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NB: Focus Groups and Think Tanks are delegate only sessions.
Day 1: 21 October 2025
Delegate Registration
The Lobby
A Warm Welcome from the Chair
Room 1
Hannah Abdul-Hamid, Head of Merchandising and Buying, Voisins Department Store Ltd
Fireside Chat - From Planning to C-Suite: Future-Proofing Retail Strategy
Room 1
Valentina Labate, Chief Strategy Officer, PittaRosso
Frances Fountain, Director of Buying and Merchandise Planning, Fabletics
Start-up Tech Sparks
Room 1
Phoebe Gormley, CEO, Fit Collective Labs Limited
Jeff Fish, CEO, Intelo AI
Malte Bjerg Vittrup, CEO, Hakio
Morning Refreshment Break
Exhibition Hall
Morning 1-2-1 Meetings
Exhibition Hall
Interactive Roundtables: TRANSFORM WITH TECH
Room 1
Steve Brown, Global Director of Product Demand, Calvin Klein
Interactive Roundtables: PLAN WITH AGILITY
Room 1
Jennifer Populorum, Director - Business & Partnerships, Temu
Eleni Charisi, Merchandise Lead DTC, Mammut Sports Group
Interactive Roundtables: COLLABORATE FOR SUCCESS
Room 1
Matthew Pawson, Merchandise Trading Manager, Victoria Beckham Ltd
Hannah Abdul-Hamid, Head of Merchandising and Buying, Voisins Department Store Ltd
Focus Group: Decision Intelligence: Turning AI Potential into Measurable Impact
Room 2
Dale Parr, Head of Data Science & AI Research, Club 1984
Navigating Demand Shifts: How to Use AI Market Insights to Optimise Product Mix, Protect Margins & React Quickly Amid Uncertainty
Room 1
Caterina Ticchio , Head of Merchandising & Planning | ex-C&A & Levi's, C.P. Company
Siyana Gospodinova, AI Fashion Market Intelligence Specialist, Lectra
Sophie Boutillot, Fashion Business Developer, Lectra
Think Tank: Adapt or Be Left Behind: How AI-Powered Visual Guides Are Redefining Retail Growth
Room 2
Cara Cishecki, Marketing & Customer Success Manager, Optimum Retailing
Josh Clephan, Business Development Director, Optimum Retailing
Lunch: Sponsored by BDG
Exhibition Hall
Interactive Roundtables: EMBRACE DATA
Room 1
Sandeep Dulai, Former Director of Merchandising | Co-Founder, Bite Size Merchandising
Dale Parr, Head of Data Science & AI Research, Club 1984
Interactive Roundtables: COLLABORATE FOR SUCCESS
Room 1
Emma Reid, GM Planning, Happy Socks
Valentina Labate, Chief Strategy Officer, PittaRosso
Focus Group: Lean, Mean, AI Machine: Innovating Fashion Without the Big Brand Budget
Room 2
Caterina Ticchio , Head of Merchandising & Planning | ex-C&A & Levi's, C.P. Company
Algorithmic Buying: A Data-enabled Style Chase Merchandising Strategy
Room 1
Brad Ballentine, CEO , MAS ACME USA
Scott Hirsch, Chief Marketing Officer , Syrup, an Anaplan Company
Think Tank: How Retailers like Zalando Master Predictive Marketing & Pricing: Turning AI & Data into Profit
Room 2
Felix Hoffman, CEO 7Learnings | Ex-Zalando, 7Learnings GmbH
Afternoon Refreshment Break
Room 1
Afternoon 1-2-1 Meetings
Room 1
Panel Discussion - There is No 'One Size Fits All': How Different-Sized Companies Are Solving Shared Planning Challenges
Room 1
Emma Reid, GM Planning, Happy Socks
Hannah Abdul-Hamid, Head of Merchandising and Buying, Voisins Department Store Ltd
Melissa Minkow, RWIT Community Connector, RWIT
Matthew Pawson, Merchandise Trading Manager, Victoria Beckham Ltd
Chair's Closing Remarks
Room 1
Hannah Abdul-Hamid, Head of Merchandising and Buying, Voisins Department Store Ltd
Drinks Reception
Exhibition Hall
Day 2: 22 October 2025
Day 2, Let's Have It! Chair's Opening Remarks
Room 1
Hannah Abdul-Hamid, Head of Merchandising and Buying, Voisins Department Store Ltd
Panel Discussion - Facing the Friction Head-on: AI, Alignment & the New Rules of Merchandise Planning
Room 1
Steve Brown, Global Director of Product Demand, Calvin Klein
Caterina Ticchio , Head of Merchandising & Planning | ex-C&A & Levi's, C.P. Company
Frances Fountain, Director of Buying and Merchandise Planning, Fabletics
Valentina Labate, Chief Strategy Officer, PittaRosso
Sandeep Dulai, Former Director of Merchandising | Co-Founder, Bite Size Merchandising
Interactive Roundtables: EMBRACE DATA
Room 1
Hannah Abdul-Hamid, Head of Merchandising and Buying, Voisins Department Store Ltd
Interactive Roundtables: TRANSFORM WITH TECH
Room 1
Caterina Ticchio , Head of Merchandising & Planning | ex-C&A & Levi's, C.P. Company
Interactive Roundtables: PLAN WITH AGILITY
Room 1
Emma Reid, GM Planning, Happy Socks
Jennifer Populorum, Director - Business & Partnerships, Temu
Frances Fountain, Director of Buying and Merchandise Planning, Fabletics
Focus Group: Rewiring Retail Planning – Collaborating from Friction to Innovation
Room 2
Melissa Minkow, RWIT Community Connector, RWIT
Morning Refreshment Break
Exhibition Hall
Morning 1-2-1 Meetings
Exhibition Hall
From Data to Story: Closing the Gap Between Merchandising Strategy and Store Execution
Room 1
Angel Shoylev, Sr. Customer Success Manager, Dtail
Tara Iyer, Customer Success Manager, Dtail
Think Tank: Confidence at the Core: Customer-Aligned Merchandising Decisions
Room 2
Matt Hopkins, Global Retail Marketing Director, Board
Flavio Bordignon, Leading Retail Planning Advisor, Independent
Giorgio Loiodice, Global Retail SME and Sales Leader, Board
Lunch: Sponsored by BDG
Exhibition Hall
Fireside Chat - AI & Demand-Driven Collections: Rethinking How Fashion Plans, Builds, and Buys
Room 1
Steve Brown, Global Director of Product Demand, Calvin Klein
Hannah Abdul-Hamid, Head of Merchandising and Buying, Voisins Department Store Ltd
Tech Titan Panel: How is Technology Preparing for the Future of Retail?
Room 1
Joaquin Villalba, Co-Founder, Nextail
Scott Hirsch, Chief Marketing Officer , Syrup, an Anaplan Company
Hannah Abdul-Hamid, Head of Merchandising and Buying, Voisins Department Store Ltd
Matt Hopkins, Global Retail Marketing Director, Board
Zachary Martillo, UK Country Lead, 7Learnings GmbH
Michael Lock, Sales Manager UK, Lectra
Farewell from the Chair
Room 1
Hannah Abdul-Hamid, Head of Merchandising and Buying, Voisins Department Store Ltd