https://www.liveproductionsummit.com/

Live Production Summit, 5430 Badura Avenue, Suite 120, Las Vegas, NV (2026)

09/17/2026

IN YOUR WORDS

We can tell you what makes LPS different. But it means more when it comes from the people who are actually in the room.

Real conversations.
Real relationships.
One industry, together.

candid dialogue, shared expertise, access across disciplines, and people willing to teach each other.
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09/10/2026

Where the Live Events Industry Meets the Fairway

The only mulligan is not showing up. ⛳

Great golf. Great people. And a pretty good way to start LPS ’27.

Registration for the LPS Golf Invitational is open.
Celebrity Course • Palm Springs • January 7, 2027

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09/03/2026

Love to see the steady stream of registrations for LPS... As always looking forward to seeing everyone.

A resort in Palm Springs in January? YES PLEASE

Thanks for sending in a video Mark Haney

09/03/2026

To bring positivity to your day by posting something online today that is actually true:

Human connection still works.

And that is, in many ways, what LPS has always been built around.

There are conversations that simply cannot be replicated on Zoom — or inside an oppressively corporate, overly transactional industry environment.

At LPS, hundreds of peers come together in an inviting resort setting for actual conversation.
Manufacturers don't just come to educate people about products. They come to listen and learn from the people actually using them.

Those focused on business development don't simply hunt for leads. They discover problems worth solving, relationships worth building and opportunities they may not have known existed.
No data grabs.

No manufactured scarcity telling you there are only a few tickets left.
No fear marketing.
No doom-and-gloom narrative telling us our industry is somehow falling apart.

Instead:
Solid conversations.
Exceptional networking.
Useful education.
Postcard surroundings.
Temperate weather.

And most importantly—
YOU.

Because the people in the room are ultimately what make LPS worth attending.
www.LiveProductionSummit.com

08/24/2026

LPS Panel Watch:

Beyond the Algorithm: Keeping Live Events Human in the Age of AI

While AI is seemingly showing up EVERYWHERE it has created a fervor of discussion amongst champions and nay sayers of the tech.

A very human approach as always is the LPS communal conversation where all can discuss and question where AI currently stands and projections on where it might land regarding event design, management, ex*****on and more.

Many have ethical concerns surrounding privacy, accuracy, and accountability while others seek to simply create meaningful efficiencies and yet even more seek knowledge on possible unintended consequences. There are a lot of question beyond including over reliance as a hot topic we expect.

This panel will explore how we might find a humanistic approach to AI in live events and discuss AI as an assistant that helps with operational noise so that the human element can take center stage. www.LiveProductionSummit.com

08/20/2026

AI in live events is no longer a future conversation.

It is already here.

We’re using it to organize information, accelerate design, streamline advancing, summarize communication, build schedules, create content, analyze data, improve workflows, and solve problems faster than we could before.

But that doesn’t mean AI replaces the people who make live events work.

Quite the opposite.

The more powerful the technology becomes, the more valuable experience, judgment, intuition, relationships, and calm decision-making become!

AI can tell you what the data says.

It cannot fully understand the politics of a room, the personality of an artist / client, the mood of a crew, the trust between partners, or when the “technically correct” decision is absolutely the wrong decision to make. That is where experienced people still matter.

At the same time, it is important to acknowledge what we are currently seeing in the wider market: a flood of people and organizations rapidly creating “AI solutions” that are not always backed by vetted companies with real budgets, long-term accountability, or the infrastructure required to safely service products at a global scale. In many cases, the safety, reliability, and especially the security of the data being handled is legitimately in question. As this space accelerates, discernment becomes critical. Real, human-vetted technology teams with proven experience, operational maturity, and responsibility to their clients will continue to be the ones who ultimately win trust—and the long game. Thoughts ?

The real opportunity for our industry is not to ask:

“Will AI replace us?”

It is to ask:

“How do we use AI to remove the repetitive work so our people can spend more time doing the things humans are actually good at?”

Building trust.

Solving problems.

Reading the room.

Creating experiences.

Making decisions when the information is incomplete. The companies and professionals who figure out that balance will have an enormous advantage.

AI should make us more human, not less.

Curious how others in live production are approaching it.

Where is AI genuinely making your work better—and where do you still draw the line?

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08/19/2026

More sponsors being added weekly. January at a resort in Palm Springs with colleagues from all facets of event production is a great way to start the year. Just sayin.. www.LiveProductionSummit.com

08/18/2026

SPONSOR HIGHLIGHT | OSA INTERNATIONAL

More Than a Sponsor. A Founding Partner of Live Production Summit.

We regularly recognize the companies that support Live Production Summit. But occasionally, there's a sponsor whose relationship with LPS goes far beyond sponsorship.

OSA International is that company.

For decades before Live Production Summit, many of us gathered each year at an event called Tour Link.

As someone involved with Tour Link at the time, Chris Musgrave could see the writing on the wall. The future of an event important to our community was uncertain, and there was a very real possibility it simply wouldn't continue.

Knowing OSA International had an interest in seeing the event survive, Chris called Jim Risgin.

Jim took that conversation to OSA founder and CEO Mario Educate.

Mario understood what was at stake.

He saw value not simply in acquiring an event, but in preserving something the live production community needed—a place where people across our industry could come together, share what they know, have honest conversations, build relationships and spend meaningful time together.

So Mario and OSA stepped in.

OSA acquired Tour Link, gave it the opportunity to evolve into what would become Live Production Summit, and has quietly stood behind it ever since.

That's why calling OSA simply a "sponsor" doesn't quite tell the story.

They are, in every meaningful sense, the founders of Live Production Summit.

What makes that relationship even more remarkable is what happened next—or perhaps what didn't happen.

OSA didn't turn LPS into an OSA event.

They didn't dictate the programming.

They didn't make the conversations about themselves.

They didn't expect the community to become an audience for their brand.

Instead, Mario gave LPS the freedom to remain what he believed was worth saving in the first place:

An event for the industry and the people who make it work.

And year after year, OSA has quietly remained behind the scenes, providing the support necessary to make sure LPS could continue—even when the economics might have said otherwise. For Mario collaboration over competition is key.

No fanfare. No need for recognition. No expectation that LPS become about them.

Just a genuine belief that this industry and its community deserve a place to come together.

There quite literally would not be a Live Production Summit today without that phone call to Jim, Mario's decision to say yes, and OSA International's commitment to standing behind it.

That's a story we probably haven't told often enough.

So for this Sponsor Highlight, we wanted to recognize something that isn't always visible from the outside.

Not simply what OSA International contributes to LPS.

But why they do it.

For believing in this community, for preserving something worth preserving, and for allowing it to remain our industry's event—

Thank you, Mario, Jim, and the entire OSA International family.

Learn. Share. Grow. Belong.
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08/04/2026

Future Forward is growing.

For the past several years, the Live Production Summit's Future Forward program has welcomed students and educators from across the country to LPS with a simple purpose: to help bridge the gap between learning about the live events industry and becoming part of it.

Through Future Forward, a large and growing number of students and educators have been welcomed to LPS with complimentary registration and meals (Fri & Sat), giving them the opportunity to learn, ask questions, build relationships and spend time alongside professionals, manufacturers and organizations that make our industry work.

The idea has never been to separate the next generation into its own corner of LPS. Quite the opposite.

We want and need them in the room!

We want students learning from people who have spent their careers doing this work. We want educators developing relationships with the industry they're preparing their students to enter. And just as importantly, we want established professionals hearing from the next generation bringing new perspectives.

After several years of watching those relationships develop, we're ready to take Future Forward even further.

Beginning with LPS 2027, Thursday will now focus on dedicated Future Forward educational sessions specifically designed to establish a foundation before the full LPS program begins on Friday and Saturday.

Audio. Lighting. Video. Safety. Security. Legal and finance. Industry terminology. Product Awareness and more.

These aren't intended to be advanced technical classes. They're about the fundamentals, the things many of us who have been doing this for decades sometimes forget we once had to learn ourselves.

The goal is to give students and educators an environment where there are no bad questions and where they can develop a stronger understanding of the terminology, technology, disciplines and business of live production and events as a whole. Then, when they join the broader LPS community on Friday and Saturday, they'll be better prepared to understand the deeper conversations happening around them and participate in them.

And they'll be learning directly from experienced industry professionals who are just as interested in hearing and learning from the next generation as they are in teaching them.

Future Forward remains open to both students and educators, with complimentary basic LPS registration and meals provided (Fri & Sat) as part of the program.

But LPS this January is only part of what comes next.

We're also beginning to work with industry partners to take the Future Forward philosophy beyond LPS through quarterly educational 'Gatherings' around the country, creating more opportunities for students, educators and working professionals to learn from one another throughout the year.

More on that soon.

Learn. Share. Grow. Belong.

The future of live production shouldn't have to wait outside the door. We should invite it in and learn with it!

www.LiveProductionSummit.com

08/03/2026

We hope the week has started kindly for all.

We want to start by shining a spotlight on our incredible partners. Of course our sponsors join the LPS family throughout the year, it is also a true testament to our community that so many choose to secure their spot for the following year while still on property. This immediate commitment highlights the powerful business development opportunities that our partners experience at LPS.

Along with the incredible networking many sponsors discover a multitude of solutions for their business as well, ranging from logistics and travel support to operational efficiencies and even new powerful hires. By engaging with our ecosystem, these teams gain invaluable insights into emerging technologies and shifting market trends, ensuring they are well equipped to navigate the challenges and opportunities of the coming year.

When our partners succeed, we all succeed.. here is to another week of growth and collaboration!
Discounted Registration is OPEN
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