Est. 2026·New York City·Oct 14·By application No. 01

Not a
conference.

An anti-conference for the people actually building conversational messaging. Live demos, real building, real numbers. One room in New York, once a year.

When
Oct 14, 2026
Where
New York City
Format
One room
LIMITED SEATS
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Venue announced to applicants first. Capped at 150.
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§ House rules · read them at the door

Six things we
refuse to do.

Rule 00 · the spicy one

Phones in pockets.

Yes, a messaging summit that bans phones. That's the point. The best thinking about conversation happens when you're in one. Phones come out only in the permitted windows. The light tells you which way it's swinging.

08:30 doors 12:00 lunch 16:15 reception
Room status
PHONES DOWN
01No panels

Six people nodding is not content.

Nobody ever watched a panel and changed how they work. We cut them entirely.

02No slideware

If it only exists on a slide, it stays home.

No decks read aloud. Show the thing running, or don't take the floor.

03Live or nothing

Demos run live. Real traffic. Real failure.

Agents on real numbers, in front of the room. If it breaks on stage, that's the most honest moment of the day.

04Build in the room

You leave with something shipped.

Open hacking time, on the clock. Wire up an agent across SMS, RCS and WhatsApp before the day ends.

05One room

No tracks. Everyone hears the same thing.

No FOMO hallway. No B-room. The whole room moves together, all day.

06Cite it

Sources, or it didn't happen.

Every number on screen names its deployment. No "up to," no "industry-leading," no vibes.

§ The day · one track · one room

Demos. Building. Insights.
Then home.

08:30

Doors, coffee, last scroll

Phones OK

Badges and caffeine. Phones still allowed. Get the posting out of your system now.

09:30

Phones down. We begin.

Phones down

The room goes heads-up. Opening shot: messaging went conversational. Now prove it runs.

10:00

Omni-brain - one agent, every channel

Live demo

One brain across RCS and Apple Messages for Business, demoed live on real traffic. No edits, no happy path.

11:00

How agents are performing

Insight

A deep dive into the data from live deployments: conversational vs. broadcast conversion, containment and escalation rates, the economics of speed-to-lead. Every figure names its deployment.

12:00

Lunch + permitted phone window

Phones OK

Thirty minutes. Phones on. Post the hot take, then put it away.

12:45

Open hacking: build in the room

Build

Hands on keyboards. Wire a live agent across SMS, RCS and WhatsApp before the clock runs out.

14:30

Roasted by the carriers

Live critique

What you just built goes on the big screen, and Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T take it apart, live. Unfiltered feedback from the people who decide whether your traffic delivers.

15:30

Compliance & who's liable

Insight

Consent, 10DLC, and the new question: who answers when an autonomous agent sends the message?

16:15

Phones back on. Reception.

Phones OK

Lights green. Drinks out. The conversations that started in the room keep going.

§ The lineup

We don't book speakers.
We book demos.

No keynote circuit. The floor goes to operators with something running in production. Slots open below. Bring the live thing.

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§ Backers

Sponsors don't get a booth.
They get a demo slot, like everyone.

§ Get in the room

Apply to attend
or demo.

Every application is read by a human. We want production data and live builds, not pitch decks.

Demos: bring something that runs live. Real numbers beat big claims.
Sponsors: founding-year placement, year-one pricing.
Rolling review: move early, get the better slot.
Rolling review · Capped at 150
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§ The fine print

Questions, answered.

Wait, a messaging summit that bans phones?

Yes, and on purpose. The best thinking about conversation happens when you're in one, not photographing a slide. Phones come out in the permitted windows (doors, lunch, and the reception); the rest of the day is heads-up. A light at the front of the room tells you which way it's swinging.

Why no panels?

Because nobody ever watched six people agree on stage and changed how they work on Monday. We replaced every panel with live demos, hands-on building, and data with sources attached.

When and where is Outbound 2026?

October 14, 2026, in New York City. The venue is finalized and announced to applicants first, ahead of any public note. Capped at 150 in one room.

Who should apply?

Operators running conversational messaging in production, the platform and carrier teams who own the rails, builders shipping agents, and the compliance minds keeping it trusted. If you can show it running live, you belong here.

Who will be in the room?

The people driving messaging: the carriers (Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T), the platform owners (Apple, Google), industry bodies like the CTIA, and the operators and builders running conversational agents in production. Capped at 150, curated by application, so every seat is someone worth talking to.