Kick off Open House with a look at what’s ahead over the next two days, plus local Fort Lauderdale tips and recommendations from our host, BeachesMLS.  

Recharge, reconnect, and explore. The Lounge is your hub for networking, meeting with sponsors, and discovering new solutions that support MLS excellence. Whether you’re diving into conversation or grabbing a quick refreshment, this is the place to engage with peers and power your day.

Open House begins with a clear look at the choices shaping the future of MLS. Jessie Edgerton will frame the forces changing the industry and challenge attendees to consider what the MLS model must protect, rethink, and build to remain essential in the decade ahead.

Leadership is tested most when the path forward is uncertain. Mike Staver will share practical strategies for making clear decisions, communicating with courage, and keeping teams focused and accountable through change, pressure, and difficult moments.

Hear directly from brokerage leaders about where the MLS delivers indispensable value—and where their needs are being met elsewhere. This candid conversation will explore what brokers need from MLS organizations today and how the model can evolve to better support their businesses.

Technology is rapidly expanding how brokers operate—and many of their needs are being met beyond the MLS. This conversation brings brokers and technology providers together to explore how those tools are evolving, why brokerages are turning to solutions outside the MLS, and what these changing expectations mean for the future role of MLS organizations.

What could the MLS become over the next decade? Three speakers will make the strongest case for three distinct futures—MLS as infrastructure, MLS as platform, and MLS in managed decline—before challenging one another’s assumptions and implications. Attendees will hear competing visions designed to sharpen the industry’s choices about what comes next.

CMLS CEO Jessie Edgerton sits down with Compass Founder and CEO Robert Reffkin for a deeper look at Compass and its perspective on the changing real estate marketplace.

CMLS CEO Jessie Edgerton and Zillow Chief Industry Development Officer Errol Samuelson come together for a wide-ranging fireside chat about the future of the MLS and the marketplace it supports. They’ll explore the role of advocacy, how MLSs can continue adding value, why transparency remains essential to a high-functioning marketplace, and how technology and changing consumer expectations are influencing the evolution of real estate.

Northwest MLS CEO Justin Haag returns to Open House to discuss NWMLS’s commitment to an open, fair, transparent, and comprehensive marketplace. In this session, Justin will detail how the independent, broker-owned MLS navigated a year of significant industry shifts.  He will share how NWMLS’s new listing option balances sellers’ need for enhanced flexibility during the early stages of a listing with buyers’ need for access to the open marketplace.

Consolidation is reshaping the MLS landscape. Industry leaders will examine the forces driving combinations, the tradeoffs for organizations and markets, and what a healthy, sustainable MLS ecosystem could look like as the industry evolves.

Explore what economic research on two-sided markets and data cooperatives can tell us about the MLS model. This session will examine where the structure is durable, where it is vulnerable, and what may need to change as AI, platform competition, and data consolidation reshape the marketplace.

A panel of MLS CEOs reacts to the day’s biggest ideas, tensions, and unresolved questions. Expect candid perspectives on which arguments challenged their assumptions, what the industry still needs to confront, and what they will carry forward from the conversation.

Stop by The Lounge for a networking reception to discuss takeaways and inspiration from day one.

*Invitation only. Since its launch, Champions of MLS has grown from a bold idea to a national voice for MLS advocacy—thanks to early supporters like you. Now, as the industry continues to evolve, we’re inviting you to be part of shaping what comes next. By supporting Champions of MLS, you’ll help ensure MLS remains a driving force for transparency, access, and innovation in real estate. Let’s come together to celebrate the progress we’ve made—and commit to the future we’re building. We’ll also take a special moment to honor our Chair, Nicole Jensen, whose leadership continues to guide our shared vision for the future of MLS.