Q4 Summit 2026Sep 24 · Webster Hall · NYC

Programming recommendation

The last room you're in before Q4 decides your year.

People should leave with a nine-week operating plan they can use the next morning. Every session has to change a decision or help ship something before November.

64days to
Black Friday
No trend panels.No recycled talks.Receipts required.

What to lock now

One keynote. Four session cards. Six credible speakers.

The public agenda does not need to be complete. It needs to prove the event's point of view and give the team enough substance to start selling tickets.

01

Actionable before Black Friday

02

Numbers, screens or real artifacts

03

Specific to Q4 2026

04

Clear enough to sell in one line

Programming bench

Five sessions worth fighting for

01 / 05
01

Live working session

The Q4 offer room

Build the offer you will run from early access through Cyber Monday.

Put two or three real brands on screen and pressure-test bundles, gifts with purchase, member access, discount ladders, and subscription offers. Show the margin effect of every choice.

Offer hierarchyPromotional calendarMessages to test before November

Best fit: a founder or operator with last year's offer, the numbers, and a new plan for 2026.

02

Operating system

The 100-creator Q4 content engine

Plan the people, cost, and creative volume needed to keep paid media fed through Q4.

Treat sourcing, compensation, briefing, approvals, whitelisting, Spark ads, and TikTok Shop affiliates as one system. Paid media is the output of better inputs.

Weekly volume targetCost benchmarksCreator brief + approval flow

Agentio fits here, paired with a brand operator who can show the numbers.

03

Numbers on screen

The nine-week cash + inventory calendar

See the cash squeeze before it happens.

Map inventory deposits, freight, ad spend, payment terms, platform payouts, and cash receipts week by week. Fold sourcing, tariffs, and fulfillment cutoffs into the same model.

Week-by-week cash mapPressure datesFinancing cost comparison

Michelle is the strongest current target for sourcing. Pair her with a finance operator or CFO.

04

Live teardown

Three stores, 20 minutes each

Fix the leaks that will cost the most during BFCM.

Audit one mobile landing page, one PDP, and one checkout path. Each teardown ends with a ranked pre-Q4 punch list and before-and-after examples where possible.

Mobile speed checklistBetter bundle patternsImpact vs. effort ranking

Nik can host or judge. The teardown lead is open.

05

AI Summit follow-up

What we shipped since June

AI Summit alumni return with production results, not demos.

Each speaker gets eight minutes and the same template: the workflow, what changed, hours or dollars saved, where it broke, and whether the team still uses it.

Three workflows to copyImplementation costWhat survived the business

Marklo.AI can anchor the block if the package closes and the proof is there.

THE
GAP

Founder anchor

The keynote is still the biggest programming gap.

Hudson is a verbal yes and stays off the site until confirmed. Once confirmed, choose the job: ticket-driving keynote or off-record confessional. Those are different briefs.

  • The Q4 decision they are making differently this year
  • One number they have not shared on another stage
  • One bet they believe most brands will get wrong
  • A useful artifact the audience can take home

Formats

Things the big conferences cannot run

01

The off-record founder room

No recording. Chatham House rules. One founder walks through a quarter when the business missed, nearly ran out of cash, or made the wrong inventory bet.

02

Founder speed round

Six founders. Five minutes each. One screen, one number, one Q4 tactic already in market.

03

Revenue-stage roundtables

Founder exchange grouped by stage or operating problem. Never scheduled opposite the keynote or strongest main-stage sessions.

Flagship content drop

Q4
Control Room

A nine-week operating plan built during the event, not another checklist handed out at the door.

  1. 01Offer + promotional calendar
  2. 02Creative volume + creator pipeline
  3. 03Cash + inventory calendar
  4. 04Store conversion punch list
  5. 05Lifecycle + retention calendar
Speakers fill it in on stage. Attendees save their copy by QR. The finished plan becomes the post-event package.

Speaker board

People, jobs and next moves

Person / partnerBest useStatusNext move
HudsonFounder anchor or confessionalVerbal yesConfirm, then assign one job
Dr. KellyannQ4 offer case studyReturn targetAsk for a new, numbers-led angle
MichelleCash, sourcing + inventoryStrong targetConfirm availability and scope
AgentioCreator engineSilver lockedPair with a brand operator
Jessica Herrin, Marklo.AIAI Summit sequelSilver offeredClose and define receipts format
InsenseCreator engineNot lockedRevisit only with a distinct case study
Keynote targetTicket-driving founder storyOpenBuild a short list now

Keep these topics, but not as standalone sessions

Subscription tacticsTikTok ShopPaid mediaAEOFulfillment + 3PLExit markets

Next team meeting

Six decisions. Then publish.

  1. 01

    Approve the positioning.

  2. 02

    Choose the four session cards that launch with the keynote.

  3. 03

    Confirm Hudson's role, not just his attendance.

  4. 04

    Name the keynote hunt owner and deadline for the first five asks.

  5. 05

    Approve the Q4 Control Room as the flagship content drop.

  6. 06

    Apply the same proof standard to every sponsor-linked session.

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