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Our VP of Product Marketing, Ingrid Wantuch, kicks off the event with a welcome message.

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From Found to Chosen


AI is changing how shoppers discover, compare and buy. But making the machine’s shortlist is only the beginning.


Join 100 of Australia’s leading ecommerce and retail leaders for an afternoon exploring what it takes to win in the age of AI and agentic commerce, from earning consideration and building trust to creating loyalty that lasts.


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1:45pm
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The Terrace, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
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What We’ll Explore

Discovery is evolving. Customer expectations are rising. And AI is changing how brands are found, evaluated and recommended.


At Retain Forward, we’ll explore what this means for ecommerce growth through practical insights, customer stories and honest conversations. Hear from Matt Jones, Co-Founder of Four Pillars Gin, on building brands that stay visible, trusted and differentiated in moments of change, and learn practical frameworks for using new technology without losing the human factors that drive preference and loyalty.


We’ll also unpack how AI is reshaping discoverability and consideration,  how leading brands are driving revenue through stronger customer relationships, loyalty and retention, and more.


Please note this event is for retailers and sponsoring partners only.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Matt Jones

Matt accidentally became an entrepreneur in 2013 when he co-founded Four Pillars Gin, a craft Australian gin maker that would go on to be named three times the world's leading gin business. Matt and his co-founders sold Four Pillars to Kirin in 2023.


Today, Matt speaks, advises and writes on brand and business growth, helping leaders of all kinds think about the opportunities presented by the cultural and technological moments we're all living through.

Keynote description: Growth in the Age of AI

In a world where every brand can move faster, create more and sound increasingly alike, lasting growth will belong to those that are specific enough to be found, credible enough to be trusted, distinctive enough to be chosen, and meaningful enough to be chosen again and again.


Drawing on the lessons learned from a decade of building Four Pillars Gin and a life in brand strategy, Matt Jones reveals four practical moves for building preference and loyalty in the age of AI commerce.


Attendees will leave with memorable frameworks for deciding how to make the most of technology and understanding what this new moment offers us all as marketers and brand builders.


Speaker line up

Emily-Layne Kapetanovic

Digital Marketing Manager

DECJUBA

revolution beauty


Sanjay Gill

Director

Purebaby

Astound Commerce


Jade Carlton Cook

Ecommerce, CRM & Loyalty Manager

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Adam Littlechild 

COO

Convert Digital

revolution beauty


Aaron Chidley

Co-founder & MD

Make Retail

Astound Commerce


Enzo Cavaliero

APAC Director

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Robert Hewetson

Lead Sales Engineer

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Peta Cannon

Mid-Market Customer Success Manager

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Rad Mitic

Head of Brand Advocacy

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Your growth expedition awaits

Don’t miss your chance to discover our industry's most topical trends and tactics

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Agenda 

2:00-2:30pm

Doors Open + Registration

2:30-3:45pm

Welcome & Keynote: Growth in the Age of AI by Matt Jones

 

3:45-4:15PM

Winning AI Discoverability & Human Loyalty: The Playbook for the Two Shopper Reality

4:15-4:45pm

Break

4:45-5:30PM

 The Connected Customer: How data, digital and physical experiences come together to drive growth

 
Sponsored by Convert Digital

5:30-6:00PM

Black Friday Gets the Sale. What Gets Them Back?


How DECJUBA builds customer loyalty before, during and after peak

6:00-7:00pm

Cocktail Hour


Sponsored by Wunderkind

PAST Attendee Snapshot

Discover what leading brands are doing today to stay chosen tomorrow.

Get practical ideas, meet the people shaping what’s next, and walk away ready to put it into practice.


Please note, this event is exclusively for retailers & sponsoring partners.

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 SPONSORS

Yotpo helps commerce brands turn customer experiences into revenue. With connected best-in-class solutions for Reviews, UGC, Loyalty, Referrals, and AI visibility, Yotpo enables brands to get discovered in AI-driven shopping, convert more shoppers with trusted social proof, and keep customers coming back.


Trusted by 30,000+ brands worldwide, including LSKD, David Jones, and Frank Body, Yotpo helps brands drive revenue by connecting customer content, data, and loyalty into one powerful growth engine.

yotpo.com


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