GENERAL SESSIONS

RedPrairie: Keeping Commerce in Motion Around the Globe

Acquisitions, product expansion and unprecedented customer growth made 2011 a transformational year for RedPrairie and our clients, and in 2012 RedPrairie is leveraging the events of 2011 into more innovation that will help our clients keep Commerce in Motion around the globe. RedPrairie CEO Mike Mayoras will share his unique insights into our transformation and he will outline his vision for the new RedPrairie…and how that vision translates into value for our clients.

Putting Technology and Innovation to Work to Keep Commerce in Motion

John Kopcke, a 30-year technology veteran, brings deep experience and passion for innovation to his new role as RedPrairie’s Chief Technology Officer. During this session, John will outline his vision for the architecture, capabilities and support of the RedPrairie suite of solutions. Additionally, John will discuss some of the latest innovations from RedPrairie that will help our clients keep Commerce in Motion around the globe.

Walmart: Thinking Globally and Acting Locally

When you are Walmart's size, the challenges – and opportunities – inherent in opening (and thriving in) new markets around the globe can be tremendous. Successful international operations at Walmart's scale require a flexible supply chain, a workforce productivity strategy that is capable of crossing borders and cultures, and an enterprise-wide commitment to thinking globally and executing locally. Cory Gundberg, Vice President of Global Business Processes for Walmart, will discuss how Walmart, as it turns 50 this year, successfully manages 2,100,000 employees to optimize a massively global supply chain that supports 9,600 stores in 28 countries. Cory will discuss how Sam Walton's vision of "Helping People Save Money So They Can Live Better" impacts every decision along every leg of the supply chain, from raw materials to the store, to drive performance, efficiency, and commitment to a cause that is bigger than simply lower prices or higher sales.

A Freakonomics Take on the Modern World

Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, the renegade authors of the best-selling Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics books, will bring their unusual musings on behavioral economics to the main stage at RedShift, where they will turn their lens onto the fascinating – and often humorous -- world of big business. Dazzling audiences with their wry and unconventional insights, Levitt and Dubner offer story after story, with research backing each theory, that address ways to create behavior change and show which incentives work and don't work.

Don’t miss their enlightening and eye-opening take on the modern world.

Customer Panel: State of the Market: New Customers, New Implementations and New Opportunities to Improve Time to Value

RedPrairie's Joe Juliano will share the latest news and developments from across the globe, including client news, implementation highlights, and a discussion of how the evolving RedPrairie organization is aligned to deliver faster times to value for all clients. After his opening address, Joe will be joined on stage by a panel of clients and partners to discuss specific examples of how RedPrairie is helping implement solutions quickly and efficiently in order to achieve faster time to value. Our panelists confirmed to date for this highly-interactive session include Grant Anderson, Chief Information Officer for Tuesday Morning, Brian Girouard VP of Global Sectors for Capgemini, Jim Wenner, Chief Information Officer for Sheetz, Lloyd Carter, Operations Manager for Beaver Street Fisheries and Michael Roberts, VP of Information Technology for Exel.

Trendcasting: Five Big Ideas that Have the Potential to Transform Commerce

Near Field Communications. Crowdsourcing. Augmented Reality. Separating buzzwords from potential game-changers can be a daunting task. Prashant Bhatia and Dave Bruno, two of RedPrairie’s senior market and product strategists will sort through the hype to reveal five ideas that they believe have real potential to transform the (near) future of commerce.