Venue
Olympia London
Olympia London, Hammersmith Rd, London W14 8UX, UK

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Event Date Wed Apr 26 BST - Thu Apr 27 BST (over 1 year ago)
In your timezone (EST): Tue Apr 25 7:00pm - Wed Apr 26 7:00pm
Location Olympia London
Hammersmith Rd, London W14 8UX, UK
Region EMEA
Details

Aimed at retailers both in-store and online, Retail Technology Show will help businesses thrive in the highly disruptive retail sector. It is the must attend event for retail and hospitality organisations looking for the right tools, solutions and advice on how to run their business more effectively, more efficiently and more profitably resulting in seamless multichannel operations and enhanced customer experience.

Speakers

2023 Speakers

Steven Bartlett
Founder, thirdweb, Social Chain & FlightStory, Investor, Dragons' Den, Board Director, Huel, Podcast Host, The Diary of a CEO & Sunday Times Bestselling Author of ‘Happy Sexy Millionaire’

Mary Portas
Founder & Co Chair (Better Business Act) , Portas Agency

Peter Cowgill
Chairman, Non-Executive Chairman, Quiz plc and United Carpets & Former Executive Chairman & CEO, JD Sports Fashions plc (2004-2022), The Fragrance Shop

Jake Humphrey
Sports Broadcaster & Host of The High-Performance Podcast

Ajay Nassa
CEO, Virgin Megastore, Saudi Arabia

Constanze Freienstein
Former CEO, Lands’ End Europe

George Sullivan
CEO & Founder, The Sole Supplier

Laura Rosenberger
Co-Founder, Laylo

Maxine Blackwell
Chief People Officer , Bensons for Beds

Kate Hardcastle (MBE)
The Customer Whisperer & Retail Broadcaster

Paul Kendrick
CEO, Studio Retail

Tiago Quaresma
Managing Director , The Fantastic World of Portuguese Sardines

Simon Pakenham-Walsh
Chief Technology Officer, Sweaty Betty

Gareth Hughes
Executive Director Retail Technology North America, Estée Lauder

Jonathan Swaine
Managing Director, Pubs , Shepherds Neame

Paul Cooper
Director of Technology Operations , River Island

Paul Sims
Chief Architect , Primark

Richard Lim
CEO, Retail Economics

Sue Harries
Board Member & Digital Propositions & Data Director, Screwfix

Krista Nordlund
Chief Digital Product Officer, Marks & Spencer

Alison Hutchinson CBE
CEO Pennies, NED, LV + Senior Independent Director, Pennies, DFS plc, Foresight Group Holdings and Yorkshire Building Society

Mei Chen
Senior Director International Business - Globalisation, Alibaba Group

Corin Dennison
Director, Global Profit Protection/Risk, adidas

Diana Dimitian
SVP Managing Director South Europe, North Africa, Levi Strauss & Co.

Ed Connolly
Group Commercial Officer , Currys

Mike Broughton
Business Development and IT Director, Furniture Village

Nina Mimica
Chief Innovation Officer, Studenac Market

Poppie Foakes
Director of Product and Innovation, The Retail Trust

Rahul Das
Director of Payments , Livescore Group

Robert Newstead
Director of Operations & Omni/Digital Transformation Region North, Tommy Hilfiger & Calvin Klein

Sara Brennan
Positive Business Director , Pentland Brands

Nina Patel
Former Director of Innovation - Retail & Web3,, Farfetch

Chris Conway
Ecommerce Director, Co-op

John Low
Group Head of Digital Risk, Frasers Group

Cassandra Bergsland
Director Omnichannel , John Lewis & Partners

Debs Chapman
Director of Reward, Inclusion and Colleague Experience, The Very Group

Astrid Thams
VP Strategic Retail, Fanatics

Chris Thompson
Information Technology Architect , Bravissimo

Marni Allen
Former Director, Consumer Healthcare Futures, Walgreens Boots Alliance

Lynn Beattie
Technology Director, B&Q

Jeannette Copeland
Technology Director, Ann Summers

Mairead Masterson
Director of Business Intelligence & Analytics, Bloom & Wild

Kris Hamer
Director of Insight , British Retail Consortium

Marcus Hadfield
Chief Strategy Officer, Apadmi

Fraser Brown
Retail Director, Heathrow Airport Limited

Raine Peake
Former Digital Director , Jigsaw Clothing

Amy McNamara
Head of Operations, Boohoo Group PLC

Stefanie Sahmel
Head of Sustainability and B Corp Ambassador, Abel & Cole

John Mildinhall
Head of Data Science for Retail, Digital & Technology, Marks & Spencer

Kevin Davis
Former Head of Logistics, Marks & Spencer

Paul Martin
Global Retail Lead & UK Head of Retail, KPMG

Robert Bates
Head of Decision Sciences, Currys

Roz Bridges
Acquisition Manager (Home & Garden), eBay Inc

Adam Hopwood
Head of Product (Food), Co-op

Chris Brook-Carter
Chief Executive Officer, retailTRUST

Chris Mackie
SVP E-Commerce, StrongPoint

Frida Ridderstolpe
Head of Digital Development & E-Commerce, Axfood

Håkan Nordkvist
Former Head of Sustainability and Innovation, IKEA

Hari Nair
Principal Architect , Morrisons

Andrew Busby
Retail Expert & Founder, Retail Reflections

Paul Wilkinson
Product Leader, Deliveroo, Retail Innovation Expert, ex Amazon and Tesco Labs, Deliveroo

Paula Macaggi
Head of Partnerships and Global Strategy , RETHINK Retail

Richard Hitt
Senior Research & Insight Manager, East of England Co-op

Andrew Opie
Director of Food and Sustainability, British Retail Consortium

Amy Bastow
Managing Director, StorIQ, a Cegid Company

Eleanor Dallaway (Interviwer)
Co-founder & Content Director , Assured

Emma Newman
Head of Client Success, Red Ant

Maxime Colas
Director of Sales , Checkout.com

Nikki Baird
Vice President, Strategy, Aptos

Shaun Britton
Vice President, EMEA , Mercaux

Tomas Pinås
VP Global Business , Maze

Eelco Dettingmeijer
Senior Vice President, Commercial Europe , Nuvei

Julian Burnett
NED, Board Advisor & Growth Investor; Former Digital & Tech Leader , IBM, House of Fraser, John Lewis & Sainsbury's

Nick Lansley
Innovation Insider , Nick Lansley's Innovation Lab and ex Head of Open Innovation, Tesco , Nick Lansley's Innovation Lab

Mark McMurtrie
Director, Payments Consultancy Limited

Zaki Hassan
General Manager, EMEA & Asia-Pacific, Aptos

Tuomo Laine
CEO & Co Founder , Rentle

Scott Cahill
Director of Operations, UK & EU, Teamwork Commerce

Chris Mair
Senior Interaction Designer, Ultraleap

Mohit Paul
CRO, Extenda Retail

Dan Turner
VP Retail EMEA, ToolsGroup BV

Avichal Kulshrestha
Principal Manager for Industry Insights, UKG

James O’Hare
Managing Director , LINK Mobility

Leila Van-Herbert
Global Account Director, Merchant Services , Worldline

Magnus Larsson
President and CEO, Pricer AB

Roger Jones
Solution Architect , Cradlepoint EMEA, part of Ericsson.

Daniel McGrath
JD Group Customer Operations Manager, JD Sports

Jasleen Gill
Workforce Solutions Consultant , UKG

Kayleigh Fazan
CEO, International Retail Academy

Tom Endresplass
Director of Product Management, Maze

Francois Chaubard
CEO, Focal Systems

Hannah Sage
Lead Design Researcher, INDUSTRY of Us

Jarek Matschey
Head, Retail Practice -EMEA , Juniper Networks UK

Kevin Müller
Director, Retail Acceleration & Checkout Transformation, shopreme

Martyn Jones
Chief Commercial Officer , VoCoVo

Diane Wehrle
Marketing & Insights Director, MRI Springboard

Matthias Kirisits
Integration Engineer, Ecosio

Adrian Thompson
Chief Product Architect & Co-Founder , imageHOLDERS

Rachel Richardson
Retail Industry Lead , Accenture

Will Smith
Content Lead, Ecosio

Roland Siebert
Managing Director & Founder, SLACE

John Ryan
Managing Director , Newstores

Amna Khan
Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University

Carl Boutet
Marketing Educator and Retail & Customer Experience Strategist, Bensadoun School of Retail Management, McGill University

Dan Speed
Networks Tech Lead, Dunelm

David Darragh
Network Engineer, Dunelm

Julia Reynolds
Founder, Rey House Clothing, Former CEO, Blacks Leisure Group, Antler, & Figleaves & Founder, F&F (Tesco)

Keith Cahoon
Retail - SME - EMEA , Juniper Networks

Michelle Gledhill
Senior Lecturer, Marketing Communications Expert, Manchester Metropolitan University

Olga Karablina
Head of Payment Product Development , ecommpay

Tessa Peerless
Senior Strategy Manager , Worldpay

Sponsors & Partners

2023 Sponsors

STAGE SPONSORS:
• Nuvei
• Maze

HEADLINE STAGE & RECHARGE CAFE SPONSOR:
• Aptos

PRIVATE LUNCH SPONSOR:
• Zebra

RETAILERS LOUNGE SPONSOR:
• Toshiba

PRESS & SPEAKER LOUNGE SPONSOR:
• Goodays

LANYARD SPONSOR:
• Freedompay