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IRC 2019 PREVIEW The tech enablers and innovators conference

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We’re running a series of previews and interviews with speakers ahead of IRC 2019. Today we focus on the tech enablers and innovators conference.

Speakers from Lego, Zalando and TripAdvisor are among the speakers in the tech enablers and innovators conference at this year’s IRC 2019. 

The afternoon conference starts at 2.10pm with a panel session, Mastering data and new tech staying ahead of the market or keeping up with the pack?. Speakers will include Martin Ruben Schmidt, business owner consumer insights at Zalando, Dan Taylor-Edwards, director SEM, experiences and rentals at TripAdvisor, and Lucy Shamdasani, VP, head of engagement technology and analytics at Lego Group. 

Mike Baxter, director at Goal Atlas will then give a case study presentation at 2.50pm before conducting a series of one-on-one interviews with chief executives of growing technology-led businesses including John Allen of Nobody’s Child, and Polly McMaster of The Fold. The series of interviews will run from 3.15pm to 3.50pm. 

The conference will then be followed by a networking break and the opportunity for one-to-one meetings at 3.50pm.

The conference will be followed by the afternoon plenary session. Click here for an overview of the day’s plenary sessions. The event also includes conference streams focusing on customer expectations, customer experience, omnichannel, customer engagement and loyalty, and growth and new markets.

Click here to find out more about the IRC 2019 conference programme, exhibition featuring the latest retail technology and the workshops where delegates can get practical advice on key technologies.

IRC 2019 takes place on October 10 at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London. A full-price retailer delegate ticket costs £495, but as an InternetRetailing reader we can offer you 75% off full price tickets if you use discount code IRMSEB100 (for retailers only).

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