NextGen Commerce: Revolutionizing Retail with Artificial Intelligence

Richa Agarwal

Digital Transformation Advisor

Liza Amlani

Principal and Founder | Retail Strategy Group

Adjunct Professor | FIT

Lockie Andrews

CEO RICH Hair Care

CEO and MD at Catalyst Consulting; Former Chief Growth Officer at Pura Vida

Brian Beitler

Founder and General Manager

Live Shop Ventures at Qurate Retail Group

Todd Benson

Managing Partner & CEO

Herington LLC

Mandeep Bhatia

VP, Global Digital Product & Omnichannel Innovation,

Tapestry

Reid Blackman, Ph.D

Founder & CEO

Virtue Consultants

Myron Burke

CEO, Founder & Principal, Divergent Technology Advisors

Former CEO at SHELFIE

Claudia Cividino

President

Jared the Galleria of Jewelry

Faisal Charania

Founder and CEO

Dogwood Brands

Ranjana Choudhry

VP Advertising & Social Media

Wakefern Food Corp.

Meredith Darnall

Former Chief Optimization Officer

Brookfield Properties

Matt Edelman

President & COO

Super League

Tom Erskine

CEO

One Door

Peter Evans

Chief Strategy Officer

McFadyen Digital

Michael Feinman

Regional Vice President - E Commerce and Metro Stores

Goodwill

Bryan Gildenberg

Founder and CEO

Confluencer Commerce

John Harmon

Managing Director of Technology Research

Coresight Research

Gilbert Harrison

Chairman at Harrison Group

Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Financo, and Senior Advisor at GLC Advisors & Co.

Renee Hartmann

Co-Author

NextGen Retail

Charles Haseman

Professor and Director, Retail Innovation and Strategy Excellence Center

The Naveen Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas

Rick Helfenbein

Fashion & Retail Industry Consultant; Former Chairman, President, CEO

American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA)

Steve Henig

Chief Customer Officer

Wakefern Food Corp.

Sara Holmgren

Senior Director Social Strategy

Macy's, Inc.

Ben Jablonski

Co-Founder

The Good Charcoal Company

Josh Jewett

Operating Partner at NewRoad Capital Partners

Founder and MD at CIO Advisory Services; Former Chief Information Officer, Enterprise at Dollar Tree Stores

Michael Kaplan

Managing Partner

MKaps, Inc.

Jan Rogers Kniffen

CEO

J Rogers Kniffen Worldwide

Joe Laszlo

VP, Content

Shoptalk & Grocryshop

Aaron Luo

CEO, CARAA

CEO, Mercado Famous

Milen Mahadevan

President & CEO

84.51°, a Kroger Company

David Matthews

Managing Director

RevTech Ventures

Barry McGeough

GVP of Innovation

AmeriCo Group

Marigay McKee

Co-Founder & General Partner

Fernbrook Capital Management, LLC

Ahmed Naiem

President and CRO

Lily AI

Mark Peterson

Principal

Shen Milsom & Wilke

David Porter

Former Corporate Vice President at Microsoft Store

Founder of Team 168

Jenna Flateman Posner

Chief Digital Officer

Solo Brands

Sandy Romero

Research Manager

Cushman & Wakefield

Paul Rosengard

Senior Advisor

WHP Global

Kristin Savilia

CEO

JOOR

Lori Schafer

CEO

Digital Wave Technology

Stacey Schulman

VP, Health, Education and Consumer Industries

Intel

Matthew Adam Smith

Founder & CEO, MAS Commerce

Former Head of Marketplace Strategy and Business Development at Walmart

Kyle Spencer

Co-Founder

NextRivet

William Taubman

President & Chief Operating Officer

The Taubman Company

Ryan Taylor

Vice President of Stores

Tailored Brands

Letitia Webster

Omni Channel Expert & Advisor; Former SVP, eCommerce, OmniChannel, and Master Data

Tractor Supply Company

Deborah Weinswig

CEO & Founder

Coresight Research

Douglas Weiss

SVP, Digital and Ecommerce

WHP Global

Rick Wenger

Vice President, Consumer Industries

SAP