Save your spot ICDEX·2026

Retail Focus, ICDA Awards & SDT Symposium

• High-intent retail audience: buyers, category leads, brand owners.

• ICDA judging of over 4,500 entries throughout the day
• Main-stage market outlook sets commercial tone and priorities.
• Retail Theatre tackles margin mix, own label vs brand, promo effectiveness, waste, and shopper personalisation.
• Technical & Sustainability Theatre discusses targets, filtration and yields.
• Innovation cadence: retailer spotlights and chef-led retail-ready demos.
• Structured networking: hosted buyer meetings, networking lunch, curated floor tours.
• Artisan Showcase

• Evening SDT Summer Conference dinner consolidates relationships and thought leadership.
  

Foodservice Focus & ICDA Awards Presentation

• Audience pivot to operators, chefs, distributors and procurement.
• Foodservice Theatre: dairy ingredients and the impact on menu engineering.
• Technical & Procurement Theatre: energy/water retrofits, cleaning & audit-proof SOPs, logistics traceability.
• Chef’s Kitchen converts products into scalable dishes (sauces, pizza performance, desserts).
• Networking: hosted buyer meetings, Buyers’ Tasting opportunities, Artisan Showcase.
• Awards Drinks Reception and ICDA Awards Presentation, media opportunities and EXPO close.