On Friday, Oct. 23, an oceanfront hotel on Collins Avenue in Miami Beach is scheduled to turn an ordinary afternoon into a room of creators, small-brand founders and marketers. The #NextGen Creators Fall Summit, organized by siblings Sebastian and Vale Genta, runs from 1 to 7 p.m. at the Andaz Miami Beach Resort & Spa, according to its Eventbrite listing. Eventbrite describes three panels, a lunch, a brand showcase and a networking happy hour, and the organizer puts the crowd at more than 300.
For an owner in Broward or Palm Beach County, the pitch is practical and a little risky. The event sits in Miami-Dade, the tickets are not refundable, and the published program is thin. What follows is a guide to who the day seems built for, what it costs, how the organizer’s own pages disagree in a few places, and how to prepare so the trip produces something besides a gift bag.
A Friday Afternoon on Collins Avenue
The summit is the fourth in the series, according to The Miami Guide, which reported the move to the Andaz in September. The organizer’s website says #NextGen grew from “an intimate creator workshop into a thriving community and event platform” and that this edition follows “three sold-out summits.” Those are the organizer’s descriptions, as is the line that the day will bring together “300+ creators, founders, marketers, media professionals, and tastemakers.” No independent attendance figure has been published.
The official program is described in broad strokes. The organizer lists keynote conversations and panels, curated networking, interactive brand activations and product sampling, plus lunch and a happy hour. The Eventbrite listing adds that the day includes “a curated brand showcase of all your favorite products” and names Dr. Brandt, RMS Beauty, Ritual and Snackish among the brands in it. What neither page publishes is a minute-by-minute agenda. The only hours on offer are the 1 to 7 p.m. window on Eventbrite, so anyone planning around a particular panel will have to wait for the organizer to say when it happens.
The event is for adults only. Eventbrite lists it as ages 18 and over.
Who Is Listed on the Stage
The organizer’s site says this year’s panelists include Kat Stickler, creator and founding partner of Snackish; Dianna Cohen, founder of Crown Affair; Tara Bosch, founder of SmartSweets and Snackish; Stéphane Colleu, president and CEO of Dr.Brandt; Laura Brodie, chief growth officer at Ritual; Sami Clarke, creator and co-founder of FORM; and Isaac Hindin-Miller, creator. Those titles are the organizer’s own. Eventbrite and The Miami Guide repeat most of the same names, with small differences in wording. The one real disagreement is a marketing executive at the k2o by Sprinter brand, who appears under a different surname and title on the organizer’s site than on Eventbrite and The Miami Guide, so that speaker is not named here until the organizer sorts it out.
The organizer’s site also lists past speakers from earlier editions, including Gary Vaynerchuk, which is useful as a sense of the series’ ambitions but says nothing about who will be on stage on Oct. 23. Eventbrite adds that more speakers were “to be announced” when it published the listing. For an owner deciding whether a particular name justifies the trip, the sensible approach is to treat the current list as subject to change and to check the organizer’s pages again in the days before the event.
One more point about the stage: the lineup leans toward beauty, wellness and consumer products. A founder who sells skincare, snacks or a lifestyle product will see a lineup that resembles the customers and partners they chase. An owner who sells accounting, roofing or restaurant equipment will see far less direct overlap.
What a Ticket Costs, and What It Does Not Refund
The organizer lists two tiers. Standard Access is $115 and VIP Access is $175, and both prices appeared on the organizer’s site as of Oct. 1. In a Sept. 11 update, The Miami Guide reported that early-bird pricing closed Sept. 10 and that these are the prices now, which lines up with the Sept. 11 sales start in Eventbrite’s page data. Eventbrite’s page data shows a range of $116.15 to $201.78 for the same tickets, a gap that the page does not itemize, so budget for the checkout total instead of the headline price.
| Ticket | Organizer’s price | What the organizer lists |
|---|---|---|
| Standard Access | $115 | Access to the panels, networking, lunch, happy hour and brand activations |
| VIP Access | $175 | Everything in Standard, plus priority or premium seating and a gift bag |
The gift bag is where the organizer’s pages disagree. The organizer’s site describes the VIP bag as worth $400 or more in several places and as worth $450 or more in the ticket description, and Eventbrite says $400 or more. Because the figures differ and the contents are provided by brands, the value is best treated as the organizer’s estimate. Whether it matters depends on whether the products are ones you would buy or use in your business anyway.
Refund terms need a careful read. Eventbrite shows “No refunds” and its FAQ says tickets are non-refundable and “cannot be exchanged.” The organizer’s own FAQ says tickets are non-refundable but can be transferred if the buyer emails the new name and email address before the event. Those statements conflict on transfers, so a buyer who may need to hand off a ticket should ask the organizer before paying. Food and drinks are included in the ticket, according to both pages, with no extra charge for gratuity. One line in the organizer’s FAQ mentions “two panels” where the rest of its text and Eventbrite say three, another reason to confirm the program with the organizer.
Who Should Go, and Who Should Skip
The day makes the most sense for three kinds of owner. The first is a creator or a small consumer-brand founder who wants to meet other founders and marketers in person and who is comfortable starting conversations with strangers. The second is a social media or marketing operator who works with creators and wants to see how brands talk about partnerships. The third is an owner who is actively looking for a brand or creator collaboration and has something concrete to propose.
Other owners should think harder. A business whose customers are mostly other businesses, such as a contractor, accountant or logistics company, may find fewer direct buyers in a creator-focused room. The organizer’s own language is built around creators and consumer brands, and its panelist list is dominated by beauty, snack and wellness companies. A beginner who has not yet posted content or chosen a niche may get more from a free or cheaper meetup first, then buy a ticket once there is something to show.
The VIP tier only makes sense for a narrower group. Priority seating helps someone who wants to sit close to a panel and take notes, and the gift bag helps an owner who would use the products. For someone coming mainly to network, the $60 gap between the tiers buys seating and a bag, and the organizer lists no extra networking access for VIP. Whether VIP adds anything beyond that is a question for the organizer.
The Day Trip From Broward and Palm Beach
Miami Beach is in Miami-Dade County, so owners from Broward and Palm Beach should treat this as a day trip, not a local errand. A Friday afternoon drive south is a planning issue in its own right, and because no agenda is posted, an owner who arrives late cannot know which session was missed. The cost of the trip also includes parking. Eventbrite lists paid parking, and both the listing and the organizer say valet is available at the hotel. The organizer says street parking nearby is limited and recommends a rideshare, which an owner driving down from Palm Beach County may want to weigh against a drive home after a 7 p.m. finish.
There is also a timing question. Eventbrite lists the event as 1 to 7 p.m., while the organizer’s FAQ says doors open at 2:00 p.m. Eastern. The two statements may describe different things, such as an early check-in versus the start of the program, but neither page explains the difference. Anyone with a tight schedule should ask which time to plan around and arrive early enough to check in.
Another Miami event shares the date. The Miami AI Summit runs the same Friday in Coral Gables, as we reported, and an owner who is weighing both has to pick one. The two rooms serve different goals: one is built around artificial intelligence and enterprise deployment, the other around creators and consumer brands.
Preparing to Work the Room, and What to Do Afterward
Preparation starts with a clear sentence about what you want. A creator might want one brand introduction that could lead to a paid collaboration. A brand owner might want two or three creators to try a product. A marketer might want to learn how a few companies structure creator deals. A specific goal makes it easier to decide which conversations are worth having in a six-hour day.
Bring a simple, shareable media kit or one-page summary, in print or as a code that opens on a phone, with your audience, your work and the kind of partnership you want. If you sell a product, bring a small number of samples that are easy to carry and hand over. Because the day includes brand activations and product sampling, other attendees will already be handling products, and a memorable sample is more useful than a pile of flyers.
The follow-up matters more than the room. Within two days, send a short message to each person you meant to talk to again, mentioning what you discussed and proposing one next step, such as a call or a sample shipment. Keep a short list of who said yes, who said maybe and who never replied, so that you can judge the afternoon by the contacts it produced. The Gazette’s coverage of how independent creators are running their work as local businesses and why some are building outside Miami offers more context for owners in Broward and Palm Beach.
Questions to Settle Before You Buy
Several details are not published and could change a decision. Ask the organizer which time to plan around, whether the VIP tier includes anything beyond seating and the gift bag, whether tickets can be transferred, and when the agenda will be posted. Eventbrite’s page data lists ticket sales ending on Oct. 22, so a decision made after that date may not be possible online, and the listing says tickets are limited and sold first come, first served.
Whether the afternoon is worth a ticket depends on what each owner sells and wants from the room. The published facts set the cost and the rules. The open questions determine how much of the day an owner can plan in advance.
Key Facts for Owners and Search
- Event: #NextGen Creators Fall Summit, organized by Sebastian and Vale Genta.
- Date and hours: Friday, Oct. 23, 2026, 1 to 7 p.m. per Eventbrite. The organizer’s FAQ says doors open at 2:00 p.m. Eastern.
- Venue: Andaz Miami Beach Resort & Spa, 4041 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33140 (Miami-Dade County).
- Tickets, organizer’s prices: Standard Access $115; VIP Access $175. Early-bird pricing closed Sept. 10, per The Miami Guide. Eventbrite page data shows a range of $116.15 to $201.78 and sales through Oct. 22.
- Rules: Ages 18 and over; paid parking (valet at the hotel, limited street parking); Eventbrite says no refunds and no exchanges, while the organizer says tickets are non-refundable but transferable by email before the event.
- Included, per the organizer: Panels, networking, lunch, drinks, happy hour and brand activations. VIP adds priority or premium seating and a gift bag; the organizer’s pages value the bag at $400 or more and $450 or more.
- Speakers named on the organizer’s site: Kat Stickler, Dianna Cohen, Tara Bosch, Stéphane Colleu, Laura Brodie, Sami Clarke and Isaac Hindin-Miller, with titles as the organizer prints them. More were to be announced.
- Not published: A full agenda, session times and an independent attendance count. The organizer describes the crowd as “300+.”
- Best fit: Creators, small consumer-brand founders and creator-marketing operators who can travel to Miami Beach for the day.
- Links: Organizer; Eventbrite; The Miami Guide.
