ALEXANDRIA, VA – The CIO Summit is taking place at the upcoming PCATS Annual Conference, a roundtable event where industry technology retail executives share insights on the challenges and opportunities facing our industry.

“I always look forward to this event,” says Doug New, vice president and CIO of Tedeschi Food Shops. “I always take away new, actionable ideas and approaches that can be used to improve Tedeschi’s performance. Most importantly, I develop great relationships with industry peers that provide lasting benefit to my company.”

The CIO Summit will begin Monday morning with a keynote address by Vish Ganapathy, IBM’s chief technologist for global retail, and conclude with the PCATS Technology Hall of Fame event that evening. During the day, invitees will meet to identify key technology topics for the exchange of ideas in a small group format. 

If you are a retail IT executive and would like to participate in the invite-only CIO Summit, contact Ann Zecca at azecca@pcats.org or +1 (703) 518-7963. Attendance is free for invited attendees and a one-day discount to the PCATS Annual Conference is extended to all attendees wishing to participate in full conference activities.

The PCATS Annual Conference, attended by the industry’s leading technology experts and management, will be held at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in Tucson, Arizona, April 28-May 1. Sessions dig deep into the technology challenges and opportunities facing convenience retailers, such as mobile commerce and payments, business intelligence and data security. The event also features face-to-face meetings of all PCATS committees and working groups to further data exchange standards in device integration, payments, enterprise integration, mobile commerce, supply chain and data security. 

To register for the PCATS Annual Conference, visit www.pcats.org.