What Conference ConCepts does

Conference ConCepts is a private California corporation founded in 1994 and headquartered in San Diego that operates as a full-service professional conference management company. It creates, markets, and runs B2B technology conferences serving the semiconductor, storage, and memory industries, with a current portfolio that historically centered on the Flash Memory Summit (FMS) and now includes the MRAM Developer Day and NVMe Developer Days conferences following the March 2026 sale of FMS to UK-based events operator Terrapinn. Conference ConCepts was founded and remains led by CEO Chip G. Stockton and VP Business Development Dr. Lance A. Leventhal, each with more than 30 years of conference creation experience, and the broader team collectively represents over 200 man-years of conference management experience.

The company's core product is end-to-end conference delivery: venue and program management, real-time online registration with continuous online access, exhibit and sponsorship sales, attendee marketing via proprietary mailing lists of approximately 15,000+ contacts, and supporting programs such as Best of Show Awards and Innovation Leader Awards run in partnership with IT Brand Pulse. Events typically range from 250 to 3,000 registrants, and the company cites that 81% of attendees hold buying authority and 75%+ travel 400+ miles to attend, indicating a tightly targeted, high-intent audience profile. Sponsors and exhibitors include most major memory and storage vendors (Broadcom, Samsung, Intel, Micron, Western Digital, SK Hynix, Seagate, NetApp, Toshiba/Kioxia, Xilinx/AMD, IBM, Brocade).

Conference ConCepts monetizes events through three primary channels: registration fees paid by attendees, exhibit and sponsorship fees paid by vendors (the largest revenue contributor historically), and ancillary programs including Best of Show Awards and newsletter advertising. The company is self-funded, with no disclosed venture or private equity backing, and has operated continuously for more than 30 years. Past event properties no longer in operation include CEATAC, Server Design Summit, Parallel Data Conference, and several other legacy storage and infrastructure events.

Name

Conference ConCepts

Legal name

Conference Concepts, Inc.

Website

https://conferenceconcepts.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Conference ConCepts is a San Diego-based, self-funded conference management company founded in 1994 that creates and operates B2B technology events for the memory, storage, and semiconductor industries, currently running MRAM Developer Day and NVMe Developer Days after selling the Flash Memory Summit in 2026.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Conference and Event Management Services

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192), Convention and Trade Show Organizers (561920)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic & Education Conference Organizers (THAHACAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Academic & Scientific Conferences (MPAGAGAD), Association & Society Conference Management (Nonprofit, Professional Bodies) (THAHACAA)

Keywords

• Conference management services
• Technical trade shows
• Exhibit sponsorship sales
• B2B event production
• Association management

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Conference Attendance Registration: Revenue generated from attendee registration fees for technical conferences including Flash Memory Summit, MRAM Developer Day, and NVMe Developer Days. Conferences range in size from 250 to 3,000 registrants.
2. Exhibit and Sponsorship Sales: Revenue from selling exhibit spaces (10x10 spaces or larger), sponsorship packages at various levels (including full conference passes, speaker passes, attendee lists, website banner ads), and special arrangements. Sponsorship packages include website and show guide listings, company profiles, and access to conference proceedings.
3. Best of Show Awards: Revenue from companies entering Best of Show Awards contests which provide industry recognition opportunities for products and solutions, with winners building brand and image as innovative leaders.
4. Newsletter and Publication Advertising: Revenue from newsletters sent to proprietary lists (some exceeding 15,000 entries) covering network systems design, information lifecycle management, server blades, and AdvancedTCA, providing advertising opportunities for vendors and prospective exhibitors.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Conference ConCepts is a full-service professional conference and association management company that produces technical trade shows focused on cutting-edge technologies such as flash memory, MRAM, and NVMe. Its offering spans the full conference event lifecycle — technical program development, exhibit and sponsorship sales, conference planning, website and online marketing, registration, hotel and convention center coordination, public relations, collateral materials, and financial management — for events ranging from 250 to 3,000 registrants. Revenue is earned through attendee registration fees, exhibit space and sponsorship package sales, awards entry fees, and newsletter advertising.

Product overview

Conference ConCepts is a full-service professional conference management company that produces technical events focused on cutting-edge technologies. The company operates three current core conferences: Flash Memory Summit (FMS), MRAM Developer Day, and NVMe Developer Days. These events serve engineers, programmers, technical managers, and IT/IS managers seeking to learn about storage technologies and network with industry professionals. The company also offers ancillary services including Best of Show Awards for industry recognition, Innovation Leader Awards in partnership with IT Brand Pulse, and exhibit/sponsorship packages for vendors. Events are held at venues such as the Santa Clara Convention Center and Hilton Bayfront San Diego.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Flash Memory Summit (FMS) A technical conference focused on flash memory and storage systems, described as the leading independent storage show worldwide. The event brings together engineers, technical managers, and IT/IS managers to learn from people creating next-generation hardware and software, with attendee statistics showing 81% have buying authority and more than three-quarters travel 400+ miles to attend.
• MRAM Developer Day A one-day developer conference for MRAM (magnetoresistive random access memory) developers across all application areas, providing the latest information on specifications, products, ecosystem support, and techniques to make applications run faster, scale better, use less power, and reduce latency.
• NVMe Developer Days A developer conference for NVMe technology across all application areas, providing the latest information on specifications, products, ecosystem support, and techniques to make applications run faster, scale better, use less power, and reduce latency.
• Exhibit and Sponsorship Packages Trade show exhibit spaces (10x10 or larger) and tiered sponsorship packages offered to technology vendors and exhibitors across CCI's conferences, including full conference passes, speaker passes, attendee lists, website banner advertising, show guide listings, company profiles, access to conference proceedings, and special arrangements.
• Best of Show Awards Award contests held at CCI conferences (most prominently at Flash Memory Summit) recognizing innovative products and solutions across four categories: Most Innovative Flash Memory Consumer Application, Most Innovative Flash Memory Enterprise Business Application, Most Innovative Flash Memory Technology, and Most Innovative Flash Memory Customer Implementation. Winners receive industry recognition to build brand and image as innovative leaders in the marketplace.
• IT Brand Pulse Innovation Leader Awards Non-vendor-sponsored, independent brand leader surveys covering over 150 product categories across networking, servers, and storage, in which IT professionals in large enterprise, medium enterprise, and HPC environments vote on overall market leaders as well as leaders for price, performance, reliability, service and support, and innovation.

Quantifiable outcome

• 81% of attendees have buying authority
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• TerrapinnminorOthers · 20 March 2026Terrapinn, a UK-based events company described as the world's largest privately owned events company, acquired the Future of Memory and Storage (FMS) conference from Conference Concepts Inc. The acquisition marks the sale of FMS after Conference Concepts created and grew the conference over two decades in Santa Clara, California. Conference Concepts president Chip Stockton stated they believe Terrapinn is the right fit to take the event forward.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Flash Memory Summit (under Terrapinn): The post-divestiture Flash Memory Summit, now owned by Terrapinn, is the direct legacy of CCI's flagship event. It remains the leading independent storage show worldwide and now competes for the same sponsors and attendees as CCI's remaining events.
• SNIA (Storage Networking Industry Association): SNIA is the storage industry trade association that produces educational events, conferences, and standards work for storage professionals. It directly competes with CCI's storage-focused events for the same sponsor and attendee audiences.
• Questex: Questex is a B2B events, media, and training company running technology-focused conferences and expos serving similar enterprise IT and storage audiences. Its portfolio model and content-plus-event approach directly parallels CCI's.
• The Linux Foundation: The Linux Foundation produces major open-source and infrastructure conferences (e.g., Open Source Summit, KubeCon) that attract overlapping developer audiences in storage, networking, and systems engineering. Its events serve as competing venues for technical sponsors and engineers.
• Terrapinn: Terrapinn is a UK-headquartered, privately owned global events company that directly acquired Conference ConCepts' flagship FMS conference in 2026. It competes head-on in B2B technology events and now operates the leading independent storage show that CCI built.
• SEMI: SEMI is the global industry association serving the semiconductor and electronics manufacturing supply chain, producing major events such as SEMICON. It operates in an adjacent vertical that overlaps heavily with CCI's memory/storage sponsor base.

Broad incumbents

• Gartner: Gartner is the dominant IT research and advisory firm that runs major enterprise IT conferences (Gartner IO Conference, Gartner Symposium) attended by the same CTO and IT decision-maker audience that CCI serves, competing for enterprise sponsorship dollars.
• Informa Markets (Informa Tech): Informa is one of the world's largest B2B events and exhibitions operators, running major technology events including Black Hat, IoT World, and various storage and data center conferences. It overlaps directly with CCI's buyer-targeted B2B trade show model at significantly larger scale.
• IDG (International Data Group) / Foundry / IDG Communications: IDG and its Foundry/IDC-branded entities run a portfolio of B2B technology events and media properties (CIO 100, AGENDA) targeting the same enterprise IT and storage decision-makers that attend CCI's conferences.

Regional players

• Omdia (events): Omdia, the technology research spin-off from IHS Markit, runs industry-focused events and analyst gatherings in the storage, networking, and semiconductor sectors, overlapping with CCI's technical conference audiences.

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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