Smart Commerce Nordic

Program

Thursday 4.2.

08:00

Register in, enjoy a light breakfast and mingle!

09:00

Openin remarks by our moderators

Sanna Salovaara
Sanna Salovaara Moderator
09:10
Opening Keynote on Retail Demand Nordic stage

WHO OWNS DEMAND IN 2027?

  • Where does influence over the customer sit today – with brands, retailers, platforms, creators or customers themselves?
  • What happens when discovery, consideration and purchase no longer follow a predictable funnel?
  • What does this power shift mean for brands and retailers competing for growth?
09:45

WHEN COMMERCE STARTS RUNNING ITSELF

  • AI is moving from assisting commerce teams to executing decisions and actions.
  • Which parts of commerce are becoming autonomous first?
  • What happens when systems continuously adapt pricing, content, inventory and customer interactions?
  • Where should businesses start, and where is autonomy still premature?
10:10

NETWORKING & COFFEE BREAK

10:45

ONE AGENT IS EASY. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE 100?

  • What happens when agents across sales, marketing, service and operations start acting simultaneously?
  • What does it take to move from isolated agents to an agentic operating model?
11:10

FROM REACTIVE TO PREDICTIVE COMMERCE

  • What changes when commerce can anticipate demand and customer needs instead of responding afterwards?
  • How can real-time data turn prediction into action?
  • Where can predictive capabilities already improve availability, service and customer experience?
  • How do you move from forecasting what will happen to acting on it?
11:35

LUNCH & NETWORKING BREAK

12:35

THE 30%: WHY SOME COMMERCE TRANSFORMATIONS STICK – AND OTHERS DON'T

Viola De Girolami
Viola De Girolami Transformation Leader & Keynote Speaker, Former Executive Director, Digital Marketing & Data, Warner Bros

AI is changing how commerce operates – but technology alone does not make transformation succeed.

  • What can commerce leaders learn from major transformations inside McDonald’s, Carphone Warehouse and Warner Bros.?
  • How do you keep transforming while customer expectations, channels and technology are changing at the same time?
  • How do you make sure AI and new technology are solving the right business problem, rather than becoming the strategy themselves?
13:00

AUTONOMOUS COMMERCE NEEDS A NEW OPERATING MODEL

  • AI is moving from optimizing individual tasks to coordinating decisions across the commerce operation.
  • What happens when pricing, product data, inventory, campaigns and customer journeys need to respond to each other in real time?
  • Which processes should be redesigned rather than simply automated?
  • What does it take to move from isolated AI use cases to commerce that can continuously adapt and optimize itself?
13:25

NETWORKING & COFFEE BREAK

14:00

WHY B2B E-COMMERCE STILL MAKES CUSTOMERS WORK TOO HARD

  • B2B buyers increasingly expect consumer-grade experiences – but complexity is still built into many buying journeys.
  • Where do pricing, product information and ordering still create unnecessary friction?
  • How are leading B2B businesses using digital self-service and AI to simplify complex purchasing?
  • What can B2B commerce learn from B2C and what does not translate?
14:25
Closing Keynote on Smart Commerce Nordic stage

IS YOUR WEBSITE STILL THE CENTRE OF YOUR COMMERCE STRATEGY?

Christoph Sterkel
Christoph Sterkel HEAD OF B2B, D2C, MARKETPLACE ECOMMERCE EUROPE, KELLANOVA (MARS)
  • For years, e-commerce strategy has centred around driving customers to the brand’s own website. Is that model starting to change?
  • What Kellanova has learned from exploring TEMU, TikTok Shop and new commerce environments.
  • What happens when discovery, evaluation and purchase increasingly take place outside your owned channels?
  • What changes next when AI agents start searching, comparing and acting on the customer’s behalf?
15:00

END REMARKS BY OUR MODERATORS

Sanna Salovaara
Sanna Salovaara Moderator
15:05

MINGLE TIME

15:30

EVENT ENDS & THANK YOU!