Connect San Francisco 2018: Full Schedule

Bringing the world of Digital Experiences to life at Connect, the DX industry event on Oct 11th in The Village San Francisco.

10:00am PDT

Keynote: Raj de Datta, BloomReach CEO

Join BloomReach CEO Raj de Datta for the opening keynote of Connect San Francisco.

Speakers

Raj de Datta

CEO, BloomReach

Raj brought 10 years of enterprise and entrepreneurial experience with him when he co-founded BloomReach. Before launching the company, he was entrepreneur-in-residence at Mohr-Davidow Ventures. Prior to that, Raj served as Cisco’s director of product marketing and was on the founding... Read More →

Thursday October 11, 2018 10:00am - 10:30am PDT
Main floor 969 market street, San Francisco

Innovation Track

10:30am PDT

The Great Unscaling: How AI and thoughtful innovation can get you Unstuck and help build the economy of the future.

Hemant Taneja, author of the revolutionizing book "Unscaled", and CEO of Bloomreach Raj de Datta take the stage together to dive into the forces that are reshaping the global economy and turning one of the fundamental laws of business and society - the economies of scale - on its head. Hear how thoughtful innovation and unscaling is helping global companies tackle some of the most complicated challenges facing society, and you can play a part in the AI revolution.

"Unscaled is an important and fascinating read for anyone looking to better understand the forces driving innovation and disruption which are affecting every sector of our economy.”

- PENNY PRITZKER, CHAIRMAN OF PSP AND FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF COMMERCE

Speakers

Raj de Datta

CEO, BloomReach

Hemant Taneja

Investor, MD and author of "Unscaled", General Catalyst

Hemant Taneja is a managing director at General Catalyst and is the author of UNSCALED, a 2018 book that explores the role of AI and technology in society. Hemant joined General Catalyst in 2002 and launched its Silicon Valley office in 2011. His investment portfolio spans industries... Read More →

Thursday October 11, 2018 10:30am - 11:10am PDT
Main floor 969 market street, San Francisco

Innovation Track, All

11:30am PDT

Next-Generation Commerce: How Lion Capital is liberating its brands for growth

Brand power is the ultimate weapon against Amazon. Companies with strong brands are memorable and create loyalty. However, brands are increasingly stuck by limited and inflexible e-commerce platforms and tools. To build a strong brand, marketers and merchandisers need tools to tell their unique story and provide innovative experiences to their customers. Jeremy Muras, SVP of Digital at Lion Capital, joins us for a fireside chat to discuss how Lion is helping brands accelerate their growth by giving them the freedom and tools to build these next generation experiences.

Moderators

David Hurwitz

CMO, BloomReach

David leads BloomReach’s marketing and sales development initiatives and organization. His Silicon Valley career began as a software engineer. Later, he created the concepts of IT Governance solutions as CMO of publicly-traded Niku Software and Lean IT as a marketing executive at... Read More →

Speakers

Jeremy Muras

SVP Digital, Lion Capital - Paige Denim

Jeremy Muras is Digital Director of Lion Capital. Prior to joining Lion Capital, Jeremy spent eight years at Burberry, most recently as Vice President of Digital Commerce. Prior to this, he led the digital team at Agent Provocateur. Jeremy received his BA (Hon) in Historical Studies... Read More →

Thursday October 11, 2018 11:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Main floor 969 market street, San Francisco

Innovation Track

12:00pm PDT

What's new for users: Learn about the latest tools available for you

How to get the absolute most out of the tools you have, or a preview into the possibilities that AI-driven site search, merchandising and content management can bring your business. Learn why new and improved features bring the best experience available to your team and your customers, and why merchandising is widely successful when real people control your power-pages and AI takes care of the rest.

Speakers

Clint Burgess

Product Marketing Manager, BloomReach

Clint runs product marketing for BloomReach's Search and Merchandising product. He also led market strategy for its merchandising analytics product and built a rapidly-growing site merchandising community. Previously, Clint worked for 4 years as an enterprise sales rep helping brands... Read More →

John Field

Dir. of Product Marketing,, BloomReach

John has over 15 years of experience working with some of the best and brightest software vendors spanning enterprise search, content management, social media management and digital experience management. He has a talent for understanding current business problems and objectives and... Read More →

Thursday October 11, 2018 12:00pm - 12:30pm PDT
Main floor 969 market street, San Francisco

Innovation Track

1:30pm PDT

Marketing and IT, the power couple: How Hilton’s teams co-strategize towards the ultimate experience.

Hilton’s VP of Marketing, Jen Chick, and VP of Customer Journey Technology, Naveen Manga, take the stage together to share why Hilton believes a strong partnership between the two teams is the key to success in today’s economy. Learn how this collaboration has helped Hilton connect the online and offline steps along their customer’s journey, along with a better experience for their own employees.

Speakers

Nate Barad

Head of Product Marketing, Bloomreach

Nate Barad is a vital force in bringing the world's leading brands into the digital realm. He has lived and worked internationally, playing a lead role in building online businesses for Major League Baseball, Autotrader, ING Direct Paris, and Bank of England.His deep expertise in... Read More →

Jennifer Chick

VP of Marketing Execution & Operations, Hilton

Jenn Chick is the Vice President of Marketing Execution and Operations for Hilton Worldwide. Jenn has 20 years of experience in ‘making marketing happen’ working across industries to create and deploy integrated marketing solutions. Her focus within Hilton Worldwide is to transform... Read More →

Naveen Manga

VP of Customer Journey Technology and Delivery, Hilton

Over eighteen years of business technology leadership experience spanning travel & hospitality, manufacturing, education, consumer services, financial services, consulting, non-profit, and healthcare verticals. Versatile, adaptable and collaborative leader delivering business capabilities... Read More →

Thursday October 11, 2018 1:30pm - 2:00pm PDT
Main floor 969 market street, San Francisco

Innovation Track

2:00pm PDT

What's new for developers: Learn about the latest tools available for you

Across every industry, in both B2B and B2C, you compete on Experience powered by great technology. Learn how you can set up relevant content delivery across every channel, give industry-leading flexibility to both marketers and developers, and leverage an API-architecture to connect you tech investments and build a powerhouse of a Digital Business.

Speakers

Gijs Hendrix

Product Manager, BloomReach

Shalu Pandey

Product Manager, BloomReach

Thursday October 11, 2018 2:00pm - 2:30pm PDT
Main floor 969 market street, San Francisco

Innovation Track

2:30pm PDT

Pivot When You Get Stuck: How Staples is Reinventing Itself to Power Businesses

Staples’ SVP of eCommerce and Digital Platform, Fahim Siddiqui, shares the story of how a strong brand, largely developed by retail and a focus on the consumer market, has pivoted to focus primarily on serving businesses. Now privately owned with a new management team, Staples is rapidly transforming the company into an agile, digital commerce business built on a new technology stack.

Speakers

Fahim Siddiqui

Senior Vice President eCommerce & Digital Platform, Staples

Thursday October 11, 2018 2:30pm - 3:00pm PDT
Main floor 969 market street, San Francisco

Innovation Track

3:30pm PDT

5 Supers in the Experience Era - the BRoadmap

A sneak preview of our latest product developments by the BloomReach Product leadership team. Learn how we have innovated on the joint BloomReach + Hippo platform to drive real personalization through radical openness and integrated intelligence.

Speakers

Arjé Cahn

CTO of BloomReach Experience and co-founder of Hippo, BloomReach

Arjé is the brains behind BloomReach Experience Manager. He has a record of building groundbreaking software in his role as co-founder and CTO of Hippo CMS, which is regularly recognized by top analyst firms for its technological excellence. He has earned his stripes in the open-source... Read More →

Will Uppington

Chief Product & Strategy Officer, BloomReach

Will leads the teams creating BloomReach’s overall product vision and plotting the initiatives that ensure customers’ ongoing success for BloomReach Search and Merchandising. He has a record of dramatically increasing revenue at companies where he’s worked, including Clearwell... Read More →

Thursday October 11, 2018 3:30pm - 4:00pm PDT
Main floor 969 market street, San Francisco

Innovation Track, All

4:00pm PDT

brAwards: The BloomReach Connect Awards

We are excited to announce and award remarkable BloomReach customers for the first time at Connect!

The brAwards are designed to recognize outstanding results in various aspects of digital experience, including the creation and deployment of top-notch digital experiences, digital merchandising and the implementation of DXP systems. Stay tuned for the winner categories.

Speakers

David Hurwitz

CMO, BloomReach

Thursday October 11, 2018 4:00pm - 4:30pm PDT
Main floor 969 market street, San Francisco

Innovation Track