David Adler is a veteran media entrepreneur and cultural convener reshaping how the world thinks about gatherings. As Curator in Chief of GatheringPoint.news, he leads a high-level editorial initiative that explores the business, psychology, and cultural power of event organizing. From boardrooms to backstages, Adler focuses on the strategies, structures, and storytellers driving the convergence of commerce, culture, and connection.

He is the founder of BizBash, launched 25 years ago, which became the definitive media brand for the event and experience industry—helping professionalize a sector that now drives influence across marketing, politics, tech, and pop culture. Before that, Adler launched Washington Dossier, the original society magazine of D.C., and later authored Harnessing Serendipity, a blueprint for designing collaborative strategy in a fragmented world.

Adler is also a partner in the Adler Entertainment Trust, which owns the rights to The War of the Roses and 50 other novels by his late father, celebrated author Warren Adler. In August 2025, the Trust partnered with Disney to release The Roses—a global reimagining of the classic dark comedy starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman. The release marked the beginning of a sweeping revival of the Adler literary canon, with more than 20 additional projects currently in development across film, television, and stage.

A deep believer in the evolving power of events, Adler champions the idea that it’s no longer just the moment that matters—but the extension of the event through social media, shared narrative, and digital amplification. In today’s world, he argues, events are not just activations—they are scalable stories that drive culture, commerce, and community far beyond the physical gathering.

Across all his ventures—editorial, experiential, and entrepreneurial—Adler is building a global conversation about how events shape identity and drive behavior. From cognitive science to crowd psychology, from the “emotional load-in” to the afterglow of memory, he’s reframing events not as logistics, but as cultural infrastructure. His work consistently challenges event professionals to think bigger, design smarter, and convene with purpose.