WIRED Retail will return on November 16, 2016. The one-day event gathers those at the forefront of change in the industry — individuals, startups and large established companies — to explore the future of retail. The event will cover topics as diverse as frictionless payments, virtual reality, 3D printing, drone delivery, blockchain and personalisation.
More than 20 outstanding speakers will take to the Main Stage to examine the trends and technologies set to shape the retail industry. Delegates from around the world can enjoy exceptional networking opportunities with an audience full of innovators and leaders.
WIRED RETAIL 2016 SPEAKERS
Director of design, Singularity University Labs
Based in San Jose, Medich’s AR and VR tools have potentially huge retail applications.
Head of retail for Google Cloud, Europe
Informed by Google Cloud, Burgess brings visibility to the tools and trends driving international retail businesses.
Chief operating officer, Westfield Labs
Westfield Labs connects consumers and retailers to world-class shopping centres, removing the friction from commerce.
Managing director, Metapixel Studio
Metapixel Studio operates the world’s highest resolution portable 3D scanning rig.
Co-founder and managing director, Chic by Choice
Neto’s online dress-hire startup operates in 15 European markets, enabling women to rent dresses from leading catwalk designers for a fraction of the purchase cost.
Founder and chief scientific advisor, Blue Yonder
An ex-CERN physicist turned entrepreneur, Feindt’s UK- and Germany-based startup, Blue Yonder, builds forecasting tools that allow retailers to optimise supply chains.
CEO and co-founder, Fetchr
Al Rifai founded Dubai-based Fetchr. Its app uses mobile geolocation to enable reliable delivery of packages in the Middle East and North Africa.
CEO & co-founder, Shyp
Shyp is the Uber for shipping – picking up, packaging, tracking and delivering things for people via a simple app interface. Prior to founding the company in 2013, Gibbon led the Boeing engineering team.
CEO, Blackswan
Data science startup Black Swan uses artificial intelligence to predict real world events from data found on the internet.
Chief digital officer, American Apparel
Stephens uses big data to transform how clothing and accessories company American Apparel connects with its customers.
Enterprise account manager, Slack
With team messaging app Slack, Boschetti helps to make working life simpler and more productive for enterprise customers.
VP of Europe, Flexport
A freight forwarder for the internet age, Flexport uses people and software to navigate the complexities of international trade.
Chief product officer, Casper
Chapin co-founded Casper, a sleep company where he leads the development of physical products. Casper has succeeded by embracing radical design and delivery methods.
CEO & co-founder, EVRYTHNG
Murphy’s award-winning EVRYTHNG is an Internet of Things digital identity and real-time data management platform.
Co-founder, NearSt
The former Ogilvy account director founded NearSt in London. Its platform connects shoppers with nearby high street inventory.
CBO, Sentient Technology
Pioneering massively scaled artificial intelligence, Sentient Technologies is a Silicon Valley firm solving some of the most complex problems in e-commerce, finance and healthcare.
Founder & CEO, Future Visual & SiPVR
Fleming is using virtual reality to create new retail experiences with his VR company Future Visual.
This article was originally published by WIRED UK
