November 4, 2026
International Market Square
Hosted by Fuse Mpls
10:00 AM – 7:30 PM CT
As we look ahead to the 3rd Annual Minnesota Luxury Conference, there’s a growing sense of momentum around what’s being built here. This gathering continues to bring together a thoughtful mix of leaders across design, construction, real estate, and aligned industries—people who value strong relationships, shared insight, and the kind of conversations that move things forward.
What makes this conference stand out isn’t just the setting or the speakers, but the intention behind it. It’s designed to feel connected, relevant, and worth your time—where the room itself matters, and what comes out of it carries beyond the day.
Fusempls is a Minneapolis-based showroom and gallery located in International Market Square that specializes in luxury commercial and residential furniture, lighting, textiles, and accessories. Founded on principles of sustainability and modern design, it serves as a curated source for architects and designers, featuring high-end brands and art installations.
Emma Orfield Johnston is Director of Therapeutics and leads business development at Orfield Laboratories, Inc., the nation’s only independent multi-sensory design and research firm. Her work explores the relationship between human perception and wellness: specifically, the therapeutic potential of silence and darkness, and what decades of research into low-stimulus environments reveals about how people heal, rest, and function. She conducts ongoing research, including a federal study on PTSD in veterans, and accepts private clients in Orfield’s anechoic chamber, certified by Guinness World Records as the Quietest Place on Earth.
Luxury has historically been defined by what is added: more complexity, more material, more of everything. For over five decades, Orfield Laboratories, a multi-sensory design and research firm, has operated on the opposite principle: that less is more.
Emma Orfield Johnston makes the case that perceptual silence, the deliberate reduction of sensory load across acoustics, lighting, daylighting, thermal comfort, and beyond, is the difference between a space that performs aesthetically and one that performs for the person inside it.
Jeffrey Shaw is a globally recognized expert on selling to the affluent and a sought-after speaker who transforms how luxury businesses attract and retain a high-end clientele. With over four decades of experience working with the world’s wealthiest individuals, he has mastered the art of understanding the luxury buyer mindset and elevating business strategies to extraordinary success.
As a preeminent portrait photographer, Jeffrey’s work has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, CBS News, in People and O Magazine, and hang at Harvard University. His deep understanding of affluent clients’ complex behaviors and unspoken needs informs his expertise in luxury sales and marketing.
Jeffrey is the author of Sell to the Rich, LINGO, and The Self-Employed Life. He speaks at premier industry events such as the Interior Design Society, Luxury Home Design Summit, European Association of Home Staging Professionals, and many more. His TEDx talk is featured on TED.com, and he is the creator of National Self-Employed Day, recognized on May 4th in the U.S.
