32Speakers
24Sponsors
92Exhibitors
7Sessions
135Companies · in total

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Speakers

Programmed at Global, in alphabetical order.

Alessandro Preda
CEO · QSRP
Angela Yochem
Chief Technology and Performance Officer · Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc.
Ann Hufford
SVP, Business Development · Technomic
Anton Nichols
Managing Partner · ICR
Barry McGowan
CEO · Fogo de Chão
Bastiaan van Asten
SVP Commercial · Avolta
Brian Anton
Managing Director, Global Head of Consumer & Retail Investment Banking · Santander Corporate & Investment Banking
Chris Keating
EVP, Conferences · Informa Connect Foodservice
David Beal
Group Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Global Digital Marketing · Jollibee
David Henkes
Senior Principal · Technomic
Don Hill
Director, Global Supply Chain · Brinker International
Fabio Di Nardo
SVP, Operations, F&B & Retail · Avolta
Fabio DiNardo
SVP, Operations, F&B & Retail · Avolta
Frédéric Levacher
CEO · Quick
Jasper de Vries
Co-Founder and CTO · YourBI
Jodi Riggs
Category Manager · WESCO
Jonathan Maze
Editor-in-Chief · Restaurant Business
Mark Blyth
The William R. Rhodes ’57 Professor of International Economics, The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs · Brown University
Matt Van Gilder
VP, Omnichannel Retail · NexChapter
Michael Kark
President of Global Licensing · Shake Shack
Michelle Korsmo
President & Chief Executive Officer · National Restaurant Association
Mitch Morrison
Vice President, Retailer Relations & Event Content Director · Informa Connect

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

ICRGold
Kraft Heinz Away From HomeGold
Kraft Heinz CompanyGold
AdyenSilver
Buyers Edge PlatformSilver
CrunchtimeSilver
EcolabSilver
QUICKSilver
TRISONSilver
Vox AISilver
XeniaSilver
BlawntBronze
Ceyo AIBronze
Ceyo AI Ltd.Bronze
DentonsBronze
FTI CONSULTINGBronze
Intria a TradeTrans CompanyBronze
MalouBronze
SlyceBronze
StreamBronze
TenyksBronze
WhiteSpace PartnersBronze
Your BIBronze
The Coca-Cola CompanyFounding

Agenda

Selected from 7 sessions.

  • 10:00am - 10:45am

    From Shelf to Screen: Unlocking Center Store Growth with AI, RMNs, and the Digital Shelf

    Technology is rapidly changing from enhancement to empowerment. NexChapter Omnichannel specialist Matt Van Gilder shares how you can prepare your digital foundation and leverage Ar…

  • 10:45am - 11:00am

    Closing Thoughts

  • 11:00am - 1:00pm

    Sponsor Tabletop Teardown

  • 7:30am - 8:30am

    Networking Breakfast

  • 8:30am - 9:15am

    From Cost Center to Profit Driver: Optimizing Your Inventory Investment

    With the dramatic increase in COGS over recent years, the total inventory 'investment' value is skyrocketing, leaving businesses with less available cash to invest in other areas. …

  • 9:15am - 9:45am

    Retailer Panel

  • 9:45am - 10:00am

    Networking Break

Company intelligence

What does it mean when 135 companies show up, and 8 bet on three roles at once?

135 companies. eight are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
8All threespeak · spons · exh
15Sponsoringsponsor only
86Exhibitingexhibitor only
26Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Buyers Edge Platform·Ecolab·Tenyks·TRISON·Vox AI·Xenia·ICR·QUICK

Speakers by seniority

81% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1341%
  • Founder / Owner13%
  • VP-level722%
  • Director / Head of516%
  • Manager / Lead39%
  • Other roles39%

Of 32 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1Buyers Edge PlatformSponsor · SilverExhibitor-
2EcolabSponsor · SilverExhibitor-
3TenyksSponsor · BronzeExhibitor-
4TRISONSponsor · SilverExhibitor-
5Vox AISponsor · SilverExhibitor-
6XeniaSponsor · SilverExhibitor-
7Avolta4
8ICRSponsor · Gold1
9QUICKSponsor · Silver1
10AdyenSponsor · Silver-
11BlawntSponsor · Bronze-
12Ceyo AISponsor · Bronze-
13CrunchtimeSponsor · Silver-
14DentonsSponsor · Bronze-
Sponsors by tier
gold3
13% of 24
silver8
33% of 24
bronze12
50% of 24
founding1
4% of 24
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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