Enterprise Retail Digital Transformation Summit
Why You Should Attend
- Learn how leading retailers modernize platforms and scale digital operations.
- Discover how AI and data drive revenue growth, personalization, and efficiency.
- Explore real-world omnichannel transformation across stores, eCommerce, and mobile.
Who This Summit Brings Together
Enterprise Retail Technology Leaders
Digital Commerce and Customer Experience Leaders
Engineering, Architecture, Data and AI Leaders
The Enterprise Retail Digital Transformation Summit focuses on how enterprise retailers use digital platforms and AI to drive growth, improve customer experience, and scale operations.
As a virtual experience, it explores the technologies, architectures, and transformation strategies that enable retailers to modernize legacy systems, accelerate omnichannel capabilities, and build future-ready commerce organizations.
Through real-world case studies and practitioner-led discussions, attendees will learn how retail organizations are leveraging modernization, data platforms, AI, and engineering excellence to compete in an increasingly digital retail landscape.
Meet Summit Speakers
Virtual Summit Schedule
- Discover the new GTM strategies powering today’s leading commerce and AI companies.
- Unlock modern frameworks for marketing, sales, and partnership-driven growth.
- Hear real lessons from advising high-growth commerce tech teams and founders.
Todd James is the Founder and CEO of Aurora Insights, an advisory firm helping companies, executive teams, and boards harness artificial intelligence and emerging technologies to create sustainable enterprise value.
A former Kroger executive, Todd was accountable for the company’s enterprise-wide AI strategy and as Chief Data & Technology Officer of 84.51°, Kroger’s retail media and insights subsidiary, he integrated AI into core business decisions, scaled adoption across the enterprise, and drove the monetization of data assets. He previously spent 15 years at Fidelity Investments leading global analytics and business transformation, following earlier work at Deloitte and service as an officer in the U.S. Coast Guard.
Valentina Labate is a retail and fashion executive with extensive international experience in merchandising, planning, and business transformation across footwear and apparel.
Throughout her career, she has led strategic growth, performance optimization, and organizational transformation projects for multi-brand retail businesses, combining strong commercial vision with data-driven decision-making and AI innovation. She is passionate about building scalable strategies that connect product, customer experience, and business results.
- Why 95% of AI pilots stall — and why it’s almost never a technology problem
- The real barrier to AI value: adoption and change, not tooling
- What a non-technical leaders learned building an AI system to run an entire business and what transfers to a retail org
- A simple way to diagnose where your team actually is on the AI capability curve
- Where retail teams should (and shouldn’t) start when the board is asking for “AI ROI”
- Build vs. accelerate: when your team should own it, and where outside help pays off
Dennis Yao Yu is the founder of Sapiera, an AI-enablement practice that helps companies turn AI into internal capabilities getting teams unstuck from pilot purgatory and getting their people to actually adopt the tools. A commercial operator rather than an engineer, Dennis built and runs his own consulting business on a multi-agent AI system he designed himself proof that the hard parts of AI are business problems, not technical ones.
He and his team have taken those learnings to help companies in retail, finance, and private equity in augmenting internal work with AI. He previously led a commercial team at Shopify managing 800+ merchants and $8B+ in GMV, consulted 2 native AI startups with successful exits (Manus AI to Meta, and Warmly to HubSpot).
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How do I join the summit?
After registering, you’ll receive a confirmation email from ClickMeeting with your personal access link. Click the link a few minutes before the session begins — no additional software or downloads are required.
Is there a cost to attend?
No. The summit is free. Attendance is limited to 100 qualified leaders to ensure a focused, high-value discussion.
Will the session be recorded?
Yes. All registered participants will receive access to the recording after the event.
Can I invite a colleague?
Yes. You may share the registration link with colleagues who fit the intended audience. Participation is subject to availability.