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Connect Texas + Medical
28-29 October, 2026
The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel & Convention CenterThe Woodlands, TX
28-29 October, 2026
The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel & Convention Center,
The Woodlands, TX

Guaranteed Face Time With the Right Event Partners

Meet the buyers and suppliers who are the best fit for your business.

Connect Texas + Medical uses AI-powered matching to build pre-scheduled 1:1 meetings around who you actually want to meet. That means less time searching the room and more time building valuable business relationships—backed by thousands of successful connections and the #1 hosted buyer event in the MICE industry.

Supplier Hotel Room Block

🏨 Suppliers Only: Book your hotel for Connect Texas + Medical and secure your preferred stay.

Blocks close October 5—don't miss out!

The right people. The right ideas. The right room.

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Meet the people worth meeting.

Curated 1:1 meetings put you face-to-face with people who are actively looking to connect, so your time goes toward conversations with somewhere to go.

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Leave with ideas you can put to work.

Relevant, practical education gives you sharper insight into what’s changing in the industry and new thinking you can put to work right away.

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Turn a handshake into something bigger.

Built-in networking gives you more chances to build real relationships, open new doors, and make the kinds of connections that keep working long after the event ends.

Two Tracks. One Efficient Marketplace.

Choose the market that matches your business and meet the people, partners, and opportunities most relevant to you.

Meet the People Moving Meetings Across Texas

Connect with planners sourcing Texas events and suppliers ready to help bring them to life.

Connect Texas uses AI-powered matching to schedule 1:1 meetings between qualified planners and the destinations, hotels, venues, and event partners that fit their business. Add Texas-focused education and networking, and you get a concentrated way to build the relationships that move meetings—and business—forward.


Meet the People Behind Healthcare Meetings

Connect with healthcare meeting professionals and suppliers who understand the demands of medical events.

Connect Medical uses AI-powered matching to schedule 1:1 meetings between qualified healthcare planners and suppliers equipped to support their programs. With industry-specific education, networking, and Connect’s proven hosted-buyer model, you spend less time searching for the right partners and more time building relationships that can support medical meetings.

Lesley Harding

Creative Day Technologies

What I like about Connect Texas and the other regional Connect meetings is that they're large enough to meet great business leads, but they conference is small enough, that you feel everyone knows you and your services, and you know their's by the time the conference is done.