Recapping IBC's 2021 Virtual Conference & Awards Get the key highlights of the buying group's month-long national conference and learn who took home the annual awards. Dec 21st, 2020 EAST GRANBY, CT — IBC hosted its annual national conference on Oct. 15 - Nov. 13 for its distributor members and supplier partners. Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, IBC stakeholders gathered virtually for networking, educational sessions, relationship-building and sharing of best practices for growing their businesses. Ron Nuñez, IBC’s President & COO, said the theme of this year’s meeting – Looking Forward to Tomorrow – underscored IBC’s mission to help its members build successful businesses by providing the scale, resources, and innovation they need to compete in these turbulent times, and more importantly, the uncertainties of “tomorrow.” Nuñez went on to say, “I am in awe of the challenges that businesses throughout our country have endured. What really comes to mind is the resilience, strength and creativity of our members and supplier partners. Never before has a time come when working closer together has become more important.”