Fuel your business with bold ideas, practical strategies and personal connections that drive meaningful growth. This is where top financial professionals come together for a hands-on experience. Discover what’s possible for your business when innovation meets action.
You won't want to miss these sessions on the main stage designed to stimulate conversation about your personal and professional growth.
What if you could make the lessons you gather from MDRT EDGE 10x more impactful? Peer Groups do just that. This is where you will share insights gathered at the meeting, vastly expanding practical tips to bring back to your business.
These extended sessions take you on a deep dive into specific business-related topics and tasks. Experience a combination of speaker-led sessions and small-group discussions to help you understand the specific issues and challenges you face in your practice on a daily basis.
During Quick Hits, MDRT members will speak with you in depth about specific business-related topics and tasks to help you improve your production levels.
Gain 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.
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.