WHO:
Dr. Romesh Wadhwani - Chairman, Symphony Technology Group and Information Resources, Inc. (IRI)
Scott W. Klein - President and Chief Executive Officer, IRI
Michael Sneed – Group Chairman, Johnson & Johnson
Panel Discussion:
- Thom Blischok, President, Global Retail, IRI
- Stuart Aitken, Group Vice President, Marketing Strategies, Safeway
- Jeb Ball, Vice President, Sales, Pepsico
- Ramin Eivaz, Senior Officer, Insight, Strategy & Growth, Kimberly-Clark
- Kevin Elliott, Vice President, Merchandising, 7-Eleven
- Amanda Kelly, Global Director, Unilever
- Jeff Martin, Senior Vice President, Ahold USA
- Ramesh Murthy, Vice President, Supply Chain, CVS Corp.
Thomas Davenport – Author, “Competing on Analytics” and Professor, Babson College
Lunch Presentation:
- Alan Wurtzel, President of Media Research, NBC
- Dr. Rachel Mueller-Lust, Executive Vice President, IAG Research
WHAT: Building on its reputation for raising and tackling the consumer packaged goods (CPG), retail and healthcare industries’ most pressing issues, IRI is hosting the fourth annual IRI Summit 2007 at the Wynn Resort in Las Vegas. This world-class global conference, which attracts visionaries and senior leaders in the CPG, retail and healthcare industries, features impressive keynote speakers who are distinguished leaders in their industries.
WHY: IRI, the world’s leading provider of consumer, shopper and retail insights and business solutions, will lead the action-oriented forum built around proven game-changing strategies and tactics to exploit current and untapped growth opportunities. To deliver these real-world perspectives on a myriad of critical industry trends and issues, IRI will kick-off the Summit with the following keynote speakers:
8:45-9:30 a.m.
Dr. Romesh Wadhwani
Symphony Technology Group and IRI
“IRI: The Road Ahead”
9:30-10:10 a.m.
Scott W. Klein
IRI
“Changing the Game Today in CPG, Healthcare and Retail”
10:25-11:05 a.m.
Michael Sneed
Johnson & Johnson
“JOHNSON’S® Baby: Managing One of the World’s Best Equities in a Changing Global Environment”
11:05-11:45 a.m.
Panel: “Customer-Centric Collaboration: A New Frontier”
Moderator: Thom Blischok, IRI
- Stuart Aitken, Safeway
- Jeb Ball, Pepsico
- Ramin Eivaz, Kimberly-Clark
- Kevin Elliott, 7-Eleven
- Amanda Kelly, Unilever
- Jeff Martin, Ahold USA
- Ramesh Murthy, CVS Corp.
11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Thomas Davenport
Babson College
“Competing on Analytics”
12:50-1:30 p.m.
Lunch Presentation
• Alan Wurtzel, NBC
• Dr. Rachel Mueller-Lust, IAG Research
“Game Changers in Advertising Research and Media Development”
WHEN: Feb. 27, 2007, 8:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
WHERE:
IRI Summit 2007
Wynn Las Vegas
3131 Las Vegas Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89109
702-770-7000
www.cpgsummit.com
About Information Resources, Inc.
Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) is the world’s leading global provider of consumer, shopper, and retail business solutions and services, empowering consumer packaged goods (CPG), retail and healthcare companies to grow their business profitably in a complex marketplace. Driving breakthrough growth in the industries it serves, only IRI provides a unique combination of real-time market content, advanced analytics, enterprise performance management software, and professional services. The company’s portfolio of services, solutions, and technology enable leading retailers and their suppliers around the globe to see what they are missing, act faster with greater confidence and win at the shelf. Ninety-five percent of the FORTUNE Global 500 in CPG and retail leverage IRI to power their business. For more information, visit http://us.infores.com.