
Since 2006, Amazon Web Services has been the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud. AWS has been continually expanding its services to support virtually any workload, and it now has more than 240 fully featured services for compute, storage, databases, networking, analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, security, hybrid, media, and application development, deployment, and management from 117 Availability Zones within 37 geographic regions, with announced plans for 13 more Availability Zones and four more AWS Regions in Chile, New Zealand, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—trust AWS to power their infrastructure, become more agile, and lower costs. To learn more about AWS, visit aws.amazon.com.
Sunday Jan 11
10:30am - 11:00am
Mirakl Stage
PepsiCo and AWS have forged a multi-year partnership to accelerate PepsiCo's digital transformation across its global operations. This cloud-first approach positions PepsiCo to enhance consumer experiences, streamline operations, and drive innovation across its multi-billion-dollar beverage and snack business. Join Dave Dohnalik, SVP Technology Strategy and Enterprise Products at PepsiCo, and Kris Satterthwaite, GM/Head of Sales (US Retail, Restaurants, and CPG) at AWS as they discuss recent AI highlights and more around their innovation roadmap.
Sunday Jan 11
3:15pm - 3:45pm
Exhibitor Big Ideas Stage 4
Leading retail and consumer goods brands are transforming their internal and customer facing operations through AI applications. Join industry leaders from Deckers, Tapestry, and Nestle Purina North America to learn how AI implementation drives revenue growth, reduces costs, and enhances customer satisfaction. Discover practical strategies to integrate AI into your business operations and stay competitive in the evolving retail landscape.
Monday Jan 12
10:15am - 10:45am
Exhibitor Big Ideas Stage 4
Learn how Amazon Retail Ad Service is making advanced retail media capabilities accessible across retail sectors. Hear how industry retailer leader, Macy's, leverages this technology to enhance their established platform and drive incremental growth. You'll walk away with actionable strategies to implement retail media solutions that can transform your advertising capabilities and unlock new revenue opportunities.
Monday Jan 12
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Exhibitor Big Ideas Stage 4
Just Walk Out technology transforms how people shop, leveraging computer vision and machine learning to eliminate checkout across diverse retail environments. Discover how Amazon implemented Just Walk Out across its fulfillment network, transforming break room experiences for frontline workers by providing food and beverage selections with 24/7 access and no lines. Learn about the technical challenges of deploying AI systems at scale--from integrating retail technology into complex operational environments to rolling out new shopping experiences to employees in industrial settings. Amazon leaders share practical lessons from deployment: co-creating solutions through feedback from operations teams, shoppers, and partners.
Monday Jan 12
2:15pm - 3:00pm
Exhibitor Big Ideas Stage 4
Customers have more options than ever, and the quality of their experience is the new battlefront for retailers and restaurant brands. In this session learn how Saks Global is using the cloud and AI to understand customers’ emotions and behavior, fixing critical pain points, and continuously innovating to deliver exceptional experiences. Hear how Dine Brands transformed its technical support across franchises, resulting in 34% faster ticket resolution and reduced backlogs, through streamlined, intelligent assistance. Gain practical tools for developing data-driven customer experience strategies that boost loyalty and accelerate business growth.