OCTOBER 15 – 17, 2025 | CARLSBAD, CA

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    2024 Agenda at a Glance

    Exact agenda activities and times are subject to change.

    • Wednesday, October 16
    • Thursday, October 17
    • Friday, October 18
    12:00 – 5:30 p.m.

    Check In & Leadership Lounge

    1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

    Sustainability and Supply Chain Resilience Workshop: The Merging of Business Imperatives — Presented by EY

    1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

    Consumer Brands Association Board of Directors Meeting

    By invitation only.

    3:00 – 3:30 p.m.

    Networking Break

    3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

    Reinvent and Grow: Embrace the Challenge and Prepare for Radical Transformation  — Presented by PwC

    4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

    Consumer Brands Association Board of Directors Happy Hour — Presented by PwC

    By invitation only.

    5:30 p.m.

    Shuttle to Welcome Dinner & Dessert Reception

    Departs every 20 minutes from the Broadmoor West Lobby.

    5:45 – 8:30 p.m.

    Welcome Dinner & Dessert Reception

    Final shuttle departs from Cheyenne Lodge at 8:45 p.m.

    7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

    Leadership Lounge Open

    7:45 – 8:45 a.m.

    Breakfast

    8:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

    Morning Programming

    8:45 – 9:15 a.m.  — Welcome Remarks

    Setting the stage for the CPG Summit with a look at the opportunities and challenges for the industry.

    Linda Rendle, Chair and CEO, The Clorox Company and Chair of the Board, Consumer Brands Association

    9:15 – 10:00 a.m. — On the Precipice of Change: Key Public Policy Trends Poised to Impact Business

    Bruce Mehlman, Partner, Mehlman Consulting

    10:00 – 10:15 a.m. — Networking Break

    10:15 – 11:00 a.m. — An Economic Balancing Act

    Michelle Meyer, Chief Economist, Mastercard

    11:00 – 12:00 p.m. — Fireside Chat with Doug McMillon, President and CEO, Walmart

    Moderated by: Mark Smucker, Chair of the Board, President and CEO, The J. M. Smucker Company and Vice-Chair of the Board, Consumer Brands Association

    12:00 – 1:15 p.m.

    Networking Lunch

    12:00 – 1:15 p.m.

    Private Lunch

    By invitation only

    1:15 – 5:00 p.m.

    Afternoon Programming

    1:15 – 1:20 p.m. — CPG Spark: Pump Up the Volume – Actionable Approaches for CPG Growth

    Randy Burt, Partner & Managing Director, AlixPartners

    Andrew Csicsila, Americas Leader of Consumer Products, AlixPartners

    1:20 – 2:05 p.m. — Navigating Geopolitics

    Maziar Minovi, CEO, Eurasia Group

    2:05 – 2:50 p.m. — Rekindling Growth: A Two-Pronged Agenda for “Full Change”

    Kari Alldredge, Partner, Global Leader of ConsumerWise & Consumer Insights, McKinsey & Company

    Kristi Weaver, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

    2:50 – 2:55 p.m. — CPG Spark: The New Global American: How Immigration will Shape Consumer Spending

    Kelly Dotson, President, Numerator

    2:55 – 3:10 p.m. — Networking Break

    3:10 – 4:00 p.m. — The Three Rs of AI:  Reinvention, Regulation and Reputation

    Alexandra Reeve Givens, President & CEO, Center for Democracy and Technology

    Moderated by: Bruce Mehlman, Partner, Mehlman Consulting

    4:00 – 4:05 p.m. — CPG Spark: Winning Consumer Strategies for Growth

    Jeremy Allen, Chief Commercial Officer, Circana

    4:05 – 5:00 p.m. — Creating Value and Driving Transformational Growth Through M&A in the Face of Unprecedented Headwinds

    Ali Furman, Partner, PwC

    Mike Ross, Partner, PwC

    5:30 – 6:30 p.m.

    Networking Reception

    6:30 – 8:00 p.m.

    Networking Dinner

    7:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

    Leadership Lounge Open

    8:00 – 9:30 a.m.

    CEO Exchange & Breakfast

    By invitation only.

    8:00 – 9:30 a.m.

    Power Breakfast 

    Rhonda Bentz, EVP, Public Affairs, Consumer Brands Association

    Genna Gent, EVP, Industry Engagement, Consumer Brands Association

    9:45 – 11:45 a.m.

    Morning Programming

    9:45 – 10:30 a.m. — Fireside Chat with Tarang Amin, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, e.l.f. Beauty 

    Moderated by: Linda Rendle, Chair and CEO, The Clorox Company and Chair of the Board, Consumer Brands Association

    10:30 – 10:35 a.m. — CPG Spark: The Evolution of Smart Packaging and Digital Disclosure

    Rishi Banerjee, Senior Director, SmartLabel, Consumer Brands Association  

    10:35 – 11:30 a.m. — AI, Retailers and CPG: Trends and Best Practices

    Sonia Fife, Managing Director, Consumer Packaged Goods Strategic Industries, Google Cloud

    11:30 -11:45 a.m. — Closing

    Lunch provided at conclusion of programming.

    *Mountain Standard Time (MST)