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CREATE 2026

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REATE, by Nation’s Restaurant News, is an annual event designed for emerging restaurateurs that aims to help brands scale smarter, grow faster, and lead boldly. Attendees connect with industry disruptors, forward-thinking investors, and other high-growth operators over three days of learning, networking, and hands-on experiences. The event features practica…

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5Voices
47Underwriters
0Exhibitors
25On the bill · sessions
51Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at CREATE, in alphabetical order.
Alicia Kelso
Executive Editor · Nation's Restaurant News
Chris Keating
EVP, Conferences · Informa Connect Foodservice
Jonathan Maze
Editor-in-Chief · Restaurant Business
Phil Rosenthal
Creator and Host · Somebody Feed Phil
Sam Oches
Editor-in-Chief · Nation's Restaurant News
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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
7shifts, Inc
858 Partners
All-in Licensing
Avalara, Inc
C3 - Creative Consumer Concepts
Cali BBQ Media
California Milk Advisory Board
Coca-Cola North America
Decision Logic
Degrees@Work
Dinova
DIRECTV
Dreambox
Ecolab
Empowered Hospitality
Foodbuy
Genpak
Global Payments
Harrison Architecture & Design
Hostie AI, Inc.
Idahoan Foodservice
Incentivio
J&J Snack Foods
Juicer
Kea
Keurig Dr Pepper
McKay Advertising + Activation
Oregon Potato Company/NORPAC
Paperchase
Restaurant Technologies
Retail Data Systems
Revmo AI
Rewards Network
Rise Baking Company
Rosina Food Products
Savi
Slade Gorton Seafood
Spencer Fane Golenbock
SpotOn
Stevens Food Group
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The Programme

Selected from 25 sessions on the bill.
  • 10:00am - 10:10am10 mins

    Welcome & Overview

  • 10:00am - 11:45am105 mins

    Investment Summit

  • 10:10am - 10:40am30 mins

    Industry Insights Opening Keynote

    Details coming soon...

  • 10:40am - 11:15am35 mins

    Industry Panel

    Details coming soon...

  • 11:15am - 11:30am15 mins

    Networking Break

  • 11:15am - 11:45am30 mins

    The Operator Spotlight

    Details coming soon...

  • 12:00pm - 12:30pm30 mins

    Innovation Forums (Choose 1 of 3)

  • 12:00pm - 12:30pm30 mins

    Option 1

  • 12:00pm - 12:30pm30 mins

    Option 2

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 51 companies, parsed from the program.

51 companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
0All threespeak · spons · exh
47Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
4Speakingspeaker only
02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

20% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • VP-level120%
  • Other roles480%

Of 5 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 017shifts, IncSp
  2. 02858 PartnersSp
  3. 03All-in LicensingSp
  4. 04Avalara, IncSp
  5. 05C3 - Creative Consumer ConceptsSp
  6. 06Cali BBQ MediaSp
  7. 07California Milk Advisory BoardSp
  8. 08Coca-Cola North AmericaSp
  9. 09Decision LogicSp
  10. 10Degrees@WorkSp
  11. 11DinovaSp
  12. 12DIRECTVSp
  13. 13DreamboxSp
  14. 14EcolabSp
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
unspecified47
100% of 47
05Fig. 05 — The Missing · who's at peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters