Franchise Leadership & Development Conference 2026

Premier conference focused on franchise development and growth strategies for franchise executives and development teams.

Franchise Leadership & Development Conference 2026

The Franchise Leadership & Development Conference runs 6–8 October 2026 at the InterContinental Buckhead Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, with arrivals and opening activities on October 5.

This is the franchise industry's dedicated event for the people responsible for growing systems: CEOs, presidents and franchise development officers. The subject matter is franchise sales and development itself — lead generation, deal flow, franchisee recruitment and the economics of system growth — rather than franchise operations.

It is deliberately senior and comparatively intimate; the draw is the concentration of development decision-makers rather than scale. It is distinct from the same organiser's Multi-Unit Franchising Conference, which serves franchisees.