What to expect from the biggest retail tech event of the year

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The Indian retail sector is experiencing unprecedented dynamics, although it is likely to have positive long-term returns. The difficult circumstances of the last year or so have helped accelerate several retail trends (in some cases 5-10 years), driving the rapid adoption of technology and innovation.

As technology in retail continues to open incredible opportunities for further innovation, the upcoming flagship event of Converge Walmart Global Tech Indias will help decode the future of technology and talent to shape the future of retail.

What’s in store?

The two-day virtual event will bring together over 50 industry leaders, entrepreneurs and influencers to share their perspectives and insights on how to leverage technology to deliver powerful, personal and enhanced retail experiences. Here are some of the most important sessions and speakers from the event.

Nir Eyal on building addictive products

In an age of ever-increasing distractions, building customer habits quickly is an important feature of successful products. Nir Eyal, the bestselling author of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products, has built a framework for designing better products and will share her years of research in this presentation. This masterclass gives you a new way to think about the components needed to change user behavior by studying how the most engaging products in the world keep users coming back again.

Doug McMillon on retailing for the world

Under Dougs’ leadership, Walmart makes life easier for busy families and builds trust in customers. It is investing heavily in associated salaries, benefits, and education, including a debt-free, dollar-a-day college program. Walmart is also helping fight climate change and partnering with suppliers to avoid one billion tons of emissions worldwide. Watch his fireside chat about world retailing in Converge.

Kurt Keutzer on artificial intelligence in the industrialization of ML and DL

With six books and over 250 articles reviewed, Kurt Keutzer is among the most cited authors in Hardware and Design Automation. The celebrated academic, founder and seed capitalist will talk about his main research on artificial intelligence at the panel entitled Artificial Intelligence – Challenges in industrialization of ML and DL.

Ashwini Asokan on the role of artificial intelligence in retail technology

As a product designer and cultural researcher, Ashwini Asokan, CEO and founder, MadStreetDen explores how artificial intelligence can be taken out of the world’s science and technology labs, meaningfully applied, and put into the hands of people around the world. He will share his insights in the panel titled Role of AI in Retail Tech.

Manoj Kohli and Subrata Mitra on the seed to increase startup funding

This in-depth session on funding brings together two greats from the VC community: Manoj Kohli, Country Head, Softbank India and Subrata Mitra, Partner, Accel. Softbank is a global vision capitalist who manages the largest technology-focused venture capital fund in the world, with over $ 100 billion in capital.

Accel is a leading early-stage and growth-stage global venture capital firm that is fueling a global community of entrepreneurs, having supported companies like Facebook and Flipkart.

Jaynti Kanani on the future of payments and blockchain in retail

In the chat between Jaynti Kanani, co-founder and CEO, Polygon and Mrinal Chatterjee, VP Engineering Retail and Emerging Tech, Walmart Global Tech India, discuss how distributed ledger technology is helping to reduce the cost and speed of financial transactions. It includes a deeper analysis of the future of blockchain and its impact on payments in the retail sector.

Dr. Geetha Manjunath on decoding the new frontiers of healthcare

Breast cancer is now the leading cause of cancer deaths in women and NIRAMAI has developed a new software-based medical device to detect breast cancer at a much earlier stage than traditional methods or self-examination. Their solution is a low-cost, radiation-free, non-tactile and painless portable cancer screening tool; and works for women of all ages. At Converge, Dr. Geetha Manjunath, founder and CEO, NIRAMAI will talk about decoding the new frontiers of healthcare.

Sameer Nigam and Rahul Chari on creating digital payments and financial services for a billion Indians

PhonePe recently became the first player to cross the 1 billion transaction mark on UPI. As the company builds India’s most comprehensive financial services platform, get insights from two of its leaders Sameer Nigam, founder and CEO, PhonePe and Rahul Chari, CTO and co-founder, PhonePe on customer-centric product launches and how simplify payment flows.

Register now for a front row seat in the future of retail technology

Get inspired by some of the world’s most famous tech disrupters and their insights into modern tech stacks, emerging phygital strategies, experiential retail, and more! Lock in your calendars and reserve a front row seat for the future of retail technology.

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