NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The 2025 annual face-to-face Closet Summit Conference & Vendor Exposition will be held on October 15-17 at the Sonesta Nashville Airport Hotel.

The Closet Institute of America (CIA), which conducts the event each year (this is #12), has announced that the keynote speaker will be Neil Balter, retired founder of California Closets and Organizers Direct. 

Neil was awarded the CIA’s ‘Jerry Award’ for outstanding service at the Salt Lake City Summit in 2022.

Unlike other woodworking events and closet industry conferences that are open to the general closet and storage industry, the Summit is exclusively for CIAMO, CIA Members-Only. The Summit is a two-day conference where the vendors are embedded into the entire event and participate in sessions, round tables, and presentations, as well as dedicated Vendorama sessions where attendees visit vendor booths.

This year’s onsite showroom and shop tour will be hosted by Nashville local Adam Floyd and his ‘The Closet Company’.

At the conference, the CIA will unveil its new online Closet University program where members will be able to access resources, view videos, download industry data and metrics and attend podcasts and live webinars. 

The event is limited to 300 CIAMO attendees and space will be provided for 45 supporting Vendor members.
For information on joining CIA and attending the Summit conference, please visit closetinstitute.org or email [email protected].