Dates
Business appointments run Tuesday through Thursday. Badge pick-up opens Sunday, and the Opening Event is Monday night.
May 2–6, 2027
IPW 2027 · New Orleans
Your IPW Week
IPW comes to New Orleans May 2–6, 2027. This is your week at a glance: the official schedule day by day, what's within reach of the Convention Center, how to get around, and a local concierge whenever you need one.
At A Glance
IPW 2027 Essentials
Venue
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, 900 Convention Center Blvd. The Warehouse District is on its doorstep, and the French Quarter starts at Canal Street, about 20 minutes on foot or a short streetcar ride.
900 Convention Center Blvd
Weather & What To Pack
Early May runs into the mid-80s°F by day with high humidity and a chance of an afternoon shower. Light layers, comfortable shoes and a small umbrella; the hall itself is well air-conditioned.
Mid-80s °F · humid
Your Concierge
Real New Orleans locals, a text or chat away. Ask for a dinner table, a route between appointments, or what to do with an open evening.
Daily, 8 AM – 8 PM
Day By Day
The Week, Planned Around IPW
The official IPW schedule is shown in grey. The gold windows are yours — and under each one is what we'd do with it.
Saturday · May 1
Arrival Day
Nothing on the IPW calendar yet. Land, drop the bags, and let the city introduce itself.
All day
Your timeArrivals and your first evening in New Orleans
What we'd do with it
Get your bearings in the Quarter
Jackson Square, the galleries on Royal Street, and the river at Woldenberg Park — about an hour on foot, and the Riverfront streetcar brings you back to the hall.
Dinner four blocks from the hall
Cochon, Pêche, Emeril's and Meril all sit on Tchoupitoulas and Magazine within half a mile; book ahead for a Saturday.
Frenchmen Street after dark
A dozen live-music rooms in three blocks, most with no cover early in the evening.
Sunday · May 2
Badge Pick-Up Opens
Registration opens at the Convention Center. Buyers are out on Destination Experiences; everyone else has the day.
8 AM – 5 PM
Badge pick-up, registration and information desk
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
8 AM – 5 PM
OffsiteDestination Experiences buyer tours
Evening
Your timeOpen evening
What we'd do with it
Badge first, then the WWII Museum
The National WWII Museum is a seven-minute walk up Magazine Street; give it a half day if you can.
The Julia Street galleries
The Warehouse District's art galleries line the 300–600 blocks of Julia Street, two blocks from the hall.
The CBD and the Quarter are both a short walk; ask the concierge for a table if the obvious places are full.
Monday · May 3
Opening Day
Press events through the day, then the Global Networking Reception and the Opening Event at the Superdome.
8 AM – 5 PM
Badge pick-up, registration and information desk
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
9 AM – 5 PM
OffsiteDestination Experiences buyer tours
9 AM – 12:30 PM
OffsitePress brunch and Travel Writers Awards
Audubon Tea Room
12:30 – 4:30 PM
OffsitePress tours
Morning – mid-afternoon
Your timeOpen until the evening events
5:30 – 6:30 PM
OffsiteGlobal Networking Reception
7 – 10 PM
OffsiteOpening Event
Caesars Superdome
What we'd do with it
A morning uptown by streetcar
The St. Charles line from Canal Street runs past the Garden District's mansions to Magazine Street's shops; allow a slow two hours.
If you're bound for the press brunch
The Audubon Tea Room is six miles uptown by the zoo; allow 25 minutes by car, and the St. Charles streetcar gets you most of the way.
The Superdome is a walk
The Opening Event is about 15 minutes on foot from the hall along Poydras Street — no need for a car.
Tuesday · May 4
Show Day 1
Ribbon cutting, then a full day of appointments. The evening is open.
7:45 – 9:15 AM
Buyer breakfast, buyer briefing and ribbon cutting
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Business appointments and Media Marketplace
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
12:30 – 2 PM
Lunch
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
2 – 5:05 PM
Business appointments and Media Marketplace
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
4:45 – 6:10 PM
Media Marketplace reception and open networking
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
Evening
Your timeOpen evening
What we'd do with it
Coffee between appointments
Fulton Street, one block from the hall, has the nearest cafés and a quiet place to take a call.
An evening that doesn't need planning
A ghost walk through the Quarter or an hour at the distillery are the easy ones — both start after the hall closes.
The good tables go early in show week; tell the concierge the night and the size of your party and we'll find one.
Wednesday · May 5
Show Day 2
Appointments until early afternoon, then IPW takes the show out into the city. The evening is open again.
9:30 AM – 1:05 PM
Business appointments, press conferences and media appointments
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
1:05 – 3 PM
OffsiteA Taste of New Orleans
3 – 6 PM
OffsiteIPW Beyond the Booth: New Orleans
Afternoon and evening
Your timeFree afternoon for anyone not on the offsite program, then an open evening
What we'd do with it
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art and the Contemporary Arts Center face each other on Camp Street, five minutes from the hall.
The Garden District on foot
Take the St. Charles streetcar to Washington Avenue and wander the blocks of mansions and live oaks around Lafayette Cemetery No. 1.
If Tuesday got away from you, tonight is the second chance for a ghost walk or a tasting.
Thursday · May 6
Show Day 3
The last appointments, the buyer drawing, and the Closing Event on the river.
9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Business appointments and press conferences
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
12:30 – 2 PM
Lunch
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
2 – 4:30 PM
Media and business appointments, buyer drawing, marketplace hall closes
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
4:30 – 7 PM
Your timeOpen until the Closing Event
7 – 10 PM
OffsiteClosing Event
River City Venues
What we'd do with it
The Closing Event is next door
River City Venues sits beside Mardi Gras World at 1380 Port of New Orleans Place, a ten-minute walk downriver from the hall.
Two hours to fill
A drink on the river at the Riverwalk, or the Mardi Gras World float den next to the venue, fits between the hall closing and the party.
Friday · May 7
Departure Day
Flying out late, or staying the weekend? This is the day for the trips that need a whole morning.
All day
Your timeIPW is over — the city isn't
What we'd do with it
A swamp tour needs a morning and the plantations need the day; both collect you downtown and the strip below has them.
Getting to the airport
Taxis from downtown to MSY are a flat $36 for one or two passengers ($15 each for three or more), about 25–40 minutes depending on traffic.
A last coffee in the Quarter
Café du Monde and its neighbours on Decatur Street open early; beignets and a chicory coffee are a 20-minute walk or one streetcar ride away.
Official schedule per ipw.com, read November 2026. Times may change before the show; the IPW app has the final word.
Near The Convention Center
What's Within A Walk
The hall sits where the Warehouse District meets the river. Everything pinned here is a short walk or one streetcar stop from the show floor — plus the IPW venues that aren't.
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
Getting Around
From The Convention Center
Most of what's on this page is within a walk or one streetcar ride of the hall.
On Foot
The Warehouse and Arts District, the National WWII Museum and the Riverwalk are a few blocks away. Canal Street is about 20 minutes on foot along the river, and Jackson Square about 30.
By Streetcar
The Riverfront line stops at Julia Street outside the Convention Center and runs to the French Market, daily from 6 AM to midnight, every 15–20 minutes. For the Garden District, pick up the St. Charles line at Canal Street. Pay in the Le Pass app or with exact change.
Airport & Taxis
Louis Armstrong International (MSY) is 15 miles west, 25–40 minutes by car. Taxis to downtown are a flat $36 for one or two passengers and $15 each for three or more; rideshare pickups are on the first floor of the airport garage.
If An Evening Opens Up
Three Experiences Worth The Gap
The ones we'd pick for a delegate with an open evening or a free morning. Each is discounted or complimentary for IPW with code IPW27 at checkout — or ask the concierge and we'll sort it out.
Complimentary
Taste house spirits and tour the production floor at Seven Three Distilling.
Book NowUse Code: IPW27
Hear the French Quarter’s ghost stories on an evening walk with a licensed guide.
Book NowUse Code: IPW27
Ride a quiet flat-bottom boat through Honey Island Swamp with a local captain.
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