Agenda

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Plan with Agility
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NB: Focus Groups and Think Tanks are delegate only sessions.

Day 1: 21 October 2025

08:00

Delegate Registration

 The Lobby

08:50

A Warm Welcome from the Chair

 Room 1

Hannah Abdul-Amid, Head of Merchandising and Buying, Voisins Department Store Ltd

09:00

Opening Keynote - Leading Through Change: Guiding Planning Teams into the Digital Future

 Room 1

09:40

Start-up Tech Sparks

 Room 1

10:25

Morning 121 Meetings

 Exhibition Hall

10:35

Morning Refreshment Break

 Exhibition Hall

11:35

Interactive Roundtables: EMBRACE DATA

 Room 1

Interactive Roundtables: TRANSFORM WITH TECH

 Room 1

Interactive Roundtables: PLAN WITH AGILITY

 Room 2

Interactive Roundtables: COLLABORATE FOR SUCCESS

 Room 2

Matthew Pawson, Merchandise Trading Manager, Victoria Beckham Ltd

Hannah Abdul-Amid, Head of Merchandising and Buying, Voisins Department Store Ltd

12:20

Advancing Merchandise Planning with Next Generation Digital Transformation

 Room 1

Demand Sensing For Omnichannel Retail - How to Plan, Buy & Allocate with Confidence

 Room 2

12:55

Lunch

 Exhibition Hall

13:40

Interactive Roundtables: EMBRACE DATA

 Room 1

Interactive Roundtables: TRANSFORM WITH TECH

 Room 1

Interactive Roundtables: PLAN WITH AGILITY

 Room 2

Interactive Roundtables: COLLABORATE

 Room 2

14:25

How to Discover Hidden Profits Through Better Retail Planning

 Room 1

How to Bridge the Gap Between Merchandise Planning Tools and Product Execution

 Room 2

15:00

Afternoon Refreshment Break

 Room 1

15:10

Afternoon 121 Meetings

 Room 1

16:10

Panel Discussion - There is No 'One Size Fits All': How Different-Sized Companies Are Solving Shared Planning Challenges

 Room 1

16:50

Closing Panel - Facing the Friction Head-on: AI, Alignment & the New Rules of Merchandise Planning

 Room 1

17:30

Chair's Closing Remarks

 Room 1

Hannah Abdul-Amid, Head of Merchandising and Buying, Voisins Department Store Ltd

17:40

Drinks Reception

 Exhibition Hall

Day 2: 22 October 2025

09:00

Think Tank - Making Smart, Customer-Centric Decisions to Optimise Product Mix, Profitability & Operations

 Room 3

Think Tank: Integrating Store, Product & Fixture Data with Inventory Planning & Sales Performance

 Room 4

10:00

Day 2, Let's Have It! Chair's Opening Remarks

 Room 1

Hannah Abdul-Amid, Head of Merchandising and Buying, Voisins Department Store Ltd

10:10

Fireside Chat - Transforming the Engine: How AI is Reshaping Retail from the Inside Out

 Room 1

10:50

Interactive Roundtables: EMBRACE DATA

 Room 1

Interactive Roundtables: TRANSFORM WITH TECH

 Room 1

Interactive Roundtables: PLAN WITH AGILITY

 Room 2

Interactive Roundtables: COLLABORATE

 Room 2

11:35

Morning Refreshment Break

 Exhibition Hall

11:45

Morning 121 Meetings

 Exhibition Hall

12:45

Optimising Merchandise Planning Operations with AI

 Room 1

Building Flexibility, Scalability & Intelligence into a Merchandise Planning Advantage

 Room 2

13:20

Lunch

 Exhibition Hall

14:05

Interactive Roundtables: EMBRACE DATA

 Room 1

Hannah Abdul-Amid, Head of Merchandising and Buying, Voisins Department Store Ltd

Interactive Roundtables: TRANSFORM WITH TECH

 Room 1

Interactive Roundtables: PLAN WITH AGILITY

 Room 2

Interactive Roundtables: COLLABORATE

 Room 2

14:50

Tech Titan Panel: How is Technology Preparing for the Future of Retail?

 Room 1

15:35

Closing Panel Discussion - Forecasting for the Future: How Do We Build a Merchandise Plan that Sustains & Thrives?

 Room 1

16:20

Farewell from the Chair

 Room 1

Hannah Abdul-Amid, Head of Merchandising and Buying, Voisins Department Store Ltd