Total Tech Summit 2025 (TTS), an entrepreneurial conference for AV integration thought leaders, returns to the east coast this fall with a fresh format and an improved experience for attendees and sponsors to enjoy. TTS 2025 will emanate from Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld, in Orlando, Fla., from Nov. 10-12. Already, influential integrators are abuzz about their favorite annual gathering of entrepreneurship-minded integration professionals and market-leading technology suppliers. Emerald, the parent company of Commercial Integrator, owns Total Tech Summit.
Total Tech Summit 2025 is All Under One Roof
Aligning with feedback received in past years, organizers for Total Tech Summit 2025 ensured that this year’s event will take place all under one roof at a resort-style hotel. That means there’ll be no need to stress about shuttle buses or sold-out room blocks. No commuting back and forth — just focused mind-sharing with peer integrators and direct access to the vendors your clients want. Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld offers state-of-the-art, modern facilities and dedicated spaces for private conversations and impromptu meetings. These touchpoints drive business and bring back integrators and vendors alike year after year.
High-quality content is always a huge part of the experience, and Total Tech Summit 2025 will be no different. Everything kicks off on Nov. 10 with “Do the Unright Thing,” a mind-expanding keynote presentation from award-winning speaker and bestselling author Steve Fredlund. As a speaker, he’ll use his enthusiasm and his laugh-out-loud stories to bring his inspiring message to vibrant life. More broadly, Fredlund will kick off TTS 2025 by delivering a fresh perspective to help attendees rethink life, work and leadership, driving home the imperative to upend expectations and break free from the mold. This theme will carry through the event as integrator thought leaders look to reimagine their businesses.
Later in the event, the two groups of integrators in attendance — commercial AV specialists (CI Summit) and custom integration specialists (CE Summit) — will enjoy custom-tailored presentations focused squarely on the nuances and endemic challenges and opportunities of their markets. For commercial-focused integrators, planned panel discussion topics include how best to price labor and how detailed project scopes should be. However, aligning with attendee feedback, organizers have ensured that 50% of meal periods will be focused on open-forum discussions rather than moderated panels. Thus, peer-to-peer conversations can happen organically over food and drink.
Total Tech Summit 2025 Brings Market-Leading Technology Suppliers
Total Tech Summit 2025 will, as always, boast an array of market-leading technology suppliers representing the full range of AV technologies that integrators spec, deploy and manage. Vendors will have a dedicated audience with influential integrators — the integrators to whose firms their peers look for inspiration and guidance. Meanwhile, those integrators will have an opportunity to develop strong relationships with new and existing vendor partners away from the hustle and bustle of a traditional trade show. Business-enablement vendors are particularly well represented at TTS 2025, including software providers like D-Tools and Simpro that help integrators run their businesses better.
Another reason integrators and vendors return year after year centers on all the fun, bonding and networking that TTS events foster. For Total Tech Summit 2025, that includes the 5th annual Cornhole Cup — a fun event held on the first evening that gets everyone in the mood for connection and collaboration. On Nov. 11, there will be a reception that will include delicious food, live music and other entertainment. This follows on the heels of last year’s reception, which earned rave reviews for its unique guitar-building experience. The reception theme for Total Tech Summit 2025 will be announced soon!
“I can’t tell you the experience that I continue to have year over year, and it brings me back,” Darrance Tezino, director of technology services, CenterPoint Energy, says in anticipation of Total Tech Summit 2025 this November. “The peer-to-peer sessions — the involvement that I have with my peers in the industry where I’m able to drop the guard and actually have tangible conversations that benefit me and my employees and the growth of my company. This is why I continue to come back. I encourage you to come, learn and grab your peers to just grow with them in the markets that we’re going to face in 2025.” He adds, “I welcome you to the next Total Tech Summit in 2025. Apply now, and I hope to see you there.”
Apply to Attend!
Integrators who want to be part of this entrepreneurial community of thought leaders should apply to attend today! Space is limited for this exclusive hosted-buyer event that integrators can attend at no cost to themselves. Likewise, vendors and distributors who want direct access to integration industry influencers can inquire about participating in Total Tech Summit 2025 here.
