Inside the eBiz 2026 Agenda: Autonomous Data, Smarter Sales, and Buy America Compliance
If you work in digital, data, or sales enablement on the distributor or manufacturer side, the eBiz 2026 conference agenda was built around the problems on your plate.
This year’s eBiz lineup, September 29 through October 1, goes deep on what happens when product data manages itself, how sales teams turn POS data into action, and how Buy America requirements are changing who wins public infrastructure work.
Turning POS Data into Sales Action
Two sessions look at how distributors and manufacturers get more out of transaction data they’re already sitting on.
“Beyond Reporting: Turning POS Data into a Strategic Advantage” moves past compensation reporting into customer insight.
“The Next Generation Sales Tool” focuses on evaluating untapped potential within existing accounts using revenue, cost to serve, and growth trajectory.
Buy America Compliance Is Changing Who Wins Public Projects
Nearly a quarter of all U.S. construction spending happens in the public sector, close to $500 billion a year, and federal requirements mean manufactured products need to meet domestic content thresholds. The “Make It American™ in Action” panel brings together Alexa Burr from NEMA, Ana Franco from Siemens Industry, and Ramsay Stevens, from IBEW-NECA of Greater Boston & California, to cover what compliance actually requires and how data makes it provable.
What If Your Team Stopped Managing Product Data?
Pratik Chakraborty from Bluemeteor is back with a new session. Last year his breakout was one of the most attended at eBiz. This year he introduces the concept of a Thinking, Acting, Learning PIM, where agentic AI handles ingestion, classification, mapping, and validation automatically. Teams shift from managing workflows to managing exceptions.
ProjectNexus, Standards, and the IDEA Connector
ProjectNexus, the industry’s supply chain visibility solution for the “Where’s My Stuff” Initiative by NAED, has a dedicated panel and breakout session on the agenda. For those focused on product data and standards, IDEA Connector sessions include the distributor API and roundtables where manufacturers and distributors share feedback directly with the product team.