The first half of 2025 was chock full of restaurant conferences, and there are still a few upcoming events left to mark on your calendars.
Agendas and speaker lists are live, with topics covering finance, technology, franchise strategy and consumer trends. The year’s remaining events feature showroom floors with established and up-and-coming vendors, where thousands of attendees can find new opportunities in equipment, digital technology and more firsthand.
To help you prioritize your travel budget, Restaurant Dive has selected the buzziest restaurant events scheduled for 2025. Take a look below to see which shows are still coming up, and review the events of the year so far.
Top restaurant conferences in 2025
FSTEC
Sept. 14-16
Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center, Kissimmee, FL
FSTEC is a major foodservice technology conference showcasing innovations in the restaurant industry, with sessions on forward-looking trends and topics like artificial intelligence, the future of work and consumer relationship management tech. FS/TEC will feature more than 70 speakers this year.
Restaurant Finance & Development Conference
Nov. 10-12, 2025
The Bellagio, Las Vegas, Nevada
RFDC is a financial conference for restaurant owners, operators and financial executives. Attendees can learn about key trends in restaurant business and capital markets during educational sessions covering topics including capital raising strategies, third-party delivery, investment and merger and acquisition trends.
Speakers in 2024 included executives from Inspire Brands, Flynn Restaurant Group, Papa Johns, Texas Roadhouse, Qdoba, The Habit Burger and Dutch Bros.
