Pet Industry Leadership Summit set for February 2027

The Pet Industry Leadership Summit will be held from 1 to 3 February 2027 at the Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The event is staged jointly by the American Pet Products Association (APPA), the Pet Industry Distributors Association (PIDA) and the World Pet Association (WPA) and is aimed at management level in the US pet care channel.

The announced programme again combines keynotes with sessions on market data. Connor Lokar of the forecasting firm ITR Economics is confirmed as a speaker. The PIDA Executive Conferences give suppliers one-to-one appointments with distributor members of the association, and Pitchfest is reserved for young brands presenting new products. A detailed programme has not yet been published.

According to the organisers, registration opens in September; the registration page was not yet live at the time of going to press. Information at www.pida.org