2025 CONVENTION SCHEDULE
SUNDAY
NOVEMBER 16
2:30 - 5:30 PM - Registration
5:30 - 7:30 PM - Welcome Event
MONDAY
november 17
6:00 - 6:45 AM - Brand Workouts
7:00 - 7:45 AM - Brand Workouts
8:30 AM - 7:00 PM - Vendor Village & Cafe Hub Open
9:30 - 11:00 AM - Welcome Address & Keynote Speaker
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM - Lunch and Designated time in Vendor Village
2:00 - 5:00 PM - YogaSix Main Stage
5:00 - 7:00 PM - Vendor Happy Hour in Vendor Village
TUESDAY
november 18
6:00 - 6:45 AM - Brand Workouts
7:00 - 7:45 AM - Brand Workouts
8:30 AM - 6:00 PM - Vendor Village & Cafe Hub Open
8:30 - 9:30 AM - Vendor Village Morning Coffee
9:45 - 10:30 AM - Xponential Breakout 1
10:45 -11:30 AM - Xponential Breakout 2
11:45 -12:15 AM - Xponential Breakout 3
12:15 AM - 2:15 PM - Lunch and Designated time in Vendor Village
2:15 - 3:00 PM - YogaSix Breakout 4
3:15 - 4:00 PM - YogaSix Breakout 5
4:10 - 5:00 PM - YogaSix Breakout 6
8:30 - 11:30 PM - Closing Party
TUESDAY MORNING XPONENTIAL BREAKOUTS
Intro to ProfitKeeper & How to Manage your P&L
Brandon Wiles & Colin Wiles - VP of Finance & Data & Analytics and VP of Finance
Get to know the ProfitKeeper platform and its benchmarking capabilities, and learn how it can help you better analyze your studio's P&L to grow your business.
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From Talk to Traction: Strengthening Operations,Teams and Member Loyalty
Lizzy Mae Kerr & Eirick Wilson - Regional Vice President of Operations, West Coast & Regional Vice President of Operations, East Coast
Strengthening Operations, Teams and your Member Base. Discover how the right conversations with your managers and employees can drive better operations, stronger teams and lasting member loyalty. Learn simple framework for moving from talk to action - turning every day conversations into measurable results.
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Building a Stronger Field Foundation: Introducing Our New Field Operations Team
Lizzy Mae Kerr & Eirick Wilson - Regional Vice President of Operations, West Coast & Regional Vice President of Operations, East Coast
Join us as we unveil the launch of our new Field Operations Team, designed to drive business growth and excellence across our organization. In this breakout session, we'll provide an in-depth overview of the team's organizational structure, outlining key roles and responsibilities.
You'll gain insight into the team's intent, including how we'll work together to deliver exceptional results and support our business objectives. We'll also explore the strategic rationale behind the team's launch, highlighting why this is a critical moment for our organization's growth and success.
Learn about our communication touchpoints, including regular check-ins and progress updates. You'll also get hands-on insight into the tools and technologies we'll be leveraging to drive business outcomes and optimize our operations.
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Building a Brand Through Real Estate
Eric Simon, Maximilian Bourque, & Jonathan Hill - Chief Development Officer, Facilitator, & Director of Real Estate Analytics
Real Estate is one of the most important assets for any franchise system. Strategic placement of studios through data is critical to maximizing individual franchisee success, blocking out our competition and optimizing our playing field to build brand equity through store fronts, our greatest brand builder.
Join our panel of experts to understand the one-two punch of how and why we target specific areas for placing studios and how we identify the right shopping centers with the right economics to give our franchisees and the brand the best chance for success.
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Capitalizing on your Asset
Joel Hayek, Chris Wilson, Chris Baker, & Juston Gomez - Sr. Director of Resales, Facilitator, Director of Resales, Xponential Fitness, President & Co-Founder, Franchise Flippers, & Commercial Relationship Manager, Apple Pie Capital
Nobody can be a franchisee forever. Best in class franchisors support and guide their
franchisees through the entire franchise lifecycle. This includes an exit strategy. Come join a panel of experts to discuss the strategy and planning of selling your business to maximize speed and value.
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Xponential Learning & Development: What is Coming
Andrew Marlow - President of Learning & Development, Xponential
Learning & Development is unveiling how Xponential will transform training moments into continuous learning to drive studio growth.
Learning Approach
E-learning programs that connect behaviors to outcomes and solve real studio challenges.
How Learning is Delivered
AI-powered video, interactive quizzes, and scenarios for real world application—fast to deploy, easy to apply.
Where Learning Happens
A new LMS: one centralized hub with self-enrollment, progress reporting, and AI search that puts SOPs and answers at your fingertips.
Timeline for Launch
Preview the roadmap of upcoming programs and the official LMS launch.
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Local Media Management: CAP Vendor Panel Discussion
Louise Ocasion - CMO & Facilitator
Hear from a panel of CAP Vendors where digital optimization, the changing landscape of paid media management & AI integration are discussed.
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TUESDAY AFTERNOON BRAND BREAKOUTS
Y6 Hot Talks
Franchisee Presenters Introduced by Members of the Brand Team
This full Y6 network general session will highlight powerful insights and perspectives from 4 peers presenters. From owner experience to leadership and team management to retail best practices, each speaker will communicate a big idea to motivate and inspire your mindset.
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Y6 Winning Strategies in Financial Literacy
Hilary Sherman
In this presentation, we will discuss the importance of breaking down key categories in your studio's profit and loss statement (P&L) into line items. By doing so, you will be able to assess the financial health of your studio more effectively and make necessary changes to boost revenue and increase the likelihood of a stronger profit margin. Specifically, we will focus on breaking down the revenue structure that makes up PB average unit volume (AUV), to enable you to make contextual business decisions to work towards the recommended benchmarks. By gaining insight into these areas, you will be empowered to enhance your P&L for success in 2026. We encourage you to revisit your payroll provider and accountant to ensure these line items are properly accounted for.
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Polishing Potential: Developing the Spark and Skill of Your General Manager
Justin Taeleifi
In this moderated panel of general managers and owners, we will highlight the characteristics of a successful general manager and how explore how skill development and empowerment can foster success.
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Rebuilding Community: Successful Studio Turn-Around Strategies
Justin Taeleifi
In this panel, we will talk with franchisees who have turned around a struggling studio, discussing the challenges they have overcome to build their studios to success.
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Y6 Peer Connection Workshop
Jeff Miller, Veronica Najera
Join fellow franchise partners within your [Pricing Tier, State, Region, age group - TBD] for an interactive workshop and networking session to foster meaningful conversations around studio performance, best practices, and growth strategies. Award-winning franchisees from each tier will be on hand to share their insights and successes, and you'll have the chance to engage with them directly. Whether you're looking to refine your operations or explore new strategies, this session will spark collaboration and help you form valuable relationships with those who understand your market. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from peers and build a network that can support you long after the convention wraps!