
Agenda
Track: General
All sessionsBuild Your Own Agent Workshop: A First Look at the Momentus Agent Builder
Jonathan Mahler, Nate Thomas
Thursday September 17, 2026 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM EDT Richardson A
Enterprise, Elite, General
Every venue has workflows no vendor will ever ship for you. This working session previews the Agent Builder, where your team describes a process in plain language and Momentus builds the agent to run it. You'll see early designs, work through your own use cases with the team that's building it, and tell us where we have it wrong.
Roundtables: Finance & Accounting
Barbara Key, Gary Firlit, Marley Kezerian
Thursday September 17, 2026 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM EDT Richardson CD
Elite, Enterprise, General
Join the conversation on financial topics that matter most. This customer- and consultant-led roundtable session is designed for teams who want to share challenges, compare approaches, and explore practical strategies for managing financial workflows in Momentus. From billing and pricing to reporting and process alignment, attendees will leave with fresh ideas, real-world perspectives, and actionable takeaways they can bring back to their own organization.Roundtable discussion with your peers. No Agenda, No Slides, just an open dialogue.
Roundtables: IT & Systems Management
Courtney Covey, Gardy Noel, Joel Nisbett
Thursday September 17, 2026 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM EDT Richardson CD
Enterprise, General, Elite
This roundtable brings together IT professionals, system managers, analysts, and developers to explore common challenges and share strategies. While participation isn’t limited to those in technical or system administration roles we expect most attendees will bring experience working at this scale and complexity, many within conventions, exhibitions and events companies. The focus is on the problems you’re solving and the approaches that work, not on specific Momentus products.Roundtable discussion with your peers. No Agenda, No Slides, just an open dialogue.
Roundtables: Sales & Marketing
Dan Boyd, Katie Eisenbath, Kelli Donahoe, CMP-Fellow
Thursday September 17, 2026 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM EDT Richardson CD
General, Enterprise, Elite
Connect with other sales and marketing professionals to explore strategies for driving demand, managing pipelines, and promoting events. Hear what’s working for your peers and bring your own ideas, challenges, and wins to the table. Roundtable discussion with your peers. No Agenda, No Slides, just an open dialogue.
Ask Better Questions of Your Data: A Momentus Analytics Deep Dive
Rich Marmura
Thursday September 17, 2026 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM EDT Richardson CD
Elite, General, Enterprise
Move past the reports you inherited and build the views your leadership actually asks for, using AI to get from question to answer without a data team in the middle.
Illuminate Party at Truist Field
Wednesday September 16, 2026 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM EDT Truist Field
Elite, Enterprise, General
Tour: Truist Field
Wednesday September 16, 2026 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT Truist Field
Elite, Enterprise, General
This is an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of Truist Field, home of the Charlotte Knights, offered at no additional cost to Illuminate attendees. Registration must be completed before August 31. Capacity is limited to 100, with a waitlist available.
Beyond Event Day: An Event Ops Workshop
Andrea Quintana, OnYou Kang
Wednesday September 16, 2026 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM EDT Richardson A
Enterprise, Elite, General
Everything you handle on show day that the system should have handled for you. This session previews where Momentus is going on event operations, then works through your day-of scenarios with the team designing it. Deliberately weighted to operations rather than planning, because you already know the planning side cold.
Lunch
Wednesday September 16, 2026 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM EDT Richardson CD
Enterprise, General, Elite
The Future of Venue Finance: Momentus Payments & Finance AI
Marley Kezerian, Seth Halvaksz
Wednesday September 16, 2026 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM EDT Richardson CD
General, Elite, Enterprise
Discover how Momentus Payments customers are strengthening cash flow and cutting manual effort with a unified, secure checkout, digital wallet capabilities for storing payment methods and processing future charges, and automated reconciliation that keeps records accurate and audit-ready from invoice through collection. We'll also share our vision for Finance AI and where it's headed. Whether your priority is operational efficiency, cash flow, or financial accuracy, this session will show how our latest capabilities support your goals across the finance and operations ecosystem.and keep information accurate and real-time across platforms. We'll also share our vision for Finance AI and where it's headed. Whether your priority is operational efficiency or financial accuracy, this session will show how our newest capabilities support it across the finance and operations ecosystem.
Less Chasing, More Delivering: The Future of Event Sales, Planning and Ops
Carissa Harrison, OnYou Kang
Wednesday September 16, 2026 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM EDT Richardson CD
Enterprise, General, Elite
For Sales, Planning, and Ops teams. The stretch between a signed contract and a finished event is mostly chasing: frequent updates, handoffs, and last minute changes. We're sharing what's to come for sales and an early look at the direction we're exploring for event planning and operations, as Momentus becomes an AI-powered system of intelligence and action, and what it will look like when the system delivers the details for you.
Industry Keynote - Pit Crew Precision: Building Teams That Perform Under Pressure
Ray Evernham
Wednesday September 16, 2026 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT Richardson CD
Elite, Executive, Enterprise, General
Ray Evernham is a NASCAR Hall of Famer, three-time championship crew chief, and the architect of one of the most celebrated pit crews in racing history. He led Jeff Gordon and the legendary Rainbow Warriors to three championships and two Daytona 500 wins. He'll share what it takes to build a team that performs under pressure and executes flawlessly when it matters most. If you run a venue, you already know: tight coordination across departments can make or break a successful event. Ray knows what it means to move fast - he has lived that at 200 miles per hour!
Your Audience, Your Data, Your Revenue: Momentus Ticketing Explained
Dax Powers, Rachel Collie, Rob Rebman
Wednesday September 16, 2026 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM EDT Richardson CD
Elite, General, Enterprise
Third-party ticketing platforms take your fees and your customer data. Momentus Ticketing keeps both in-house. See how ticket sales connect directly into your Momentus platform, giving you a single view of every buyer, every event, and every dollar. This session includes a brief product demo, with a more in-depth session the afternoon of September 17 for those who want to go deeper.
Illuminate Welcome Reception at the NASCAR Hall of Fame
Tuesday September 15, 2026 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM EDT NASCAR Hall of Fame
Enterprise, Elite, General, Executive
Tour: Charlotte Convention Center
Tuesday September 15, 2026 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM EDT Richardson Pre-Function
Elite, Enterprise, General
This is an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the Charlotte Convention Center, offered at no additional cost to Illuminate attendees. There is no capacity limit, but pre-registration helps our partners plan for a great tour experience. Registration must be completed before August 31. Click for more details.
Win More Business, Faster: MomentusMAX in Action
Carissa Harrison
Tuesday September 15, 2026 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM EDT Richardson CD
Enterprise, General, Executive, Elite
See MomentusMAX working on real venue scenarios: opportunities scored and ranked, holds and calendar conflicts resolved in conversation, proposals assembled from your own inventory. This is the live product, not a concept. Sales and booking leaders will leave knowing what it does today and how to get their venue on it.
The Momentus Product Vision: From System of Record to Intelligence
Alex Griffis
Tuesday September 15, 2026 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM EDT Richardson CD
Executive, General, Enterprise, Elite
Momentus has been the system your venue runs on. Now it becomes the system that thinks and acts alongside your team. Alex Griffis walks the full product vision across every line, where AI changes the work your people do each day, and what's taking shape next in our products past MomentusMAX towards Event Planning, Operations, Finance and a modern Analytics, Portal and Agentic AI offerings to meet your business needs. Start here to make sense of every session that follows.
Illuminate 2026: Momentus Leadership Briefing
Alex Alexandrov
Tuesday September 15, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT Richardson CD
General, Elite, Enterprise, Executive
Networking Lunch: Welcome & Connections
Tuesday September 15, 2026 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM EDT Richardson CD
Executive, General, Enterprise, Elite
Get settled in the Charlotte Convention Center and connect with friends, peers, and Momentus staff over lunch before we officially kick off Illuminate.
Registration & Check-In
Tuesday September 15, 2026 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM EDT Richardson Pre-Function
Elite, Enterprise, General