CPG Summit Agenda

CPG Summit Agenda

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  • Monday, October 12
  • Tuesday, October 13
  • Wednesday, October 14
11:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Check In & Leadership Lounge Open — Supported by AlixPartners

Location: Grand Staircase Promenade | Grand Foyer

12:15 – 1:45 p.m.

CEO Luncheon — Supported by PwC

Location: Laviana Room

By invitation only

Welcome
Melissa Hockstad, President and CEO, Consumer Brands Association

Leading with Confidence: What CPG Leaders Need to Know Now
Ali Furman, Consumer Markets Industry Leader, PwC

Paul Leinwand, Partner, PwC

A Conversation with Sam’s Club’s Latriece Watkins
Latriece Watkins, President and CEO, Sam’s Club

Moderated by: Mindy Sherwood, President – North America and Chief Sales Officer, The Procter & Gamble Company

2:00 – 5:30 p.m.

Consumer Brands Association Board of Directors Meeting

Location: Avalon Room

By invitation only

1:30 – 2:30 p.m.

Workshop:

Winning the Consumer Moment Now and in 2030: Actionable Plans Based on Insights and Strategies from You — Presented by Circana

Location: Aviara Salon

Laura Brown, Director of Nutrition, The Kroger Co. 

Jill Smith, EVP of Global Media, Circana 

Wei Lin Wong, President, Global CPG, Circana 

Sally Lyons Wyatt, Global EVP & Chief Advisor Consumer Goods & Foodservice Insights, Circana

3:00 – 4:30 p.m.

Supply Chain Workshop:

The Next-Generation Consumer Products Enterprise — Presented by EY

Location: Aviara Salon

Umar Alizai, EY America’s Consumer Product Supply Chain Leaders  

Sameer Anand, EY Parthenon’s America’s Consumer Supply Chain Leader 

Lokesh Ohri, EY America’s Consumer Product Sector Leader 

Manufacturer Fireside Chat with guest: 

Can Akcadag, SVP, North America Market Operations, Product Supply, The Procter & Gamble Company 

Scaling AI Panel Discussion with guests: 

Michael Fancher, VP, Global Planning, Qualcomm 

Nitin Murali, VP Supply Chain Excellence, Gallo

Crista Wood, EY America’s Senior Managing Director, Supply Chain Consulting 

4:30 – 5:30 p.m.

Supply Chain Happy Hour — Supported by EY

Location: Aviara Terrace

5:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Welcome Reception & Dinner — Supported by Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc.

Location: Grand Foyer & California Salon

7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Check In & Leadership Lounge Open — Supported by AlixPartners

Location: Grand Staircase Promenade | Grand Foyer

 

7:30 – 8:45 a.m.

CEO Breakfast — Supported by McKinsey & Company

Location: Aviara Salon

By invitation only

Sean Foley, Elite Golf Instructor, Sean Foley Performance 

Danielle Bozarth, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company 

7:30 – 8:45 a.m.

“State of Play” Breakfast — Supported by CHEP

An executive discussion on top issues impacting CPG — ingredient regulation, labeling proposals, tariffs and packaging rules — and how they impact your freedom to operate.

Location: California Salon

Rhonda Bentz, EVP, Public Affairs, Consumer Brands Association

John Hewitt, SVP, State Affairs, Consumer Brands Association

Jocelyn Kelly, SVP, Communications & Marketing, Consumer Brands Association

Tom Madrecki, SVP, Public Affairs, Consumer Brands Association

Sean Murphy, SVP, Federal Affairs, Consumer Brands Association

Morning Program

Location: Grand Ballroom

9:00 – 9:30 a.m. — Welcome & President’s Outlook

Melissa Hockstad, President and CEO, Consumer Brands Association

Mark Smucker, President and CEO, The J. M. Smucker Company

9:30 – 10:05 a.m. — Economic Headwinds and Tailwinds

Mark Zandi, Chief Economist and Co-Founder, Moody’s Economy.com

10:05 – 10:10 a.m. — CPG Spark: AI Won’t Fix a Broken Operating Model

Simon Negri, Partner & Managing Director, AlixPartners

10:10 – 10:50 a.m. — The Road Ahead: The Political & Policy Trends That Will Drive 2027

Bruce Mehlman, Partner, Mehlman Consulting, Inc.

10:50 – 11:05 a.m. — Networking Break

11:05 – 11:45 a.m. — Running the Modern Consumer Company as an Intelligent Enterprise

Anil Bhatt, EVP & Chief Information & Digital Officer, Norfolk Southern Corporation

Ali Furman, Consumer Markets Industry Leader, PwC

Gustav Zetterström, SVP, Global Head of Consumer Industries, SAP

11:45 a.m. – 11:55 a.m. — CPG Spark: The Consumer Continuum: Bridging Brand, Purchase and Consumption

Sally Lyons Wyatt, Global EVP & Chief Advisor Consumer Goods & Foodservice Insights, Circana

11:55 a.m. – 1:10 p.m.

Networking Lunch — Supported by Circana

Location: California Salon

Afternoon Program

Location: Grand Ballroom

1:20 – 1:55 p.m. — A Conversation with Family Dollar’s Duncan MacNaughton

Duncan MacNaughton, Chairman and CEO, Family Dollar

Moderated by: Henk Hartong III, Chairman, Hometown Food Company

1:55 – 2:25 p.m. — Building AI Resilience: How Will Technology Transform CPG Next?

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

2:25 – 2:35 p.m. — CPG Spark: Winning on the New CPG Stage – How to Make the Economics Work in a New Agentic and Omni-Channel World

Kristi Weaver, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

2:35 – 3:10 p.m. — A Conversation with CVS Health’s Zach Dennett

Zach Dennett, Interim Chief Merchandising Officer, CVS Health

Moderated by: Carla Vernón, CEO, The Honest Company 

3:10 – 3:25 p.m. — Networking Break

3:25 – 4:00 p.m. — Value Isn’t Cheap: The New Rules of Consumer Value

Ed Johnson, Principal, Deloitte LLP

Cara Sylvester, EVP and Chief Merchandising Officer, Target Corporation 

4:00 – 4:05 p.m. — CPG Spark: Nexus Circular: Pathway to Circular Packaging

Jodie Morgan, CEO, Nexus Circular

4:05 – 4:45 p.m. — A Conversation with Kroger

4:45 – 5:00 p.m. — Closing

Melissa Hockstad, President and CEO, Consumer Brands Association

5:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Next Generation Leadership Forum Cocktails — Supported by Deloitte LLP

Location: California Salon Terrace

By invitation only

 

5:00 – 6:30 p.m.

CEO Cocktails — Supported by PwC

Location: Aviara Courtyard

By invitation only

6:30 – 9:00 p.m.

Networking Dinner — Supported by CHEP & Sonoco

Location: Ocean View Pool Deck

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