ETA Events
Subscribe to the dated events in any calendar app, and each edition arrives as its host announces it.
The Calendar
Dated and still to come
IESE International Search Fund Conference
October 15 to 16, 2026 · Barcelona, Spain · By application · Price not published
Europe's answer to Stanford's, every other October.
Texas ETA Conference
October 16, 2026 · Houston, Texas · Open registration · Price not published
Rice's one-day conference built around the search's four phases.
Acquicon
October 19 to 21, 2026 · Sandy, Utah · By application · From $697
A screened three-day summit for operators and capital.
SMBootcamp LIVE
October 21 to 23, 2026 · Denver, Colorado · By application · $4,500
Three days of deal training from people who have closed.
EtA Forum Sydney
October 21 to 22, 2026 · Sydney, Australia · Open registration · Price not published
Australia's flagship search and acquisition forum.
Osborne ETA Symposium
October 28, 2026 · Cleveland, Ohio · Open registration · Price not published
Cleveland's ETA day, kept small on purpose and sold out yearly.
Booth-Kellogg ETA Conference
October 30, 2026 · Chicago, Illinois · Open registration · From $125
The largest ETA conference in the country, by Booth's account.
INSEAD ETA Conference
November 7, 2026 · INSEAD Asia Campus, Singapore · Open registration · Price not published
The second edition, on INSEAD's Asia campus.
HBS Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition Conference
November 14, 2026 · Boston, Massachusetts · Open registration · Price not published
One of the oldest student-run conferences in the field.
Latam Search Fund Conference
February 3 to 4, 2027 · São Paulo, Brazil · Open registration · Price not published
Latin America's search fund conference, in São Paulo.
Compound Conference
February 8 to 11, 2027 · Sundance, Utah · Open registration · $7,500 all-in
The multi-business owners' gathering, capped at 150 people.
SMBash
April 21 to 22, 2027 · Irving, Texas · Open registration · Price not published
The national gathering of the online SMB community.
Between editions
These recur and the host has not dated the next one. The last edition is shown so a reader can see roughly when it comes round.
Southeast ETA Conference
Last held September 18 to 19, 2026 · Durham, North Carolina · Open registration · From $45
Four business schools run one conference, at Duke in 2026.
Main Street Summit
Last held September 15 to 17, 2026 · Columbia, Missouri · Open registration · From $250
A three-day festival for small-business owners in Missouri.
Wharton ETA Summit
Last held April 2 to 3, 2026 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Open registration · Price not published
A day in Huntsman Hall, and the last edition sold out.
SoCal ETA Conference
Last held April 2, 2026 · Los Angeles, California · Open registration · Price not published
Two rival schools run the West Coast conference together.
MIT ETA Conference
Last held February 27 to 28, 2026 · Cambridge, Massachusetts · Open registration · Price not published
Two days on search tooling, the first 100 days and financing.
Butler ETA Conference
No dates published · Indianapolis, Indiana · Open registration · Price not published
A one-day Midwest ETA conference at Butler University.
Stanford Search Fund CEO Conference
No dates published · Stanford, California · By invitation · Price not published
The school that documented the model, for people running one.
Mostly United States conferences, because most of the buyers this is written for are buying here. The ones abroad name their city and country on the card.