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The road to Austin leads you on a bold, professional journey. Prepare now and mark your calendar for the 2025 MDRT EDGE in the lively and culture-rich city of Austin, Texas. Join your peers from the U.S. and Canada, November 10–12, 2025.
Become an MDRT member nowGain insights from past meetings and learn how to apply them to grow your business today. Log in to mdrt.org to access personalized information and content.
Be part of a community of financial professionals when you attend MDRT meetings and events, access the Member Directory, join the MDRT Mentoring Program and engage as a volunteer. Learn more at mdrt.org.
The 2025 MDRT EDGE takes place in one of the most vibrant cities in the U.S. — Austin, Texas. Explore, discover and experience everything this thriving destination has to offer. Start planning now for another valuable MDRT EDGE, November 10–12, 2025.
Ryan Estis has more than 20 years of experience as a top-performing sales professional and leader. As the former chief strategy officer for the McCann Worldgroup advertising agency NAS, he brings a fresh perspective to business events. Estis is known for his innovative ideas on leading change, improving sales effectiveness and preparing for the future of work. His curriculum emphasizes emerging trends influencing leadership effectiveness, sales performance and client experience.
Shawn Kanungo is a globally recognized innovation strategist and bestselling author. Combining creativity, business and technology, Kanungo spent 12 years at Deloitte working closely with leaders to help them better plan for the opportunities associated with disruptive innovation. Today, he is a partner with Queen & Rook, where he advises premier organizations and executives on disruptive trends and invests in early-stage ventures. Drawing on his extensive experience with artificial intelligence, cloud technologies and behavioral economics, he provides audiences with an optimistic road map for embracing unexpected approaches to innovation to remain competitive and relevant.
Rebecca Heiss specializes in unpacking the paradoxes of the way people think to help them overcome their evolutionary limitations. As founder and CEO of the leadership awareness mobile app icueity, Heiss is among the founding faculty members to develop a startup school to nurture entrepreneurial minds and approach learning through impact. Her research is considered transformative by the National Science Foundation.
MDRT member attendees are eligible to bring a business partner or key staff person from their organizations to learn together, create plans to expand their practices and help implement ideas gained from MDRT EDGE into their business operations. Who is key to helping you run your business?
MDRT EDGE guests must work in the U.S. or Canada. Guests will have access to the entire event but may only participate in Peer Groups if their member colleague opts in during registration. Guests may not be MDRT Academy or MDRT Center for Field Leadership members. Member and guest fees are the same. Limit one guest per MDRT member attendee.
What if you could make the lessons you gather from MDRT EDGE 10x more impactful? Peer Groups turn every table of members into takeaway teams, sharing insights gathered at the meeting and vastly expanding the practical tips each member has to bring back to their business. One of MDRT’s core benefits involves members learning from each other and maximizing growth opportunities. Peer Groups put that principle into action.
Learn MOreAttendees will learn to better determine clients’ needs, establish trust and recommend appropriate solutions to increase their assets.
In these sessions, MDRT EDGE participants will learn best practices to run their businesses efficiently, maintain high-performing teams and provide excellent client service.
Strategic processes and activities to promote business products and services to specific markets will be featured in these sessions, which will also touch on establishing a brand identity and value proposition.
In these presentations, MDRT members will find the elements for balance to enhance their career performance and enrich personal lives.
These general sessions for the whole group are designed to stimulate conversation about personal and professional growth. Anchor Session presentation details can be found on the MDRT EDGE App.
Extended sessions take a deep dive into specific business-related topics and tasks. They combine lectures and small-group discussions to help you develop an understanding of the specific issues and challenges you face in your financial services practice on a daily basis. Members will have the opportunity to choose eight of the 12 Workshop Sessions to attend.
Quick-hit sessions take a deep dive into specific business-related topics and tasks. Hear from some of your fellow members about staff acquisition and retention as well as processes for delivering positive client experiences and improving professional development to boost your production levels.
Monday, November 4, 2024
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
The Welcome Event allows members the opportunity to get acquainted with fellow attendees before the meeting begins. This year, attendees will enjoy an evening at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis.
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 – Lunch will be provided.
See schedule at a glance for times.
Continue the conversation with your peers over lunch on Tuesday.
Showcase your success with items from the MDRT Store. Visit the Store kiosk on-site at the MDRT Member Benefits Booth in the Atrium Foyer at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis, or online at mdrtstore.org to order plaques, apparel, accessories and more MDRT-branded items.
The MDRT Store will not accept cash or process any cash transactions during the meeting.
The MDRT Foundation gives to charitable organizations worldwide, demonstrating the generosity, service and impact of MDRT members. All MDRT members are eligible to endorse a charity to receive grant funding through the Global Grants Program. Visit the MDRT Foundation Booth in the Atrium Foyer at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis to learn more about all the ways to give back.
Visit the MDRT Member Benefits Booth in the Atrium Foyer at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis to learn about everything MDRT has to offer. Discover valuable content on mdrt.org, and learn about the MDRT Academy and MDRT Center for Field Leadership. Also, access the MDRT Store kiosk at the booth to shop online for MDRT products to ship direct to your home or office.
We’re proud to partner with The Goodr Foundation, a non-profit that focuses on providing healthy meals to youth, families, and seniors through its recipient and non-profit partner network. The MDRT Foundation will have a service project to pack healthy snacks to be delivered to the Atlanta community.
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