A satirical mirror. Same structure, same dates, one word changed.

Why this exists

Philadelphia

All MTSFest dates Thursday 1 October 2026

Date
Hours
09:00 – 17:00 ET
Venue
The Rittenhouse
Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA
Format
One track, eight talks, four themes
Line-up
4 of 8 announced

$499

Standard release

Tickets are not on sale and will not be. This event exists to make a point about who is allowed to hold one, and selling a seat to it would be a different thing entirely.

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The day.

The shape is fixed. Four of the eight talks have a name against them; the other four are open, one in each theme.

  1. 09:00

    Doors open

    Coffee, badges, and nobody expecting you to network before you have had one.

  2. 09:40

    Welcome

    Ten minutes. Housekeeping, the quiet room, where the toilets are.

  3. 09:55

    Analyse

    Kyle Roof

    Talk

  4. 10:30

    Analyse

    Speaker to be announced

    Talk

  5. 11:05

    Break

    Twenty minutes, and actually twenty. Long enough to get a coffee and still get back in.

  6. 11:25

    Advance

    Charles Floate

    Talk

  7. 12:00

    Advance

    Speaker to be announced

    Talk

  8. 12:35

    Lunch

    Seated, at tables, with a seating plan. This is the networking.

  9. 13:40

    Innovate

    David Quaid

    Talk

  10. 14:15

    Innovate

    Speaker to be announced

    Talk

  11. 14:50

    Break

    Nothing is programmed against the post-lunch dip. Nobody should have to speak into that room.

  12. 15:15

    Empower

    Koray Tuğberk Gübür

    Talk

  13. 15:50

    Empower

    Speaker to be announced

    Talk

  14. 16:30

    Close

    Short. Then the bar, for anyone who wants it and nobody who does not.

Four of eight.

Kyle Roof, Charles Floate, David Quaid, Koray Tuğberk Gübür are confirmed for Philadelphia. The other 4 slots are open, and local speakers get first refusal.

How to take one of them

  • Kyle Roof

    Talk to be announced

    Philadelphia · 2026

  • Charles Floate

    Talk to be announced

    Philadelphia · 2026

  • David Quaid

    Talk to be announced

    Philadelphia · 2026

  • Koray Tuğberk Gübür

    Talk to be announced

    Philadelphia · 2026

  • Open

    Slot 5 of 8

  • Open

    Slot 6 of 8

  • Open

    Slot 7 of 8

  • Open

    Slot 8 of 8

Getting there.

The Rittenhouse, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA.

Nearest stations

Rittenhouse Square sits in Center City, walkable from most of downtown and about twenty minutes from 30th Street Station.

From the airport

The Airport Line runs into Center City in roughly half an hour. A cab takes about the same and costs a great deal more.

Staying over

The Thursday date leaves the Friday free, which is the single most requested thing about the format.

There is one other date.

MTSFest London, Friday 19 March 2027, at Barbican Centre.

London 2027