NACS Show 2025
  • Conference: October 14-17, 2025
  • Expo: October 15-17, 2025
  • Chicago | McCormick Place
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Evaluating Your Tech Stack in a Multi-Platform World

Format: Case Study Case Study
General topic presenting lessons learned start to finish.
Format: Expert-Expert Interview Expert-Expert Interview
Replaces fireside chat or single presenter format. Must be known industry expert or presentation of robust data.
Format: Ignite Ignite
Slides run automatically keeping speaker pacing. Keeps session moving.
Format: Kaleidoscope Kaleidoscope
One topic through the eyes of different functional teams (e.g. supply chain, store ops, frontline, finance, etc.)
Format: Lightning Lightning
Moderated Q&A with small panel with efforts to drive diverse perspective; after 3 minutes on question, buzzer sounds and move to next question; forces people to be brief and clear on answers.
Format: Masterclass Masterclass
Single topic session which is a solo presenter and acts more like an university lecture. Must include multiple media, audience interaction, etc.
Format: Great Debate: Point Counterpoint Great Debate: Point Counterpoint
Facilitator stimulates point/counterpoint debate on key industry topic.
Format: Roundtables Roundtables
Facilitated discussion. Limited use of slides or video to set-up topic.
Format: Think You Know Me? Think You Know Me?
One group is polled on a topic, and then the other has to guess the outcomes, as a stimulant for discussion.
Format: Workshop Workshop
Traditional small group classroom style format.
Technology
Roundtable

With new tools and platforms emerging, how do you know if your tech stack is helping or hindering your business? In this interactive roundtable, participants will discuss which platforms they’re currently using, how they assess the value of each, and the strategies they use to evaluate both existing tools and new vendors. Share your experiences, hear what’s working for others, and walk away with practical ideas to streamline your stack and make smarter tech decisions.

October 14, 2025

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM CDT



Add to Calendar 10/14/2025 3:15 PM 10/14/2025 4:15 PM America/Chicago NACS Show Education Session - Evaluating Your Tech Stack in a Multi-Platform World

With new tools and platforms emerging, how do you know if your tech stack is helping or hindering your business? In this interactive roundtable, participants will discuss which platforms they’re currently using, how they assess the value of each, and the strategies they use to evaluate both existing tools and new vendors. Share your experiences, hear what’s working for others, and walk away with practical ideas to streamline your stack and make smarter tech decisions.

Speakers

Daniel Gaddy

VP Information Technology
TXB Stores

Chad Kobayashi

Sr. Director Retail Technology
Maverik

Sr. Director of Retail Technology at Maverik — Adventure’s First Stop

Chad Kobayashi oversees all retail technology including point of sale, payment, network, hardware, ERP, and security...

Christine Loukota

Director, Strategy and Emerging Technologies
Circle K

Christine Loukota is the Director of Strategy and Emerging Technologies at Circle K, where she leads the company’s Global Tech portfolio and drives the vision for tech-enabled growth across the...
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