Tuesday, March 25
Lunch will be served in the Radisson Plaza Hotel.
Speaker: Dr. Russell Zwanka, director of the food marketing program at Western Michigan University
Speaker: Don Sanderson, chief merchandising and marketing officer at Meijer
Moderator: Leslie Sarasin, president and CEO at FMI – The Food Industry Association
Speakers:
- Kristina Cole, chief customer officer and president of sales at Danone
- Erin Sanchez, vice president of grocery merchandising at Kroger
- Carrie Sander, chief customer officer at Kellanova
Speaker: Spencer Baird, CEO at Inmar Intelligence
Speakers:
- Derek Steele, group vice president, marketing and customer strategy at Meijer
- Kristen Williams, chief technology officer and group vice president at Meijer
Networking break
Speaker: Amy Bosek, area vice president at The Kraft Heinz Company
Moderator: Katie Hotze, Founder of Grocery Shopii
Speakers:
- Meagen Arensdorff, vice president of C.A. BUILD at C.A. Fortune
- Deepak Jose, vice president, head of data sciences and business intelligence at Niagara Bottling
- Sunny Yurasek, head of advanced analytics and RGM at Wells Enterprises
Speakers:
- Gema Alvarado-Guerrero, workforce wellness facilitator at Hormel Foods
- Stephanie Postma, agile transformation lead at Hormel Foods
Speaker: Tammy DeBoer, president at Harris Teeter
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Wednesday, March 26
Speaker: Dr. Russell Zwanka, director of the food marketing program at Western Michigan University
Speaker: Elizabeth Buchanan, president of North America at NielsenIQ
Moderator: Heidi Reale, founder and CEO at SparkShoppe
Speakers:
- Jill Blanchard, industry leader
- Amanda Gleason, senior vice president, sales at Constellation Brands
- Jackie LaPointe, director of retail, Southwest market at PepsiCo
Networking break
Speaker: Jim Griffin, president, North America at Daymon
Moderator: Amanda Lai, director, food industry practice at McMillanDoolittle
Speakers:
- Michael Doss, president and CEO at Graphic Packaging International
- Don Fitzgerald, partner at The Partnering Group
- Dr. Brian Harris, global thought leader on retail and category management
Lunch will be served in the Radisson Plaza Hotel.
Speaker: Lori Stillman, vice president of research and education at NACS
Speaker: Psyche Terry, co-founder at UI Global Brands
Moderator: Lynn Petrak, senior editor at Progressive Grocer
Speakers:
- Sarah Ludmer, chief wellbeing and sustainable business officer at WK Kellogg Co
- LeQuan Page, regional president at Sysco
- Jim Seidler, grocery sales manager at Jewel-Osco
- Patricia Wilcox, co-founder at Awestruck Ciders
Networking break
Speaker: Amy McClellan, executive vice president, chief customer officer at SpartanNash
Speaker: Anthony Kyles, chief customer officer at Campbell’s