May 24-26, 2027 | CHATHAM BARS INN | CHATHAM, MA
A conference and networking event for individuals who lead, manage, or are involved in firms serving the luxury home design industry.
Missed the Event?
2026 Keynotes
Ray Booth
Interior Designer, Author, and
Partner, McALPINE
Russell Windham & Bill Curtis
Architects, Authors, and Cofounders
Curtis & Windham Architects
Andrew Davis
Bestselling Author, Keynote Speaker, and Global Marketing Strategist
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About the Conference
Now entering its seventh year, the Luxury Home Design Summit, presented by New England Home and Esteem Media, is a conference and networking event accessible to today’s and future leaders in the luxury home design industry who run, own, manage, or aspire to lead home design businesses around the country.
This unique event is focused on helping passionate and creative architects, interior design principals, landscape architects and designers, builders, contractors, and showroom operators and suppliers who serve the luxury design market. Summit programming will help these professionals develop foundational market knowledge, business vision, key skills, problem-solving, and community by providing face-to-face access to leading experts on innovation, affluent consumers, effective leadership, and maximizing performance.
Who Should Attend
Principals and leaders in:
• Architecture
• Interior design
• Landscape architecture/design
• Building/Contracting
• High-end showrooms, retail, and
wholesale
• National luxury brands seeking to
deepen design community ties
• Media, PR, and digital platforms in
the design space
• Design centers
Why Attend
- Develop cutting-edge business and market knowledge via in-depth conference sessions
- Create an insightful vision to keep luxury design businesses prepared and strong
- Explore innovative ideas from industry thought leaders and experts from inside and outside the New England region
- Senior level networking opportunities with other leaders in the luxury design community
EVENT RETURNS TO CHATHAM IN 2027
Another Banner Year
Event Sold Out Months In Advance for the Past 4 Years!
Presenting Sponsors New England Home and Esteem Media are excited to announce that the 2027 Luxury Home Design Summit will return to the Chatham Bars Inn in Chatham, MA on May 24-26, 2027. The 2026 conference was rated very highly in our onsite surveys with our attendees, sponsors, and speakers!
"The event continues to be received so favorably from our New England luxury home design community as well as the national sponsors and attendees who participated from outside the New England region, " said Kathy Bush-Dutton, publisher of New England Home magazine
Both Industry and Outside-Industry Speakers in the Program
Ray Booth, Russell Windham and Bill Curtis, and Thomas Kligerman joined the illustrious speaker roster which also included many renowned outside-industry speakers like Andrew Davis and Seth Cohen.
Attendees included principals and leaders representing the following areas: architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, building and contracting, showrooms, retailers, and suppliers serving the luxury New England design market, national luxury design brands aspiring to build relationships in New England design community, traditional media, bloggers, digital marketplaces, and PR, and design centers.
“The Luxury Home Design Summit is focused on helping the professional design community see both today’s and tomorrow’s inflection points while providing context for navigating them successfully,” said Adam Japko, CEO of co-presenting event sponsor Esteem Media and event cofounder. "While many other design events are produced to help attendees optimize current business systems, continue design education, and hear design icons recant their journeys, the Luxury Home Design Summit is a serious education and networking forum for owners and leaders of professional design businesses hoping to build lasting enterprises with considerable value.”
Topics and sessions from 2026 conference included:
- Keynote Ray Booth: The Expressive Home: Craft, Brand, and the Power of Integrated Design Process
- Seth Cohen: See, Solve, Sell: The Applied Optimist’s Blueprint For Selling Luxury That Lasts
- Thomas Kligerman: Summer by the Sea- Cottages from Watch Hill to Little Compton
- The Great Wealth Transfer
- Keynote Andrew Davis: Digital Doppelgänger(s)-How Savvy Teams Augment Their Unique Talents Using the Magic of AI
- Beyond the Grid: Using LinkedIn to Build Authority, Partnerships, and Predictable B2B Growth
- Luxury Home Design Summit Scholarships for Up and Coming Design Professionals
- From Aesthetic to Enterprise: How Great Design Firms Are Built
- Designing for the Coast
- From Founder-Led to Future-Ready: Succession Planning in Luxury Design Firms
- Keynotes Russell Windham & Bill Curtis: Building on Tradition- Exploration of a Practice
- Operational Excellence and the AI Tech Stack: A CEO's Guide to Smarter Scaling for Luxury Firms
- What Every Business Owner Must Know and Do to Protect Against Cyberattacks, Ransomware, and Cyber Fraud
- Designing for the Longevity Economy: The Next Major Growth Opportunity in Luxury Residential Design
- What’s driving YOU crazy? A candid, interactive Q & A
- Can AI Be Creative? A Candid Conversation About Creativity, AI, and the Future of Luxury Design
- Don’t Get Sued! Understanding Photographer and Artist Copyrights
Join us May 2027 in Chatham!
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