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This event was a great way to gain new perspectives and connections across our industry. The campfire discussions could be more conversational and less interview-ee, but the level of expertise and insights were top notch. I am excited to see what Seattle has to offer!

Too many changes in the agenda

Love the intimate, small group size setting for this event. It allowed for easy networking and to learn about retailers initiatives for today, and beyond. I would like to see more round-table discussions, perhaps in shorter lengths (10-15 minutes) .

As a first time attendee, I thought the conference was very well organized and delivered some very good information. I especially liked the content delivered by or with a retailer rather than just vendor presentations. Weds. was long after a fill day on Tuesday. I would have liked the store visits to be on Weds. afternoon, finishing up with content presentations on TH. Having the welcome happy hour at a very loud bar was really hard to talk and meet new people - i like that it was offsite but needed to be a bit more private. After travelling all day, would be nice if there was at least some food, even if no-host. Liked the app vs. printed agendas. Also, it was pretty expensive and will most likely not be able to attend next year due to price. maybe a larger vendor presentations in the Innovation lab can help offset the costs for retailers??? Thank you!

The conference met expectations and was more or less what I had anticipated, although I think that it could have been shortened by one day. I didn't find the sessions hosted by sponsors to be especially useful (iqmetric, reflexis) and kind of resent having to sit through what is essentially a 20 minute sales pitch. I also didn't have much use for the 45 minute breaks during the day, and would have preferred to have ended the day earlier instead. All that said, I think you had some great speakers (Canadian Tire, Wine Riot, and Surmesur come to mind) and I did make some industry connections that will come in handy. The venue was pretty good on all fronts, and I also really appreciated how well run and organized the conference was - it ran on time and the moderators kept everyone on topic, etc. Good job!