NACS Show 2025
  • McCormick Place Convention Center
  • Conference: October 14-17, 2025
  • Expo: October 15-17, 2025
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Supplier Session: Convenience Connect

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.
Supplier
Format: Roundtables Roundtables

Convenience Connect is an opportunity for our newest NACS supplier members to meet and learn from our most influential convenience retailers. During this 90-minute session, retailers representing a range of store sizes will host small groups of new suppliers to discuss industry topics relevant to their stores. Groups will rotate every 15 minutes to hear perspectives from other retailers. At the end of the second rotation, participants will  continue informal conversations over light refreshments. Learn what’s top-of-mind for your customers and how you can help them improve their businesses.  

October 08, 2024

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT

N254 Las Vegas Convention Center



Add to Calendar 10/08/2024 9:00 AM 10/08/2024 10:30 AM America/Los_Angeles NACS Show Education Session - Supplier Session: Convenience Connect

Convenience Connect is an opportunity for our newest NACS supplier members to meet and learn from our most influential convenience retailers. During this 90-minute session, retailers representing a range of store sizes will host small groups of new suppliers to discuss industry topics relevant to their stores. Groups will rotate every 15 minutes to hear perspectives from other retailers. At the end of the second rotation, participants will  continue informal conversations over light refreshments. Learn what’s top-of-mind for your customers and how you can help them improve their businesses.  

 Las Vegas Convention Center: N254 Las Vegas Convention Center

Speakers

Lisa Biggs

Partner
Impact 21, a W Capra Company

Lisa Biggs is Partner at Impact 21, A W Capra Company. She has over 30 years of practical and technical experience in the petroleum/convenience and retail industries. Lisa has been focused on...

Derek Gaskins

Chief Marketing Officer
Yesway

Over 20 years of results developing successful brands and businesses into billion-dollar plus enterprises. Derek joined Yesway in June 2018 to help develop the fast-growing retail brand with...

Justin Gillette

Sr. Business Development Manager
Dot Foods, Inc

Justin Gillette has worked at Dot Foods since 2007 and has held a variety of roles and experiences during this time.   With a supply chain managment degree from Syracuse University, he started...

Chris Hartman

VP of Fuels, Advertising & Development
Rutter's

Chris is currently the Vice President of Fuels, Advertising and Development for Rutter’s Convenience Stores, in York, PA. He is also the President of M&G Realty, the Real Estate Development...

JP Patel

Vice President
SAASOA USA

In 2000, the year of clunky Nokia phones and $1.50 gas, a guileless 18-year-old Jigar “JP” Patel left the comforts of his home in India to make a name for himself in America. Even at that young...

Michelle Weckstein

Director of Food & Beverage Brands
SunStop

In Weckstein’ s role as Food and Beverage Brand Director, she oversees all coffee, fountain, and frozen beverage programs; hot food service; grab and go offers; and franchised restaurant brands....
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