Atlanta is where AI in Distribution gets practical
The hype around AI is real — and a small group of distributors is already turning it into margin, market share, and operational lift. The rest are still talking about it.
Where Leaders Turn AI into Competitive Advantage
The AI Forum: ATL brings the national conversation to Atlanta in a single, focused day. Connect with the distributors, technology partners, and DSG analysts who can show you what’s working right now — and how to apply it to your business before your competitors do.
What You’ll Learn
8 Key Takeaways for You and Your Team
You’ll leave with actionable strategies, direct access to industry leaders, and a clear vision of how AI can transform your business today. Our intensively curated program delivers:
Benchmark where your business actually stands. Walk out with a clear read on your AI maturity relative to your peers and validated by DSG research.
Real numbers, not “AI is exciting.” Every case study comes with actual figures: payback period, productivity lift, margin impact — real data.
What you need to know in one day. The AI Forum: ATL is engineered for executives whose time is the scarcest resource in the room.
Agenda set by the team behind State of AI in Distribution — the largest, longest-running dataset on how 200+ distributors are actually deploying AI.
Every example is wholesale-distribution specific. No generic AI demos.
Bring your strategist and your executor in the same room. The day is structured for the C-suite decision-maker and the AI champion to sit through it together.
See past 2026 with DSG’s AI 2030 framework. The decisions you make this year need to hold up for years to come.
You’re in the room with other distributors that understand the challenges specific to your region.
Every session — keynotes, sponsor presentations, the closing panel — is curated and vetted by Distribution Strategy Group, the team behind the State of AI in Distribution research.
If you’ve sat through a few too many AI events that felt like demo days, the AI Forum: ATL is the corrective: a room of distribution operators talking honestly about what’s working, what’s overhyped, and what’s worth your money in the next twelve months.