LEAF Community Connect 2026

Terranea Resort, Southern California

February 11, 2026

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February 12, 2026

The first LEAF Community Connect will be an exclusive gathering of LEAF framework users, partners, and industry leaders at the stunning Terranea Resort in Southern California. This invitation-only community event will bring together over 50 key stakeholders in the access control and security technology space for two days of collaboration, innovation, and real-world insights. This event will launch our 2026 momentum with showcases of new technology available to LEAF Community members, the transformative impact of of LEAF solutions through real world implementations presented by high profile end users. Come for networking, learning, collaboration, early insights, and direct engagement with technology leaders.

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Schedule of Events

DAY 1 (Wednesday, February 11)

  • 2:00 PM: Welcome event at White's Point
  • 2:30 PM: Opening remarks
  • 3:00 PM: The LEAF Ecosystem Panel Discussion (Allan Chester - any2any, Zach Klares - PDQ, Juergen Sept - TANlock)
  • 4:00 PM: What's Coming in 2026 
    (Jeff Buzan - Wavelynx, Vitor Hajje - AdvanIDe, William Valera - Hanwha)
  • 5:00 PM: Group Activity
  • 5:30 PM: Networking
  • 6:30 PM: On-Site Buffet Dinner

DAY 2 (Thursday, February 12)

  • 8:00 AM: On-Site Breakfast
  • 9:00 AM: Modernizing the Access System
    (Josh Cummings - Paladin, Gourgen Oganessyan - rf IDEAS, Matt Bennett - AlertEnterprise)
  • 10:00 AM: How to Use LEAF Verified
    (Joe Vellella)
  • 11:00 AM: Product Committee Meet
  • 12:00 PM: On-Site Lunch
  • 1:00 PM: Why Co-Opetition is Positive
    (Sayeed Kamal - Hirsch, Scott Lindley - Fairpointe, Kumar Sokka - ACRE)
  • 3:00 PM: Afternoon activities
  • 6:30 PM: Dinner and networking at The Strand in Manhattan Beach

DAY 3 (Friday, February 13)

  • Departures and checkout
  • Optional: golf outing at Los Verdes

Travel

Please RSVP for your room in our block through our booking link, or over the phone (855) 441-2575. If RSVP'ing over the phone, don't forget to reference the LEAF Community Connect 2026 room block.

Registration and Costs

​If your LEAF Community Membership tier includes free-passes to Community events, use them for LEAF Community Connect! After all passes are used, you will be invoiced the community-member discounted rate of $850/attendee. Tickets cover all event sessions and meals.

Visionary members: 4 free passes
Members, Ambassadors, Innovators: 2 free passes

Non-community members attending will be invoiced at a rate of $1300 per person. *Registration requests are now being accepted for non-Community members.

Give a referral: LEAF Community members can extend the discounted registration rate to their network by sharing their referral code. Remind your referrals to input the code during their request for registration! Community members should reach out to contact@leaf-community.com to retrieve their referral code.

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