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Attendees tapped into the expertise of fellow retail technologists, marketing professionals, and senior digital peers and engaged in-depth discussions on trending topics during Expert-Led Think Tanks. These future-forward discussions led by subject matter experts' allowed attendees to maximize their experience by gaining new perspectives, see how their peers are tackling roadblocks, learn about the technologies other retailers are adopting and more.
Due to popular demand, NRF Nexus 2024 offered even more Expert-Led Think Tanks! Explore this year's topics below.
One of my favorite pieces so far has been the think tank roundtables. I felt like we could have an open and honest dialogue and conversation and really learn from each other without holding back. There were a lot of really cool takeaways, and it was great to meet other people in the industry.
Lindsay Pullins - Director, Ad Revenue Partnerships | DSP, Retail Media, Data, & Performance, Roku
The think tank tables are extremely valuable because it's literally the community of people in retail, whether it's marketing or merchandising, digital or information technology. Those collective experiences allow you to take something out of every session home with you right away to build on.
Ronald Blahnik - Chief Information Officer & SVP Strategy, Innovation and Retail Analytics, Hibbett Retail
2024 Think Tank topics
- Customer engagement and marketing using AI/ML
Martin Gilliard
Brenda Higuchi
Amit Kumar - Content creation + product creation using AI/ML
Ananda “Andy” Chakravarty
Dave Finnegan
Martin Gilliard
Rick Lockton - Code + app dev; democratizing low-code/no code using AI/ML
Shawn Aker
Scott Devlin
Martin Gilliard - Consumer trends 2025 and beyond
Kate Ancketill
Jason “Retailgeek” Goldberg
Michael Klein - Customer data platforms and CRM capabilities
Martin Gilliard
James Hammersley
Marina Klusas - Applications for retail media networks
Dan Hight
Amit Kumar - Social commerce as digital storefront
Jason “Retailgeek” Goldberg
Sucharita Kodali - Marketplace platforms: Strategies and opportunities
Greg Merrill
Nicole Tiberia - Mobile and ecommerce technologies
Dave Finnegan
Rick Lockton - Optimizing your zero/first-party data strategy
Michael Klein - Privacy impacts: Retail tech and marketing
Jason Seeba - Robotics and automation technology
Philippe Bottine - Unified commerce/seamless commerce optimization: Enabling unified commerce experiences and data
Philippe Bottine
Carlo Bruno
Alex Rhodes - Composable tech stack field guide
Matt Biilman - Predictive analytics in pricing strategy
Prashant Agrawal
Ananda “Andy” Chakravarty
Kevin Ertell
James Hammersley - Customer journey mapping: Measuring performance of key segments
Kevin Ertell
Amit Kumar - Understanding the rapidly evolving AI regulatory landscape
Scott Devlin - Navigating new AR/VR capabilities
Poonam Goyal - Holiday marketing: Campaigns and new strategies
Katherine Cullen
Sucharita Kodali
Mark Mathews - Brand storytelling: How to craft compelling brand narratives
Brian Beitler
Rachel Bonsignore
Poonam Goyal - Brand storytelling: Protecting brand reputation in age of deep fakes
Miranda An
