GAIN INSPIRATIONAL IDEAS, ACTIONABLE TOOLS, AND LASTING CONNECTIONS.
Join the most influential salon leaders in the U.S.
WHEN:
May 18-20, 2026
Renaissance Austin Hotel
9721 Arboretum Blvd
Austin, TX 78759
Secure Your Discounted Room — Limited Availability!
WHERE:
The FiLL is for salon, spa, medspa, barbershops, and other beauty & wellness business owners, leaders and managers – as well as owners and leaders of schools with cosmetology, esthetics, barber, massage and nail programs.
WHO IS IT FOR:
For over a decade, top salon, spa, medspa, and school owners and leaders have trusted Qnity to help them FiLL the gaps in their businesses. The FiLL is Qnity's annual event where we welcome leaders to step away from the day-to-day operations to gain inspirational ideas, actionable tools, and lasting connections. We welcome Qnity veterans and those new Qnity to join us for this special gathering. See YOU at The FiLL!
WHY THE FiLL?
Step away from the everyday demands of your business and refill with inspiring keynotes, innovative workshops, incredible experiences and lifelong connections.
FiLL YOUR BUCKET
With our revolutionary visual systems, actionable tools, lightbulb moments, peer sharing, best practices, innovative solutions and much more!
FiLL YOUR TOOLKIT
Dive deeper into the 5 most common gaps in business – Growth, Execution, Profitability, Leadership, and Engagement – and discover innovative solutions.
FiLL THE GAPS
2026 SPEAKERS
Dr. Katie Pritchett
Speaker-
You got into this industry because you love the craft AND the people. But somewhere between building your business, managing your team, and keeping up with everything changing around you, you stopped feeling like yourself. The passion is still there. So is the exhaustion.
Here's what no one told you: the patterns draining you at work are the same ones showing up at home. And they're not character flaws. They're survival strategies your nervous system learned a long time ago, strategies that worked then but are costing you now.
In this interactive session, Dr. Katie Pritchett draws on her research with 100 leaders and her background in neuroscience coaching to help you see your patterns clearly, interrupt them in real time, and lead with more energy than you thought you still had.
You'll walk away knowing:
Your dominant survival pattern and why it made complete sense until now
Why your nervous system is contagious and what that means for your team
One thing you can do differently on Monday morning
This isn't a "calm down and push through" conversation. It's the biological piece that leadership development has been missing, and the beauty industry is ready for it.
Come ready to engage, reflect, and leave with something real.
Dr. Pepper Pastor
Speaker-
What if the greatest driver of your team’s performance isn’t a new system… but how your people actually feel at work?
In this transformative session, Dr. Pepper Pastor explores one of the most overlooked and powerful levers in business: care. Not as a feeling, but as a strategic advantage.
Blending neuroscience, real-world leadership experience, and practical tools, Pepper will show you how to build a culture where people feel seen, valued, and accountable — and where performance follows.
You’ll learn how to:
Balance care and accountability without burnout or resentment
Build trust that drives engagement, ownership, and results
Create environments that support growth, innovation, and retention
Karla Lopez Martinez
Speaker-
Team growth doesn’t just happen. It’s guided and intentional.
Today’s workforce is motivated by more than just numbers, and the most effective leaders know how to align what matters most to their team with the way they perform, grow, and succeed as salon and spa professionals. This session explores how to create that connection, building stronger alignment between personal drivers and performance.
With a focus on practical application, you’ll discover fresh, engaging ways to energize your team around both goals and the behaviors that bring them to life, making accountability feel inspiring rather than forced.
At the core of it all is your role as a Growth Guide. The way you show up as a leader has the power to captivate, inspire, and ultimately drive sustainable growth across your team.
Michele Savell
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If you’re new to The FiLL, or ready to reconnect with the fundamentals that drive real results, this session is your starting point.
Led by Director of Education and Coaching and Citrus Salons owner Candice Gliatto, Qnity Immersion brings you back to the core ideas that shape how we think, lead, and build.
AND, not OR
The power of unity
Structure that creates freedom
You’ll walk away with a clear understanding of the 5 Functions that drive a healthy business and the rhythm of the 8 Seasons. This is not theory. It’s structure you can use.
Perfect for first-time attendees and anyone ready to reset, realign, and move forward with intention.
Speaker
Candice Gliatto
Speaker-
If you’re new to The FiLL, or ready to reconnect with the fundamentals that drive real results, this session is your starting point.
Led by Director of Education and Coaching and Citrus Salons owner Candice Gliatto, Qnity Immersion brings you back to the core ideas that shape how we think, lead, and build.
AND, not OR
The power of unity
Structure that creates freedom
You’ll walk away with a clear understanding of the 5 Functions that drive a healthy business and the rhythm of the 8 Seasons. This is not theory. It’s structure you can use.
Perfect for first-time attendees and anyone ready to reset, realign, and move forward with intention.
Laura Graven
Speaker-
Team growth doesn’t just happen. It’s guided and intentional.
Today’s workforce is motivated by more than just numbers, and the most effective leaders know how to align what matters most to their team with the way they perform, grow, and succeed as salon and spa professionals. This session explores how to create that connection, building stronger alignment between personal drivers and performance.
With a focus on practical application, you’ll discover fresh, engaging ways to energize your team around both goals and the behaviors that bring them to life, making accountability feel inspiring rather than forced.
At the core of it all is your role as a Growth Guide. The way you show up as a leader has the power to captivate, inspire, and ultimately drive sustainable growth across your team.
Rebecca Ezolt
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Profit doesn’t come from numbers alone.
It comes from how your people, your systems, and your technology work together.
In this session, we’ll reframe what the finance function really is — not just reporting on the past, but actively shaping the future of your business.
You’ll learn how to connect:
People — your team’s behaviors, decisions, and accountability
Systems — your structure, processes, and financial rhythms
AI & Technology — tools that surface insight, not just data
This is where modern finance lives.
Not in spreadsheets.
In decisions.
You’ll walk away with a clearer understanding of how to:
Turn data into direction
Use technology to simplify and elevate your financial visibility
Build a financial operating system that actually drives profitability
Speaker
Sharah Madrone
Speaker-
Do you feel like you’re constantly struggling to keep your head above water? In today's demanding environment, mastering the sustainable and effective management of your attention, time, and money is the only way to move from frantic effort to genuine, lasting success. This workshop provides a clear, actionable framework for closing the execution gap and bringing your vision to fruition.
Qnity coach, multi-location salon owner and work-life balance master, Sharah Madrone, will guide you through the essential elements of sustainable execution. You will learn how' to stop wasting your attention, time and money on low-return activities through Prioritization. Discover the keys to building simple, repeatable processes that scale your impact and protect your bottom line through Systemization. And understand the core elements required to drive high performance and safeguard your investment over the long term, by Sustaining Momentum. Leave this session with a practical approach to systemize your work, empower your team, and ensure your strategic vision consistently delivers results.
Tom Kuhn
Speaker-
Profit doesn’t come from numbers alone.
It comes from how your people, your systems, and your technology work together.
In this session, we’ll reframe what the finance function really is — not just reporting on the past, but actively shaping the future of your business.
You’ll learn how to connect:
People — your team’s behaviors, decisions, and accountability
Systems — your structure, processes, and financial rhythms
AI & Technology — tools that surface insight, not just data
This is where modern finance lives.
Not in spreadsheets.
In decisions.
You’ll walk away with a clearer understanding of how to:
Turn data into direction
Use technology to simplify and elevate your financial visibility
Build a financial operating system that actually drives profitability
More Speaker Announcements Coming Soon!
DON'T MISS OUT ON EARLY BIRD PRICING
This Year is Different. Don’t Miss It.
For over a decade, Qnity has created unforgettable experiences for the professional beauty industry. In 2026, we’re leveling up with exclusive new additions that make this the most valuable FiLL yet.
NEW in 2026:
Exclusive Salon Tours
Step inside some of Austin’s most premium salons and spas for behind-the-scenes inspiration.
Real conversations. Raw challenges. The best of the best in education, “In the Barrel” for an unfiltered, solution-driven dialogue. If you’re serious about the future of schools, you can’t afford to miss this.
Exclusive Schools Roundtables
Curated Roundtables
This year, The FiLL introduces Curated Roundtables — intimate, high-value discussions designed to connect leaders who are facing similar challenges and opportunities. Each roundtable is thoughtfully curated to spark dialogue, idea-sharing, and collaboration among the best minds in the professional beauty industry.
The Celebration of Lightbulb Moments Gala
Now included with every FiLL ticket.