AGENDA AT A GLANCE
tuesday, sePtember 17
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Optional Activity: Guided Tours of
Vancouver Retail
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Welcome / Conference Kickoff
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
OPENING KEYNOTE: The Future of the Retail Store
4:45 PM – 7:00 PM
The Iron Merchant Challenge + Cocktail Party
wednesday, sePtember 18
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
12:15 PM – 1:45 PM
Networking Roundtable Lunch
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
BREAKOUT SESSIONS:
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
KEYNOTE (To Be Announced)
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
BREAKOUT SESSIONS:
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
BREAKOUT SESSIONS:
Community Engagement at Scale: It’s Not
Just Good, It’s Good for Business
Amazon Can’t Do This:
New Research on Store Concepts
Consumers Want
Live Labs: Tracking the Total
Retail Ecosystem
Microsoft: Technology-Rich
Experiences in Retail
Going to Canada: Successful Retail
Strategies in a Growing Market
Visual Merchandising in the
Age of "Showrooming"
Pop-Up Retail:
Why It Isn’t Going Away
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
VMSD Awards Dinner
Delivering High-End
Designs Cost Effectively
thursday, sePtember 19
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Case Study Breakfast
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Networking Roundtable Lunch
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
VMSD Peter Glen Retailer
of the Year Award
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
BREAKOUT SESSIONS:
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
BREAKOUT SESSIONS:
Retail in China: Blending a Rich
Heritage with Modern Design
Brands, Brains and Buying: How Your
Brain Goes Shopping and Why It
Matters to Store Design
American Express:
Taking an Iconic Brand Into
a New Dimension
New Ideas from the Old World: What’s
Hot in European Retail Design
Rethinking Retail: Driving
Innovation by Understanding
the Forces of Change
Retail Remastered: New Takes
on Timeless Design Principles
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September 17-19, 2013 Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver
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3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
KEYNOTE: Your Brand Abroad:
Adventures in Cross-Cultural Retail
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
IRDC Closing Party
http://www.irdconline.com
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of VMSD - July 2013