Innovation Breakfast: Retail Technology Revolution!!!

Retail Technology: The Future Explained

The Innovation Breakfast Series continues in April with a conversation about the disruptive retail technology that will soon be with us.

Fresh from hosting the High-Tech Retailling Summit with America's top retailers at CES, Laura Heller will walk us through the technology America's leading retailers are using to outcompete their rivals and redefine their relationships with brands and shoppers.

Don't be surprised by change! Come and make this new technology a part of your innovation toolkit!

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Innovation Breakfast -- Thursday, April 11th -- Doors Open 7:00 AM

Introducing Our Speaker:

Laura Heller, Director, External Communications, Performics

Laura has been covering retail, consumer trends and technology for more than two decades. She most recently was the Editor of Retail Dive and FierceRetail, and has been reporting on mass-market retail trends and initiatives since 1995 as a reporter for B2B magazines, business outlets and websites including Forbes and The Week. She has appeared on national TV and radio programs discussing retail trends including CNBC, ABC News Now and National Public Radio. Her blog – “The Point of Purchase” – appears on Forbes.com. Laura continues to study consumer behavior and how shoppers interact with brands through technology, as Director, External Communications, at Performics.

Laura's been actively attending CES -- the Consumer Electronics Show -- for more than 20 years. She says, "CES is at the center of innovation in the US right now. It's the crossroads of software, hardware, people, and business. All the retailers are there trying to figure out how to be more competitive."

Innovation Breakfast Series Location: 403 N. Carpenter, Chicago, IL 60642

Breakfast provided by Fifty Gazelles

Schedule of Events (April 11th):

7:00 AM - Doors Open, Networking & Breakfast

7:30 AM - Panel Discussion

8:30 AM - Wrap-up

Transportation Information:

Limited street parking is available on a first-come, first serve basis. Other parking options:

• 331 N Green St. - IRT Coyne Impark Lot - $9 for 0-12 hours.
• 408 N. Aberdeen St. - flat rate parking
• Parkwhiz.com
• Spothero.com
• Parkme.com

The Morgan (Pink and Green) and Grand (Blue) CTA stops are close walking distance.

Divvy stations are located at Morgan and Lake, and May and Fulton.

Come join other innovators and the Chicagoland Food and Beverage Network in shining the spotlight on the technology that will increasingly define the future of Chicago's food and beverage industry!