Techtalks
Find it in booth A1020!
Experience innovation in real-time at Groceryshop 2024 with our Techtalks Stage, powered by Amazon Ads. Centrally located on our show floor, this stage offers a series of high-impact discussions over three days, featuring cutting-edge retail technologies that are driving digital transformation across the industry. Each session, lasting just 10 minutes, cuts straight to the heart of retail innovation—no fluff, just the future.
Join leaders from Kyndryl, Inc., Phononic, Dragonfruit, NeuRetail, Symphony RetailAI, ServiceNow, Inc., Arena AI, and Amazon Ads as they unveil the latest advancements that are reshaping how retail operates.
Secure your front-row seat and be part of the conversation that moves the market. Click RSVP next to the session you want to attend to add it to your calender!
There will be head phones available for attendees to listen in.
Agenda:
Monday, October 7
1:15 PM - 1:25 PM
Carrefour's resilient and scalable approach to delivering healthier food
Speakers: Rakesh Thaploo, Director, Consult Partner, Kyndryl
Discover how Carrefour is working with Kyndryl to build a more sustainable, resilient, and scalable approach to delivering healthy food to all. The partnership focuses on three key areas: enabling customers to move seamlessly between online and in-store channels for an enhanced shopping experience, implementing advanced store technologies to support efficient operations. and modernizing IT systems to create a future-ready and resilient business.
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM
Conquering Curbside: A Case Study in Unleashing the Full Potential of Click and Collect
Speakers: PJ Stafford, SVP Sales, Cold Chain, Phononic
Learn how grocers have been able to drive meaningful improvements in $/sq ft, realizing tangible benefits of 50% reduction in floor space requirements for order consolidation and staging, improved speed to curb by as much as 70%, and even energy savings realized by cooling only what is needed, when you need it.
1:45 PM - 1:55 PM
How Can Next Gen Computer Vision AI Solve Your Shrink Problems?
Speakers: Amit Kumar, Founder & CEO, Dragonfruit AI
Join Amit Kumar, CEO of Dragonfruit AI, and a key client as they explore "How Next-Gen Computer Vision AI Can Solve Your Shrink Problems." This session will dive into cutting-edge AI-driven solutions designed to tackle one of the grocery industry's most pressing challenges: shrinkage. Discover how advanced video analytics and computer vision technology can seamlessly integrate with your existing systems to enhance real-time monitoring, prevent theft, and optimize store operations. Attendees will gain actionable insights into reducing losses and boosting profitability, making this a must-attend session for grocery store operators looking to safeguard their bottom line with innovative AI solutions.
Tuesday, October 8
12:25 PM - 12:55 PM
The CPG Guys
Speakers: Sri Rajagopalan & Peter VS Bond, The CPG Guys
Guests: Bobby Watts, SVP, Executive Lead, AD Retail Media, ADUSA
1:00 PM - 1:10 PM
Envisioning the Future
Speakers: Jonathan Tye-Walker, Assc VP Pre-Sales, Symphony Retail AI
Join this essential session to dive into the transformative power of AI in retail and gain a true understanding of its ability to drive value and solve challenges at unprecedented speed. Explore the benefits of a Connected Retail Store enabled by Generative and Predictive AI, and discover how AI empowers merchandising teams to overcome those tough Monday morning trading meetings.
1:15 PM - 1:25 PM
From likes to cart: Reaching Gen Z and Millennial audiences with Amazon Ads full-funnel power
Speakers: Nancy Wine, Director, US Grocery Advertising, Amazon Ads
In this Tech Talk you will learn how Amazon Ads can help your brand reach and engage Gen Z and Millennial grocery shoppers across their purchase journey. It will also highlight how Amazon Ads can help your brand increase awareness and drive sales with a full-funnel ad campaign.
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM
Elevate retail customer experiences and store operations with ServiceNow
Speakers: Kylie Harris, Retail Enterprise Architect, ServiceNow
Today, with the ever-evolving consumer behavior, delivering exceptional retail customer experiences while managing costs is more challenging than ever. With razor-thin margins, every opportunity to optimize is crucial, and retailers are looking for ways to streamline store operations and enhance frontline staff productivity to better serve customers. Join us for an insightful session into the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI), automation, smart IoT, and self-service technologies in the retail sector. In this session, we'll discuss how retailers are using ServiceNow to reduce costs and increase operational efficiencies through AI and other innovative employee and customer engagement tools and best practices.
Wednesday, October 9
1:15 PM - 1:25 PM
Arena Helios: AI-native field sales
Speakers: Pratap Ranade, CEO & Co-Founder, Arena AI
Arena is redefining field sales for the world's largest consumer brands. Arena Helios is the first AI-native platform to grow your global sales with a more engaged field team, and is deployed at scale with CPG brands around the world. Join us to learn about how Helios Commander, Coach, and Trainer are revolutionizing CPG and grocery retail via OneBrain, our proprietary foundation model for consumer behavior.
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM
From click to cart: Driving offline sales with Amazon Ads
Speakers: Nancy Wine, Director, US Grocery Advertising, Amazon Ads
In this Tech Talk you will learn how Amazon Ads can help your brand reach and engage grocery shoppers and drive sales beyond Amazon. It will also highlight how Amazon Ads can help you measure the impact of brand campaigns, and optimize them for success.
1:45 PM - 1:55 PM
End-to-End Intelligent Autonomous Retail Platform and Devices
Speakers:Sridhar Tirumala, Shivani Pulimamidi, NeuRetail
Upgrading from the legacy of real time flow of information to the modern just-in-time intelligent assistance at every aspect of business chain is the need of the hour to address the productivity and efficiency concerns of the retail industry. Creation of intelligent machine assistance in a seamless fashion is the necessary condition that needs to be honored in order to achieve adoption by human intelligence. Cost awareness is the third and equally important perspective that needs to be maintained while revamping retail industry with Artificial Intelligence. Neuretail offers Security centric Intelligent Autonomous Retail Platform to enable operational efficiency at a granular level by providing Just-in-time insights across the entire retail business flow from Computer Vision enabled Automated mobile POS systems, to Just—in-time in-store promotions, to supply chain management and merchandisers with deep analytics, all the way to Demand Prediction for Manufacturers.
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