3 days. One room. The conversations your business needs.
Build the Interior Design Firm
You Actually Want to Run.
Step away from the day-to-day and spend three focused days building a more profitable, structured, and sustainable design firm.
September 28–30, 2026 · Hotel Noelle · Nashville, TN
Your firm is growing. Are your systems keeping up?
More revenue. Not enough profit.
Gain greater visibility into the numbers behind your firm and make stronger financial decisions.
Profitability
Your team is growing — but everything still comes back to you.
Build clearer roles, stronger leadership, and a team that can operate with greater independence.
Team
What worked before is starting to create friction.
Strengthen the systems, processes, and structure behind your growing firm.
Operations
Everyone is talking about AI. Few firms know how to use it well.
Explore practical ways to use AI without adding another layer of complexity.
AI & Growth
Practical solutions for real progress
Understand the financial levers that drive healthier, more sustainable growth.
More profitable decisions
Empower is designed around the business challenges established interior design firms face every day—not generic inspiration.
Hire better, delegate more effectively, and build a team that can grow with the firm.
Stronger team systems
Create systems and processes that reduce friction and founder dependency.
Clearer operations
Discover realistic ways to use AI to save time and improve how your firm operates.
Practical AI workflows
Improve contracts, manage risk, and protect the business you’ve worked hard to build.
Stronger legal protection
Connect with firm leaders navigating the same decisions, challenges, and opportunities.
A stronger peer network
CHOOSE HOW YOU WANT TO ATTEND
Secure your spot
Choose the option that best fits how you lead your firm.
INDIVIDUAL TICKET
$3,495
For firm owners and leaders attending independently.
1 full-access ticket
Three days of sessions and programming
Access to all speakers and workshops
Curated net working with industry peers
Event materials and resources
Access to the Hotel Noelle group rate
LIMITED OFFER - Use code FRIEND at checkout to save 50%.
Best Deal
DUO TICKET
$5,999
Bring the person helping you build the next version of your firm.
2 full-access tickets
Three days of sessions and programming
Access to all speakers and workshops
Curated networking with industry peers
Event materials and resources
Access to the Hotel Noelle group rate
Preferred rate for two attendees
Our Service Portfolio
Bring your right hand, whether that is a business partner, COO, or lead designer. The Duo Bundle includes two full-access tickets at a preferred rate, allowing you to build your studio's internal strategy together. Strengthen your alignment while building your external network.
Hotel rooms are not included in the ticket price, but after purchase, you will receive an exclusive link to book a room at Hotel Noelle at our discounted group rate.
Feature Speakers
The Business of Design
Wendy Estella
Contracts, Disputes & Risk Management
Protect your business with stronger agreements, smarter risk management, and clearer legal infrastructure.
Founder, Estela Law + Designed Counsel
Jonathan Gulley
Scaling Beyond the Founder
Build leadership, structure, and strategy that allow the business to grow without every decision depending on you.
Head of Operations
CEO, Bria Hammel Interiors + Brooke & LouBria Hammel
Team, Processes & Leadership
Learn how to build stronger teams and operational structure behind a growing creative business.
AI Strategists & EducatorsThe Zachs
AI for Interior Design
Explore practical ways to integrate AI into your firm without creating more chaos.