Keynote Session

Protecting physical critical infrastructure and reducing risk across cybersecurity networks is an objective that spans public and private sectors. Hear the Deputy Director of CISA outline ways to build a more secure and resilient technology retail ecosystem through real-time collaboration, improved visibility and data sharing. In addition, learn the various ways CISA partners with the private sector to reduce risk and protect national security concerns.  

Issues relating to loss prevention, digital fraud and cybersecurity have hit a crescendo and ORC is in the news nearly every day. How is our industry responding? Join Walmart U.S. President and CEO and NRF Chairman, John Furner with NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay for a discussion about the challenges the industry is facing and how NRF is advocating for change. 

Great ideas are often found through experimentation, brainstorming and collaboration outside the box, and the next new technology against theft has yet to be created – or has it? Learn how Lowe’s Innovation Labs and Lowe’s Asset Protection team bring individual expertise and collective thought leadership together to create new ideas. Learn more about Project Unlock and how this initiative came to life and what other opportunities lie ahead.

​The Ring of Excellence Award recognizes pioneers in the retail loss prevention and asset protection community whose honor, integrity and character serve as an example for the Loss Prevention profession. The achievements and outstanding leadership of these honorees have shaped the industry by creating new Loss Prevention standard practices and building strong Asset Protection and retail security teams. Inductees to the Ring of Excellence can be honored in person or posthumously and have included vice presidents and chief security officers of retail companies.

Creating an environment where innovation thrives requires putting people before technology and motivating a team of individuals. If you’re looking for practical guidance on cultivating a winning culture and strategies for engaging cross functional peers, don’t miss this presentation from Andy Laudato, COO at The Vitamin Shoppe -loaded with ideas on how to make it happen.   

Coresight Research’s Founder and CEO Deborah Weinswig will explore next-gen technology trends that businesses must be aware of as they prepare for evolving threats and trends. Find out which technologies are the most critical for executives to explore as they plan for their businesses’ future? This eye-opening discussion will be followed by a panel of retail experts sharing their thoughts on the trends they’re most wary of and the strategies they will deploy in the face of challenges. 

Whether it be COVID-19, geopolitics, or high-volume cyberattacks, global corporations face operational, financial, and reputational challenges with increasing speed and magnitude. Amid these changes, market forces and new operating models increasingly necessitate that organizations do more with less, heightening the importance of ensuring that the programs that organizations have in place can quickly adapt to a wide range of challenges.