For Household Reunion 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia, KW is introducing breakout tracks to simplify planning and navigation amongst 150 breakout classes. Attendees can comply with considered one of eight specialised tracks—together with AI, Advertising and marketing and Branding, Consumers, Sellers, Operations and Administration, Industrial, Luxurious, and Wealth—for a deep dive on a single matter. Every monitor supplies a targeted studying pathway via 4 devoted time blocks, that includes a mixture of speaker shows, rapid-fire RED talks, and panel discussions, and might be deliberate utilizing the KW Command® cellular expertise.
Internet hosting a convention for 10,000 or extra actual property professionals takes numerous planning. Between each annual KW Household Reunion, groups from throughout KWRI assess what enhancements and enhancements might be made to make sure the subsequent FR is even higher than the final, and delivers the very best occasion expertise within the trade.
Training and coaching is on the middle of FR, and balancing the tutorial wants of the latest brokers with these of long-tenured leaders isn’t any small job. Major stage shows deliberate for FR26, just like the annual Imaginative and prescient Speech with Gary Keller, a keynote with Jay Shetty, and SocialMediaCon with Gary Vaynerchuk, serve the widest viewers by delivering data that applies throughout roles and expertise ranges. Against this, breakout classes present attendees with the time and house to discover specialised matters that align with their present roles, objectives, challenges, and pursuits.
Breakouts have traditionally lined an enormous array of matters throughout the actual property spectrum, and with 150 breakouts deliberate for FR26, this yr isn’t any exception. However whereas it’s nice to have an abundance of choices, that form of bounty can even result in overwhelm — particularly for first-time attendees. Robert Bell, KW’s director of coaching, says that’s why KW is introducing a brand new function for 2026: breakout tracks.
Breakout tracks open up the quick lane to studying throughout eight core topics: AI, Advertising and marketing and Branding, Consumers, Sellers, Operations and Administration, Industrial, Luxurious, and Wealth. Every monitor condenses essential methods, applied sciences, and mindset shifts into one studying pathway to benefit from your time and vitality. As an attendee, you may comply with one breakout monitor for the deepest dive on a single matter, or combine and match with different breakouts to customise your studying journey.
The Anatomy of a Breakout Observe
Robert says devoted breakout tracks had been conceived to simplify planning and supply a straightforward technique to navigate FR — and the conference middle itself.
After a full day of SocialMediaCon on Sunday, Feb. 22, Monday opens with basic session shows adopted by the primary of 5 time blocks devoted to breakouts. Observe classes run similtaneously different breakout classes over the primary 4 time blocks, with one devoted room for every monitor. Which means in case you select to comply with one monitor all through FR, comparable to AI or Operations and Administration, you’ll solely want to recollect the placement of 1 room.
In contrast to different conventions and conferences, you received’t discover gold or platinum badges at FR26; all badges are created equal. Whereas which means you get to pick from the total vary of breakout classes, seating is out there on a first-come, first-served foundation. Robert cautions that if a session is of explicit significance to you, it’s a good suggestion to get to the breakout location early to save lots of your spot. He additionally factors out that whereas a small variety of particular person breakout classes might be repeated throughout the 5 time blocks, there aren’t any repeated classes inside the breakout tracks, so it’s essential to plan forward. (Extra on that beneath.)
Along with going deep into every matter, every breakout monitor consists of a mixture of three distinct codecs: Speaker shows function one to 2 subject material consultants; rapid-fire RED talks are made up of back-to-back, 15-minute mini-sessions with one-pager takeaways; and dynamic panel discussions present a number of views on a single matter. The variability ensures that those that comply with a single breakout monitor have a dynamic and interesting studying expertise.
Planning Made Simple
Whether or not you’re a longtime KW® affiliate or a visitor, you should use KW Command to plan your FR. The FR26 cellular expertise, because of launch Jan. 12, 2026 inside Command, is the place you may simply discover breakout tracks, bookmark them, and add them to your agenda with one click on.
On the similar time, Robert says, in case you add a monitor to your agenda, you’re not locked into your alternatives; you may make adjustments and shift your plan on the go. You may elect to attend some monitor classes, then select your personal journey from the total array of breakouts taking place throughout FR. For those who don’t see what you’re in search of in a devoted monitor, you should use the app to look throughout classes. From fundamentals like leads, listings, and leverage, to tradition, time administration, and productiveness, there are particular person breakout classes on practically each matter within the enterprise of actual property — after which some.
After all, selecting to attend one session means you’re essentially lacking out on one other. “There’s a chance price” constructed into that choice, Robert says, “so it’s essential to come back to FR with clear goals about what you need to get out of the expertise.” Is there a specific problem you need to study extra about? A speaker you merely can’t miss? A subject you received’t discover wherever else? With so many choices to select from, pre-planning makes a giant distinction. “Know your sport plan getting in,” he advises. Between SocialMediaCon, keynotes, breakout tracks and classes, he predicts, “That is going to be one of many richest FRs we’ve ever had.”
