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July 20 - 22, 2026
Terranea ResortRancho Palos Verdes, CA
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Speed Networking

  • Date: Tuesday July 21

  • Time: Meetings will take place between 10:45am – 12:10pm, and 1:15pm – 3:25pm.
    Meetings are 10-minutes long and followed by a 5-minute passing period. You’ll receive a total of up to 15 meetings.
  • Location: TBD


Timeline
  • June 16 – Deadline to confirm preference designator
  • June 23– Retailer preference selections begin, choose your top 40 retailers. The designator will receive an email with instructions.
  • July 7– Deadline to select retailer preferences
  • July 14 – View your preliminary meeting schedule
  • July 21 – Speed networking meetings


How it works: You’ll have a series of up to 10 10-minute meetings with operators and a 5 minute passing time between each meeting. As you rotate through your meetings, we’ll make an announcement when you should move on to your next meeting. Meetings are scheduled with a singular operator attendee. They may have a colleague join them.

How are the schedules created: You will select your top 40 operators. Using this list, the technology creates your schedule based on a score of how effective that meeting will be. The highest score is when a Operator and Sponsor select each other to meet with and the system prioritizes that match to result in a scheduled meeting. Then the system uses other data like “Must Meet”, “Meets” and similar interested categories to curate the rest of the meetings. On top of that, the CREATE Operations team has reviewed every attendee’s individual schedule to ensure the correct meetings are taking place.

Tips: Before your meetings, research the retailers you are meeting with, have your elevator pitch’ ready. If there’s a connection there, set up more time. We will not be providing the retailer’s contact details, so we recommend exchanging this information during your meeting.  

Download the App: We highly recommend downloading the CREATE Event App prior to getting onsite & you’ll have access to the entire event right in your hand – agenda, meeting schedule and more! 

Link and QR code for app COMING SOON!

Need assistance? Contact chloe.krulak@informa.com