Step 1: Confirm Your Participation

Distributors and manufacturers must be approved to attend. IFDA works to ensure the right mix of companies and decision-makers for productive, strategic discussions.

Express your interest in attending:

Step 2: Share Your Goals

Before the event, each participant (distributor and manufacturer) submits key information to guide the meeting and ensure that the topics are relevant and future focused. You’ll upload related pre-read documents to the portal for participants to review. Examples may include:

• Business priorities for the year ahead
• Product or category focus areas
• Strategic initiatives or challenges

Step 3: Build Your Personalized Schedule of Strategic 1:1 Meetings

IFDA’s smart scheduling platform empowers distributors and partners to easily book meaningful appointments—resulting in a personalized agenda packed with pre-scheduled, high-value 1:1 meetings that drive real results.

You’ll receive your full agenda before the event so you can come prepared to engage.

Step 4: Meet, Align, Plan

Over the course of the Forum, you’ll sit down for a series of private meetings—each one designed to:

• Build or strengthen a key partnership
• Identify shared growth opportunities
• Discuss category planning, supply chain alignment, and innovation
• Create a roadmap for mutual success in the year ahead

This is where strategy turns into action.

Step 5: Build Beyond the Meeting Room

Outside of the 1:1 sessions, the Forum includes:

• Informal networking over meals and receptions
• Peer-to-peer idea exchanges
• A focused, distraction-free environment to foster deeper relationships and plan for your upcoming business year

This is business-building at its best.