Peer-Level Dialogue
Engage in candid, peer-to-peer conversations with industry leaders who understand your challenges.
Lead the Way.Be in the Room.
Aligning Industry Priorities for the Next Decade
October 7–8, 2026
Forward.
Together.
With Impact.
The WDMA Executive Leadership Forum brings together senior executives from across the window and door industry for two days of high-level dialogue, forward-thinking insights, and meaningful connections.
Overview
It's a forum. Not a conference.
An intimate experience in an inspiring venue for working industry leaders to engage in candid, peer-level dialogue about the long-term forces shaping our industry.
For Business Leaders Only
An exclusive forum for senior executives to share openly and strategize together.
Focused on the Future
Explore trends, issues, and opportunities that will shape the next decade.
Shaping WDMA’s Direction
Your insights help guide WDMA priorities and advocacy for a stronger industry.
Who Should Attend
Built for leaders with enterprise-level responsibility.
The Forum is designed for senior executive leaders, including:
- CEOs and presidents
- Executives with P&L responsibility
- Operational leadership
- Legal, policy, or government affairs leaders
- Technical or product leadership
- Commercial, sales, or marketing leaders
Agenda Highlights
Designed around the issues executives are weighing now.
CEOs Steering the Conversation
Macro trends and market forces shaping the future.
Mapping Priorities and Defining Success
What’s ahead in Washington and at the state level.
Benchmarking and Resolutions
Emerging solutions transforming the industry.
Peer-to-Peer Problem Solving
Candid discussions on opportunities, challenges, and strategies for the road ahead.
Venue
David Rubenstein TreehouseHarvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Located within Harvard’s Enterprise Research Campus, the David Rubenstein Treehouse is a distinctive mass timber destination designed by Studio Gang to inspire conversation, collaboration, and connection. Flexible meeting and event spaces include a skylit central stair, welcoming indoor-outdoor gathering areas, and Canopy Hall, a conference space with sweeping views and an open-air terrace.
Hotel
The Atlas Hotel
The Atlas Hotel invites the world’s thought leaders to a modern social and cultural gathering place. Immerse yourself in the center of innovation, just steps from Harvard Business School and The David Rubenstein Treehouse. WDMA has negotiated a special ELF guest rate.
Partnership
Put your organization in the room with senior industry leadership.
FAQ
Common questions
Where and when will the Forum take place?
The Forum will be held October 7–8, 2026, at the David Rubenstein Treehouse at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
What topics will be covered?
The Forum will focus on the issues senior leaders are weighing now, including industry outlook, macro trends, policy and advocacy priorities, innovation and technology, and candid peer exchange around the challenges and opportunities ahead.
What makes this Forum different from other WDMA events?
The Executive Leadership Forum is designed as a small, working forum rather than a broad conference. The focus is candid executive dialogue, peer exchange, and alignment around the long-term priorities shaping the window, door, and skylight industry. The goal is not simply to share information, but to help shape WDMA’s future advocacy, resources, and initiatives.
Is this only for manufacturers?
The primary audience is senior leadership across the window, door, and skylight industry, inclusive of suppliers to the industry. Participation is designed around executive responsibility and relevance to the Forum’s purpose, rather than title alone. Space is limited, and registration is subject to eligibility confirmation.
Who should attend the Forum?
The Forum is intentionally limited to senior leaders with enterprise-level responsibility. This helps preserve the quality of the discussion, maintain a peer-level environment, and ensure participants are able to engage on issues that affect the broader direction of the industry.
Do I need to be a CEO to attend?
No. The Forum is designed for CEOs and presidents, but also for senior executives with responsibility for P&L, operations, legal, policy, government affairs, technical/product leadership, commercial strategy, sales, or marketing. The common requirement is enterprise-level responsibility and the ability to contribute to industry-wide dialogue.
Will there be presentations or panels?
The Forum is not designed around a traditional presentation-heavy format. While there may be framing comments or guided discussion prompts, the emphasis is on facilitated dialogue, peer exchange, and executive-level conversation.
How will this Forum influence WDMA’s work?
Participant insights will help inform WDMA’s advocacy, resources, initiatives, and broader industry leadership priorities. The Forum is intended to connect executive dialogue directly to the work WDMA does on behalf of the industry.
What should participants expect to contribute?
Participants should come prepared to engage candidly, listen actively, and think beyond their individual company’s immediate priorities. The Forum is built around industry-level dialogue and the long-term forces shaping the future of the sector.
What is the expected outcome of the Forum?
The intended outcome is clearer alignment around the priorities that matter most to the industry, stronger executive relationships, and practical direction for WDMA’s advocacy, programming, resources, and leadership agenda.
Join the conversation
Help shape the priorities that move our industry forward.
Request your invitation to the WDMA Executive Leadership Forum today.