MODEX 2026 Attendee List: How to Get It Before the Show

Quick answer: MHI doesn't publish a MODEX 2026 attendee list, but you can build one from public LinkedIn data. WhoGoes identifies verified attendees who've posted about attending MODEX 2026, with names, emails, companies, and proof of attendance. Preview 5 contacts free.

What Is a MODEX 2026 Attendee List?

A MODEX 2026 attendee list is a database of verified professionals attending the MODEX supply chain trade show in Atlanta, April 13-16, 2026.

We're not talking about a generic manufacturing contact list pulled from ZoomInfo. This is a targeted set of people who've publicly said they're heading to MODEX, whether through LinkedIn posts, company announcements, or speaker confirmations. Each record typically includes name, title, company, email, and the LinkedIn post proving they'll be there.

MODEX is the premier supply chain experience trade show in the United States, produced by MHI (the industry association for material handling, logistics, and supply chain). It's held every two years in Atlanta at the Georgia World Congress Center, alternating with ProMat in Chicago. According to Modern Materials Handling, MODEX 2024 shattered records with 48,733 registered attendees and 1,200 exhibitors across 580,000 square feet. MHI expects 2026 to push well past 50,000.

If you're selling warehouse automation, robotics, WMS software, conveyor systems, or anything in the supply chain tech stack, MODEX is where your buyers spend four days in April. Having a list of who's going, before you arrive, is the difference between working the show strategically and wandering 600,000 square feet of exhibit hall hoping to bump into the right person.

Key Takeaways

• MHI does not publish an official attendee list for MODEX. You'll need to build your own using LinkedIn data, exhibitor directories, or third-party tools.
• MODEX 2024 drew nearly 49,000 attendees, and 2026 is projected to be even larger. According to MHI, 85% of attendees have buying authority.
• The 2026 keynote lineup (Home Depot's CFO, exponential tech pioneer Salim Ismail) signals heavy focus on AI, nearshoring, and supply chain digitization.
• With the event just weeks away (April 13-16), outreach needs to start now. Calendars fill fast when 50,000+ people converge on Atlanta.
• Free registration means the attendee mix skews toward actual practitioners and buyers, not just vendors padding their badge count.

Who Attends MODEX 2026?

I've talked to SDRs who work both ProMat and MODEX. The common take: "MODEX is where the ops people come." Not just executives in suits doing a show floor tour, but the directors of distribution, warehouse managers, and automation engineers who actually spec and buy the systems.

According to MHI's post-show demographics report, 47% of MODEX 2024 attendees were corporate or senior management, and 69% were specifically looking for distribution center and warehouse solutions. That's an unusually high concentration of decision-makers for a free-registration event.

Side note: the free registration part matters more than you'd think. Paid conferences tend to attract people who've already committed budget and mental energy to a topic. Free shows attract a broader mix, including people early in their research cycle. Those early-stage buyers are gold for SDRs because you're reaching them before they've shortlisted vendors.

MODEX 2026 Keynotes and Themes That Shape Your Outreach

This is where a lot of people get lazy with event-based prospecting. They blast the same generic email to every name on the list. Knowing what's actually happening at MODEX gives you hooks that make your outreach feel personal.

Richard McPhail, CFO of The Home Depot (Monday, April 13)

Opening keynote. He's talking about lessons from the supply chain front line: leadership, nearshoring, digitization. If your prospect works in retail or wholesale distribution, this keynote gives you a natural opener. "Catching McPhail's keynote on Monday? We've been working with distribution teams on the exact digitization challenges he's talking about."

Salim Ismail, Founder of OpenExO (Tuesday, April 14)

Exponential thinking applied to logistics. AI, machine learning, and how emerging tech reshapes supply chains. This one draws the innovation-curious crowd. Good outreach angle for anyone selling AI-powered optimization, demand forecasting, or predictive maintenance.

MHI Annual Industry Report Panel (Wednesday, April 15)

MHI CEO John Paxton and Deloitte's Wanda Johnson present industry trends and forecasts. This session produces data points you can reference for weeks after the show.

200+ Educational Seminars

Beyond keynotes, MODEX 2026 runs over 200 free seminars in 45-minute blocks from 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM daily. Topics span AI/ML in warehouse management, vision-based robotics, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), digital twins, IoT sensor networks, and sustainability. Each of these is a potential outreach angle: "I noticed you're registered for the AMR session on Tuesday afternoon. We should compare notes."

Key Exhibitors to Watch

Over 1,000 exhibitors fill all three halls of the Georgia World Congress Center. Some names that keep coming up in pre-show buzz:

• Dematic (immersive booth experience, automated sortation)
• Locus Robotics (presenting on orchestrated warehouse operations)
• Honeywell Intelligrated (end-to-end automation)
• FANUC (industrial robotics and palletizing)
• Kardex/AutoStore (high-throughput automated storage, live demos at Booth C14767)
• Zebra Technologies (warehouse visibility and tracking)
• Exotec (goods-to-person robotics)

If your prospects work at any of these companies (or their competitors), that's another personalization layer. "I see Dematic is going big at MODEX this year. How are you thinking about [competitive angle]?"

5 Ways to Build a MODEX 2026 Attendee List

Your mileage will vary with each method. MODEX is a massive show, so the volume of findable contacts is higher than most niche events. But MHI, like most event organizers, keeps the full attendee list locked down.

1. Manual LinkedIn Search

Search "MODEX 2026" on LinkedIn, filter by Posts, and scroll. You'll find people announcing they're attending, companies promoting their booths, and speakers sharing session details. Copy names into a spreadsheet, find emails through Hunter.io or a similar tool.

The math: 4-6 hours gets you maybe 50-80 contacts. That's fine if MODEX is your only event this quarter. If you're juggling multiple shows? Not sustainable.

2. Mine the Exhibitor Directory

The MODEX exhibitor directory lists all 1,000+ companies with booth locations. You'll get company names and categories. You won't get the individual humans. Cross-referencing each company on LinkedIn to find who's actually going adds hours to the process, but it gives you a solid company-level target list.

3. Track Speaker and Session Announcements

MODEX publishes its full session schedule with speaker names and company affiliations. Speakers are high-value contacts. They're practitioners willing to stand on stage and share expertise, which usually means they're influential within their organizations. But the speaker list alone is a small slice of 50,000+ attendees.

4. Monitor #MODEX2026 on Social Media

LinkedIn and X both see heavy MODEX activity in the weeks before the show. Track the hashtag, note who's posting, and add them to your list. This is a good supplementary tactic, but it's passive. You can't control the flow.

5. Use a LinkedIn-Based Attendee List Platform

Platforms that automatically scan public LinkedIn posts for MODEX mentions do what Method 1 does, except in minutes instead of hours. You get names, titles, companies, emails, and a link to the LinkedIn post as proof of attendance.

Pre-Event Outreach Timeline for MODEX 2026

MODEX 2026 starts April 13. That's less than three weeks from today. If you haven't started building your list, you're already behind, but not too late. I've seen SDRs book solid meetings with just two weeks of runway.

Now through April 4 (1-3 weeks out): Build your list immediately. LinkedIn post volume about MODEX picks up fast in the final weeks before the show. People are booking flights, sharing booth previews, and posting "who else is going?" This is peak list-building time.

April 4-10 (final week before): Send your first outreach wave. Short, specific, referencing MODEX. Propose a 15-minute meeting at the Georgia World Congress Center. Don't pitch your product. Pitch the conversation.

April 7-12 (days before): Follow up once with non-responders. Add any new contacts you've found. The session schedule is fully published by now, so you can reference specific talks they might attend.

April 13-16 (during MODEX): Day-of messages work when they're hyper-contextual. "Just walked past the Locus Robotics demo. Reminded me of what you posted about AMR deployment. Coffee?" That kind of thing.

April 17+ (post-event): Follow up with everyone. People you met, people you didn't reach, people who responded but couldn't find time. The shared context of MODEX stays warm for about two weeks.

MODEX 2026 vs. Other Supply Chain Events

If you're allocating prospecting budget across multiple events, you need to know where MODEX fits in the landscape.

MODEX is the volume play. If you want the largest concentration of supply chain and material handling buyers under one roof in 2026, this is it. Gartner Supply Chain Symposium is the executive play: smaller, more expensive, higher seniority. ProMat is essentially MODEX's twin, just held in odd years in Chicago. If you're selling to mid-market warehouse operators, MODEX and ProMat are your two anchor events.

One thing I've noticed: because MODEX registration is free, the "tire kicker" ratio is higher than at paid conferences. That's not a bad thing. It just means your list quality matters more. Having LinkedIn proof that someone posted about attending (not just registered on a whim) helps you prioritize the people who are actually showing up with intent.

How WhoGoes Helps You Build the MODEX 2026 Attendee List

WhoGoes scans public LinkedIn posts to find people who've mentioned attending, speaking at, or exhibiting at MODEX 2026. Each contact includes a name, job title, company, verified email (when available), and a direct link to their LinkedIn post as proof of attendance. You can preview 5 contacts free on the MODEX 2026 attendee list page with no credit card required. Credits start at $29 for 200 contacts, with no contracts and credits that never expire. WhoGoes covers 1,200+ events, so if you're also eyeing Gartner Supply Chain Symposium 2026 or FABCON 2026, you can use the same credits across all of them.

Related: How to Get a Trade Show Attendee List in 2026 covers seven methods for building attendee lists across any industry event, with a deeper comparison of costs and data quality.