#TDS26 Update: Who Will You Meet in Manchester?

With less than a month to our 15th anniversary celebration, final preparations are well underway for #TDS26!

From 30 November – 2 December, venue professionals from across the sports and entertainment sector will gather at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester, for three days of practical project insights, high-level networking, exclusive site tours, and industry celebration.

Registration for this landmark edition has been particularly strong. We are pleased to confirm that our attendance has reached 450+ registrations, featuring 220+ organisations and over 60 international project delegations from around the globe.

Whether you are looking to meet project owners, connect with leading project directors, evaluate new venue designs, or meet specialist suppliers, #TDS26 is where you need to be.

Our expanding delegate list includes key decision-makers, project leads, architects, engineers, and suppliers from across the industry, including: 

(correct at 10 November 2026)

• AC Sparta Praha
• Adamson Associates Int
• AECOM
• AFC Bournemouth
• AFL Architects
• AKT II
• ALBA Berlin
• Arcadis Consulting
• ArcAero
• Architen Landrell
• Artelia UK Ltd.
• Ascot Racecourse
• Ashton Flow
• Ashton Gate Sporting Quarter
• Aston Villa FC
• Astra Group
• ATS
• Aviva Arena (YTL Live)
• Avonrock
• Axess AG
• Bath Rugby Club
• BDP Pattern
• BeachStadium
• BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group
• Bombe
• Boodle Hatfield LLP
• Bose Professional
• Brandpointe
• BRC Imagination Arts
• Brett Martin
• Brighton & Hove Albion FC
• Brook Green Supply
• BSC Young Boys (Stade de Suisse)
• Buro Happold
• Business Lahti
• Cast Connex
• Cavendish Consulting
• Charcoalblue
• Christian Constantin SA
• Chybik + Kristof = Architects
• City of Cape Town
• ClarkeCM Limited
• Club Doncaster/Eco-Power Stadium
• Co-op Live
• Coda Audio
• Core Five
• Costudio Consulting
• Cox Architecture
• CPP Wind Engineering
• Cricket Ireland
• CrowdStor – Vpod Smart Solutions
• CTI
• Cundall
• d&b audiotechnik
• Daktronics
• Daplast
• Dawnvale
• Deloitte
• Denholm Industrial Services
• DHL Stadium Cape Town
• DP9 Ltd
• DSD Heavy Lift AG
• DSK Engineering
• DT Sports
• DZ Engineering
• Ecoglo International
• Eidos Engineering
• EMERGENCY NGO
• EP Group / AC Sparta Prague
• ES Global
• Extreme Networks
• F3 Architects
• FC Banik Ostrava
• FC Nuremberg
• FC Sion

Not on the list yet? There is still time to secure your place alongside 450+ venue industry leaders in Manchester.

• Fenwick Iribarren Architects
• Fundamental
• G&A Strategy and Design
• Gardiner & Theobald
• Gensler
• Gibraltar FA
• GKAD GmbH
• Gleeds LLP
• Grimshaw Architects
• GSM Sella GmbH
• Hadfield Cawkwell Davidson
• Hakro Merlins Basketball Club
• Hardball Capital
• Harman International Industries
• Henny Penny Corp.
• HH Sportsbase + Venues
• Hill Cross Furniture
• Hilson Moran
• HKS Architects
• HOK International
• Holmes Miller Architects
• Hoopers Architects
• Hussey Seating
• IDOM
• Integral Group (Turkey)
• Irish FA
• ITS Interiors
• JDE Peet’s
• JG Ingenieros
• Johan Cruijff Arena
• Kai Tak Sports Park
• KEMMLIT Baueelemente GmbH
• Keppie Design
• Kinetic Solutions Group / ARX
• Knowix
• Kronman Associates
• KSS
• L-Acoustics
• Land Use Consultants (LUC)
• Langan International
• LANIK
• Layrd Design
• Ledvance
• Legends Global
• Lichfields
• Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR)
• Limak International Limited
• Live Nation Middle East
• Luton Town FC
• Mace Construct
• Machete Group
• Maffeis Engineering
• Manchester City FC
• Marylebone Cricket Club (Lord’s)
• Melbourne Cricket Club
• Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team
• Merson Digital
• Meyer Sound
• Moment Factory
• Momentum Structural Engineering
• Momentum Transport Consultancy
• Moody Center
• Mott MacDonald
• Musco Lighting Europe
• Mycotoo Europe
• Navori Labs
• Newcastle United FC
• NewSubstance
• Oak View Group (OVG)
• OPS Structures
• PFEIFER Structures GmbH
• Pixmob
• Plan A Consultants
• Planit

Is your organisation missing from the list? Join these 220+ companies and 60+ project delegations at Emirates Old Trafford.

• Populous
• Portview Fit-Out
• Powersoft
• Prime Arena Holdings
• PROPROJEKT
• Pure Vista
• QA Venue Solutions
• Q-Railing
• RB Leipzig
• Real Wireless
• Real Zaragoza
• Rider Levett Bucknall RLB
• Robert Bird Group
• Rockvolt
• Royal Highland Centre / Royal Highland Show
• RSHP
• Russell Partnership Collection
• RWDI
• Ryder Architecture
• Savills
• Serge Ferrari Group
• Series / Forum
• Series Seating
• Shure Inc
• Signify
• Sika
• Sir Robert McAlpine
• Solotech
• Southampton FC
• Spencer Technologies Global
• Sporting Clube de Portugal
• Stadium Structures
• Stadium Support Services
• Steer Group
• Stoke City FC
• Stuart Forbes Associates
• Studio Monotti – Engineering
• TAIT
• Temme // Obermeier GmbH
• Teufelberger Redaelli
• The Sports Consultancy
• The Stadium Consultancy
• The·Team
• Thorn Lighting [Zumtobel Group]
• Thornton Tomasetti
• tp bennett
• Tricon Foodservice Consultants
• Tromsø IL
• Turley
• Unibox
• Uniguest
• Unilumin
• University of Amsterdam
• Uppsala Arenor och fastigheter AB
• Venue Architects
• Vickery Hyett Architects
• Walker Morris LLP
• Walter P Moore
• Warwickshire CCC / Edgbaston Stadium
• Watson Farley & Williams LLP
• Willis Hazell Engineers
• WilsonSEA
• Wire and Sky
• WOO Architects
• Wrexham AFC
• WSDG
• WSP
• York Racecourse
• Yorkshire County Cricket Club
• Zaha Hadid Architects

… Shouldn’t you be joining them? Don’t miss out on the sector’s flagship design and development gathering of the year.