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Join supply chain leaders at SPS Tower on November 10th, 2026 for an evening of keynote insights, expert panels, and peer networking with food and drinks. Sessions dig into operational growth, revenue protection, and the decisions that separate high-performing supply chains from the rest.

Tuesday, November 10th, 2026

5:00 – 8:30 PM CT

SPS Tower, 9th Floor, The Lodge
333 S. Seventh Street, Suite 1000
Minneapolis, MN 55402

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Agenda at a glance

5:00 pm
Registration & Networking Opens (Food and Drinks)
6:00 pm
Keynote AI in Supply Chain
6:45 pm
Panel 1 From Process to Performance: Stories of Outsized Growth
7:15 pm
15 Min. Break
7:30 pm
Panel 2 Close the Gap: Increase Revenue and Protect Margins
8:00 pm
Closing Remarks and Networking

Meet the Panelists

Anne Mezzenga, a woman with short dark hair in an olive green blazer, smiling with her chin resting on her hand against a pink background
Keynote Speaker

Anne Mezzenga

Founder and CEO | Retail Field Report

Anne co-founded Omni Talk Retail and built it into one of the fastest-growing trade publications in the industry, and at Retail Field Report, she tells the human stories behind retail’s biggest brands.

Tim Buckenberger, a smiling man with short brown hair in a dark blazer and blue gingham shirt against a gray background

Tim Buckenberger

VP of Supply Chain | Petco

Operations executive with 30+ years leading supply chain at multi-billion-dollar organizations. Drives end-to-end transformation and continuous improvement across inventory, omnichannel fulfillment, transportation, and distribution.

Nolan Schmidt, a smiling man with dark hair and a beard in a blue shirt and tie against a gray background

Nolan Schmidt

VP of Supply Chain | Fastenal

VP of Supply Chain with a proven track record in industrial supply. Skilled in negotiation, operations management, sales, market research, and management. Former adjunct professor at UW-La Crosse, his alma mater (undergrad and MBA)

Michael Moore, a smiling man with short gray hair in a cream sweater against a green background

Michael Moore

CEO | CURiO Brands

CEO, President, and Board Director with 30+ years of supplier experience, leading CURiO Brands, a luxury portfolio in home fragrance, beauty, and wellness (Capri Blue, Thymes, Otherland) sold across 13,000 retail locations

What You’ll Hear

Three sequential speaking sessions, 25–30 minutes each, with a dedicated moderator and panelists. Moderated Q&A follows each panel.

Keynote

AI in Supply Chain

In this featured session, an industry leader shares a firsthand view of how AI is moving from experiments to the core of supply chain operations; what’s actually working, what’s harder than it looks, and how the role of supply chain teams changes as intelligent systems take on more of the daily work. Expect a candid perspective on where this is all heading, drawn from real operations at scale.

Speaker: Anne Mezzenga

Panel 1

From Process to Performance: Stories of Outsized Growth

Operational discipline turns into measurable supply chain wins. The difference between a sold-out brand and a full warehouse often comes down to operational strength and retail alignment. This session goes beyond the day-to-day. Hear from brands like yours on how to turn back-of-house operations into a differentiator that accelerates growth.

Speakers: Tim Buckenberger and Nolan Schmidt

Panel 2

Close the Gap: Increase Revenue and Protect Margins

For most brands, revenue rarely disappears all at once. It slips away in pieces: the demand signal nobody saw early enough, the stockout that cost a season, the promotion that never earned back its spend, the deductions and chargebacks that quietly erode margin after the sale. This session brings leaders together for a candid conversation about where that revenue goes, why it stays hidden, and how forward-looking teams are turning fragmented retail data into decisions that grow revenue and defend margin.

Speaker: Michael Moore

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