The Welcome Conference is returning to New York City on September 16th, 2024 at David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center.

Tickets are sold out

We’ve put together a group of extraordinary people to join us on stage and speak to some of the most relevant topics in hospitality today. We’re so excited to share our lineup of 2024 speakers with you here:

David Brooks – Author and New York Times Columnist

Angus Collins – Endurance Athlete & Founder of Beyond Endurance

Julio Garcia – Restaurateur, Ambriza Social Mexican Kitchen

Jen Hidinger-Kendrick – Founder of Giving Kitchen

Chayil Hyland – Food Education Fund Alum; Current Cornell Student

Dr. Becky Kennedy – Clinical Psychologist and Founder of Good Inside

Donald Miller – Author of Building a StoryBrand

Steve Palmer – Founder and Chief Vision Officer of The Indigo Road Hospitality Group

Jade Simmons – Classical Music’s #1 Maverick

Zach Williams, Kanene Pipkin, and Brian Elmquist – The Lone Bellow

We can’t wait to see you in September!

Will Guidara & the Welcome Team

 
 
 
 
 

SCHEDULE:

9:00am-10:00am : Doors Open & Check-In with Breakfast by CxRA and La Marzocco

10:00am-12:00pm : First Speaker Session

12:00pm-1:00pm : Lunch by CxRA

1:00pm-3:00pm : Second Speaker Session

3:00pm-3:30pm : Snack Break by Resy

3:30pm-5:00pm : Third Speaker Session

5:00pm-5:30pm : Cocktail Reception by Pernod Ricard

 
 

Frequently Asked questions:

 

  • All online event tickets are non-refundable and non-transferrable.

  • All tickets will be purchased and accounted for prior to the conference. You cannot purchase a ticket in person the day of the event.

  • We recommend business casual, or whatever you'd be comfortable wearing networking with old friends, or meeting new ones.

  • Yes. We provide guests with a coat check located just beyond the check-in desks. Please ask any of our Welcome team members if you need help finding it.

  • You can take the 1 train to the 66th St.-Lincoln Center stop. David Geffen Hall is a one-minute walk from the 66th street exit.

  • Yes. All Lincoln Center venues, including David Geffen Hall have accessible entrances, accessible seat locations and accessible restrooms.

  • Yes. Our sponsors will provide coffee, breakfast, lunch choices (vegetarians accommodated), a snack break, and a short cocktail reception.

  • While we do not offer a live virtual experience, we will record each speaker session and put those videos on our website in the weeks after the conference: https://www.thewelcomeconference.com/videos

  • We like to keep everybody together - the conference includes 3 speaker blocks throughout the course of the day, with 3-4 speakers per block. There are no break out rooms or sessions, so you won't miss anything or have to pick and choose.

  • We will provide you with a printed badge upon check-in that will get you in and out of David Geffen Hall if you need to take a break or leave the building.