Agenda
Empower your business at every level at Growth Summit 2026!
Mainstage
Breakouts
Concert
Agenda
- 11:00 a.m - 4:30 p.m.
- McCormick Ranch Golf Club
HomeSmart Helps Charity Golf Tournament
Join us for our second annual “Agents Helping Agents” charity golf tournament! Enjoy an afternoon of golf, connection and beautiful Arizona weather while making a meaningful impact on the HomeSmart community. Sign up for the tournament as an add-on when you register for Growth Summit.
Headquarters Tour Shuttle Schedule
Registration
Stop by the registration area to sign into Growth Summit 2026 and secure your badge, agenda and more.
- 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
VIP Reception
By Invite only
Get a fantastic start by networking with fellow top agents at the VIP welcome reception.
- 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception
Get Growth Summit 2026 off to a fantastic start by networking with fellow attendees at the welcome reception. Groove to the music while exploring our incredible lineup of sponsors and trusted vendors. Uncover innovative tools and resources tailored to supercharge your business growth.
Sponsorship Expo
Meet with HomeSmart's amazing roster of sponsors and trusted vendors, and discover new tools and resources designed to support your business and growth.
HomeSmart Team Shop
Check out the latest branded gear and apparel, so you can show off your HomeSmart pride in style!
Hosted Breakfast
Enjoy a complimentary breakfast, and fuel up for your day!
Sponsorship Expo
Meet with HomeSmart's amazing roster of sponsors and trusted vendors, and discover new tools and resources.
HomeSmart Team Shop
Check out the latest branded gear and apparel, so you can show off your HomeSmart pride in style!
- 8:30 - 9:10 a.m.
- Katie Cooper
- Main Stage
Welcome
HomeSmart COO Katie Cooper kicks-off Growth Summit 2026 with a few inspiring words.
- 9:10 - 10:10 a.m.
- Brittany Hodak
- Main Stage
The Superfan Strategy: How Exceptional Experiences Empower Your Personal Brand
The industry is built on meaningful connections — and those connections go beyond baseline expectations, they require truly exceptional experiences. Moving beyond the closing table is the only way to develop and maintain the enduring client relationships that are the foundation of real success. Brittany believes in actionable strategies, offering practical tools you can implement right now to stand out in a crowded market. Get ready to evolve your business, putting a Disney-level experience to work for your personal brand.
- 10:25 - 11:15 a.m.
- Matt Widdows
- Main Stage
Leading the Evolution: A Visionary Roadmap to Empower Your Competitive Advantage
- 11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
- Andrew Busch
- Main Stage
Empowering Your Edge: Turning Economic Chaos into Strategic Growth
Interest rates. Tariffs. Tax policy. There’s no shortage of scary headlines out there — but the impact of these stories on your local housing market can be impossible to decipher without the right filters. Emerging technologies are reshaping the economy, and it’s critical to harness those tools and trends to position yourself as a market authority. Andrew will help you gain insider insight into what you need to win over skeptical buyers and high-value sellers today while anticipating opportunities that will drive real estate demand tomorrow and beyond.
Hosted Networking Lunch
Join your HomeSmart peers for a hosted networking lunch. Mix and mingle with agents from all across the country while forging new connections!
- 1:00 - 3:20 p.m.
Breakouts
Drive growth with in-depth insight from top real estate experts covering everything you need to fuel your career momentum and propel your business to new heights.
1:00 - 1:40 p.m.
Erik Nelson, Jaclyn Kennedy, India Hall, Dave Panozzo
Building Momentum No Matter the MarketIn this dynamic panel discussion, top-producing HomeSmart agents from across the country will share how they keep their business thriving regardless of market shifts. Learn the strategies, habits and mindsets that help them generate consistent growth in any season. Walk away with actionable ideas you can implement immediately to build momentum in your own business.
Jessika Mayer
Generate Business NOW (FORD)Discover how to spark meaningful conversations that lead to real estate opportunities right now. This session will dive into the proven strategy of using the FORD framework (Family, Occupation, Recreation, Dreams) to build relationships and generate business organically. Perfect for agents looking to boost their pipeline without cold calls or pushy tactics.
Lauren Fox, Cody Haren, Alekzandra Minotto
Level Up with the New Marketing Design CenterGet ready to level up your marketing with HomeSmart’s new Marketing Design Center, a powerfully automated, AI-driven platform designed to streamline your marketing efforts. In this session, you’ll get a firsthand look at how easy it is to create comprehensive listing marketing packages, AI-generated content, engaging videos, social posts and more in just minutes.
- 3:35 - 4:15 p.m.
- Panel
- Main Stage
Empower Your Performance: Collaborative Strategies from the Industry’s Top Producers
- 4:15 - 5:00 p.m.
- Dermot Buffini
- Main Stage
Leading Above the Line: High-Performance Habits That Empower Elite Results
It’s time you adopted the leader of leaders mindset. For more than 25 years, Dermot has navigated industry ups and downs to build a recession-proof business that thrives on consistency. Transition from a busy agent to a high-performance business owner, discovering how to achieve peak professional results without sacrificing your personal values or well-being. This is your chance to experience the same high-level coaching insights that have transformed the careers of millions of top-producing agents worldwide.
Growth Summit Celebration & Concert
Get ready to dance the night away at our exclusive private concert, featuring a live performance you won’t want to miss.
Hosted Breakfast
Enjoy a complimentary breakfast, and fuel up for your day!
Sponsorship Expo
Meet with HomeSmart's amazing roster of sponsors and trusted vendors, and discover new tools and resources.
HomeSmart Team Shop
Check out the latest branded gear and apparel, so you can show off your HomeSmart pride in style!
- 9:00 - 9:05 a.m.
- Katie Cooper
- Main Stage
Welcome Day 2
Katie Cooper is back to help us fuel up for another supercharged day of Growth Summit 2026.
- 9:05 - 9:35 a.m.
- Todd Sumney
- Main Stage
The Innovation Edge: Leveraging HomeSmart Tools to Empower Your Growth
- 9:45 - 11:20 a.m.
Breakouts
Drive growth with in-depth insight from top real estate experts covering everything you need to fuel your career momentum and propel your business to new heights.
9:45 - 10:35 a.m.
Luke Acree
Swipe My Exact Facebook Ad That Generated 685 Leads in the first six months of 2025Ready to own your neighborhood? This session walks you step-by-step through building a successful geographic farming strategy from selecting the right area to creating consistent, high-impact marketing that gets results. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to level up, you’ll leave with a blueprint to become the go-to agent in your market.
Bob Loeffler
Handling Objections? Why Fearless Agents Don’t Get ThemTop agents know the best way to handle objections is to prevent them altogether. In this high-energy session, you’ll learn how fearless agents build trust, deliver value and communicate so clearly that objections rarely surface. Walk away with scripts, mindset shifts and communication techniques that turn tough conversations into smooth closings.
Dena Patton
Magnetize the Right Clients: The Energy, Brand & Boundaries Reset for a Great 2026If you’ve ever felt drained by clients who haggle, disrespect your time, or simply aren’t the right fit, you’re not alone. The truth is, the clients you attract are a direct reflection of your energy, your brand, and the boundaries you set. In this high-impact session created for HomeSmart agents, you’ll learn the secrets to elevating your brand, energy and clients. Walk away with clarity, confidence, and a fresh approach to attracting clients who energize you, respect you, and help you build a thriving 2026 and beyond.
Headquarters Tour Shuttle Schedule
- 11:30 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.
- Sarah Wells
- Main Stage
The Gold Medal Mindset: Overcoming Hurdles to Empower Your Next Level of Excellence
Learn how an Olympian processes setbacks and “hit hurdles” to maintain momentum toward a big goal. Sarah will help you redefine peak performance as you discover a practical — and repeatable — blueprint for elevating your day-to-day, even in a high-pressure industry. Sharing research-backed principles, Sarah will guide you through what it takes to tackle mental plateaus and empower yourself with the confidence to go after greater things in business. Shift your perspective from seeing success as exclusive to seeing it as a tangible result of your mindset and environment.
- 12:10 - 12:55 p.m.
- Kwame Christian
- Mainstage
Negotiate Anything: Using High-Stakes Communication to Empower Your Influence
Have you ever wondered what psychological triggers drive decision-making and how you can leverage them to guide clients toward a “yes”? Gain the elite strategies Kwame uses to train Fortune 500 leaders to handle complex negotiations, and transition from a “nice” agent to a “respected” advocate as you learn to set boundaries and resolve conflict with confidence. Whether you want to explore better ways to handle tough conversations or move beyond people-pleasing tactics, Kwame’s powerful perspective will support the mastery of clear communication — without losing the listing.
- 12:55 - 1:00 p.m.
- Matt Widdows
- Mainstage
Closing Remarks
Growth Summit 2026 may have come to an end, but there's still so much more to discuss! Join Founder and CEO Matt Widdows as he takes the stage to close out our most memorable conference yet.
Hosted Networking Lunch
Join your HomeSmart peers for a hosted networking lunch. Mix and mingle with agents and sponsors in the Expo Hall!
- 6:00 p.m.
Broker Night
Join us for an evening of dinner dancing and entertainment at our Broker Night dinner
- 11:00 a.m - 4:30 p.m.
- McCormick Ranch Golf Club
HomeSmart Helps Charity Golf Tournament
Join us for our second annual “Agents Helping Agents” charity golf tournament! Enjoy an afternoon of golf, connection and beautiful Arizona weather while making a meaningful impact on the HomeSmart community. Sign up for the tournament as an add-on when you register for Growth Summit.
Headquarters Tour Shuttle Schedule
Registration
Stop by the registration area to sign into Growth Summit 2026 and secure your badge, agenda and more.
- 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
VIP Reception
By Invite only
Get a fantastic start by networking with fellow top agents at the VIP welcome reception.
- 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception
Get Growth Summit 2026 off to a fantastic start by networking with fellow attendees at the welcome reception. Groove to the music while exploring our incredible lineup of sponsors and trusted vendors. Uncover innovative tools and resources tailored to supercharge your business growth.
Sponsorship Expo
Meet with HomeSmart's amazing roster of sponsors and trusted vendors, and discover new tools and resources designed to support your business and growth.
HomeSmart Team Shop
Check out the latest branded gear and apparel, so you can show off your HomeSmart pride in style!
Hosted Breakfast
Enjoy a complimentary breakfast, and fuel up for your day!
Sponsorship Expo
Meet with HomeSmart's amazing roster of sponsors and trusted vendors, and discover new tools and resources.
HomeSmart Team Shop
Check out the latest branded gear and apparel, so you can show off your HomeSmart pride in style!
- 8:30 - 9:10 a.m.
- Katie Cooper
- Main Stage
Welcome
HomeSmart COO Katie Cooper kicks-off Growth Summit 2026 with a few inspiring words.
- 9:10 - 10:10 a.m.
- Brittany Hodak
- Main Stage
The Superfan Strategy: How Exceptional Experiences Empower Your Personal Brand
The industry is built on meaningful connections — and those connections go beyond baseline expectations, they require truly exceptional experiences. Moving beyond the closing table is the only way to develop and maintain the enduring client relationships that are the foundation of real success. Brittany believes in actionable strategies, offering practical tools you can implement right now to stand out in a crowded market. Get ready to evolve your business, putting a Disney-level experience to work for your personal brand.
- 10:25 - 11:15 a.m.
- Matt Widdows
- Main Stage
Leading the Evolution: A Visionary Roadmap to Empower Your Competitive Advantage
- 11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
- Andrew Busch
- Main Stage
Empowering Your Edge: Turning Economic Chaos into Strategic Growth
Interest rates. Tariffs. Tax policy. There’s no shortage of scary headlines out there — but the impact of these stories on your local housing market can be impossible to decipher without the right filters. Emerging technologies are reshaping the economy, and it’s critical to harness those tools and trends to position yourself as a market authority. Andrew will help you gain insider insight into what you need to win over skeptical buyers and high-value sellers today while anticipating opportunities that will drive real estate demand tomorrow and beyond.
Hosted Networking Lunch
Join your HomeSmart peers for a hosted networking lunch. Mix and mingle with agents from all across the country while forging new connections!
- 1:00 - 3:20 p.m.
Breakouts
Drive growth with in-depth insight from top real estate experts covering everything you need to fuel your career momentum and propel your business to new heights.
1:00 - 1:40 p.m.
Erik Nelson, Jaclyn Kennedy, India Hall, Dave Panozzo
Building Momentum No Matter the MarketIn this dynamic panel discussion, top-producing HomeSmart agents from across the country will share how they keep their business thriving regardless of market shifts. Learn the strategies, habits and mindsets that help them generate consistent growth in any season. Walk away with actionable ideas you can implement immediately to build momentum in your own business.
Jessika Mayer
Generate Business NOW (FORD)Discover how to spark meaningful conversations that lead to real estate opportunities right now. This session will dive into the proven strategy of using the FORD framework (Family, Occupation, Recreation, Dreams) to build relationships and generate business organically. Perfect for agents looking to boost their pipeline without cold calls or pushy tactics.
Lauren Fox, Cody Haren, Alekzandra Minotto
Level Up with the New Marketing Design CenterGet ready to level up your marketing with HomeSmart’s new Marketing Design Center, a powerfully automated, AI-driven platform designed to streamline your marketing efforts. In this session, you’ll get a firsthand look at how easy it is to create comprehensive listing marketing packages, AI-generated content, engaging videos, social posts and more in just minutes.
- 3:35 - 4:15 p.m.
- Panel
- Main Stage
Empower Your Performance: Collaborative Strategies from the Industry’s Top Producers
- 4:15 - 5:00 p.m.
- Dermot Buffini
- Main Stage
Leading Above the Line: High-Performance Habits That Empower Elite Results
It’s time you adopted the leader of leaders mindset. For more than 25 years, Dermot has navigated industry ups and downs to build a recession-proof business that thrives on consistency. Transition from a busy agent to a high-performance business owner, discovering how to achieve peak professional results without sacrificing your personal values or well-being. This is your chance to experience the same high-level coaching insights that have transformed the careers of millions of top-producing agents worldwide.
Growth Summit Celebration & Concert
Get ready to dance the night away at our exclusive private concert, featuring a live performance you won’t want to miss.
Hosted Breakfast
Enjoy a complimentary breakfast, and fuel up for your day!
Sponsorship Expo
Meet with HomeSmart's amazing roster of sponsors and trusted vendors, and discover new tools and resources.
HomeSmart Team Shop
Check out the latest branded gear and apparel, so you can show off your HomeSmart pride in style!
- 9:00 - 9:05 a.m.
- Katie Cooper
- Main Stage
Welcome Day 2
Katie Cooper is back to help us fuel up for another supercharged day of Growth Summit 2026.
- 9:05 - 9:35 a.m.
- Todd Sumney
- Main Stage
The Innovation Edge: Leveraging HomeSmart Tools to Empower Your Growth
- 9:45 - 11:20 a.m.
Breakouts
Drive growth with in-depth insight from top real estate experts covering everything you need to fuel your career momentum and propel your business to new heights.
9:45 - 10:35 a.m.
Luke Acree
Swipe My Exact Facebook Ad That Generated 685 Leads in the first six months of 2025Ready to own your neighborhood? This session walks you step-by-step through building a successful geographic farming strategy from selecting the right area to creating consistent, high-impact marketing that gets results. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to level up, you’ll leave with a blueprint to become the go-to agent in your market.
Bob Loeffler
Handling Objections? Why Fearless Agents Don’t Get ThemTop agents know the best way to handle objections is to prevent them altogether. In this high-energy session, you’ll learn how fearless agents build trust, deliver value and communicate so clearly that objections rarely surface. Walk away with scripts, mindset shifts and communication techniques that turn tough conversations into smooth closings.
Dena Patton
Magnetize the Right Clients: The Energy, Brand & Boundaries Reset for a Great 2026If you’ve ever felt drained by clients who haggle, disrespect your time, or simply aren’t the right fit, you’re not alone. The truth is, the clients you attract are a direct reflection of your energy, your brand, and the boundaries you set. In this high-impact session created for HomeSmart agents, you’ll learn the secrets to elevating your brand, energy and clients. Walk away with clarity, confidence, and a fresh approach to attracting clients who energize you, respect you, and help you build a thriving 2026 and beyond.
Headquarters Tour Shuttle Schedule
- 11:30 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.
- Sarah Wells
- Main Stage
The Gold Medal Mindset: Overcoming Hurdles to Empower Your Next Level of Excellence
Learn how an Olympian processes setbacks and “hit hurdles” to maintain momentum toward a big goal. Sarah will help you redefine peak performance as you discover a practical — and repeatable — blueprint for elevating your day-to-day, even in a high-pressure industry. Sharing research-backed principles, Sarah will guide you through what it takes to tackle mental plateaus and empower yourself with the confidence to go after greater things in business. Shift your perspective from seeing success as exclusive to seeing it as a tangible result of your mindset and environment.
- 12:10 - 12:55 p.m.
- Kwame Christian
- Mainstage
Negotiate Anything: Using High-Stakes Communication to Empower Your Influence
Have you ever wondered what psychological triggers drive decision-making and how you can leverage them to guide clients toward a “yes”? Gain the elite strategies Kwame uses to train Fortune 500 leaders to handle complex negotiations, and transition from a “nice” agent to a “respected” advocate as you learn to set boundaries and resolve conflict with confidence. Whether you want to explore better ways to handle tough conversations or move beyond people-pleasing tactics, Kwame’s powerful perspective will support the mastery of clear communication — without losing the listing.
- 12:55 - 1:00 p.m.
- Matt Widdows
- Mainstage
Closing Remarks
Growth Summit 2026 may have come to an end, but there's still so much more to discuss! Join Founder and CEO Matt Widdows as he takes the stage to close out our most memorable conference yet.
Hosted Networking Lunch
Join your HomeSmart peers for a hosted networking lunch. Mix and mingle with agents and sponsors in the Expo Hall!
- 6:00 p.m.
Broker Night
Join us for an evening of dinner dancing and entertainment at our Broker Night dinner