Steve Brask
Director, Business Intelligence, Upshop
Presenter For:
Embracing AI to Elevate Foodservice
Claire Conaghan
Trendologist and Associate Director, Datassential
Presenter For:
C-Store Menuing
Gina Hampe
Senior Innovation Manager, Mattson
Rachel Toner
Founder & Technical Director, Taste Strategy, LLC
Presenter For:
Sensory Strategies for Convenience Retail
Mike Weber
CMO, Upshop
Presenter For:
Embracing AI to Elevate Foodservice
Brady Brim-DeForest
Founder, Secundo
Presenter For:
From the Shelf to the Screen: SNAP Decisions and Human Digital Twins
Sherry Frey
VP Total Wellness, NielsenIQ
Presenter For:
Understanding GLP-1 and Wellness Shifts Impacting C-Store
Frank Gleeson
President and CEO, NACS
Frodi Hammer
Founder and CEO, A2i Systems
Presenter For:
CLVG AI: Predictive Fuel and Dynamic In-Store Pricing
James Hunt
SVP Retail, NIQ
Chris Nordh
Senior Vice President, ABB E-mobility
Presenter For:
CLVG: The Business Case for EV Charging
Margaret Hardin Mannion
Director of Government Relations, NACS
Presenter For:
From the Shelf to the Screen: SNAP Decisions and Human Digital Twins
James Owen
VP of Retail Architecture, HFA Architecture and Engineering
Presenter For:
Envisioning Sustainability in Convenience Store Design
Michael Sansolo
Research Director, Coca-Cola Retail Research Council (CCRRC)
Presenter For:
Making the Convenience Industry an Employer of Choice
Aksel Solberg
Development Design Studio Lead, HFA Architecture and Engineering
Presenter For:
Envisioning Sustainability in Convenience Store Design
Tom Svrcek
Analytics Partner, McKinsey & Company
Presenter For:
CLVG Dawning of a New Era
Mark Wohltmann
Director NACS Global, NACS
Presenter For:
Near and Far: Looking at Global Convenience Retailing
Randy L. Allen
Senior Lecturer, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
Presenter For:
AI in Retail Survey Results and Insights
Doug Baker
Vice President Industry Relations, Food Marketing Institute
Presenter For:
Retail Media Networks: More Than Meets the Eye
Wells Burke
CoFounder & CEO, CodeVine
Greg Buzek
Founder and President, IHL
Presenter For:
Generative AI and Retailing: Real Results and Real Challenges
CTVG Unraveling the Road to EV Charging Infrastructure
C-Suite Gameplan for AI Implementation
Jeffrey Campbell
Director Data Science, Blend 360
John Gartner
Sr. Director of Transparency and Insights, Center for Sustainable Energy
Presenter For:
CTVG Road to Retail Charging Infrastructure
Robert Grimes
CEO, International Food and Beverage Techology Association (IFBTA)
Presenter For:
Foodservice, TechTrends & Opportunities
Christina Hulka
Executive Director, Secure Technology Alliance
Presenter For:
Envisioning the Future of Digital Identity in Convenience Retail
Daniel Martin
Field CISO, Verinext
Presenter For:
CTVG—Cybersecurity Trends and Pitfalls
Todd McClelland
Partner, Sterlington, PLLC
Presenter For:
CTVG—Cybersecurity Trends and Pitfalls
Gena Morgan
Vice President of Standards, GS1
Presenter For:
The Next Dimension of Barcodes
Liz Sertl
Senior Director of Supply Chain Visibility, GS1
Presenter For:
The Next Dimension of Barcodes
Kevin Struthers
Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder, Axonet
Presenter For:
Retail Media Networks: More Than Meets the Eye
Tim Tang
Director, Hughes Network
Presenter For:
Fighting for Tomorrow’s Customers
Cameron Watt
President and CEO, In-Touch Insights Systems
Presenter For:
Operational & Consumer Feedback, Foodservice & Trends
Anil Bhat
Head of Product – Petro, Verifone
Colin Dornish
Managing Member, CSD Solutions
Jeff Keune
Principal Consultant and Fractional CMO, 4910 Consulting LLC
Presenter For:
American Natural, Food Forward Convenience Concept and Case Study on Third Party Delivery
Babir Sultan
President, FavTrip
Presenter For:
Transforming FavTrip Inventory
Gray Taylor
Executive Director, Conexxus
Presenter For:
Identifying and fostering industry innovation
Karl Doenges
Exec. Dir. Charging Analytics Program, Fuels Institute
Presenter For:
The Future of Energy
Garrett Fitzgerald
Senior Director, Transportation Electrification, Smart Electric Power Alliance
Presenter For:
The EV Charging Puzzle: Building Both the Grid and the Chargers
Nathan Niese
Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group
Presenter For:
EV Charging After the One Big Beautiful Bill
Jose Torre-Bueno
Executive Director, Center for Community Energy
Nikolas Bullwinkel
CEO, Circus SE
Presenter For:
How Autonomous Food Production Trasforms an Aging Industry
Brian Donaldson
CEO of The Maxol Group
Theo Foukkare
CEO, Australian Association of Convenience Stores (AACS)
Joerg Heilingbrunner
CEO, Scheidt & Bachmann Energy Retail Solutions GmbH
Tilo Hühn
FoodArchitect, ZHAW / ILGI
Presenter For:
The Sustainable Plate: Boostig Sales & Margins Through Food Innovation
Daniel Kaddik
CEO, Bundesverband freier Tankstellen
Margaret Manion
Director, Government Relations, NACS
Thomas Weinandy
Principal Research Economist – Upside
Nick Bayer
Founder & CEO, Saxby’s
Frank Beard
Head of Marketing, Rovertown
Joe Bona
Chief Executive Officer, Bona Design Lab
John Eichberger
Executive Director, The Fuels Institute
James Farwell
National Security Expert
Dave Finnegan
Chief Connection Officer, BlackFinn
Rob Grimes
Chief Executive Officer, IFBTA
Jesse Hirsh
Punk, EcoPunks
Michael Offerman
Director of Strategy, Cactus
Liz Langemark
Director Academic Platforms, Saxby’s
Bruce Reinhart
Partner, Kinetic12
Mark Samuels
Executive Vice President, The Wills Group
Michael Sansolo
Research Director, Coca-Cola Retail Research Council (CCRRC)
Presenter For:
Loosening the Tight Labor Market
Eva Strasburger
President, StrasGlobal and CEO, Compliance Safe
Presenter for: “The Phygital World”
Tim Tang
Director, Hughes Network
Gerd Leonhard
Founder and CEO
The Futures Agency
Presenter For:
VGN Virtual Global Summit Vision Report: Looking Ahead by Looking Back
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