Martine Reardon
EVP, Content and Retail Strategy
National Retail Federation
Agenda
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Monday, July 15
12:30pm–1:45pm
1:30pm–4:00pm
1:45pm–3:15pm
3:00pm–5:00pm
3:15pm–4:00pm
5:00pm–5:45pm
5:45pm–8:00pm
8:00pm–9:00pm
Tuesday, July 16
6:30am–7:30am
7:00am–8:30am
7:45am–8:30am
8:30am–9:15am
9:15am–9:45am
9:45am–10:30am
10:30am–11:00am
The evolution of customer engagement with GenAI
10:30am–11:00am
Palos Verdes Ballroom
Brian Seewald
EVP Digital
Victoria's Secret & Co.
Meera Bhatia
COO
Fabletics
11:00am–12:00pm
Expert-Led Think Tanks
Andrew Laudato
COO
The Vitamin Shoppe
Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg
Chief Commerce Strategy Officer
Publicis Groupe
Alex Genov
Head of Marketing Insights and Customer Research
Zappos
Martin Gilliard
CEO
Arteli Inc.
James Hammersley
CEO
Good Growth Ltd.
Amit Kumar
CEO
Dragonfruit AI
Poonam Goyal
Sr Ecommerce & Retail Analyst
Bloomberg Intelligence
Ananda "Andy" Chakravarty
Vice President, Research, IDC Retail Insights
IDC
Jason Seeba
Brenda Higuchi
Senior Vice President, Analytics and Optimization
Exchange Solutions
Alex Rhodes
SVP of Unified Commerce
Adyen
12:00pm–12:45pm
12:45pm–1:15pm
AI leadership and strategies in retail
Christian Beckner
Vice President, Retail Technology & Cybersecurity
National Retail Federation
Matthieu Houle
CIO
ALDO Group
1:15pm–1:45pm
The role of strategic investing in guiding innovation and getting retailers into the investment game
1:15pm–1:45pm
Palos Verdes Ballroom
The role of strategic investing in guiding innovation and getting retailers into the investment game
Ram Rampalli
Vice President, New Ventures & Growth
Walmart Global Tech
Sid Mookerji
Managing Partner
Silicon Road Ventures
1:45pm–2:45pm
Expert-Led Think Tanks
Andrew Laudato
COO
The Vitamin Shoppe
Kate Ancketill
CEO and Founder
GDR Creative Intelligence
Michael Klein
Principal
Klein4Retail Consulting
Christian Beckner
Vice President, Retail Technology & Cybersecurity
National Retail Federation
Martin Gilliard
CEO
Arteli Inc.
Amit Kumar
CEO
Dragonfruit AI
Chris Bach
co-founder, Chief Strategy Officer
Netlify
2:45pm–3:15pm
3:15pm–3:45pm
Reaching consumers in a fragmented ecosystem: A conversation with Sur La Table VP & GM of Ecommerce, Rachel Frederick
3:15pm–3:45pm
Palos Verdes Ballroom
Rachel Frederick
Vice President and General Manager, E-Commerce
Sur La Table
Courtney Butler
Sr. Partner Success Manager - Amazon Today
Amazon
3:45pm–4:15pm
The Shrinking Divide between technology, digital, and marketing leaders
3:45pm–4:15pm
Palos Verdes Ballroom
Kimberley Gardiner
SVP, Chief Marketing Officer
Tractor Supply Company
4:45pm–6:15pm
7:00pm–9:00pm
9:00pm–10:00pm
Wednesday, July 17
6:30am–7:30am
7:45am–8:30am
8:30am–9:00am
Looking toward a post-app future: How empathic AI agents will take real-world action on consumers’ behalf
8:30am–9:00am
Palos Verdes Ballroom
Kate Ancketill
CEO and Founder
GDR Creative Intelligence
9:00am–9:30am
AI revolution at Walmart: Navigating the present and future of conversational tech in retail transformation
9:00am–9:30am
Palos Verdes Ballroom
Martin Gilliard
CEO
Arteli Inc.
Desi Gosby
Vice President, Emerging Technology
Walmart Global Tech
9:30am–10:00am
10:00am–11:00am
Expert-Led Think Tanks
Kate Ancketill
CEO and Founder
GDR Creative Intelligence
Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg
Chief Commerce Strategy Officer
Publicis Groupe
Alex Genov
Head of Marketing Insights and Customer Research
Zappos
Amit Kumar
CEO
Dragonfruit AI
Brenda Higuchi
Senior Vice President, Analytics and Optimization
Exchange Solutions
Carlo Bruno
VP of Product
Adyen
11:00am–11:30am
11:30am–12:00pm
Social commerce trends and predictions
Poonam Goyal
Sr Ecommerce & Retail Analyst
Bloomberg Intelligence
12:00pm–1:00pm
1:00pm–1:30pm
1:30pm–2:00pm
The state of commerce: Key trends and future predictions
1:30pm–2:00pm
Palos Verdes Ballroom
Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg
Chief Commerce Strategy Officer
Publicis Groupe
2:00pm–3:00pm
Expert-Led Think Tanks
Michael Klein
Principal
Klein4Retail Consulting
James Hammersley
CEO
Good Growth Ltd.
Amit Kumar
CEO
Dragonfruit AI
Poonam Goyal
Sr Ecommerce & Retail Analyst
Bloomberg Intelligence
Ananda "Andy" Chakravarty
Vice President, Research, IDC Retail Insights
IDC
3:30pm–5:30pm
6:00pm–8:00pm