Agenda at Glance

AGENDA AT A GLANCE


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Monday, September 19, 2011 | PRE-CONFERENCE | PACKAGING TRENDS SUMMIT
8:00 Registration & Morning Coffee
8:45 Opening remarks from Summit Chairperson
9:00 KEYNOTE Packaging and Selling in the 21st Century
Paco Underhill, Envirosell Inc. & Bestselling Author, Why We Buy:The Science of Shopping
10:00 KEYNOTE The Evolution of Design & Brands
Bob Thacker, OfficeMax
10:45 Morning Networking Break
11:15 INTERACTIVE SESSION Designing your personal private brand
If you'd like to facilitate this interactive session, please contact Amanda Powers at apowers@iirusa.com
12:00 Lunch
1:00 From Private Brand to Own Brand – A Consumer-Driven Approach
Tim Milano, OFFICE DEPOT
1:45 Shopper-Centric Packaging: New Value Through Packaging
Shelly Turgeon, Petco Animal Supplies, Inc.
2:30 Networking Break
3:00 Driving Private Brand Through Product Innovation
Connie G. Walsh, Director of Marketing and Packaging, STAPLES
3:45 TOPIC TBA
Lara Harris, Johnson & Johnson
4:30 End of Summit
5:00 MAIN CONFERENCE BEGINS: KICK-OFF KEYNOT E
Something Wonderful is About to Happen
Patrick Hanlon, Author of Primal Branding & THINKTOPIA®
5:45 Monday Meet & Greet

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 | THE CONFERENCE
7:30 Registration & Morning Coffee
8:00 Welcome & opening remarks from conference co-chairs
Christopher Durham, My Private Brand
Eli Getson, Golfsmith
8:45 KEYNOTE Private Brands Outlook: Flash in the Pan or the Real Deal
Todd Hale, The Nielsen Company
9:30 KEYNOTE Design: Giving Voice to the Private Brand
Harry Pearce, Pentagram UK
10:15 Morning Break
11:00 KEYNOTE Building Brands that Stand the Test of Time
Carla Cooper, Daymon Worldwide
11:45 KEYNOTE Creating Value Together: How European Retailers and Manufacturers Collaborate to Innovate
Koen de Jong, IPLC & Author of Private Label Uncovered
12:30 Lunch

  MANUFACTURING IN
THE NEW AGE
BRAND STRATEGY & DESIGN GO TO MARKET
1:45 Brand Building Économique: Building a Viable Brand through Innovati ve Consumer Engagement
Jon Weber, Soma Beverage Company
Why Private Brands are Un-American and What You Can do about It
Carol Best, Anthem
Building a Private Brand Organization : Leveraging CPG Best Practices and Strategies to Create World-Class Performance
Betsy Schowachert, Michaels Stores
2:30 Applying CPG Practices to Private Brand Development
Chris Wilkins, ConAgra Foods, Inc.
Consumer–Centric Portfolio Management
Andres Siefken, Daymon Worldwide
Glenn Pfeifer, Daymon Design
Transformational Change: Building 'Curious Disbelief,' Credibility & Consideration for Kmart
Jeff Fagel, Sears Holdings
3:15 Networking Break
3:45 Making Strong Brands Stronger: A Unique Approach to Moving Beyond Value
Michael Muntean, Church & Dwight
Innovation–Transforming the Private Label Business Model
Alex Petrov, Safeway
Leveraging Trends to Build Brands: Treating Fragrance & Skincare like Fashion
David K. Lyon, Bath & Body Works
4:30 END OF DAY KEYNOTE
Private Label Innovation: Not an Oxymoron. Really

Rick Rommel, Best Buy
Making It Matter: Creating the Business Case for a Brand Launch
Kelly Kraus, REI
Private Brands Become National Brands – Selling to Other Retailers
Mike Kitz & Marc Okicich, OfficeMax
6:00 Cocktails + Conversation

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 | THE CONFERENCE
8:00 Registration & Morning Coffee
8:15 Welcome Back from Your Conference Co-Chairs
8:30 KEYNOTE Retailers Gets a Boost From Science: How Neuromarketing Translates from Going Deep to Growing Your Business
J. Duncan Berry, Applied Iconology, Inc.
9:15 KEYNOTE Branding the Future One Touch Point at a Time
Alina Wheeler, Co-Author of Brand Atlas
10:15 Networking Break
10:45 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE Design for Life– Creating a New Design Language for Health and Wellbeing in the Retail Sector
Jonathan Ford, Pearlfisher
Maggie Hodgetts, Waitrose
11:30 PANEL DISCUSSION The Future of Owned Brands Amidst Economic Revival
Nancy Dumais, Delhaize America
Susan Sanderson, The Kroger Company
Eli Getson, SVP, GMM, Golfsmith
12:30 Lunch

  BRAND STRATEGY & DESIGN GO TO MARKET
1:45 Drinking the Private Label "Kool – Aid"
Roger White, Associated Food Stores
Branding with Southern Style
Lisa Edwards, Belk
2:30 The Power of Private Label
Jonathan Sands, Elmwood
Sarah Dear, Elmwood
How Licensed and Exclusive Brands Play in the portfolio
Thomas Becker, Stop & Shop
3:15 CONCLUDING KEYNOTE Futurecast 2012: Consumer Insights and Design Directions
Nicki Gondell, Trend House
5:00 End of Conference

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