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CSP Center Store Forum 2026

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he CSP Center Store Forum, powered by Informa, unites convenience retailers and suppliers to explore innovative strategies for center store category management, including packaged foods, snacks, candy, household essentials, and more. This exclusive event delivers actionable insights on consumer trends, product placement optimization, and revenue-driving tac…

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150Voices
66Underwriters
0Exhibitors
6On the bill · sessions
211Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at CSP, in alphabetical order.
Abhijit Bhatia
Chief Operating Officer · Rakuten Medical
Abraham Kwon
Partner · Lowenstein Sandler
Alice Gilman
COO · R3 Biotechnologies
Ali Riazi
CEO · TheraVac Biologics
Amanda Lobes
Category Manager · InConvenience Inc.
Anastasia Budinskaya
Investor · NFX
Andreas Goutopoulos
CEO & Co-Founder · Actithera
Andrew Dahl
Founder · BioMEMS Diagnostics
Andrew Lam
Managing Director, Head, Biotech Private Equity · Ally Bridge Group
Andy Lee
Co-Founder & CBO · Vincere Biosciences
Anjalee Khemlani
Host · Give it to me Straight, Doc
Anna Argo
Chief Business Officer · Cytotheryx
Anne Carter
Partner · Nova Rain Capital
Anosh Gomes
CEO & Founder · CrytonBio
Arjun Chakravarti
Managing Partner · COGKNITION
Avni Bhalgat
Managing Director · Nucleate Florida
Barry Grossman
Partner · Ellenoff Grossman & Schole
Ben Comer
Chief Editor · Life Science Leader
Bill Hicks
Co-Chair, Life Sciences Practice · Mintz
Brad Hoffman
Founder & President · Galibra Neuroscience
Brian Matesic
Principal · Norwest
Caley Anderson
Founding Partner, Chief Operating Officer · BLPN

— and 128 more, by name unsung —

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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Canadian Wood CouncilPlatinum
ICBAPlatinum
Astley GilbertGold
AutodeskGold
BCIT - School of Construction & The EnvironmentGold
VRCAGold
YardiGold
ZEICGold
AeroSeal Canada Inc.Graphite
Airfoam Industries Ltd.Graphite
Archipelago Consulting Ltd.
Architectural Institute of British Columbia
Architecture Foundation of British Columbia (AFBC)
BarrierTek
BC Construction Association
BOMA Canada
BruegmannPrincipal Sponsor
Building Officials Association of BC
Building Transformations
Canadian Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (CPCI)
Career Education Society of BCCommunity Partner
Chinook SeederyPrincipal Sponsor
Coast Capital SavingsGraphite
Crescent Custom YachtsGraphite
Engineers and Geoscientists BC
Fast+Epp
Goldluck Electronic Ltd.Graphite
Green BadgerGraphite
Greenfoot Energy SolutionsGraphite
GreenstoneGraphite
HAVAN
Interior Designers Institute of British Columbia
International Facilities Management Association – BC Chapter
Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada WestGraphite
Kalesnikoff Mass Timber
KeyTrakGraphite
Killa USPrincipal Sponsor
LabTest Certification IncGraphite
Max DistributingPrincipal Sponsor
National Floor Covering Association
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The Programme

Selected from 6 sessions on the bill.
  • 2:00pm - 3:00pm

    Welcome and Opening

  • 3:00pm - 3:30pm

    Can We Make Sense of the Economy?

    Rarely has reading the tea leaves been so difficult. Consumer sentiment has plummeted. Tariffs have left their impact. War in the Middle East doubled the price of crude oil in late…

  • 3:30pm - 3:45pm

    Networking Break

  • 3:45pm - 4:30pm

    The Power Shift

    It would be cliché were it not true. For years we’ve talked about the rise of better-for snacks. Healthier, while a niche, has never captivated the convenience consumer. Until now.…

  • 4:30pm - 5:15pm

    General Session

  • 5:30pm - 7:30pm

    Reception + Dinner

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 211 companies, parsed from the program.

211 companies in attendance.

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.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
0All threespeak · spons · exh
66Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
145Speakingspeaker only
02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

85% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite7047%
  • Founder / Owner3523%
  • VP-level53%
  • Director / Head of1711%
  • Manager / Lead53%
  • Advisor / Investor64%
  • Other roles128%

Of 150 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01AeroSeal Canada Inc.Sp·G
  2. 02Airfoam Industries Ltd.Sp·G
  3. 03Archipelago Consulting Ltd.Sp
  4. 04Architectural Institute of British ColumbiaSp
  5. 05Architecture Foundation of British Columbia (AFBC)Sp
  6. 06Astley GilbertSp·G
  7. 07AutodeskSp·G
  8. 08BarrierTekSp
  9. 09BC Construction AssociationSp
  10. 10BCIT - School of Construction & The EnvironmentSp·G
  11. 11BOMA CanadaSp
  12. 12BruegmannSp·P
  13. 13Building Officials Association of BCSp
  14. 14Building TransformationsSp
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
platinum2
3% of 66
gold6
9% of 66
community partner2
3% of 66
graphite21
32% of 66
principal sponsor12
18% of 66
unspecified23
35% of 66
05Fig. 05 — The Missing · who's 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.

06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters