Introducing our global partner, IFD

By Emma Peterson. 

IFD and The Coffee Shops™ are looking forward to expanding and strengthening the global roofing community together. 

Recently, The Coffee Shops™ announced our partnership with the International Federation of the Roofing Trade (IFD). For those who are unfamiliar, IFD is a global organization that acts as a platform for national roofing associations, industry partners and professionals to work together to promote and grow the roofing trade.  

In our partnership with IFD, we will be focusing on promoting IFD’s global initiatives, such as the Connection Forum and the IFD World Championship for Young Roofers. Let’s take a closer look at these events: 

• The Connection Forum brings together roofers from around the world with the goals of sharing real project insights, fostering exchange between countries and strengthening technical guidelines. Planned for October 2026 and to be hosted in Vienna, Austria, The Coffee Shops’ crew will not only provide live coverage of the event, they will also be presenting on digital marketing, industry trends and the globalization of the roofing industry.  
• The IFD World Championship for Young Roofers will be hosted in November of 2027 in Budapest, Hungary. Similar to the Connection Forum, The Coffee Shops will provide live coverage of the event. This will also not be the first time we have attended this event, as we attended and covered the IFD World Championship for Young Roofers with the National Roofing Contractors Association in 2024 when it was hosted in Austria.  

These two events are just the start of what we hope will be a long partnership between IFD and The Coffee Shops. As our CEO and president Heidi J. Ellsworth shared, “The connection to the many national associations that are part of IFD is important for the future of roofing. They are bringing professionals and young roofers together to share best practices and encourage workforce development... We are proud to partner with IFD to share their mission and promote their events that bring the roofing industry together globally.”