Connect NY 2026
Commerce leaders rarely get to compare notes. Connect NY 2026 changes that for two days in September.
What drives conversion at scale for visuals? What are the strategies for increasing sales and getting ROI from AI? And where does your business stand?
Connect NY is a private gathering for leaders running visual commerce across the largest global marketplaces and retail brands.
Featured speakers
Hear directly from leaders shaping the future of visual commerce, marketplaces, and AI-powered commerce.
Manish Chandra — Founder & Board Member, Poshmark
Thomas Hezard — Chief Product Officer, Vestiaire Collective
Yasuo Hishii — Director of Product Management, Mercari
Matt Rouif — CEO, Photoroom
Jeff Strauss — Head of Imaging, Photoroom (ex-Wolt, ex-Amazon)
Additional speakers to be announced.
What you'll walk away with:
Learnings for your business to increase sales and ROI:
Panel discussions with global leaders around visual excellence to increase sales, best practices for ROI and what to prepare for the future of visual commerce.
Practical cases and working sessions with leaders solving these challenges at scale, with plenty of time for discussion.
The option to book a private audit session with the Photoroom team and leave with tailored recommendations for your current setup.
Benchmarking: A clear read on how teams are actually running catalog production today including use of AI, backed by anonymized benchmarks.
Networking with peers to stay in touch with for the future.
Celebration (evening of September 15th): Invitation for you and a guest to attend the Photoroom 100 best product pages gala dinner (evening of the 15th). More learnings, networking and some fun!
For Photoroom customers (morning of September 16th): meeting with Photoroom CEO and product leaders regarding best practice use of Photoroom, the latest innovations and future roadmap.
Who's in the room
Teams from marketplaces, multi-brand retailers, and DTC at scale, alongside leaders from Photoroom.