| Monday, February 23, 2009 / Arrival Day |
| 10:00 am - 7:30 pm |
Registration Open |
| 12:30 pm |
GOLF: Shotgun Start |
| 6:30 - 7:30 pm |
Opening Cocktail Reception |
| Evening |
Sponsor Dinners |
| Tuesday, February 24, 2009 / Opening Day |
| 7:30 am - 6:30 pm |
Registration Open |
| 7:30 - 8:30 am |
Networking Breakfast |
| 8:30 - 8:35 am |
Opening Comments
Dave Weinand, Publisher, RIS News |
| 8:35 - 9:30 am |
Opening Keynote
Breaking Barriers through Dynamic Leadership |
| 9:30 - 10:00 am |
Networking Break |
| The Leadership Workshops: The four leadership workshops that follow will be topic-specific, solution-oriented workshops focused on leadership and operational development. The workshops are designed to provide senior-level technology, operations, merchandising and marketing executives with breakthrough insights and next-generation SWOT analysis of their businesses. The workshop format will continue post-event through online, password-protected discussion groups that will allow onsite workshop participants to build a network of peers facing similar challenges who will share their solutions. |
| 10:00 - 11:30 am |
Concurrent Workshops - Set #1
Concurrent 1-A:
Leadership Workshop: Balancing Execution and Innovation to Drive Results
Concurrent 1-B:
Leadership Workshop: Answering the Leader's Challenge - Creating a Culture of Innovation
Concurrent 1-C:
Leadership Workshop: Selling Technology Value to Retailers
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| 11:35 am - 12:30 pm |
General Session #1
From Survive to Thrive: Adapting to Retail Economic Cycles |
| 12:30 - 1:35 pm |
Networking Luncheon with Topic Table |
| 1:40 - 1:55 pm |
Global Retail Executive Council Summit |
| 2:00 - 2:45 pm |
General Session #2
The Private Label Surge - Strategies for the Right Mix |
| 2:50 - 3:45 pm |
General Session #3
Understanding GenY @ Work
|
| 3:35 - 4:30 pm |
Strategic Solutions Spotlight
|
| 5:30 - 6:30 pm |
Cocktail Reception |
| Wednesday, February 25, 2009 / Closing Day |
| 7:30 am - 12:00 am |
Registration Open |
| 7:30 - 8:25 am |
* Networking Breakfast |
| 8:25 - 8:30 am |
Closing Day Opening Comments |
| 8:30 - 10:00 am |
Concurrent Workshops - Set #2
Concurrent 2-A:
Leadership Workshop: How to Build Shopper Advocacy and Trust in the Current Economic Climate
Concurrent 2-B:
Leadership Workshop: Retail Workforce Management
Concurrent 2-C:
Leadership Workshop: Adapting Your Sales Strategy for a Challenging Economy |
| 10:05 - 10:45 am |
General Session #4
Future Consumers: Conscious or Conspicuous |
| 10:45 - 11:00 am |
Networking Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 11:55 am |
General Session #6
Key Workshop Takeaways
Host: Joe Skorupa, Group Editor-in-Chief, RIS News |
| 11:55 am - 12:00 pm |
Retail Executive Summit Closing Comments
* Dave Weinand, Publisher, RIS News |
| 12:00 pm |
2009 Retail Executive Summit Concludes |