The inaugural AI Dealer Agent Conference will be held Sept. 9–11, 2026, at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center in Midtown Atlanta, organizers announced.

Show chair and longtime publisher David Gesualdo said the event is designed for agents who want to become AI experts and form lucrative partnerships with technology providers.

“The proliferation of AI-powered technology is the most exciting and important change to hit the agent world in my 30 years in the industry,” Gesualdo said. “We can’t wait to meet in Atlanta and help set the stage for the future of dealership and agency operations.”

The event’s advisory board chair, Tariq Kamal, said agent attendees will add to their dealer-counseling toolkits and seizing a once-in-a-generation opportunity to add new, long-term agency revenue.

“The new class of dealership technology providers wants to build their businesses the same way F&I product providers and administrators have,” said Kamal, the publisher of Dealer Agent News and AI Dealer News. “They are partnering with and learning from agents and growing faster and smarter as a result.”

The event’s agenda will include keynotes, workshops and panel discussions as well as networking opportunities and an educational track: AIDAC will offer a free ACE AI Agent certification to agents who attend four designated workshops and a review session and successfully complete an exam onsite or online.

More details will become available in the weeks ahead. To learn more and sign up for notifications, visit the event’s website.