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NB: Focus Groups and Think Tanks are delegate only sessions.

Day 1 : 13 October 2026

08:00

Rise & Shine - Collect Your Badge (Coffee Included!)

 Break  The Lobby

09:00

Chair's Opening Remarks

 Chairman's Address  Room 1

Hannah Abdul-Hamid, Head of Merchandising and Buying, Voisins Department Store Ltd

Matthew Pawson, Head of Ecommerce , The Rodial Group

09:10

Planning Beyond the Forecast

 General Session  Room 1

Fabio Brunello, VP Merchandise Planning & Inventory Mgmt Europe, Levi Strauss & Co

09:50

The Startup Spotlight

 Startup Stage  Room 1

10:50

Take a 10-min Breather...

 Break  Exhibition Hall

11:00

Morning 121 Meetings

 Meetings  Exhibition Hall

12:00

How to Plan Through Tariff Volatility

 Panel  Room 1

Sandeep Dulai, Head of Merchandising , JoJo Maman Bebe

From Data Chaos to Data Confidence

 Focus Group  Room 3

Michael Ferris, Lead Product Manager, The Very Group

Sizing and Replenishment That Actually Works

 Focus Group  Room 4

12:45

MFP, WSSI and Line Planning Live in 100 Days — Yes, it’s possible

 Workshop  Room 1

Jo Parker, Group Head of Merchandising, N Brown Group

Becky Bradley, Head of Merchandising, The Works Stores Ltd

Chris Chmiewlisk, Head of Merchandising & Trade, Hawes & Curtis

Tom Owen, UK Managing Director, Better Decisions Group

From Inventory Chaos to Real-Time Decisions

 Workshop  Room 2

13:25

Break Bread, Break Silos - It's Lunchtime

 Break  Exhibition Hall

14:10

Interactive Roundtables - Choose Your Topic & Get Talking!

 Roundtables  Room 1

Sandeep Dulai, Head of Merchandising , JoJo Maman Bebe

Fabio Luraschi, Inventory Strategy Manager, GUESS EUROPE SAGL

14:55

Shortening the Planning Cycle From Weeks to Minutes

 Workshop  Room 1

Beyond Sell-Through: Rethinking Markdown Strategy with AI

 Think Tank  Room 3

15:35

Take a 10-min Breather...

 Break  Exhibition Hall

15:45

Afternoon 1-2-1 Meetings

 Meetings  Exhibition Hall

16:45

AI Lied to Some of Us. Let's Talk About It.

 Panel  Room 1

Frances Fountain, Director of Buying and Merchandise Planning, Fabletics

Hannah Abdul-Hamid, Head of Merchandising and Buying, Voisins Department Store Ltd

17:30

Chair's Closing Remarks

 Chairman's Address  Room 1

Hannah Abdul-Hamid, Head of Merchandising and Buying, Voisins Department Store Ltd

Matthew Pawson, Head of Ecommerce , The Rodial Group

17:40

Drinks Reception

 Break  Room 1

Day 2 : 14 October 2026

09:30

Hands Up, Honestly — The Overnight Reforecast

 Chairman's Address  Room 1

Matthew Pawson, Head of Ecommerce , The Rodial Group

Hannah Abdul-Hamid, Head of Merchandising and Buying, Voisins Department Store Ltd

09:50

Built for Stability, Operating in Chaos

 General Session  Room 1

10:30

Planning is a Team Sport, So Why Are We Still Playing in Silos?

 Panel  Room 1

Fabio Brunello, VP Merchandise Planning & Inventory Mgmt Europe, Levi Strauss & Co

Matthew Pawson, Head of Ecommerce , The Rodial Group

The Merchandiser of the Future

 Focus Group  Room 2

Matt Dawson, Director of Merchandising, The Cotswold Company

The Channel Conflict on Returns, Allocation & Inventory Truth

 Focus Group  Room 4

Frances Fountain, Director of Buying and Merchandise Planning, Fabletics

11:10

Take a 10-min Breather...

 Break  Exhibition Hall

11:20

Morning 1-2-1 Meetings

 Meetings  Exhibition Hall

12:20

Reducing Waste, Unlocking Margin

 Workshop  Room 1

Maximising Inventory with Smarter AI Allocation

 Think Tank  Room 3

13:00

Recharge & Reconnect - It's Lunchtime

 Break  Exhibition Hall

13:45

Interactive Roundtables - Choose Your Topic & Get Talking!

 Roundtables  Room 1

Sara Salini, Former Global Merchandise Planning Director, Bally

Samantha Soldera, Former Director of Merchandising, Calvin Klein

14:30

Mastery in the Grey: Building Agility Into the Organisation, Not Just the Plan

 General Session  Room 1

Fabio Luraschi, Inventory Strategy Manager, GUESS EUROPE SAGL

Hannah Abdul-Hamid, Head of Merchandising and Buying, Voisins Department Store Ltd

Sustainability Is Landing on Planning's Desk. Now What?

 Focus Group  Room 4

Fixing the Problem Upstream Before It Becomes a Discount

 Focus Group  Room 4

15:15

The Hardest Part Isn't Technology. It's Change Management

 Panel  Room 1

Sandeep Dulai, Head of Merchandising , JoJo Maman Bebe

Matt Dawson, Director of Merchandising, The Cotswold Company

16:00

Re:Plan's Final Buy: Here's What the Room Told Us

 Chairman's Address  Room 1

Matthew Pawson, Head of Ecommerce , The Rodial Group

Hannah Abdul-Hamid, Head of Merchandising and Buying, Voisins Department Store Ltd