PPAI’s North American Leadership Conference got underway in Chicago on Monday night, with a packed executive networking event and a sneak peek at the 2025 PPAI 100, held at Adler Planetarium.
Attendees were the first to see the 100 distributors and suppliers who will make up the third-annual list via a countdown projected across the stars in the planetarium dome. The industry leading suppliers will be revealed to the larger merch community on May 20, via PPAI Newslink, with the leading 100 distributors published on May 27.
More than 160 leaders from throughout the promotional products community are in the Windy City this week to take in impactful education and perspectives while trading business insights in a thoughtful networking environment. Monday’s event brought views of Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline, live music, tasty bites and the opportunity to use the planetarium’s telescopes.
NALC is the flagship event in PPAI’s summer conference series, which continues in Belgium next week with the first-ever International Leadership Summit and moves back to the U.S. with Women’s Leadership Conference in June.
