CMA | SIMA 2025 Annual Conference

Keynote Session: The Future of Commerce: 2030
Presented by Dan O’Connor, Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School

Join Dan O'Connor, Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School, for an insightful session on "The Future of Commerce: 2030." In this session, Dan will explore the strategic imperatives and transformative forces shaping the future of retail. Delving into the evolving retail industry S-curves, he will focus on the rise of social selling and the emergence of Agentic commerce - driven by the increasing demand for expansive, dynamic product data.
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Dan will also unpack the critical drivers of change, including advanced data strategies and GenAI use cases that are reshaping brand and retail workstreams. As these trends redefine retail organizations and roles by 2030, Dan will offer insights into what this means for retailer-supplier collaboration.
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Looking ahead, Dan will outline the key attributes that will distinguish the Retailer of the Year and Supplier of the Year in 2030, providing a strategic roadmap for thriving in the evolving industry value chain.
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This session is essential for the Walmart and supplier community, offering the strategic foresight needed to navigate and succeed in the future of retail!