The Indiana Convention Center lists the Emerging Leaders' Summit for 7 October 2026. The venue gives Meeting Rooms 231-239, doors at 8:30 a.m. and a forecast attendance of 220.
The organiser is the Indiana Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber titles the day the Emerging Leaders Forum and calls this edition the second annual.
The window the group holds
The venue's facility guide gives rooms 231 through 239 at 1,785 square feet each, 210 theatre seats, 80 banquet seats, 120 classroom seats and a 15-foot ceiling.
The Chamber's agenda opens with registration and a continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m. The welcome and opening remarks come at 9:00 and the opening keynote at 9:15. Five sessions start at 10:10 a.m., 11:10 a.m., 1:15 p.m., 2:10 p.m. and 3:10 p.m. The awards luncheon runs at 12:00 p.m. and the networking reception at 4:00 p.m. The forum adjourns at 4:45 p.m.
Seven October is a Wednesday. The group takes nine meeting rooms and clears the building by mid-afternoon.
The daytime population on the corridor
Downtown Indianapolis carries 7,100 hotel rooms, per the venue's own numbers. 4,700 of those rooms connect to the Convention Center by skywalk.
The Downtown Indy Alliance snapshot, on CoStar and STR data, gives downtown occupancy at 64.7 percent against a U.S. average of 62.4 percent. Average daily rate was $209.11, a 12 percent year-over-year increase. RevPAR was $135.20, a 13 percent increase. Bradford Allen republished the snapshot on 19 March 2026.
CoStar data in the same report counts 8.1 million room nights in the 12 months to mid-2025, more than 580,000 above the market's pre-COVID peak.
The calendar around the date
The venue calendar lists 16 events between 22 September and 15 October. Six of them fall within three days either side of 7 October.
The Gas Machinery Conference runs 4 to 7 October with a 900 forecast. The ISBA/IAPSS Annual Conference runs 5 to 6 October with a 1,000 forecast. The Emerging Leaders' Summit takes 7 October with a 220 forecast. The FullScale Symposium runs 8 to 10 October with a 1,000 forecast. The American Dental Association Scientific Sessions run 8 to 10 October with a 4,000 forecast. The ABC Health and Fitness Expo takes 10 October with a 2,000 forecast.
The Do it Best Corp. Fall Market runs 25 to 28 September with a 12,000 forecast. The dental sessions open on the morning after this forum adjourns.
What a day-use operator prices from
The Chamber's hotel line names the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis and a corporate account ID, 55737. The line reads "Subject to availability". It carries no rate and no cut-off date.
Ask the venue for the arrival pattern of the 220 delegates and for the share that stays the night. Ask the organiser whether the group holds daytime space on 8 October, the morning the dental sessions open.
Tickets are $199 for Chamber members and $249 at list. A lunch-only ticket is $99.