, Inc.

Will Hearn

Site Dynamics, LLC
Atlanta, GA

Jason Hickey

Hickey & Associates
New York, NY

Matt Highfield

Deloitte Consulting LLP
Greater Minneapolis, Minnesota

Brad Lindquist

Newmark
Chicago, IL

Chris Lloyd

Board Member
Past Chair

McGuireWoods Consulting, LLC
Richmond, VA

John Longshore

Newmark
Greenville, SC

Seth Martindale

Board Member
Past Chair

CBRE, Inc.
Orange County, CA

Dennis Meseroll

Tractus Asia Limited
Bangkok City, Thailand

Larry Moretti

Secretary

LFM Corporate Location Solutions

Denise Mullis

J.M. Mullis, Inc.
Florida and Tennessee

Mike Mullis

J.M. Mullis, Inc.
Memphis, TN

Sarah Raehl

Deloitte Consulting LLP
Chicago, IL

Scott Redabaugh

JLL Location Consulting
Washington, D.C.

John Rocca

Vice Chair

JLL Consulting
Los Angeles, CA

Don Schjeldahl

DSG Advisors
Cleveland, OH

Phil Schneider

Treasurer
Past Chair

Schneider Strategy Consulting, LLC
Milwaukee, WI

Spencer Schobert

Newmark
San Francisco, CA

Alexandra Segers

Tochi Advisors LLC
Atlanta, GA

Andy Shapiro

Past Chair

Biggins Lacy Shapiro & Company
Walnut Creek, CA

Tom Stringer

GRASSI
New York City & Jericho, NY Offices

Chad Sweeney

Ginovus
Greater Indianapolis

Gray Swoope

VisionFirst Advisors

Jerry Szatan

Past Chair

Szatan & Associates
Chicago, IL

Matt Szuhaj

Strategic Development Group
Oakland, CA

Rajeev Thakur

JLL
Seattle, WA

Monty Turner

Colliers
Atlanta, GA

Elias van Herwaarden

Locationperspectives
Brussels

Patsy Van Hove

IBM-PLI (Plant Location International)
Brussels, Belgium

Gregg Wassmansdorf

Past Chair

Newmark
Greater Toronto

Matthijs Weeink

JLL EMEA
Netherlands

Sarah White

Global Location Strategies
Greenville, SC

Carter Wood

Ernst & Young, LLP
Singapore

Gary Yates

Atlanta, GA

Testimonials

Once again, I found the Annual Conference to be very informative with great networking opportunities. I appreciate all the work that goes into having such a meaningful event.

— Alen Neel, East Tennessee Economic Development Agency

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