February 2-4, 2026
Thank you for joining us!
Presentation Slides
Event Recordings Linked Below
Companies In Attendence
- AAkron Rule Corp.
- Aclymate
- affinityX
- AIM Smarter
- Amla Commerce
- American Advertising Co.
- American Solutions for Business
- Antera Software USA
- anypromo.com
- Artifi
- ArtworkservicesUSA
- ASI (Advertising Specialty Institute)
- AST Sportswear Inc.
- BDA Inc
- Ball Pro
- Boundless Network
- Broken Arrow Wear
- Capital Gifts
- Centricity
- Charles River Apparel
- Chipply
- Cimpress
- Cimpress Technology
- Commonsku
- Custom Ink
- DecoNetwork
- Devara
- E1OD, Inc.
- ePromos
- Essent Corporation
- Executive Advertising
- eXtendTech
- Facilisgroup
- FAST Platform
- FDM4 America Inc.
- FIEL Fairdeal Import Export Ltd
- Foundry Commerce
- Gallardo Solutions Corp
- Gemline
- G&G Outfitters
- Goldstar
- HALO Branded Solutions
- Headwear USA
- High Caliber Line
- HIRSCH Inc.
- Hit Promotional Products
- IMX Solutions, Inc.
- InfoSourcing Inc
- Innovation Line
- iCoStore
- iPROMOTEu
- Kitchen Stadium Inc.
- Koozie Group
- Kotis Design
- Lasting Impressions
- Logomark, Inc.
- MAX Apparel
- Merch.ai
- Merch
- Midsouth Apparel Solutions
- Mint Printworks
- Moore Technology Solutions
- NC Custom
- Net Lobster
- OrderMyGear
- Outdoor Cap
- Outgage
- Overture Promotions
- PCNA
- Peerless
- Pennant Sportswear
- Pro Towels
- Proforma
- Promo Hunt
- PromoShop, Inc.
- ProviAmerica
- PPAI
- Run Payments
- Safsira
- SanMar
- Showdown Displays
- Single Serve Merch
- SnugZ USA
- Spector & Co.
- S&S Activewear
- Stablein Solutions
- Staples Promotional Products
- Starline USA Inc.
- Storm Creek
- Supacolor USA Inc
- Swagflo
- Taylor Promotional Products
- Tech9
- The Image Group
- The Magnet Group
- The Promo CMO
- The Vernon Company
- Thumbprint
- TradeNet Publishing
- Towel Specialties
- TSC (The Specialty Company)
- Vantage Apparel
- Vernon Company
- Web Services Pros, Inc. / PromoLink
- Whitestone
- Wasatch Tees of Atlanta
- ZOOMcatalog
Feb 1, 2026 (Sunday)
Registration & Information:
1:00 - 5:00 PM EST, Dunes Foyer III, IV & V - 1st Floor
Members Meeting & Reception:
6:00 - 8:00 PM EST, Pelican/Heron - 3rd Floor.
Join the Board of Directors as they introduce new board members, review the annual budget, and discuss upcoming strategic initiatives. Drinks and heavy appetizers will be served.
Feb 2, 2026 (Monday)
Registration & Information:
7:30 - 8:30 AM EST, Dunes Foyer III, IV & V - 1st Floor
Attendee Breakfast:
7:30 - 8:30 AM EST, Ocean Hai - 1st Floor
Welcome:
8:30 - 8:45 AM EST, Dunes Ballroom III, IV & V - 1st Floor.
Speaker: Amy Rabideau - Committee Chair & Board Member, VP of Client & Community Engagement of Antera
General Session - State of Tech in Promo:
8:45 - 10:00 AM EST, Dunes Ballroom III, IV & V - 1st Floor
Speaker: Chris Alfano - CDO of Vantage
Panelists: Kate Alavez - President of PromoShop Inc, Dino Bangiorno - Managing Director of eXtendTech, Ashley Colautti - VP of Sales of Spector & Co
The promotional products industry is in the midst of a profound technological transformation. This session provides a high-level, forward-looking overview of the current technology landscape, going beyond mere buzzwords to explore the practical applications and strategic implications for all players in the supply chain. Open Q&A to follow.
Refreshment Break:
10:00 - 10:30 AM EST, Dunes Foyer - 1st Floor
Breakout Session (Choose One):
10:30 - 11:15 AM EST
PromoStandards Best Practices:
Dunes Ballroom IV & V - 1st Floor
Speaker: Ajay Kaul - Committee Chair, IT Operations Leader of SanMar
Panelists: Patrick Elliot - Director of IT at SnugZ USA, Steve Kasperson - Staff Developer at S&S, David Goldman - Director of Technology at Cimpress
Join Best Practices Committee members who will deep dive into Best Practices for PromoStandards adoption and implementation. The session will include a walk-through of the Best Practices documentation the committee published for broader member consumption in 2025.
Volunteering with PromoStandards:
Sandpiper - 3rd Floor
Speaker: Jessica Shonebarger - Executive Director of PromoStandards
Panelists: Mike Knapick - Committee Chair & Board Member, Co-founder & CIO of Sanmar;
Amy Rabideau - Chair & Board Liaison for Membership & Marketing Committee, VP of Client & Community Engagement of Antera
Breakout Session (Choose One):
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM EST
Standards Committee - New Standards
Intro:
Dunes Ballroom III, IV & V - 1st Floor
Speaker: Erica Griffitt - Committee Chair and Board Member, Senior Software Engineer at Staples Promo
Panelists: Robert Cathro-Oliver - commonsku, David Gallant - Gemline
This panel will discuss new standards introduced in 2025, and the 2026 standards roadmap. Q&A to follow.
Introduction to PromoStandards:
Sandpiper - 3rd Floor
Speaker: Steve Luisser - Vice President of Research at Essent
Panelists: TBD
Introduction to PromoStandards for new, or non-members.
Attendee Lunch:
12:15 - 1:15 PM EST, Ocean Hai - 1st Floor
General Session - Ecom, POD & PromoStandards:
1:30 - 2:30 PM EST, Dunes Ballroom III, IV & V - 1st Floor
Speaker: Jayson Tompkins - Founder of Stahls FullfillEngine
Panelists: Grace Schettler - Senior VP of Sales at Chipply, Mykayla Goodwin - VP of Strategy and Marketing at OMG, Rob Watson - CEO of Vantage Apparel
Jayson Tompkins and the panelists will explore how PromoStandards is implemented with online stores and print on demand services to increase efficiency.
Refreshment Break:
2:30 - 3:00 PM EST, Dunes Foyer - 1st Floor
Breakout Sessions (Choose One):
3:00 - 4:00 PM EST
AI Tools for Developers:
Dunes Ballroom III, IV & V - 1st Floor
Speaker: Raul Rodriguez, CEO of Merch.ai
Panelists: OJ Castellanos - Chief AI Officer of Merch.ai, Ann Olson - CTO of Showdown Displays
In this talk, Raul and OJ will share the Merch.ai team’s favorite development and testing tools—why we use them, and a few advanced tricks that make a big difference. They'll then dive into context and hallucinations: what causes them and how to prompt more reliably. Ann will be ending with a practical case study on how to push AI-driven changes across an organization, from pilot to adoption. Built for IT and software professionals, but welcoming and useful for anyone working with AI.
RevOps & PromoStandards: