Events / QSR Evolution 2026
Defining the Next Generation of Restaurant Performance
Meet FranConnect at QSR Evolution 2026
QSR Evolution returns in 2026 with an expanded format that brings QSR Evolution and FSR NextGen together in one event. Restaurant operators, executives and innovators from quick-service, fast-casual and full-service brands will gather to share ideas on building and operating the restaurant of the future.
Why Attend QSR Evolution?
Quick-service and multi-location restaurant brands have always had to evolve. Consumer expectations shift, labor challenges intensify, technology moves quickly and growth creates new operational complexity. QSR Evolution creates a face-to-face forum for restaurant leaders to compare strategies, learn from peers and explore what it takes to build resilient, high-performing brands.
Who Should Attend
C-suite leaders, founders, franchise owners, multi-unit operators and executives responsible for operations, technology, HR, marketing, development and growth.
What You’ll Hear About
Growth, innovation, franchising, labor, culture, restaurant technology, AI, leadership, emerging brands and the operational realities shaping restaurant performance.
Why Meet FranConnect
FranConnect helps restaurant brands connect growth plans to execution across locations, with visibility into operations, compliance, training, performance and franchise development.
2026 Conference Tracks
Tech Check & Innovation Central
Restaurant technology, AI, loyalty and the innovations changing how operators run and grow their businesses.
Labor & Culture
Frontline execution, workforce challenges, leadership and building cultures that support stronger restaurant performance.
Emerging Brands & Entrepreneurship
How restaurant concepts of different sizes scale without losing the systems, experience and discipline that made them successful.
Leadership, Franchising & Growth
Executive leadership, franchise development, growth strategy and the decisions shaping the next generation of restaurant brands.
Booking a Meeting With FranConnect
Book time before QSR Evolution and our team will coordinate a dedicated conversation around operational execution, compliance, frontline readiness, location openings or performance visibility.
Faster Location Opening Times Reported as a FranConnect Customer Outcome
Meet with our team to see how connected franchise and multi-location management technology can help restaurant brands move from development to opening and ongoing execution with greater visibility.
Conference Location
Hyatt Regency Atlanta
265 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
United States