Conference Date and Location

September 4, 2008
8:30am to 4:00pm, tentative

John Q. Hammon Center
3201 Pinnacle Hills Pkwy
Rogers, AR

Check in / Continental Breakfast 
7:30am to 8:30am

Keynote Panel Addressing

Operations, Merchandising, and Marketing

in Today's Retail Environment

• Bill Simon
  Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Wal-Mart Stores Division
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• John E. Fleming
  Executive Vice President and Chief Merchandising Officer, Wal-Mart Stores Division
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• Stephen Quinn
  Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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Speakers Addressing

Global and Domestic Economy

• Kathy Deck  
  Director of the Center for Business and Economic Research, Sam M. Walton College of Business
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• Javier A. Reyes
  Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Sam M. Walton College of Business
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Sustainability

• Adam Werbach
  Former CEO of Act Now, and currently with Saatchi & Saatchi S, will facilitate a panel of industry professionals to address sustainability in the retail environment.
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• Michael Green
  Executive Director, Center for Environmental Health
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• Michelle Harvey
  Project Manager, Corporate Partnerships, Environmental Defense Fund
• Emily Barnett
  U.S. Campaigns Director, ForestEthics

Retail Insights

• Bryan Gildenberg
  Chief Knowledge Officer, MVI
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