October 25, 2016 Industry news
Join us on Tuesday 29 November 2016 and hear from leading retail and healthcare industry experts
All GS1 UK members are invited to join us at our 40th AGM and annual briefing session. After the brief formalities of the AGM we’ll be holding what promises to be a fun and interactive session, focusing on the continuing power of GS1 standards – and how they’ve been supporting the UK retail and healthcare industries for 40 years.
Tackling industry challenges and supporting standards adoption
Through on-stage interviews and panel discussions we’ll look at two subjects:
- Tackling industry challenges, and how we’re working with our new retail grocery, apparel and healthcare Advisory Boards to help deliver industry change
- Supporting standards adoption, and how we’re developing and helping to implement new GS1 standards in response to changing industry requirements
Speaker line-up announced
Joining us will be many leading industry experts from retail and healthcare, including:
- George Wright, Commercial Director for Strategy & Operations, Tesco
- Richard Sadler, Customer Director, Unilever UK & Ireland
- Jane Hawkes, Head of Procurement and Supplies, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
- Andrew Raynes, IT Programme Director, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Leanne Gorin, Head of Customer Operations, Unilever
- Steve Endacott, Product Owner, Tesco
- Diane Mellowship, Tesco Barcode Compliance Manager, Tesco
You’ll also hear from our own team, including:
- Gary Lynch, CEO, GS1 UK
- James Spittle, Chairman, GS1 UK
- Harshal Gore, Industry Engagement Director, GS1 UK
- Glen Hodgson, Head of Healthcare, GS1 UK
- Paul Reid, Head of Standards and Consulting
We’ll also be announcing the year’s GS1 UK industry champions – celebrating the people we think have done the most to help industry benefit from GS1 standards.
The AGM starts at 4.30pm, registration is open from 4.00pm. The briefing session runs from 5.00 to 6.45pm. And there’ll be plenty of opportunity to network with all of us from GS1 UK as well as the speakers during the buffet and drinks reception, which will run until about 8.00pm.
We look forward to seeing you.
Book your place here