IFA Conferences & Events
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Join other Franchise leaders and innovators to discover the latest way to take your franchise to the next level. Designed specifically for early-stage franchisors, this event offers strategies, resources, and peer connections to help you build and scale your franchise brand.

Hear from development experts, speak with operations gurus, discover next-generation opportunities. Whether you are trying to kick-start your franchise system or take it to the next level, IFA’s Emerging Franchisor Conference was designed for entrepreneurs like you.

The SCALE acronym captures the event’s core intent: Strategy, Capital, Acquisition, Leadership and Expansion – the dimensions that define a franchise brand’s readiness to grow, partner, or transact. Unlike broad industry conferences, SCALE is purposebuilt for franchisors who are at a meaningful inflection point: those seeking capital to accelerate growth, those exploring partnership or platform opportunities, and those preparing for or actively pursuing an exit.

Join us for the premier event in franchising, bringing together franchisors, franchisees, and franchise suppliers to discuss industry trends, gain actionable insights, and celebrate franchise excellence. Explore every aspect of franchising from business development ideas, strategies for personal growth and unique opportunities for networking.  You get all the franchise-focused education, community building and support for your franchising journey – all in one place

IFA is proud to serve as the exclusive and title sponsor of the International Franchise Show London, expanding the association’s reach around the globe and bringing new franchise opportunities and education to the United Kingdom. Come meet hundreds of the best franchise opportunities from around the world – The International Franchise Show is host to the UK’s biggest selection of the most exciting global franchise opportunities!

The annual Multi-Unit Franchising Conference is the premier event targeting multi-unit franchisees in the food, hospitality, retail and service sectors - along with developers, chain store operators and private investment groups looking to build and expand multi-unit operations. This is the ultimate deal-making event for franchisors, multi-unit franchisees and service providers.

This unique event is highly influenced by its advisory board consisting of the very best multi-unit franchisees. The board works diligently to ensure that the conference delivers on its promise of being the best platform for franchisees to learn how to grow their businesses. This conference will provide programs targeted to the size of franchisee organizations as well as topics of importance to multi-unit franchisees today.

Join leading legal experts and franchising professionals to navigate the complex legal and regulatory landscape, ensuring compliance and minimizing risk. Experience practical, real-world programming that covers the latest business and franchise law developments. Connect with knowledgeable law practitioners and franchise executives while learning how to approach today’s legal landscape.

Each year, IFA partners with the International Bar Association’s Franchising Committee to develop a program for some of the world’s leading practitioners and franchise legal counsel. Experienced legal counsel will share invaluable information regarding the latest developments in international law and their importance to franchising.

Where franchisor CMOs, brand leaders and their teams turn strategy into profitable unit-level growth.

Advocate for the future of franchising with policymakers and leaders. This meeting connects the franchising community with lawmakers to protect and advance the franchise business model.  Learn the latest legislative and policy updates impacting franchising and then move to Capitol Hill, joining other members of the franchising community, to meet with your representatives in Congress to discuss these impacts. IFA will set up the meetings and prep and guide you beforehand. This event is open to IFA and FAN Members only.

The Franchise Leadership & Development Conference is an exclusive event for franchisor CEOs, Presidents, COOs, CDOs and Franchise Development Executives. Our conference advisory board is comprised of the brightest experienced leaders in the franchise industry today. They provide direct input in the development of the quality programs and content for this conference. With our dynamic agenda touching facets of franchise development, the conference provides education to enhance franchisee recruitment, sales and development as well as professional leadership.

Our STAR Awards program is the premier industry awards program honoring the best franchise development programs.