Keynote speaker Brandon Chrostowski, founder of EDWINS Leadership & Restaurant Institute, speaks about the importance of community and his mission to train and employ formerly incarcerated adults at his flagship French eatery in Cleveland.

Jason Neufeldt, Majestic Mirror & Frame/Majestic Lighting; Allison Trimpe, Room & Board; and Kelli Groh, Absolute Procurement

David Tracz, //3877, and Kelly Felton, Fabricut Contract

In conversation with Hospitality Design’s Stacy Shoemaker Rauen, brothers Benjamin Goldberg and Max Goldberg of Strategic Hospitality discussed how they’re reimagining Nashville’s F&B scene

Courtney Lauderdale, Studio Paolo Ferrari; Erika Dray and Vanessa Watts, Watts & Dray; Angel Ochoa and Michaela Trkalova, Preciosa; and Ryan Gribbon, HPG International

Brooke Anderson and Samar Elsadik, HOK; and Patricia Clark, VISO Lighting, the NextGen After Hours sponsor

Shola Richard, CEO and founder of Go Together Global, shared his transformative message on positivity

Clockwise from top row left: Stacy Shoemaker Rauen, Hospitality Design; Kelsi Coia, Williams-Sonoma Business to Business, the NextGen luncheon sponsor; Elide Rathborne, Bond Collective; Nick Solomon, AvroKO; Kane Sarhan, the Well; Aaron Anderson, the 26 Co; and Alissa Ponchione, Hospitality Design; Crystal Vinisse Thomas, Hyatt; Kia Weatherspoon, Determined by Design; Diana Martinez, Kimpton; Linda Boronkay, Linda Boronkay Design Studio; Pooja Shah-Mulani, LW; and Atit Jariwala, Bridgeton Holdings

Sequoyah Hunter-Cuyjet, Determined by Design, and David Cline, Global Allies

Keynote speaker and social futurist Tameka Vasquez shined a spotlight on the future of tech, social innovation, and web3

Samantha Berezow, Room & Board; Elizabeth Dillon, Arcsine; Amanda Merkle, Marriott; and Angela Hong, Arcsine

Paolo Ferrari and Courtney Lauderdale, Studio Paolo Ferrari; and Tzetzy Naydenova, VISO Lighting, the NextGen After Hours sponsor

Billy Quimby, EDG Interior Architecture + Design; Sarah Smallwood, Great Wolf Resorts; and Archit Sawhney, Harken Interiors

Ian Schwartz, Kravet Contract, and Kat Kim, Dream Hotel Group

Sarah Klymson, Hyatt Hotels, during the Owners’ Roundtable, Hospitality Design‘s signature event

Kristen Freeland, IHG, during Owners’ Roundtable

Jeremy Clouse, Tarkett Hospitality, sponsor of Owners’ Roundtable; David Shove-Brown, //3877; and Justin Campbell, Tempur Sealy International

Cherie Stinson, Maed Collective, and Cindy Kaufman, Shaw Contract

Bridget Hale, ESG Architecture and Design; Brittany Chisenhall, RH Contract; and Megan Eckhoff, ESG Architecture and Design

Frank Boardman, Fabric Innovations; Louie Sison, Curioso; and Jason Bramhall, Hilton

Aaron Anderson, the 26 Co; Linda Boronkay, Linda Boronkay Studio; and Sam Suleman, Equinox Hospitality

Taylor Horvat, AvroKO, and David Davis, Rottet Studio