IRI Summit Is April 20-22 In Austin, TX

IRI’s 2015 Summit, “Accelerate the Path to Growth,” will be held April 20-22 at the JW Marriott, Austin, TX. According to organizers, today’s hyper-connected marketplace moves faster than ever. To stay on top of consumer trends, stay ahead of the competition and fuel bottom-line growth, CPG companies need up-to-the-minute insights that enable innovation in a flash.

Keynote speakers include:

• Denise Morrison, chief executive officer, Campbell Soup Company;
• Tom Greco, chief executive officer, Frito-Lay North America;
• Harry Kraemer, professor of management and strategy, Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management;
• Mike Conway, president, global channel development, Starbucks;
• Randall Rothenberg, president and chief executive officer, Interactive Advertising Bureau;
• Matt Seiler, chief executive officer, IPG Mediabrands;
• Sally Hogshead, founder and chief executive officer, How to Fascinate;
• Todd Hewlin, consultant, author, “B4B How Technology and Big Data are Reinventing the Customer-Supplier Relationship;” and
• Andrew Appel, president and chief executive officer, IRI.

The IRI Summit is a world-class conference to help senior manufacturers and retailers find growth in CPG. It’s a broad-based industry share-group designed to address the major business challenges facing retailers and manufacturers today. The program will bring to light strategies for finding growth opportunities with shoppers via cutting-edge content and analytics, technologies and retail best practices.

More info: www.cpgsummit.com