Ei2026 is not a lecture hall conference. It is a retreat-style experience built around our theme of Cooperative Competition. You will step away from daily routines, connect across disciplines, and return with clarity, confidence, and connections to accelerate your role and your business. The all-inclusive setting (hotel, meals, activities) ensures the focus is on learning, collaboration, and community. With the single-track keynotes, unconference track, and speaker competition - we’re the only US-based conference to give attendees so many opportunities to learn, connect, and grow in to the future leaders (and speakers) of tomorrow.

Experimentation island is designed for senior professionals in product, behavioral science, marketing, UX, data, research, copywriting, and experimentation. It is not just for leaders with experimentation or CRO in their title. If you already use data or experimentation to make smarter decisions, or want to, you will feel right at home here.

Our speaker competition gives emerging voices the chance to take the Ei stage. Selected applicants receive coaching from world-class speaker coach Michael Aagaard, preparing them to deliver powerful presentations. It is cooperative competition in action: candidates compete for a stage spot, but collaborate with Michael to sharpen their stories. Past winners have gone on to become well-known conference speakers.

Attending Experimentation island is not just good for you, it is a smart investment for your organization. With companies investing millions acquiring experimentation platforms and their people, the business world has made it clear: experimentation is mission-critical. By learning from experts and connecting with peers, you return ready to drive better decisions, avoid costly mistakes, and strengthen experimentation culture across your company.

Yes. In-house teams save when they attend together. Bring one colleague and share a $500 discount. Bring two colleagues and share a $900 discount. A team returns aligned and ready to collaborate and grow.

Your ticket covers your hotel stay, all meals, sessions, evening events, and team challenges. The entire experience is all-inclusive so you can focus on learning, connecting, and collaborating.

The event takes place on St. Simons Island, GA, at Sea Palms, where we will have exclusive use of the hotel. Jacksonville, FL (about 70 miles south) is the closest major airport. Our optional JAX-Sea Palms shuttle runs only on Tuesday arrival (pick up at 11:30 AM) and Thursday after the event ends (departs 2:00 PM, arrives JAX 3:30 PM). Registration opens at 1 PM Eastern on February 24, and we wrap up by 1 PM Eastern on February 26. If you plan to fly out on Thursday, book flights no earlier than 5 PM. There are inexpensive airport hotels in Jacksonville, FL, if you need to make use of that option either Monday or Thursday evening.

We curate the attendee mix to foster the best possible conversations. That means balancing client-side, agency, and vendor voices, limiting registrations to no more than three per brand, and ensuring representation across product, UX, marketing, data, and experimentation.

You are in good company. This is only the second edition of Experimentation island, so many attendees will be first-timers. The retreat design, team-based games, and event app make it easy to meet people. Our partners and crew are also there to connect you with others. You will feel part of the community from day one.

Yes. Sponsorship opportunities include: Event Partners (vendors) who host main stage content snacks or send a client speaker, plus host booths and challenges. Community Partners (agencies/consultancies) who promote the event and may purchase bundled tickets for clients. Marketing Partners (industry leaders with podcasts, communities, or platforms) who help spread the word in exchange for a ticket. Event partnerships are full for Ei2026, but you can join the waiting list.

Cooperative competition is the spirit of Ei2026. While competition can drive performance, true progress comes when teams collaborate as well as compete. At Experimentation island, that means stepping out of silos, sharing wins, and raising the standard together. Through team-based games, breakouts, and challenges, you’ll experience firsthand that innovation is not a solo sprint - it’s a team sport.

This year, our color is orange: the energy of competition and the optimism of a horizon at sunrise. From the balconies at Sea Palms, the horizon stretches over the marsh, reminding us that every vantage point is unique. Together, we gather to learn from those perspectives and chase what’s next.