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2019 Agenda

Tuesday, June 11

8:30am - 7:00pm

General Information

10:00am - 12:00pm

Council Meeting

10:00am - 12:00pm
Council Meeting
IT Security Council Meeting
Aravind Swaminathan
, Partner
, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
12:00pm - 4:15pm

Special Program

12:00pm - 4:15pm
Special Program
NRF Cybersecurity Workshop
EXPO Only PassFull Conference Pass
Mark Weatherford
, Global Information Security Strategist
, Booking Holdings
Christian Beckner
, Senior Director, Retail Technology
, National Retail Federation
Mir Kashifuddin
, Partner
, PwC
Bryan Cunningham
, Executive Director
, UC Irvine Cybersecurity Policy & Research Institute
Greg Gonzalez
, Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General National Security Division
, U.S. Department of Justice
Don Freese
, Advisory Cybersecurity & Privacy Principal
, PwC
Michael D'Ambrosio
, Deputy Assistant Director
, United States Secret Service
Michael Mongold
, Director of Information Security
, Deckers Brands
Helen Jackson
, Branch Chief for Partnerships and Engagement
, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, DHS
Ariel Silverstone
, External Data Protection Officer and Managing Director
, Data Protectors
Bryan Willett
, FBI Supervisory Special Agent, Squad CY-6 - Cyber
, Orange County Resident Agency FBI Los Angeles Field Office
Chris Painter
, William J. Perry Fellow
, Center for International Security and Cooperation
12:00pm - 4:30pm

Special Program

12:00pm - 4:30pm
Special Program
Executive Afternoon (invitation only)
By Invitation Only
Kevin Ach
, Vice President, Risk Assurance
, EPIC Integrated Risk Solutions
Walter Palmer
, Executive Vice-President
, CAP Index
Dan Hughes
, VP, Security and Emergency Services
, Disneyland Resort
Michael Downing
, Chief Security Officer, Former Deputy Chief LAPD
, Oak View Group/Prevent Advisors
Banyon Hutter
, Senior Vice President, Security
, Caruso
5:00pm - 7:00pm

Networking Event

Wednesday, June 12

7:00am - 8:00am

Networking Event

Special Program

7:00am - 8:00am
Special Program
Food Retailer Breakfast
Full Conference Pass
John Bishop
, Group Vice President of Operations
, The Fresh Market Inc.
7:00am - 5:00pm

General Information

8:00am - 8:45am

Keynote

8:00am - 8:45am
Keynote
Workplace security: Tackling complex challenges
Full Conference Pass
Joseph J. LaRocca
, Senior Advisor
, RetaiLPartners
, @laroccaj
Scott McBride
, VP, Global LP, Safety and Security
, American Eagle Outfitters Inc.
, @AEO
Kathleen Smith
, VP of Asset Protection
, Albertsons LLC
, @Albertsons
John McMahon
, Commander, Information Technology Group
, Los Angeles Police Department
, @LAPDHQ
Dan Ryan
, Vice President, Security
, Brookfield Properties
8:45am - 9:30am

Keynote

8:45am - 9:30am
Keynote
The undermining effects of unconscious bias
Full Conference Pass
Keith White
, EVP, Loss Prevention & Global Sustainability
, Gap Inc.
, @gap
Carla Harris
, Vice Chairman and Managing Director
, Morgan Stanley
9:30am - 2:30pm

EXPO

General Information

9:45am - 10:15am

Exhibitor Big Ideas

9:45am - 10:15am
Exhibitor Big Ideas
Controlling the cost of managing cash
EXPO Only PassFull Conference Pass
Stephen D Bergeron
, VP of Global Marketing and SMARTtill Business Development
, APG Cash Drawer LLC
, @bowtiestephen
10:30am - 11:00am

Exhibitor Big Ideas

10:30am - 11:15am

Concurrent Sessions

Concurrent Sessions
Concurrent Sessions
10:30am - 11:15am
Concurrent Sessions
Boosting IoT protection: An enterprise risk imperative
Full Conference Pass
Steve Welk
, Senior Director, Loss Prevention
, Barnes & Noble College Bookstores Inc.
, @BNcollege
Christian Beckner
, Senior Director, Retail Technology
, National Retail Federation
Neil Lakomiak
, Business Development Director
, Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
Bernell Zorn
, Manager of Program Management
, Nordstrom
10:30am - 11:15am
Concurrent Sessions
Don’t fumble the handoff: LP implications of BOPIS
Full Conference Pass
Lisa Brock
, National Director of Investigations and Geek Squad AP
, Best Buy
, @BestBuy
Jim Behrend
, National Director Asset Protection Supply Chain
, Best Buy
10:30am - 11:15am
Concurrent Sessions
ORC: Aided and abetted with a little help from my friends
Full Conference Pass
George Christian Torres
, Group Manager of Investigations
, CAL-ORCA
Matt Brenner
, Director, Global Investigations & ORC
, Gap Inc.
Mike Martinez
, Police Detective
, City of Escondido, CA
Joe Hopkins
, Detective III
, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD)
, @LAPDHQ
10:30am - 11:15am
Concurrent Sessions
Seven deadly sins of outsourcing: Managing third-party risks
Full Conference Pass
Laura A. Jones
, Sr. Mgr., Governance, Risk & Compliance
, Floor and Decor Outlets of America Inc.
, @flooranddecor
Adam Isles
, Principal
, Chertoff Group
, @ChertoffGroup
11:00am - 1:15pm

FMI Roundtables

11:00am - 1:15pm
FMI Roundtables
FMI Roundtables - FEMA Supply Chain Resilience Roundtable Discussions
EXPO Only PassFull Conference Pass
Scott Ziter
, Vice President, Risk Management
, Price Chopper Supermarkets
Damon Cavasin
, Director, Asset Protection
, SpartanNash
11:15am - 11:45am

Exhibitor Big Ideas

11:15am - 11:45am
Exhibitor Big Ideas
Prescriptive analytics: A cornerstone for holistic asset protection strategy, featuring Designer Brands
EXPO Only PassFull Conference Pass
Guy Yehiav
, GM
, Zebra Analytics
Adam Gilvin
, Director Asset Protection
, Designer Brands
Scott Pethuyne
, Senior Manager, Asset Protection
, Designer Brands
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Networking Event

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Special Program

12:00pm - 1:30pm
Special Program
Women in LP Luncheon
Full Conference Pass
Joan Manson
, Vice President of Employee Resources, Asset Protection and Legal
, The Container Store
Kelly Sayre
, Founder & President
, Diamond Arrow Group
Denise Wynn
, Assistant Vice President Director of National Investigations
, TJX Companies
1:30pm - 2:00pm

Exhibitor Big Ideas

1:30pm - 2:00pm
Exhibitor Big Ideas
Leveraging publicly available information for real-time decision making
EXPO Only PassFull Conference Pass
Chris Gormley
, Director of Corporate Security Client Engagement
, Dataminr
Ryan Mason
, Asset Protection Analyst, Corporate Asset Protection
, Big Lots
1:30pm - 2:30pm

Networking Event

2:30pm - 3:15pm

Concurrent Sessions

Concurrent Sessions
Concurrent Sessions
2:30pm - 3:15pm
Concurrent Sessions
Active threat response: Steps toward mitigation
Full Conference Pass
Patrick McEvoy
, Sr. Director AP Administration
, Hudson’s Bay Company
, @hudsonsbay
Brendan King
, CEO and Founder
, Crisis Consultant Group LLC
2:30pm - 3:15pm
Concurrent Sessions
He Said… She Said… Now What?
Full Conference Pass
David Thompson
, Vice President of Operations
, Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates
Greg Murphy
, Corporate Loss Prevention Manager
, United Pacific Inc.
2:30pm - 3:15pm
Concurrent Sessions
Roundtable discussions [Closed to Press]
Full Conference Pass
Scott McBride
, VP, Global LP, Safety and Security
, American Eagle Outfitters Inc.
, @AEO
David Johnston
, Sr. Director, Loss Prevention & Corporate Security
, Dunkin' Brands Inc.
Sandy Chandler
, Director, Asset Protection
, Bloomingdale’s
, @Bloomingdales
James Cosseboom
, Sr. Manager, Investigations and Corporate Asset Protection
, Retail Business Services LLC, an Ahold Delhaize company
Gregg Smith
, Senior Director, Asset Protection, Inventory Control & Business Continuity
, Five Below
, @fivebelow
John Velke
, SVP, Risk Management
, Total Wine & More
, @TotalWine
Tonya Sjolin
, Manager, Loss Prevention
, Sur La Table
, @Sur_La_Table
2:30pm - 3:15pm
Concurrent Sessions
Securing online transactions and customer data
Full Conference Pass
Molly Pro
, Intelligence Analyst
, National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA)
, @ncfta
Harley Rohrbacher
, Intelligence Analyst
, National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA)
, @ncfta
DJ Murphy
, Editor-in-Chief, Security Portfolio
, Reed Exhibitions
Adam Hunt
, CTO and Chief Data Scientist
, RiskIQ
2:30pm - 3:15pm
Concurrent Sessions
To be or not to be: Frictionless checkout in retail.
Full Conference Pass
Mike Bowers
, Vice President, Asset Protection
, Northgate Gonzalez Market
Michael Nelson
, Regional Asset Protection Manager
, Wegmans Food Markets
Chad Ross
, Manager, Industry Relations & Total Store Collaboration
, Food Marketing Institute
Joe Conway
, Director of Asset Protection
, Acme Markets
3:30pm - 4:00pm

Keynote

3:30pm - 4:00pm
Keynote
On the same team: LP and IT working together to tackle retail crime
Full Conference Pass
David Johnston
, Sr. Director, Loss Prevention & Corporate Security
, Dunkin' Brands Inc.
Gus Downing
, President & Publisher
, The D&D Daily
Gail Morris
, Director, Loss Prevention
, Williams-Sonoma Inc.
, @WilliamsSonoma
Jason Painter
, Enterprise Security Manager
, Williams-Sonoma Inc.
, @WilliamsSonoma
Terrence Weekes
, Chief Information Security Officer
, Jack in the Box Inc.
4:00pm - 4:30pm

Keynote

4:00pm - 4:30pm
Keynote
What we're up against: Why good guys do bad things
Full Conference Pass
Sherri Davidoff
, CEO, BrightWise Inc., and Founder and CEO
, LMG Security

Thursday, June 13

7:00am - 8:00am

Networking Event

Special Program

7:00am - 3:00pm

General Information

8:00am - 8:15am

Keynote

8:00am - 8:15am
Keynote
Ring of Excellence Award
Full Conference Pass
Melissa Mitchell
, Director, Asset Protection and Retail Supply Chain
, LifeWay Christian Stores
8:15am - 8:45am

Keynote

8:15am - 8:45am
Keynote
De-escalating volatility: Turning down the volume when tensions build [Closed to Press]
Full Conference Pass
Sandy Chandler
, Director, Asset Protection
, Bloomingdale’s
, @Bloomingdales
Jesse Stanley
, Principal
, Strongside Principles LLC
, @StrongsideComm
Rob Holm
, Director, Global Security
, McDonald’s Corporation
, @McDonalds
8:45am - 9:30am

Keynote

8:45am - 9:30am
Keynote
Securing an open environment
Full Conference Pass
Daniel Faketty
, Vice President, Asset Protection
, Southeastern Grocers LLC
, @SEGrocers
James Mullan
, SVP, Global Innovation
, GDR Creative Intelligence
, @gdruk
9:30am - 2:30pm

EXPO

General Information

9:45am - 10:15am

Exhibitor Big Ideas

10:30am - 11:00am

Exhibitor Big Ideas

10:30am - 11:00am
Exhibitor Big Ideas
Like it or not, Omnichannel is here. How not to be left behind.
EXPO Only PassFull Conference Pass
Terry Sullivan
, President
, Loss Prevention Foundation
Sean Donnelly
, Sr. Dir., Global Retail Asset Protection
, Under Armour
Wouter Ubbels
, Director, Business Development
, Nedap
10:30am - 11:15am

Concurrent Sessions

Concurrent Sessions
Concurrent Sessions
10:30am - 11:15am
Concurrent Sessions
In the face of danger: Retailers explore feature-matching software better known as facial recognition [Closed to Press]
Full Conference Pass
Read Hayes, PhD
, Research Scientist/Director
, University of Florida and Loss Prevention Research Council
Robert Oberosler
, Loss Prevention Professional
, Formerly with May Company, Lowes, Pathmark and Rite Aid
10:30am - 11:15am
Concurrent Sessions
Open-source investigations: deciphering criminal's digital footprint
Full Conference Pass
John Matas
, Vice President Asset Protection | Investigations & ORC
, Macy's Inc.
, @johnmatasjr
Brian Phillips
, Senior Director, IT
, Macys Inc.
10:30am - 11:15am
Concurrent Sessions
Preparing for the next disaster: An outline for impact mitigation, management and resiliency
Full Conference Pass
Bryant McAnnally
, Senior Manager, Loss Prevention
, Disney Store North America
, @McAnnallyBryant
Brett Abbott
, Senior Corporate Security Manager
, Target
, @Target
10:30am - 11:15am
Concurrent Sessions
The enemy within: Addressing insider risks
Full Conference Pass
Nathan Niese
, Director, LP Cyber Security and Digital LP
, Gap Inc.
, @GapInc
Tina Ayo
, Corporate LP Manager
, PETCO Animal Supplies Inc.
11:00am - 1:15pm

FMI Roundtables

11:00am - 1:15pm
FMI Roundtables
FMI Roundtables - FEMA Supply Chain Resilience Roundtable Discussions
EXPO Only PassFull Conference Pass
Scott Ziter
, Vice President, Risk Management
, Price Chopper Supermarkets
Damon Cavasin
, Director, Asset Protection
, SpartanNash
11:15am - 11:45am

Exhibitor Big Ideas

11:15am - 11:45am
Exhibitor Big Ideas
Panic prevention 101: Situational intelligence to protect your people, assets, and reputation
EXPO Only PassFull Conference Pass
Matthew Sasaki
, VP, Commercial Sales
, NC4
Jon Pedder
, Public Safety Solutions Engineer
, Esri
Carl Walter
, Director, Homeland Security Solutions
, Esri
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Networking Event

1:30pm - 2:30pm

Networking Event

2:30pm - 3:15pm

Concurrent Sessions

Concurrent Sessions
Concurrent Sessions
2:30pm - 3:15pm
Concurrent Sessions
Mitigating cyber threats: Start with the basics
Full Conference Pass
Christian Beckner
, Senior Director, Retail Technology
, National Retail Federation
Arshad Somani
, Cyber Security Analyst
, Global Resilience Federation
Gianni D'Aprile
, VP, Tech Services
, Books-A-Million Inc.
Aimée Larsen Kirkpatrick
, Global Communications Officer
, Global Cyber Alliance
Brent Wiedbusch
, SVP, IT
, Tilly’s
, @Tillys
2:30pm - 3:15pm
Concurrent Sessions
National Retail Security Survey (NRSS): An interactive discussion
Full Conference Pass
Daniel Faketty
, Vice President, Asset Protection
, Southeastern Grocers LLC
, @SEGrocers
Robert Hanson
, Professor
, Northern Michigan University
, @NorthernMichU
2:30pm - 3:15pm
Concurrent Sessions
Roundtable discussions [Closed to Press]
Full Conference Pass
Joan Manson
, Vice President of Employee Resources, Asset Protection and Legal
, The Container Store
Bill Goga
, Senior Director of Asset Protection & Food Safety
, Southeastern Grocers LLC
, @SEGrocers
Chris Hackler
, Senior Director Asset Protection
, Signet Jewelers
John Velke
, SVP, Risk Management
, Total Wine & More
, @TotalWine
Rob LaCommare
, Vice President, Asset Protection
, Big Lots Stores Inc
, @BigLots
2:30pm - 3:15pm
Concurrent Sessions
Technology’s welcomed impact on labor cost
Full Conference Pass
Mike Giblin
, Director of Research
, Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC)
Laura Lasko
, Senior Corporate Investigator, Retail Asset Protection
, Wakefern Food Corp.
3:30pm - 3:45pm

Keynote

3:30pm - 3:45pm
Keynote
Honoring the stars and stripes: A Flag Day tribute
EXPO Only PassFull Conference Pass
Brennan Leininger
, Sergeant | Program Director
, Anaheim Police Department | Honoring Our Fallen Inc.
3:45pm - 4:30pm

Keynote

3:45pm - 4:30pm
Keynote
Protecting your brand: Turning crisis into opportunity [Closed to Press]
EXPO Only PassFull Conference Pass
Judy A. Smith
, President
, Smith & Company
Hitha Herzog
, Chief Research Officer
, H Squared Research LLC
, @HithaHerzog