Evolution of Retail & Commerce Summit

Monday, October 7, 2024

• 8:00 AM Breakfast and Registration
• 8:55 AM Opening Remarks

  Brandon Gutman, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Brand Innovators

  Marc Sternberg, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Brand Innovators

• 9:30 AM

  James Case, Head of Growth, Real American Beer

  Moderated by: Patrick Werksma, Chief Revenue Officer, Playbooked

• 10:00 AM How to Accelerate Retail Marketing and Innovation with AI

  Ramesh Kollepara, Chief Technology Officer, Kellanova

  Moderated by: Bryan McGuirk, Chief Revenue Officer, Stingray Advertising

• 10:30 AM Driving Impactful Innovation in a Rapidly Evolving Digital Landscape

  Michal Geller, President of eCommerce and Digital, Newell Brands

  Moderated by: Caroline Coffin, Director of Brand Partnerships, Captiv8

• 11:00 AM Data Clean Rooms and GenAI: Like Rocket Fuel, But For Your Commerce Strategy

  Imteaz Ahamed, Director, Performance Marketing – Nutrition, Reckitt

  Moderated by: Ed Leahy, Head of Sales, PCH

• 11:30 AM Networking Break
• 11:45 AM Leveraging Data and AI to Drive Profitable Growth

  Deepak Jose, Vice President and Head of Data Science and Business Intelligence, NIAGARA WATERS

  Moderated by: Dirk Herdes, GM and SVP of Sales, Crisp

• 12:15 PM Goodbye Mystery Shopper: How Family Dollar Maximized Reach in Partnership with Epsilon Retail Media

  Brian Messerschmitt, Chief Marketing Officer, Dollar Tree/Family Dollar

  Moderated by: Dave Peterson, Global Head of Retail Media, Epsilon Retail Media

• 12:45 PM Lunch
• 1:45 PM Connected Insights - Media to Shelf

  Cristina Marinucci, Global Head of Shopper Excellence – VP/Sr. Director, Insights & Analytics,, Mondelēz International

  Moderated by: Len Ostroff, EVP Sales and Partnerships, Crisp

• 2:15 PM Fireside Chat

  Michael Chao, VP of Marketing, Lidl

  Moderated by: Nicole France, Chief Evangelist, Contentful

• 2:45 PM Networking Break
• 3:15 PM Making Every Consumer Touchpoint Shoppable

  Michael Peroutka, Head of Brands & Agency Partnerships, GoPuff

  Moderated by: Lauren Steiner, Head of Strategic Accounts, Adomni

• 3:45 PM AI-Powered Pathways: Transforming the Consumer Journey

  Carter Jensen, Senior Manager Enterprise Digital Strategy, General Mills

  Moderated by: Kinjal Patel, Senior Director of Brand and Agency Partnerhsips, OUTFRONT Media