ILTACON 2026 Nashville – Complete Exhibitor and Sponsor Guide and How to Build a Demo Room That Makes an Impact

If your company provides technology, software, services, or solutions to the legal industry and you are planning to participate at ILTACON 2026 in Nashville, this is the most complete guide you will find before the event. We have covered everything — the dates, venue, what ILTACON is and who attends, every demo room option with exact pricing and square footage, all hospitality suite types, the full branding and advertising menu with prices, keynote sponsorships, the new experiential activations on the exhibit hall floor, thought leadership opportunities, Corporate Legal Day, badge types and costs, and most importantly, how to make sure your demo room or exhibit space is designed, built, and furnished to perform at the level this audience demands.

At Interior Today LLC, we design and build custom exhibit environments, demo room buildouts, and brand display spaces for companies at conferences and trade events across the United States. ILTACON is the most important annual gathering in the legal technology industry, and the professionals who attend are among the most discerning evaluators of technology and vendor credibility in any sector. We want to help your company show up in Nashville with a presence that earns their attention and their business.

What Is ILTACON 2026?

ILTACON is the 46th Annual Conference of the International Legal Technology Association — the premier educational and networking event for legal technology professionals in the world. Hosted by ILTA, the organization that defines and advances the legal technology community, ILTACON brings together the most important leaders, decision-makers, and innovators in legal technology for four intensive days of education, discovery, and relationship building.

The 2026 edition will feature 200 sessions and networking opportunities across four days, drawing more than 4,500 attendees from 30 countries. These are not general attendees exploring a technology fair. ILTACON participants are law firm leaders, legal technology managers, CIOs, CTOs, and heads of innovation from small to large law firms, corporate legal departments, government law departments, academia, and the G100 and G200 firms — the world’s largest and most influential legal organizations.

For legal technology vendors, ILTACON is the single most valuable event on the annual calendar. The conversations that happen in demo rooms, at receptions, and across the Gaylord Opryland campus during ILTACON week directly influence the technology decisions being made at hundreds of law firms and legal departments. Being present and being memorable at this event is not optional for any serious legal technology company.

ILTACON 2026 Dates and Location

ILTACON 2026 will take place from August 23 to August 27, 2026, at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

The Gaylord Opryland is one of the most extraordinary hotel and convention venues in the United States. It is a self-contained world — an enormous resort property with multiple atriums, ballrooms, exhibit halls, lobby areas, and outdoor spaces all interconnected across a sprawling campus. The Delta Island, the Ryman Exhibit Hall, the Volunteer Lobby, the Magnolia Mezzanine, and the Tennessee Lobby are all distinct and active zones within the ILTACON event footprint, each with its own traffic patterns, demo room areas, and branding opportunities.

Understanding the layout of the Gaylord Opryland is genuinely important for planning your participation. It is not a standard convention center. It is a campus, and where your demo room is located within that campus affects who sees you and how easily attendees find you.

Nashville in late August is vibrant, energetic, and perfectly aligned with the social and networking character of ILTACON. The evening receptions, the music-themed programming, and the Broadway-inspired event design for 2026 make ILTACON one of the most enjoyable industry events to attend — which contributes directly to the relaxed, open, and relationship-building atmosphere that makes the business conversations at this event so valuable.

Who Attends ILTACON — The Decision-Makers in That Room

Understanding exactly who attends ILTACON is the most important thing any vendor can know before planning their participation. This audience is unlike virtually any other technology conference audience in the country.

ILTACON brings together leaders, managers, and decision-making legal technologists from small to large law firms, corporate and government law departments, academia, and the G100 and G200 firms. The G100 and G200 designations refer to the world’s largest and most influential legal organizations — the firms and legal departments whose technology decisions represent some of the largest enterprise software contracts in the legal sector.

The attendee profile at ILTACON includes CIOs and CTOs of major law firms, legal technology directors and managers, knowledge management professionals, practice innovation leaders, legal operations directors, document management and e-discovery specialists, information security professionals within legal organizations, and the administrators and decision-makers who evaluate, select, implement, and manage legal technology systems across firms of every size.

These are the people your sales team most wants to meet. And for four days in Nashville, they are all in the same building.

Demo Rooms — Your Private Space at ILTACON

The Demo Room program at ILTACON is one of the most strategically valuable participation formats available at any legal technology conference. A demo room gives your company a completely private, dedicated space within the Gaylord Opryland for the full duration of ILTACON — from Sunday August 23 at noon through Thursday August 27 at noon — where you can conduct product demonstrations, host intimate meetings, run educational sessions, and entertain clients in an environment that is entirely yours to design and customize.

Each demo room comes as bare space with no furniture, power, or other furnishings, allowing each company to customize entirely to their specifications. This blank canvas approach is what makes the demo room program so powerful — and so dependent on the quality of the buildout inside.

Here is the complete demo room inventory for ILTACON 2026, organized by location and pricing:

Delta Island Demo Rooms — $7,500

Six rooms available, each between 439 and 1,225 square feet. These rooms are available beginning Sunday August 23 at noon through Thursday August 27 at noon. The Delta Island is a distinctive location within the Gaylord Opryland’s main atrium area, giving these rooms excellent visibility and accessibility for attendees moving through the property.

Ryman Studios Demo Rooms — $7,500 to $8,500

Eighteen rooms available, each between 554 and 1,438 square feet. Available Sunday August 23 at noon through Thursday August 27 at noon. The Ryman Studios are located within the Ryman section of the property, adjacent to the main exhibit hall — making them a natural extension of the exhibit hall traffic and energy.

Ryman Ballroom Demo Rooms — $7,500 to $8,500

Six rooms available, each between 598 and 1,224 square feet. Available Sunday August 23 at noon through Thursday August 27 at noon. The Ryman Ballroom rooms offer a more formal and spacious environment appropriate for larger demonstration setups and group presentations.

Delta Mezzanine 1-5 — $8,500

Five rooms available, each between 1,728 and 2,619 square feet. These are among the largest demo room spaces available at ILTACON 2026 and are appropriate for companies with substantial demonstration setups, multiple product lines, or a need for both a formal presentation area and a comfortable hospitality zone within the same space.

Delta Mezzanine 6-10 — $8,500

Five rooms available, each between 1,247 and 2,011 square feet. Premium mezzanine location with excellent traffic flow from the Delta Island area below.

Volunteer Mezzanine 1-11 — $7,000

Four rooms available, each between 750 and 1,550 square feet. Available Sunday August 23 at 5pm through Thursday August 27 at noon.

Volunteer Mezzanine 12-15 — $6,000

Eleven rooms available, each between 784 and 889 square feet. Available Sunday August 23 at 5pm through Thursday August 27 at noon. These rooms are located outside of the G100, G200, and Corporate Legal Day meeting space — an important consideration for companies whose primary target is the broader ILTACON attendee community rather than specifically the G100 and G200 firms.

Magnolia Mezzanine 1-10 and 13-25 — $5,000 to $8,000

Twenty-three rooms available, each between 784 and 889 square feet. Available Sunday August 23 at 5pm through Thursday August 27 at noon. Note that Rooms 19, 20, and 21 load out at 5pm on Wednesday August 26. The Magnolia Mezzanine is one of the most active traffic zones at the Gaylord Opryland during ILTACON, with the mezzanine level adjacent to the demo room corridor serving as a natural gathering and circulation space throughout the event.

Why Your Demo Room Buildout Is Your Most Important Investment at ILTACON

Here is the honest truth about ILTACON that experienced legal technology vendors already understand: the quality of your demo room buildout is a direct signal to the decision-makers who walk through your door about the quality and professionalism of your company and your products.

The CIOs, legal technology directors, and G100 firm executives who visit demo rooms at ILTACON are visiting fifteen, twenty, or more vendor rooms across the four days of the event. They are making rapid, often subconscious assessments of each vendor’s organizational sophistication, investment in the relationship, and overall caliber — and the physical environment of your demo room is the first data point in that assessment.

A demo room that is furnished with generic rental furniture, bare walls with no branding, and a laptop on a folding table communicates something about your company before your team says a single word. It tells visitors that this vendor treats ILTACON as a logistics exercise rather than a relationship-building investment.

On the other hand, a demo room that is thoughtfully designed — with branded wall graphics, professional lighting, a presentation setup that showcases your technology clearly, comfortable seating for genuine conversations, and a spatial layout that flows naturally from demonstration to discussion — communicates that your company is professional, organized, and serious about the relationship with the law firm and legal department professionals in that room.

The demo room fee covers your space. Everything inside it — the buildout, the furniture, the graphics, the technology setup, the lighting, the catering setup — is your investment in making that space perform. At Interior Today LLC, that investment is exactly what we specialize in.

Hospitality Suites — Private Meeting Space at the Gaylord Opryland

ILTACON also offers Hospitality Suites at the Gaylord Opryland for companies that want private meeting and entertainment space within the hotel itself rather than in the dedicated demo room areas.

Presidential Suites — $15,000

Three Presidential Suites available, each approximately 2,500 to 3,000 square feet. These feature luxurious living areas, expansive Atrium views, and unique fixtures and artwork. The pricing includes room, tax, and resort fee for single or double occupancy for August 23 through August 28. Note that all parties must conclude by 10:00 PM, no freight such as skids or pallets will be delivered, and internet and Wi-Fi options may be limited due to their location.

Deluxe Suites — $10,000

Ten Deluxe Suites available, each featuring a sleeping room with an adjoining 700 to 765 square foot parlor with a murphy bed for small meetings or gatherings. Pricing includes room, tax, and resort fee for August 23 through August 28. Same 10:00 PM party conclusion and freight restrictions apply.

Executive Suites — $7,500

Ten Executive Suites available, each featuring a sleeping room with an adjoining 400 to 500 square foot parlor with a murphy bed. Pricing includes room, tax, and resort fee for August 23 through August 28. Same restrictions apply as other suite types.

Hospitality Suites are ideal for companies that want to host smaller, more intimate client dinners, executive-level meetings, and private conversations in a hotel environment rather than the demo room campus.

Badge Types and Pricing — What Every ILTACON Participant Needs to Know

Understanding the badge options at ILTACON 2026 is essential for planning your team’s presence and budgeting your participation correctly. Here are all available badge types and what each includes:

Additional Badge — Full Conference Access at $1,400 per person. This includes full access to the entire event from Sunday through Thursday — all educational sessions, the exhibit hall, all receptions, luncheons, and breaks.

Tuesday Through Thursday Badge at $900 per person. This includes full access from Tuesday through Thursday only. It does not include access to the Sunday Opening Reception or the Monday Exhibit Hall Opening Reception.

Day Pass at $350 per person. This provides full access to the event for a single day only — all educational sessions, exhibit hall, receptions, luncheons, and breaks for that day. Only one day pass can be purchased per individual.

Demo Room and Hospitality Suite Only Badge at $500 per person. This badge includes access to ILTACON demo rooms and hospitality suites only. It does not include access to the exhibit hall, the Sunday Opening Reception, the Monday Exhibit Hall Opening Reception, meals, additional receptions, or the Thursday Closing Reception.

Setup and Teardown Badge at $200 per person. This provides access to the exhibit hall for setup on Sunday from 12PM to 6PM and Monday from 8AM to 4PM, and for teardown on Thursday from 12PM to 6PM. It does not include any reception or meal access.

Branding and Sponsorship Opportunities — The Full Menu

ILTACON 2026 offers an extraordinary range of branding, advertising, and sponsorship opportunities that extend your company’s visibility far beyond your demo room. Here is a comprehensive overview of what is available.

Physical Branding Items

ILTACON Meeting Bags at $10,000 per side. Two positions available. Your logo prominently displayed on the conference meeting bag throughout the event. Includes one main panel design and one pre-approved bag insert. The bag is designed to be reused after the conference.

ILTACON Lanyards at $20,000. One exclusive position available. Your company logo on the lanyard worn by every attendee around their neck throughout the entire event. This is the highest-visibility wearable sponsorship in the entire program.

ILTACON T-Shirts at $2,000. Ten positions available. Your company name listed on the back of the official conference t-shirt.

Meeting Bag Insert at $1,500. Five positions available. A single sheet of 8.5 by 11 inches or smaller placed in every attendee bag. Items that can be substituted for a flyer include pens, screen cleaners, post-it notes, and similar branded items.

Digital and In-Venue Branding

Mobile App and Platform sponsorship at $15,000. One exclusive position. Your logo placed on the highly used conference mobile app plus a maximum of two push notifications to all app users thanking you for your sponsorship.

Wireless Network sponsorship at $15,000. One exclusive position. This gives you the ability to select the password used to access the wireless network — subject to ILTA approval — and puts your logo on the login splash page that every connected attendee sees. Your logo is also placed on the ILTACON website and event signage, and the Wi-Fi password is printed on the back of all name badges.

Session Intermission Slide Deck Insert at $7,500. Three positions available. Your slide added to the rotating deck projected before and after all educational sessions throughout the conference.

Session Audio Recordings at $7,500. One exclusive position. A 30-second commercial from your company plays at the beginning of every recorded ILTACON session. These recordings are accessed by thousands of legal technology professionals long after the conference ends, and this sponsorship also includes an ILTA TV segment.

Key Cards at $20,000. One exclusive position. Approximately 65 percent of ILTACON attendees check in at the Gaylord Opryland front desk — your company name on their guest room key card is seen multiple times per day throughout the event.

Delta Atrium Lighted Curtain at $20,000. One position available Monday through Wednesday. The most visually dramatic single statement available at the event — your logo displayed on LED curtains in the Delta Atrium throughout three days of the conference.

Exhibit Hall Banner Space at $3,000. Forty positions available. A 10-foot by 3-foot banner hung near your demo room space to draw additional attention and foot traffic to your location.

Education Area Signage at $4,000 for two sides. Twenty-two strategically placed cylinder sign positions across the Gaylord Opryland in the main education areas, featuring your advertisement on two of four sides with the other two sides hosting ILTA branding.

Gaylord Guest Room Drop starting at $5,000. Three positions available, one nightly from Sunday through Tuesday. A custom item delivered directly to the hotel rooms of attendees in the ILTACON room block — one of the most personal and memorable ways to reach attendees when they are outside the conference programming.

Digital Advertising

Volunteer Escalator LED Display at $15,000. One exclusive position, Sunday through Thursday. An 11.81-foot by 8.86-foot LED display with 1.2mm pitch in a high-traffic escalator location.

Volunteer Staircase LED at $7,500. One position available. A 136-inch 4K display.

Davidson Lobby Entry Board at $6,000. One position available. An LED display in the Davidson Lobby entry area.

Davidson Lobby Event Boards at $3,000. One position available.

Pre-Conference Newsletter at $2,500 each. Twelve positions available. Your company logo and brief description placed in one of the four pre-conference email newsletters sent to all registered attendees before they arrive in Nashville.

Conference Daily Newsletter at $2,500 each. Twelve positions available. Your logo and description in one of the four daily newsletters sent to all attendees during the conference.

App Push Notifications at $2,000 each. Twenty positions available. Your message delivered directly to attendee phones through app push notifications during the conference.

Registration Web Page Banner at $5,000. One exclusive position. Your banner ad on the ILTACON registration page that every single attendee visits before the conference.

Banner Ads on ILTACON Homepage at $2,500 each. Three positions available.

Banner Ads on ILTACON Wrap-Up Page at $2,500 each. Three positions available.

Keynote Sponsorships — Addressing the Entire ILTACON Audience

ILTACON 2026 features three keynote sponsorship opportunities, each of which gives your company the platform to speak directly to the entire assembled audience before the featured speaker takes the stage.

Monday Opening Keynote at $15,000. The featured speaker for Monday is Jim Abbott — the former Major League Baseball pitcher who, born without a right hand, achieved a celebrated ten-year career and became an Olympic gold medalist. This keynote opens the week with inspiration, and your company delivers a 2-3 minute introduction to the full ILTACON audience.

Wednesday Keynote at $10,000. The featured speaker for Wednesday is Professor Kevin Fong OBE — an award-winning doctor, broadcaster, and former NASA physician whose career bridges space exploration and frontline emergency medicine. Your company provides a 2-3 minute introduction before this extraordinary speaker.

Thursday Keynote and Closing Reception Package at $12,000. The Thursday Closing Keynote is an attendee favorite — representatives from the G100 and G200 firms share their observations from the week. This sponsorship closes the conference on a high note, giving your brand presence at both the closing keynote and the closing reception. Your company delivers a 2-3 minute introduction to the G100 and G200 speakers.

New Experiential Activations on the ILTACON Exhibit Hall Floor

ILTACON 2026 introduces several exciting new activation formats that create high-traffic, high-engagement destinations on the exhibit hall floor — opportunities for companies to build brand presence through experience rather than static display.

Premium Golf Simulator Experience at $25,000. One exclusive position available. A 40-foot by 20-foot footprint housing a professional-grade golf simulator powered by the Foresight GS3 launch monitor. Attendees can play over 1,200 iconic golf courses or compete in Longest Drive and Closest to the Pin challenges. The footprint allows ample room for sponsor branding, lounge seating, lead capture stations, product demos, and hospitality. This is an extraordinary traffic driver — attendees will return multiple times across the four days.

F1 Formula Racing Simulator Experience at $15,000, or two for $25,000. One exclusive position available. A 10-foot by 30-foot booth space housing Formula 1 race simulators. Attendees race head-to-head, test their skills against the clock, and compete on a live leaderboard that drives repeat visits and extended time at your booth throughout the event.

Custom Brand Lounge at $20,000. Two positions available. A 20-foot by 30-foot blank footprint on the ILTACON show floor where you have complete creative control over the entire environment. All furnishings, décor, and branding are provided by the sponsor. This is entirely open canvas — design it as a hospitality lounge, a high-touch meeting space, or a fully immersive brand experience. Interior Today LLC specializes in exactly these kinds of complete custom environment buildouts.

Spotlight Headshot Lounge at $12,000. One position available. A 20-foot by 20-foot footprint hosting professional photography with on-site hair and makeup touch-ups for attendees. A genuinely high-value experience that drives consistent traffic and creates a lasting positive brand association with every person who participates.

Tranquility Room at $3,000. One position available. ILTA’s Relax and Reflect Room provides a quiet, calm space for attendees to decompress during a demanding event schedule. A subtle but appreciated sponsorship that creates genuine goodwill with the community.

Power Zones in ILTACON Education Session Rooms at $2,000 each. Seven positions available. Sponsored charging zones in education rooms.

Power Zones in G100, G200, and Corporate Legal Day Session Rooms at $5,000 each. Two positions available — a direct brand presence in the rooms serving the most senior decision-makers at the event.

Receptions and Networking Sponsorships

ILTACON 2026’s Broadway-inspired event design for Nashville creates a distinctive and entertaining social program throughout the week. Here are the networking sponsorship opportunities.

ILTACON Opening Reception plus Lighted Atrium Curtain at $15,000. One position available. This sponsors The Overture — an all-attendee welcome reception on Sunday night featuring a surprise live flash mob that transforms the venue into an opening night celebration. As presenting sponsor, your brand takes center stage through recognition tied to the flash mob reveal, a Broadway-inspired Opening Night photo experience, and custom branded elements including a signature batch cocktail and branded beverage napkins.

Exhibit Hall Opening Reception at $10,000. One position available. This is Curtain Up — the official opening of the ILTACON Expo, marking attendees’ first opportunity to engage with business partners on the show floor. The presenting sponsor receives prominent visibility tied to the opening, including branded cocktails and beverage napkins during peak traffic.

ILTACON Regional Team Building at $5,000 per sponsor or $10,000 for sole sponsorship. Available for one to three sponsors. A Sunday regional networking exercise for all participants.

Community Reception at $2,500 each. Five positions available. These smaller receptions serve specific ILTACON communities — Women Who Lead, DEIC, Black Affinity Group, International Attendees, NextGen Legal Innovators, and Small Firms Reception.

Off-Broadway Musician Showcase on Tuesday and Wednesday at $2,000 each per night. Live musicians in the ILTACON Exhibit Hall after educational sessions, creating a relaxed atmosphere before evening events begin. Sponsors take a few moments to welcome attendees before the act begins.

ILTACON Entertainment Sponsorship at $1,000 each. Sixteen positions available. Subtle live musical moments woven throughout the conference during registration, breakfasts, and coffee breaks — positioning your brand as part of the conference’s daily rhythm.

Thought Leadership Opportunities

ILTACON 2026 offers legal technology companies meaningful platforms to establish thought leadership directly with the most influential legal technology professionals in the industry.

ILTA TV Interview at $5,000. Ten positions available. A 5 to 10 minute dedicated recorded interview session used during and after the conference, structured to showcase your key products and organizational direction.

ILTA Voice Podcast at $3,000. Ten positions available. A Q&A podcast appearance that gives you the opportunity to discuss your direction, new products, and key focus areas. Available to thousands of listeners before, during, and after ILTACON.

Company Update presentation at $3,500. Dedicated time on an ILTA education room stage to present a company update covering where your organization is, what is on the horizon, and what features or services are in development. The update is listed in the official conference program and recorded via audio and video for inclusion in the ILTACON library.

Master Class Session at $5,000. A 60-minute advanced educational session developed in collaboration with ILTA’s Education Team to ensure alignment with programming priorities. Multiple stage locations are available including the Delta A Ballroom main stage, Tennessee Ballroom C, and the Exhibit Hall Stages — each with different recording capabilities and audience sizes.

Corporate Legal Day — A Dedicated Program for In-House Legal Teams

Corporate Legal Day is a full-day education and networking event within ILTACON specifically dedicated to participants from corporate legal departments. This focused program creates a unique opportunity to engage directly with the in-house legal technology and legal operations professionals who represent some of the most significant enterprise technology buyers in the legal industry.

The CLD Sponsor package is priced at $6,000 and includes the opportunity to designate a badged representative to participate in the Corporate Legal Day lunch and breaks, plus logo placement on pre-event marketing materials and on-site signage for the event.

Why Your Demo Room Design Makes or Breaks Your ILTACON Results

The legal technology professionals who attend ILTACON have seen hundreds of demo rooms across their careers. They know within thirty seconds of walking into your space whether they are dealing with a company that takes its relationships seriously or one that is going through the motions.

The bare space that ILTACON provides is the starting point. What happens inside that space — the layout, the furniture, the branding, the lighting, the way the product demonstration flows, the comfort of the meeting area where real conversations happen — is entirely determined by how seriously your company invests in the buildout.

The most successful ILTACON exhibitors we have observed over the years approach their demo room the same way they would approach designing a premium client experience environment at their own offices. They think about how visitors will move through the space, where the natural conversation points are, how the technology is displayed and demonstrated, and what the overall feeling of the room communicates about the company behind it.

At Interior Today LLC, this is exactly what we build. We work with legal technology companies to design and construct demo room environments that are professionally branded, functionally excellent, and physically comfortable — environments that make the conversations your sales team needs to have as easy and productive as possible.