Social Commerce Summit Brings Real Operators & Resources to Salt Lake City September 16
Social Commerce Summit Brings Real Operators & Resources to Salt Lake City September 16
The room that actually built, scaled, and sold in social commerce is coming to Salt Lake City. Social Commerce Summit kicks off its 2026 fall series on September 16 at Young Living Headquarters — 20+ operators who've shipped products, run P&Ls, and built the platforms brands actually use. No theorists. No pitch decks without a business behind them. Just people who've done it, sharing what's working right now. With U.S. social commerce sales projected to top $100 billion in 2026, this is the conversation worth being in. Brands attend free by application → socommsummit.com/events/utah-2026
SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Social Commerce Summit will bring its 2026 fall series to Salt Lake City on Wednesday, September 16, at Young Living Headquarters Auditorium, gathering over 20 speakers representing resources and brands that have built, scaled or sold inside social commerce.
Operators who've actually built, scaled, and sold in social commerce, sharing what's helped them and what's working right now. Social Commerce Summit arrives in Salt Lake City September 16. socommsummit.com
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US social commerce sales are projected to top $100 billion in 2026.
Social Commerce Summit has one unbreakable rule: no speaker without a real business behind them and the resources to support. Everyone who takes the stage has shipped a product; run a P&L; or built a platform brands actually use.
"Salt Lake City kicks off our fall series with exactly the kind of room we set out to build: operators who've actually built, scaled and sold in social commerce, sharing what's helped them and what’s working right now," said Stuart Johnson, Founder and CEO of Social Commerce News.
THE LINEUP
The full day is hosted live by David Vanderveen of IM8 /Special Projects and Co-host of Verified: The Social Commerce Podcast.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Emma Lifer, Marketplace SEO & Merchandising Manager, Grüns
- Jay Hunter, CEO, Sprinter/K2O
- Paul Sabas, Team Lead, Business Development & Agencies, Snap Inc.
- Dr. Kellyann Petrucci, Founder, Dr. Kellyann
- Cydni Tetro, President & Advisory Board Member, MTNP / Swire Coca-Cola
- Trygve Jensen, President of Creators, Pattern
- Will August, CEO, Outlandish
- Roxanne Bennett, Co-Founder, Pinners
- Susan Petersen, Founder & CEO, Freshly Picked
- McKenzie Bauer, Co-Founder, Threads
- Jeff Durham, Founder & CEO, GIMME
- Dylan Ander, Founder, Heatmap / MentionStack
- Jess Toolson, Founder & CEO, Mixhers
- Karalynne & Jeff Call, Founders, Just Ingredients, among others.
THE DETAILS
- What: Social Commerce Summit — Salt Lake City
- When: September 16, 2026, 9 am – 5 pm
- Where: Young Living Headquarters Auditorium
- Who: 20+ confirmed speakers
- Passes: Brand professionals attend for free by application; industry and VIP brand passes also available
- Register: socommsummit.com/events/utah-2026
Additional events will be held in Los Angeles (October 14–16) and New York City (November 10).
About Social Commerce Summit
Social Commerce Summit is a national event series produced by the platform, Social Commerce News, bringing together brand leaders, platform executives, agencies and investors to examine what actually works in social commerce.
Social Commerce News also produces Verified: The Social Commerce Podcast and the Social Commerce Intelligence Report.
For more information, visit SOCOMMSUMMIT.COM or email info@socialcommercenews.com.
