Retail CIO Connect 2024

June 11 - 12, 2024

Sopwell House, St Albans

What is Retail CIO Connect?

Retail CIO Connect is a meeting where senior IT executives from the leading 250 UK retailers come together to have detailed discussions with their peers, source solutions and services from leading providers, benchmark and grow their bottom line faster.

Retail CIO Connect was launched to provide Retail IT executives with high-level networking with peers and pre-qualified benchmarking meetings with solution providers. This is a high profile, niche gathering and the only IT and technology event specifically catering to the challenges of the UK retailer.

Attendance is by invitation-only and is strictly limited to 90 of the UK's most influential and innovative retailers.

Let us give you the tools to succeed.

Technology innovation is continuing to develop rapidly and pure players have developed innovative models that compete against traditional retailers. Connect offers retailers great opportunities to secure and grow their market share. While customer expectations increase daily, many companies continue to struggle to create a customer-centric, integrated omnichannel experience that relies on agile methodologies and a renewed business vision enabled by technology.

To stay ahead of the competition, you need to drive technology innovation in the business. We understand you have your work cut out.

You will immerse yourself in the latest thinking, research and technology relating to these key issues:

  • Adapting across a changing digital landscape
  • ERP, legacy systems and integration
  • IT security in retail
  • Agile methodologies
  • Personalisation and technology
  • Bringing technology innovation in your business
  • Value for the wider business
  • Creating a unique customer experience
  • Data management, analytics, AI and ML
  • Organisational set up and change management
  • Mobile, 5G and the latest trends
  • And more

We'll give you custom-made content and the levels of networking that will set you up for success:

  • High-level strategic content
  • Benchmarking opportunities
  • Consultative private business meetings
  • Interactive sessions from visionary and inspirational speakers
  • Small group peer to peer workshops, boardrooms and roundtable sessions
  • Facilitated and qualified networking
  • Social events and other networking surprises

This is unlike any other event. From the luxurious venue, the carefully selected participants, the solutions selected to meet your individual needs, to the opportunity to customise your own agenda, this is an experience that you simply can’t get anywhere else. Our mission is to make your life easier.


Want to check out the previous year program? View it here