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Wednesday September 17th
| 6:00pm | Registration with drinks followed by evening dinner The Edge Terrace |
Thursday September 18th
| 8:30am | Morning breakfast The Star Ballroom A |
| 9:30am | OpenRoom Welcome The Star Ballroom D |
| 9:35am | Welcome from the Conference Chair Kevin Farley, Founder and President at Farley Retail Advisors The Star Ballroom D |
| 9:45am | AI in Action: Real Use Cases and Industry Insights Chris Edwards, Director of Global Retail Platforms at Circle K; Rob Lane, Sr. Director, Strategic Verticals (Fuel & Convenience) at SymphonyAI; Rizalino 'Yen' Roxas, Founder and CEO at RXS Meta Group The Star Ballroom D |
| 10:35am | Refresh, grab a coffee and get ready for speed-meetings! The Star Foyer |
| 11:00am | 1-to-1 meetings program |
| 12:05pm | Lunch The Star Ballroom A |
| 1:30pm | Fueling Growth: M&A Trends and Strategies in a Consolidating Market Satish Chander, CFO at K&G Petroleum ; Pawan Preet Nanda, COO at K&G Petroleum The Star Ballroom D |
| 2:00pm | Convenience 2040: Shaping the Future of Retail Kevin Farley, Founder and President at Farley Retail Advisors; Babir Sultan, President & CEO at Fav Trip; Tiffany Fraley, CEO at InConvenience Inc The Star Ballroom D |
| 2:40pm | Changeover to meetings The Star Foyer |
| 2:55pm | 1-to-1 meetings program |
| 4:00pm | Comfort, coffee and treat break! The Star Foyer |
| 4:25pm | 1-to-1 meetings program |
| 5:10pm | Relax and refresh before the evening offsite! |
| 7:00pm | Drinks reception and dinner at the Whiskey Lounge at the Haywire! Haywire Restaurant |
Friday September 19th
| 8:00am | Networking Breakfast The Star Ballroom A |
| 9:00am | Retailer-only peer-to-peer discussion: Talk candidly with fellow retail leaders about the challenges, potentials and opportunities facing the fuel and convenience industry. The Star Ballroom D |
| 9:45am | VGN's Perspectives: Evolving Retail Through the Lens of Foodservice & EV Robert Hampton, Founder and President, at Eagle Consulting Network; Richard Poye, Strategic Retail Advisor at Food Trends Think Tank; Brittany Kaplan, Sr. Manager, Enterprise Sales at Electric Era The Star Ballroom D |
| 10:35am | Changeover to meetings The Star Foyer |
| 10:50am | 1-to-1 meetings program |
| 11:35am | Coffee, snacks and networking break! |
| 12:00pm | 1-to-1 meetings program |
| 12:45pm | Hotel checkout and goodbyes! |
| 1:30pm | See you next year! |
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