| Wednesday Concurrent SessionsWEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2008 • CONCURRENT TRACK SESSIONS|
| 10:45-11:30 | Are You Engaging Your Shopper? Richard Blatt, CEO, POPAI Martin Kingdon, Director, SheridanGlobal Limited | Are Shoppers Really Deciding In Store? Mark Berry, Executive Vice President, SYNOVATE | Health,Wellness and Sustainability: What Consumers REALLY think Todd Hale, SVP – Consumer & Shopper Insights, THE NIELSEN COMPANY Patti Marshman-Goldblatt, SeniorVice President, NATURAL MARKETING INSTITUTE | | 11:40-12:25 | Audience Interactive Discussion Making Sense of the New Forms of Measurement. Your Questions Answered. Moderator: Jeff Friedlaender, Vice President, MEYERS RESEARCH Panelists: George Wishart, Global Managing Director, NIELSEN IN-STORE; Dina Howell, General Manager,-Marketing, Global Operations, PROCTER & GAMBLE; Melanie Solka, Category Development Manager, NINTENDO OF AMERICA | Using Shopper Insight to Drive Category Strategy… The Burt’s Bees Success Story Paul Price, SeniorVice President, ACOSTA INSIGHTS Jim Geikie, Vice President Customer Strategy & Marketing, BURT’S BEES | Identifying New Growth Opportunities through Insights- Based Sales Planning Phil McGee, Director, Shopper Insights, CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY Jeremy Bilas, Planning Manager, CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY | | 12:25 LUNCH | | 2:00-2:45 | Identifying Growth Opportunities Through Virtual Store Testing Karin Peterson, Director, Shopper Insights, KIMBERLY-CLARK
| Using Consumer Analytics to Drive Customer Identification, Marketing, Merchandising Gary Long, Vice President, CPGID Division, BUXTON | From Vendor to Strategic Partner Candace Adams, Senior Director, In-Store Experience, WAL-MART; Also participating: GENERAL MILLS, KIMBERLY CLARK & KRAFT | | 2:55-3:40 | Transforming Research and Shopper Insights to Real World Consumer Activation Matt Germain, Client Executive, ACXIOM CORP. | Consumer in Command: How Digital Media is Changing Consumer Behavior Tom Kersten, Sr. Manager, Retail Category Development, MICROSOFT | Turning Shoppers into Buyers – Insights, Strategy, Activation Rob Colarossi, Vice President, Customer Development, CADBURY SCHWEPPES |
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