The 2026 IFDA Solutions Conference offered dozens of educational workshops and share groups. Explore the presentations and AI-generated summaries and key takeaways below.

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From Ideas to Impact: Building an Innovation Engine That Delivers

The New Collaboration Paradigm: Working with Suppliers & Other Partners to Grow Sales and Profits in the AI Age

Curating Your Intentional And Impactful Leadership Legacy

Resilience Is a Strategy: Fortifying Foodservice Supply Chains in an Era of Uncertainty

Preventing Driver Fatigue Even When You Can’t See It

Be Accountable for Accountability (Handout)

The Augmented Workforce: Where Technology Ends and People Begin in the Modern DC

The Efficiency Advantage: Learning to Work Smarter and Not Harder

How to Have an Accountability Discussion: Grow Your Confidence and Skill (Handout)

Bend Without Breaking: Practical Strategies for Reducing Ergonomic Injuries

AI at Work: Personal Productivity in 45 Minutes (Beginner AI users)

Breaking the Silos: How HR, Sales & Operations Win Together

What Top-Performing Warehouses Do Differently: Insights from Industry Benchmarking

The Coaching Roadmap: Developing Your Driver Workforce

Lessons Learned: Both Sides of the Leadership Story

The Paradigm Shift: You Were Never Supposed to Be a Bank — Now You Don’t Have to Be

Talent & HR Share Group

Cybersecurity Share Group

Zero Fatalities: Building a Powered Industrial Equipment Program That Works

AI That Works With Your Work: Files, Sources, and Agents (Intermediate AI users)

Perfect Order to Perfect Delivery: Closing the Gaps in Your Process

Practical Steps for Complying with FDA’s FSMA 204 Food Traceability Rule

From Doing to Leading: Making the Shift from Expert to Leader

ERP, AI & Tech Implementation: Beyond the Two-Day Rollout

Navigating State Extended Producer Responsibility Laws: Compliance Essentials for Foodservice Distributors

How Food Distribution Leaders Reduce Risk Without Slowing the Business

From Data Goldmine to Daily Decisions: Turning Your WMS, TMS, and ERP Data into Operational Advantage

What Does the “Make America Healthy Again” Foodservice Distribution?