The Queen Mary moored in Long Beach harbor beside a white dome

Long Beach,California

SDTW 2026 ran across Long Beach: the waterfront, the manufacturing corridor and downtown. The 2027 edition is in Southern California; dates, venue and travel details follow once they are set.

Sept 14–18, 2026
LGB 10 minutes from downtown
Next: 2027, Southern California

The busiest port complex in the country on one side. The largest dual-use manufacturing cluster on the other. The week sat between them.

Red container cranes over shipping containers at the Port of Long Beach — **The port.** The San Pedro Bay complex moves more than a third of US containerized imports. Photograph by Regular Daddy, CC BY-SA 3.0.

A fireside conversation on stage under the JetZero sign — **The corridor.** Summits ran on working floors: JetZero, GrayMatter Robotics and BlueCore Energy.

Attendees walking the GrayMatter Robotics factory floor — Morning corridor tours, by RSVP, each summit day.

A 1930s postcard of Ocean Avenue showing the Breakers Hotel tower — **Downtown.** The closing dinner at the Fairmont Breakers on Ocean Boulevard. Postcard by Tichnor Brothers, public domain.

Fly, roll, ride

Minutes from Long Beach (LGB), the closest airport to downtown by ride-share.

Minutes from LAX, up the 405, for every international route.

Minutes from John Wayne (SNA), the regional option for Orange County arrivals.

For confirmed attendees

One dispatch follows the cohort lock-in, with everything needed to get through the week.

Venue addresses

Confirmed addresses for each summit, dinner, forum and reception, with entry notes, badge requirements and security entrances.

Hotel block

The rate code for the host hotel and overflow properties. The block opens about 90 days before the week and goes fast.

Run of show

The hour-by-hour run sheet for each badge level, with ride-share zones and a contact tree.

For 2027, the host city in Southern California will be announced here.

An aircraft parked outside an open hangar where a reception is set up

See you in 2027

The host city, venues and hotel block are coming soon.

2027 coming soon