Agenda at a Glance

Monday, September 27, 2010 • Day One •The Summit Shopper Marketing Fusion: Bridging the Gap between Sales & Marketing
8:00Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30Opening Remarks from Conference Chairperson
8:45Today’s Marketer, Tomorrow’s Growth Leader?
Scott Davis, PROPHET & Author, The Shift
9:30Morning Networking Break
10:00Actioning Insights: Going from Good to Great through Cross-Functional Teamwork
Carolyn Hendriksma, THE HERSHEY CO.
10:45DOUBLE SESSION Develop Category Leadership Competency: Keys to Behavior Change
Carla DiGiovanni, SARA LEE

Along with Sara Lee training managers: Scott Syer, Jeanne Kennedy, Kelly Condon, Ed Watson
12:30Lunch
1:45Responding to The Changing Shopper
Jennifer Avery, SMARTREVENUE

Moderator:
John Dranow, SMARTREVENUE

Panelists:
Christopher Witte, GATORADE/TROPICANA, PEPSICO.
Reggie Jonaitis, OFFICEMAX
Wanette Wise, THE KELLOGG COMPANY
2:45Networking Break
3:15The Journey in Putting Shoppers First
Jonathan Nell, DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA
4:00End of Summit
4:15KICK-OFF KEYNOTE:
Emotional Connnectivity: How to Make Sure Your Branded Offer & Advertising Don't Get Filtered Out by Today's Overloaded Consumers
Dan Hill, SENSORY LOGIC, Author of Emotionomics
 5:15 Book signing with Dan Hill & Monday Meet Up: Crimson Lounge (cash bar event)
 
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 • Day Two • Main Conference
7:30Registration
8:15Opening Remarks from Conference Chairperson
8:30KEYNOTE Implementing Change When Change is Hard
Dan Heath, Author of Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard
9:30Morning Networking Break
10:00Pride Passion Profit – 7 Steps to Category Development
Inez Blackburn, MARKET TECHNIQUES AND INNOVATIONS & Author, Pride Passion Profit 7 Steps to Category Development
11:00Category Management and Shopper Insights Defined! Align, Design, Mine and Consign for Success
Craig Geiger, BARILLA USA
12:30Lunch
1:3010 Mistakes to Avoid as a Category Leader
Bob Wong, DEL MONTE
Gordan Wade, RETAIL PERFORMANCE GROUP, LLC
2:15

Reinventing Categories and Retail Leadership
Kaye Young, SMARTREVENUE

John Drake, RETAIL PERFORMANCE GROUP, LLC

3:00Networking Break
3:30Strategic Clutter: Putting Product that Sells a Lot Where People are A Lot
Hilary Bloch, ACE HARDWARE
4:15Category Development Isn’t Right for My Categories……Or Is It?
Alison Chaltas, INTERSCOPE
Joe Beier, INTERSCOPE
Peter Naumann, PHILIPS CONSUMER LIFESTYLE
JD Spangler, HANESBRANDS, INC.
5:15Cocktails & Conversations - 4th floor
 
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 • Day Three • Main Conference
8:15Welcome & Introduction of Morning Keynote
8:30 KEYNOTE From Brick to Click, Designing to Peak Emotions: Using Social Media to Re-connect with Consumers On and Off-line
Marc Gobé, EMOTIONAL BRANDING & Author, Emotional Branding
9:30Networking Break
10:00Rewriting the Rules of Category Management and Shopper Insights using Virtual Shopping
Tiernan Summins, THE KELLOGG COMPANY
Michael R. Murphy, PhD., FIFTH DIMENSION
10:45Mom-Based Category Management: Better In-Store Programs Based on Insights from Moms
Joe Bourland, KIMBERLY CLARK
11:30PANEL DISCUSSION Next Generation Category Enablers

Panelists:
David Campbell, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
Carmen Brace, CONAGRA FOODS
Don Baker, SARA LEE
Eli Getson, GOLFSMITH INTERNATIONAL

Moderated by John Karolefski, CPGMATTERS.COM
12:30Lunch
12:30Dessert & Coffee in the Exhibit Hall
1:30The Art of Collaboration: How Retailers Can Partner to Form Deeper Consumer Connections
Tom Kersten, MICROSOFT
2:15So You Have Distribution, Now What? Shopper Insights to Accelerate a Growth Category
Heath Rigsby, BURT’S BEES
3:00Conclusion of the Category Leadership Conference
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