07:30 - 09:00
Registration & Morning Coffee
Conference Opening
Casper Haring CEO ECU
Consumer and retail industry outlook 2023 – 2024
Defining the economic challenges facing retail for the coming 12 months
Understanding the perspectives on inflation and other economic forces shaping retail
10:00 - 10:20
Dealing with changing spending habits and changing consumer priorities
10:20 - 10:40
Benefiting from developments in the CEE region
10:40 - 11:00
Business networking over Coffee
11:00 - 13:00
Adapting to the future trends for the retail sector
11:00 - 11:30
Dealing with higher operating cost and managing Supply Chain disruptions
11:30 - 11:50
Anticipating future talent demand and leveraging reskilling and upskilling as key sources of value creation
11:50 - 12:10
Dealing with empowered consumers, digital disruption, rising costs and changes in buying behavior
12:10- 12:30
Defining the expansion expertise required for growth in the CEE region
12:30 - 13:00
Turning private labels into "powerhouse" brands
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15.10
Leading change through innovation
14:00 - 14:30
Reviewing innovation opportunities
14:30 - 14:50
Exploring the opportunities and pitfalls of big data
14:50 - 15:10
Reshaping customer loyalty and brand participation through innovative solutions for community building
15.10 - 16:00
Defining the retail expansion strategies of the future
15:10 - 15:40
Defining future expansion strategies and determining how to remove the obstacles to their implementation
15:40 - 16:00
Reviewing the opportunities and obstacles in Retail consolidation
16:00 - 16:20
Coffee Break
16:20 - 18:10
Perspectives on the Future of Grocery and FMCG
16:20 - 16:50
Building Successful FMCG-Retailer Relationships
16:50 - 17:10
Securing brand integrity with 360-degree brand protection solutions
17:10 - 17:40
Tapping into investment opportunities in Ukraine
17:40 - 18:10
Evolving merchandising practices to meet consumers’ changing needs
18:10 - 19:00
Dinner
Evening Gala & Retailer of the Year Ceromony
20:00 - 0:00
After Party, Live Music, Networking, Drinks
MAIN COMMERCIAL STAGE
Embedding ESG and Sustainability into high-growth business strategy
March 30th 2023
07:30 - 09:10
Registration & Morning Coffee
09:10 - 10:40
Developing ESG priorities
09:10 - 09:40
Recognizing, understanding, influencing and responding to changing trends, business models and opportunities related to ESG and sustainability developments
09:40 - 10:00
Turning data-driven insights into opportunities for the business, the people employed and the planet
10:00 - 10:20
Developing responsible and sustainable strategies, business models, operations and investments
10:20 - 10:40
Integrating ESG in responsible investment, financing, insurance and corporate finance strategies and processes
10:40 - 11:00
Coffee Break
ESG & Sustainability, Moving from “why” to “how”
11:00 - 11:30
Developing sustainable food systems
11:30 - 11:50
Proofing food safety through traceability
11:50 - 12:10
Minimizing waste, reusing and recycling materials, and regenerating natural systems
12:10 - 12:30
Reducting CO2 emissions through the use of plant-based, renewable raw materials
12:30 - 13:00
Appreciating collaboration between Retail and FMCG
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
Building a “sustainable” brand
14:30 - 14:50
Improving packaging recovery. ensuring consumers use packaging that is 100% recyclable, reusable or compostable
14:50 - 15:10
Achieving measurable, cost-effective decarbonization
Using advanced technologies to provide the transparency required for presenting the business as a sustainable business
15:30 - 16:00
Responding to new ESG regulatory obligations
SUPPLY CHAIN STAGE
ECOMMERCE STAGE
DIGITAL INNOVATION STAGE