RETAIL NXT 2026 Speaker

The RETAIL NXT 2026 program offers exciting keynotes, practical workshops, and panel discussions on the most important trends in retail. Experience how digitalization, new technologies, and innovative concepts are transforming the industry, and take advantage of the opportunity to network with experts and colleagues.

Adrian Ewecker

Department Head ServiceNow Now Assist

Dirk Rossmann GmbH

Dr.

Adrien Marquette

Head of Omnichannel Strategy

WÜRTH

Alexander Bluhm

Retail Expert Consultant

Lufthansa Industry Solutions

Alexander Roj

Product Owner Now Assist

Dirk Rossmann GmbH

Alexandra Szarmach

CHRO & Managing Director

bottles

Andrea Schilling

Vice President

MediaMarktSaturn Technology

Andreas Marek

Senior Advisory Solution Consultant

ServiceNow

Anna Gruhn

head of retail

bottles

Armana Jakob

Key Account Manager Retail

plano solutions GmbH

Axel Nitschke

Partner, Leader Distribution & Communications Sector

IBM

Ben Brake

Director General

European DOT

Ben Person

CEO

tenon

Christian Lorenz

Management Marketing, Purchasing & Sales

beauty alliance

Christian Lülf

AI Engineer AI Data & Platforms

Thalia Books GmbH

Christoph von Trotha

Managing Director

retail flow

Christopher Riedel

Digital Portfolio & Deployment Leader

IKEA Germany

Cordula Mehler

Head of Omnichannel Commerce & Digital Services

toom Baumarkt GmbH

Daniel Schaus

Senior Agile Master

Vorwerk

Daniela Laic

Head of Product, Price and Marketing

Steinbach International GmbH

Dirk Cebulla

Executive Partner

Perfumery CB GmbH

Dorit Posdorf

CDO

Handle

Dörte Kaschdailis

Moderator / Member of the RETAIL NXT Advisory Council

Opexxia

Dr.

Frank Postel

CTO

E. Breuninger GmbH & Co.

Frazer Bain

Senior Sales Director, DACH

ESW

Gideon Froebus

Key Account Manager Retail

plano solutions GmbH

Günther Prossinger

Enterprise Architect, Retail Solutions

SPAR Business Services GmbH

Hartmut König

CTO Central Europe

Adobe

Dr.

Helmut Leopold

Chief Digital Officer

ENSO eCommerce GmbH

Dr.

Henrik Kortum-Landwehr

Head of Data & Analytics

Thalia Books GmbH

Henrike Lieder

Lead AI Transformation

REWE digital

Jan Oetting

Chief Information Security Officer

OC Payment

Jonas Schächter

Venture Manager

REWE digital

Jörg Heinemann

Innovation Evangelist, Innovation Management

OTTO

Jörg Hirt

Chief Innovation Manager

REWE Digital

Katharina Aguilar

Hosts

Kevin Motz

Enterprise Architect eCommerce

SPAR Business Services GmbH

Linda Kuhr

Co-Founder & Managing Director

fulfillment tools

Marc Rauscher

Managing Director IT

hagebau

Marcel Pitz

Technical & AI Transformation Manager

VoCoVo

Mark Byerly

Head of Customer Success

fulfillment tools

Martin Winkler

CEO

Falke KGaA

Michael Meinhold

Head of Sales

plano solutions GmbH

Michael Weidel

VP of Net New Sales

Infor

Nenad Klarić

Head of Product Payment Services & Issuing

OC Payment

Nino Bergfeld

Director, CCO Retail & CG Lead

Salesforce

Oksana Kulikova

Global Head of Marketing Technology

AG METER

Philip Meeth

Business Development Manager

VoCoVo

Ralf Ludwigs

Lead HR-IT Process Management & Analytics

Toom

Rocco Gehring

Divisional Board Member • Product Engineering Retail

Schwarz Digits IT KG

Sandra Luxem-Bremen

Managing Director Germany & Austria

Primark

Sandra Mayer

Senior Marketing Manager

WÜRTH

Sandra Schwinn

Client Director Retail

ServiceNow

Sebastian Hoff

Principal Strategic Advisor

Staffbase

Sebastian Mader

Head of Department • Logistics / FMCG / Retail / Media

Schwarz Digits Cloud GmbH

Severin Canisius

IOC

Deichmann

Tatjana Rietz

Manager Solution Consulting

ServiceNow

Thomas Plennert

Lead Service Now

now

Thorsten Stephan

Area Manager • Retail / CPG

Schwarz Digits Cloud GmbH

Tina Müller

CEO Weleda AG | Supervisory Board Member ALDI Nord Group & PUIG Brands

Weleda AG

Torsten Jüngling

Director Security & Resilience and Network

Kyndryl

Yasin Kizilhan

Team Lead AI Sales

NFON AG