San Antonio | March 16 - 17

RETAIL EVENT BRIEF

Saturday, March 15
1 – 6 p.m.

Executive Conference Registration
Sunday, March 16
7 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Golf and Awards Luncheon
4:30 – 6:30 p.m. Welcome Reception
7 – 8:30 p.m. SAS Global Forum Opening Session
8:30 – 11 p.m. SAS Global Forum Get Acquainted Reception
 

Monday, March 17     **Executive Conference
By invitation only, Director- level and above (Full Agenda)

7:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcome, SAS
8:45 a.m. Keynote Address: Geoffrey Moore, Managing Director, TCG Advisors, Venture Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures
9:45 a.m. Executive Panel: Driving Performance with Strategic Partners
10:30 a.m. BREAK
11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Retail Session 1: Retail Keynote- “The Mind of the Retail CEO”
Tracy Mullin, President and CEO, National Retail Federation
12:15 p.m. LUNCH
1:45 – 2:45 p.m.

Retail Session 2: "Why You Should Optimize”
Brian Kilcourse, Managing Partner, Retail Systems Research
Jon Nordeen, Executive Vice President, Administration                                           Kohl’s
2:45 p.m.

BREAK
3:15 – 4:15 p.m.

Retail Session 3: "The Power of Knowing Your Customers”
Moderator, Lori Schafer, Executive Advisor, SAS Global Retail Practice
Jay T. Dittmann, PhD, Vice President, Marketing Strategy, Hallmark Cards Inc
Tammy Hermann, CIO, ShopKo Stores Operating Co.
4:30 p.m. Executive Viewpoint, Jim Goodnight, CEO, SAS
5:00 p.m. Closing Reception, Intelligence in Action Demos
6:30 p.m. Executive Conference Conclusion
Customer Dinner

TBD
 

Wednesday, March 19  SAS Global (Forum Retail Track)
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.

Case Study Optimizing Merchandise Allocation
Jason Gautereaux, Sport Chalet

Presentation: Change Management and Business Process Engineering
Thom McElroy, Accenture
9:00 – 10:00 a.m.

Case Study - Revenue Optimization
Chris Marinis, HBC

Case Study, Space Management and Planning
Irja Simola, SOK, Finland     

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Panel Discussion: Demand Planning and Forecasting
Moderator: Alexi Sarnevitz, SAS     
Panelists:  Apollo Whited (Family Dollar),Steve Silbaugh (Victoria Secret Direct), Bob Frey from Accenture and Mike Gilliland from SAS Product Marketing

Panel, Marketing and Customer Intelligence
Panelists:  Van Rhodes (Spiegel), Larry Wadford (Office Depot), Phil Krauskopf (Limited Brands),
Moderator, Ken Brame, Retired CIO, AutoZone

1:30 – 4:30 p.m.

Roundtable Discussion, General Session (TBD)
SAS: Shiva Kommareddi, Tad Bickford, Gene Gsell, Mike Wilson, Ed Balestra, others?

  • SRUG  breakout session for Merchandise Intelligence
  • Roadmap for retail continuum
  • Development updates
  • Development Priorities for defects and enhancements
  • Roundtable Discussions (request actual issue from user group for discussion)
San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter

 



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