SEMINARS

SEMINARS - FIRST REVEAL!!

The full seminar programme will be launched in early January, but with so many great speakers lined up, here is a sneak preview of some of the sessions. 

This outstanding line up represents the leading lights of hospitality, leisure and retail, and this list shows only a small selection of the speakers and presentations that will be appearing at the FREE seminar programme at Retail Business Technology Expo 2012.  Don’t miss out – register today to visit Europe’s fastest growing retail expo!

Covering a vast array of subjects including multichannel, eCommerce, internationalisation, loss prevention and fraud, stores, operations, supply chain and logistics, marketing – and so much more, our speaker line up includes:

  • Paul Coby, IT Director, John Lewis Partnership - KEYNOTE
  • Mark Fabes, IT Director, McDonald's Restaurants - KEYNOTE
  • Kim Philips, Head of General Merchandise Packaging, Marks & Spencer and James Stafford, Avery Dennison - Continuing growth of RFID in retail apparel
  • Richard Blunt, IT Director, Jaeger with Mike Bielinski, Vodat International - Multichannel to cross channel through communications technology
  • Michael Sinn,  Vice President Format & Category Management Support, Otto - Inventory improvement with Predictive Analytics at the world’s 2nd largest online retailer OTTO Group
  • Tom Allason, Founder and CEO, Shutl - Delivery: putting the rocket into multichannel retail
  • Joshua Bamfield, Director, Centre for Retail Research, Retail Fraud – understanding the scale of theft and what strategies, techniques and technology you can adopt to help protect your organisation
  • Christine Bardwell, Research Manager, IDC Retail Insights, EMEA - Building an online store for the future
  • Paul Biffen, Director, Oracle Venue Management Services with Janet Sugden, GlyfCo - Transforming the retail experience – QR codes
  • Joanna Brazier, Multichannel Programme Director, John Lewis Partnership - John Lewis and multichannel – the insiders view
  • Chily Fachler, Interim CIO, Encore Tickets - Launching a new consumer brand within a truly multichannel environment
  • Sarah Farquhar, Head of Retail Brand, Oxfam
  • Jon Hamilton, Customer Service Development Manager, Homebase, with Stuart Batt, Qmatic and Derick Price, Hi-tech - How Homebase used innovative digital media to personalise and improve the customer experience
  • David Hogg, Smarter Commerce solutions lead North-East Europe, UK and Ireland, IBM - Retail in a customer centric world
  • Mark Kelso, Director of Pricing, Pamida Stores - Winning in the ‘age of the shopper’
  • Paul Kidd, Business Continuity and Infrastructure Implementation Manager, Honda UK and Trefor Davies, Timico - Cloud based implementations push retailers to leading edge of technology
  • Howard Langer, Head of Pricing and Promotions, ITIM (and previously Head of Pricing and Promotions at B&Q) - How to increase retail margins by 1-4%
  • Daniel Lucht, Research Director, Research Farm - Retail predictions 2012
  • Gary Lynch, CEO, GS1 - How quality data in a multichannel trading environment can enhance the consumer experience 
  • Richard Mader, Executive Director, ARTS - Levering the ARTS social commerce blueprint for success
  • Anthony Norman, Commercial Director, GfK - The changing face of “retail”
  • Ivano Ortis, Head, International, IDC Retail Insights, IT for retail innovation - omni-channel retail, new store experience and mobile interaction
  • Andrew Rowson, Managing Director, Towequipe and Keith Bird, eSellerPro - Armchair seller to power seller: successfully creating and maintaining a multichannel presence
  • Tink Taylor, Managing Director, dotMailer, Hitting the Mark – email marketing highs & lows from 40 of the top UK retailers
  • Richard Traish, Senior Partner, Kurt Salmon - Improve your cross channel performance to increase sales – results from a new global Kurt Salmon survey
  • Patrick Walker, Head of IT, Beaverbrooks with Roy Reynolds, Vodat International - Wi-Fi – Unlimited freedom or can of worms?
  • Björn Weber , Research Director, Retail Technology, Planet Retail - Retail technology investment trends 2012
  • Jon White, Manager, Leisure Benefits, John Lewis Partnership - QR for HR – taking internal communications to the next level
  • Geoffrey Barraclough - Director Strategy, Marketing & Propositions, BT Expedite, Retail technology: from social to shopping

Please note seminar subjects and speakers are subject to change.

Cards & Payments Solutions 2012 seminar programme coming soon.

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THE FULL PROGRAMME WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN JANUARY