RUG 2018 – Las Vegas
August 16th – 18th, 2018
The Venetian | The Palazzo | Sands Expo
“Channel Surfing”
Conference Agenda
- Thursday, August 16
- Day – Individual Meetings by Appointment
- 5pm-6pm – Strategic Partner setup [Main Meeting Space]
- 6pm-10pm – Reception, cocktails, and hors d’ oeuvres joined by strategic partners [Main Meeting Space]
- Until Midnight – Cocktails and Snacks [Success Room]
- Friday, August 17
- 7:30am – Breakfast, joined by strategic partners [Main Meeting Space]
- 8:30am – 9:00am – Welcome, Agenda, and Brief Keynote
- 9:00am – 10:15am – Sales Channels
- “Where You Sell”
- eCommerce
- Marketplaces
- Amazon and eBay!
- Channel Consolidation
- 10:15am – 10:30am – Morning Break
- 10:30am – 11:00am – Response v11 + Feature Highlights
- 11:00am – 11:30am Qu0026amp;A
- 11:30am – 12:00pm – Strategic Sponsor Presentation
- 12:00pm – 1:00pm – Lunch u0026amp; Vendor Showcase [Main Meeting Space]
- 1:00pm – 2:00pm – Marketing Channels
- “Who You Sell To and How”
- eMail Marketing
- BI / Marketing Analysis
- TargetData
- Segmentation, Data Appending, and BI
- KPIs
- Knowledge Automation, Reporting
- 2:00pm – 2:15pm – Strategic Sponsor Presentation
- 2:15pm – 2:30am – Afternoon Break
- 2:30pm – 3:15pm – Vendor Channels and Infrastructure (Managing the flow of information)
- “EDI and Selling Stuff That’s Not Your Stuff”
- HSN/Evine
- Vendor Portals
- Response / Data / Channel Manager
- Taxes and Rules
- Gift Cards
- Inventory
- Payment Processing and PayPal and Tokenization
- 3:15pm – 3:30pm – Strategic Sponsor Presentation
- 3:30pm – 4:30pm – Channel Surfing
- “Tying It All Together”
- The Road Ahead
- Security
- Compliance
- Cloud
- 4:30pm – Open Floor / Qu0026amp;A / Networking
- Dismissal u0026amp; Dinner on Your Own
- Evening – Ongoing Cocktails and Collaboration [Success Room]
- Saturday, August 18 (Optional)
- 8:00am – breakfast on your own
- 9:00am – individual meetings by appointment [Success Room]
- 12:00pm – lunch on your own
- 1:00pm – individual meetings by appointment – if needed [Success Room]
*conference agenda subject to change based on attendee preferences