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Sunday
Apr 30, 2023
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Monday
May 01, 2023
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Tuesday
May 02, 2023
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Wednesday
May 03, 2023
- 10:00 AM – 6:30 PM
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Registration and Information Desk Open
Pick up your registration materials here, along with answers to all your questions.
- Location
- Aurora Ballroom Foyer
- 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
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RILA/NDAA Retail Crime Advisory Board Meeting - Invite Only
The Advisory Board, comprised of district attorneys and retail AP executives, will meet to discuss progress of the RILA/NDAA partnership, next steps and future activities. Advisory Board members only.
- Location
- Summit 10
- 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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2nd Annual RILA/NDAA Retail Theft Workshop - Invite Only
RILA member retailers and district attorneys from across the country will meet to share leading practices for combatting theft, violence and other unlawful activity in and around retail stores, identify model programs for reducing recidivism and establish open lines of communication between retailer investigators and local prosecutors’ offices.
- Location
- Summit 6-7
- 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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Workplace Safety Committee Meeting - Invite Only
Open only to RILA Workplace Safety Committee members and strategic partners. If your company is a RILA member retailer and you do not have representation on the Committee, please reach out to Lisa LaBruno at Lisa.labruno@rila.org to learn how to get engaged.
- Location
- Summit 8-9
- 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM
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Asset Protection Steering Committee Meeting - Invite Only
This is a private meeting for RILA members on the Retail Asset Protection Conference Steering Committee. The committee is comprised of top retail supply chain executives, and is charged with the task of overseeing the structure and programming of the Asset Protection Chain Conference.
- Location
- Juniper Patio
- 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
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Welcome Reception
Join us to kick off the conference at the welcome reception where you can reconnect with industry friends, network with your peers and enjoy drinks and light fare.
- Location
- Juniper Patio
- 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM
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Registration and Information Desk Open
Pick up your registration materials here, along with answers to all your questions.
- Location
- Aurora Ballroom Foyer
- 7:15 AM – 8:00 AM
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Breakfast
Please join us for breakfast and networking before the day begins.
Sponsored by InstaKey Security Systems
- Location
- Aurora Ballroom Foyer
- 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM
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Welcome to RILA's Retail Asset Protection Conference
Please join us as we kickoff the annual Retail Asset Protection Conference with an update on RILA's activities and how leading retailers are addressing current challenges and opportunities.
- Speaker
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Senior Executive Vice President, Retail Operations
RILA
- Location
- Aurora Ballroom
- 8:15 AM – 8:45 AM
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Advancing Retail and Asset Protection: A CEO Conversation
Join Ulta Beauty CEO David Kimbell and RILA President Brian Dodge for a conversation about the changing state of retail, Ulta Beauty’s asset protection journey, and the elevation of asset protection efforts to safeguard store associates and stores.
- Moderator
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President
RILA
- Speaker
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Chief Executive Officer
Ulta Beauty
- Location
- Aurora Ballroom
- 8:45 AM – 9:30 AM
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A New Approach to Retail Theft: The District Attorney Perspective
From mental health challenges to drug abuse to homelessness, the causes of persistent retail theft impact every community across the nation. Join a conversation about how district attorneys’ offices are serving their communities by tackling organized retail crime and exploring new strategies and partnerships to reduce retail recidivism.
- Moderator
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Senior Executive Vice President, Retail Operations
RILA
- Speakers
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District Attorney
Denver District Attorney's Office
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District Attorney
Yolo County District Attorney's Office
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Chief of Staff
Manhattan District Attorney's Office
- Location
- Aurora Ballroom
- 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM
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Building Your Personal Resilience
Seven years ago, Steve challenged an actuary to create a calculator…one that would tell him the day he would die – to help him plan the rest of his life. Well, he FINALLY DID IT. And Quality Time Remaining will help you challenge what you thought you wanted, shift the way you look at life – and change the way you live it.
- Speaker
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Author | Speaker | Business Strategy Coach
QTR, LLC
- Location
- Aurora Ballroom
- 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
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Business Break
Enjoy snacks and refreshments while you check emails, make calls and network.
Sponsored by Prosegur
- Location
- Aurora Ballroom Foyer
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10:30 AM – 11:15 AM
5 Concurrent Events
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Bridging the Investigations Gap Between ORC Teams, E-Commerce Fraud Teams, and Brick and Mortar AP Teams
Organized Retail Crime (ORC) has increased in recent years, costing businesses over 95 billion dollars in losses last year. As ORC increases, the lines between physical and digital shopping are increasingly blurred, which have provided more opportunities for fraudsters. Hear how Cyber Security and Asset Protection Investigators have come together to enhance organizational resources and capabilities to address and combat the rising threat. In this session you will hear specific examples of how this enhanced capability drives stronger mitigation opportunities and comprehensive law enforcement packages from refund fraud, gift card extortion and discount fraud.
- Speakers
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Director, Assets Protection, Field Investigations
Target Corporation
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Director, Cyber Fraud and Abuse Investigations
Target Corporation
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Lead Cybersecurity Analyst, Cyber Threat Intelligence
Target Corporation
- Location
- Summit 8-9
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Emerging Technology for Retail: Real World Wins for Improved Store Safety, Loss Prevention, and Investigations
Deadly in-store violence and ORC spikes have retail employees and customers understandably concerned about store safety. Join us as industry leaders share exactly how modern face matching technology helps prevent violence and loss while reducing AP investigation time from weeks to minutes. In addition to dozens of real-world cases, participants will learn about best practices for highly accurate retail face matching, including safeguards to protect consumer privacy.
- Speakers
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Director Asset Protection
The Kroger Co.
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President
FaceFirst, Inc.
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Vice President of Retail Solutions
Auror
- Location
- Summit 4-5
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From Reactive to Pro-Active: The Evolution of a Retail Operations Center
This session will show how Meijer Stores Retail Operations Center (ROC) grew from forensic investigation to providing real time support for both security and operational issues. Attendees will learn how the mission of the ROC has evolved to include crisis management, active ORC response, compliance and employee/customer safety. The session will discuss the additional technologies supporting this initiative and plans for additional data points to be added in the future. Attendees will also hear about the different ROIs achieved for funding discussion purposes.
- Speakers
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Regional Asset Protection Manager, Eastern Region
Meijer, Inc.
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Corporate Investigations Manager
Meijer, Inc.
- Location
- Summit 6-7
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OSHA Enforcement and Regulatory Update
As we plow through the third year of the Biden Administration, it’s time to look back and take stock of what we learned from and about OSHA during these very eventful years. More importantly, as OSHA appears to have turned the page on the pandemic, it is time to look ahead and assess what OSHA's priorities will be in a post-COVID world as we head into an election year, when OSHA’s senior leadership team will look to make sure it has placed its stamp on the agency. That picture is becoming more clear (and more fraught for employers) as OSHA has drastically increased its penalty authority, expanded its dreaded Severe Violator Enforcement Program, redefined its “instance-by-instance” citation policy, and set new records for significant enforcement actions. This session will review these recent OSHA enforcement developments, key OSH Review Commission decisions, and important OSHA rulemakings, and discuss the top OSHA issues retailers should monitor.
- Speakers
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Chair, OSHA Practice Group
Conn Maciel Carey LLP
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Director, Safety & Environmental Programs
AutoZone, Inc.
- Location
- Summit 2-3
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Retailer-Only Roundtable: Investigating in a Quickly Changing Landscape. Let’s Brainstorm!
Between work from home associates and ever-changing technology driving customer growth, our industry has never faced a faster pace of change. These unique challenges have demanded new strategies and approaches to investigating and have pushed the limits of what we can do. We will use this session to go over examples of these challenges, brainstorm on solutions that have been successfully created, and talk through issues that remain a threat.
This session is only available to retail and consumer product manufacturer attendees. Limited to 30 eligible attendees.
- Speakers
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Senior Director, Loss Prevention
The Neiman Marcus Group
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Segment Development Manager, Retail
Axis Communications
- Location
- Summit 10
- 11:15 AM – 1:30 PM
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Expo Experience Lunch
Join your peers for lunch and networking in the Expo Experience.
- Location
- Aurora Exhibit Hall 1-2
- 11:15 AM – 6:00 PM
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Expo Experience Open
The Expo Experience opens now! Join us to network with and learn from the service providers helping retailers meet their asset protection challenges and improve their results!
The Expo Experience runs from 11:15 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. today.
- Location
- Aurora Exhibit Hall 1-2
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1:30 PM – 2:15 PM
5 Concurrent Events
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Live Every Day Like There’s No Tomorrow
Digging deeper into this morning’s main stage presentation on Quality Time Remaining, Steve will share tools for putting your fulfillment, happiness, and satisfaction BEFORE all the distractions, excuses, and obstacles that an ordinary, typical life will throw at you and help you live every day like there’s no tomorrow.
- Speaker
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Author | Speaker | Business Strategy Coach
QTR, LLC
- Location
- Summit 2-3
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Meeting the Needs of a Changing Workforce and Culture: People-Centric Investigations Strategies
Investigations involving minors, a challenging prosecution environment, and an increase in policy violations are all issues facing retailers today. In this session, you will hear how the loss prevention and human resources teams at DICK’S Sporting Goods have collaborated to support new ways of working. You will learn how, maybe radically, different perspectives are being applied that have improved results while better meeting the needs of today's workforce.
- Speakers
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Regional Human Resources Director
DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc.
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Vice President, Loss Prevention
DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc.
- Location
- Summit 8-9
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Retailer-Only Roundtable: The Acceleration of Self-Checkout Fraud – What We’ve Learned, How We’re Combatting It and Where It’s Going?
As more and more retailers ramp up their pace to frictionless shopping with the implementation of self-checkout lanes, the potential fraud from customers and employees is rapidly increasing. During this retailer-only session, we will explore training programs, technology, methods of self-checkout fraud, and the direct impacts to company shrink. We will also dive into strategies for successfully prosecuting these cases, identifying repeat offenders, and minimizing the impacts of self-checkout fraud.
- Speakers
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Senior Manager, Asset Protection
The Kroger Co.
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Director, Supply Chain Asset Protection and Safety
Party City Holdco Inc.
- Location
- Summit 10
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Tours of Duty
This panel discussion will focus on how LP professionals prepare for and execute meaningful store visits. The session will provide examples of how analytical tools, technology, and partnerships drive intentional visits both in specialty retail as well as big box. Participants will walk away with tools that will assist them in determining best practices for store visit selection, as well as how to gain the trust and commitment from store leaders to make improvements.
- Speakers
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Asset Protection Manager
Walgreen Co.
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Director, Asset Protection Solutions
Walgreen Co.
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Regional Loss Prevention Manager
GameStop Corp.
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Director of Loss Prevention
GameStop Corp.
- Location
- Summit 4-5
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Unique Approaches to Common E-Commerce Fraud Issues
Like many retailers, CarMax faces a variety of fraud challenges in the eCommerce space, including identity theft, credit application fraud and other gaming and abuse. Learn how CarMax stood up an enterprise Fraud Committee, led by AP but also including key stake holders such as Technology, Product and Credit and Collections to oversee and ensure company support of their fraud roadmap. Hear about the technology solutions, both in-house and third-party, being used to assess risky transactions, devices, and identities, and how CarMax has reorganized their AP team to address the various type of fraud triage and investigation between Centralized AP and Field AP.
- Speaker
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Assistant Vice President, Asset Protection
CarMax, Inc.
- Location
- Summit 6-7
- 2:15 PM – 2:45 PM
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Business Break
Enjoy a brief break to grab some refreshments.
Sponsored by Signifyd
- Location
- Aurora Ballroom Foyer
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2:45 PM – 3:30 PM
5 Concurrent Events
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Applying Data Science: How Retailers Can Improve Their Shortage Analysis and Markdown Strategy
Burlington and University of Texas MSBA Program students, soon to be freshly minted data scientists have examined the MOS (Marked Out of Stock) process across Burlington stores to understand lost sales margin opportunity and the potential misattribution to shortage (true shrink) driven by improper MOS execution. The results of this study will help drive better decision making (MOS vs markdown decisions) and improve inventory turns and increased sales margins. The students will present their findings and recommendations to this challenge that spans across all segments of retail.
- Speakers
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Student
University of Texas McCombs School of Business, Master of Science in Business Analytics Program
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Student
University of Texas McCombs School of Business, Master of Science in Business Analytics Program
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Student
University of Texas McCombs School of Business, Master of Science in Business Analytics Program
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Director Shortage Control
Burlington Stores, Inc.
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Student
University of Texas McCombs School of Business, Master of Science in Business Analytics Program
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Student
University of Texas McCombs School of Business, Master of Science in Business Analytics Program
- Location
- Summit 2-3
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How Do I Truly Make a Difference in My Community? Leveraging Law Enforcement Relationships to Build Strong Partnerships and Cultivate Community Engagement
By working together, retailers and police may have a positive impact on the community, leading towards safer stores and potentially decreased theft activity. Hear how two retailers (Target & Dick's Sporting Goods) as well as local law enforcement (Thornton Police Department) are collaborating to impact community safety and meaningful law enforcement partnerships. Target and Dick's have created several tactics to engage law enforcement in the communities where they have stores that bolster their relationships with them while creating positive experiences for the community. These tactics consistently net better partnerships, response to incidents, access to off-duty support, and more.
- Speakers
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Interim Regional Loss Prevention Director
DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc.
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Senior Director, Asset Protection
Target Corporation
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Police Officer, Community/Media Relations
Thornton Police Department
- Location
- Summit 6-7
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Legal Liability in Retail Asset Protection
This session will help attendees gain a deeper understanding of legal liability in the retail asset protection context. The session will cover several high-profile lawsuits that highlight the potential risks and consequences associated with asset protection roles and responsibilities. Attendees will walk away with insights into current trends and potential developments in the courts that might impact their strategies and tactics and also inform needed lobbying and government relations messaging.
- Speakers
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Partner
Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP
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Executive Vice-President
CAP Index, Inc.
- Location
- Summit 4-5
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Retailer-Only Roundtable: Asset Protection in Supply Chain
Retail supply chain operations continue to evolve along with shopper preferences, and asset protection leaders work closely to address changing circumstances and ensure that people are safe and products are safeguarded. Connect with fellow retailers to discuss your questions and share leading practices on topics in the supply chain space—including cargo security, DC safety, ecommerce fulfillment challenges, inventory control and much more.
This session is only available to retail and consumer product manufacturer attendees. Limited to 30 eligible attendees.
- Speakers
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Director, Supply Chain Asset Protection
Macy's Inc.
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Director Loss Prevention, Supply Chain
Ulta Beauty, Inc.
- Location
- Summit 10
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Securing Mall-Based Retailers: Best Practices and Partnership
Mall-based retailers are facing an array of security threats. Learn about the suite of technology innovations and practical steps that retailers and mall property managers can leverage to respond effectively.
- Speakers
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Vice President, Asset Protection
Signet Jewelers
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Divisional Vice President, Enterprise Risk Management
Helzberg Diamonds LLC
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Senior Vice President Security
Brookfield Properties
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Sr. Solutions Consultant
Interface Security Systems
- Location
- Summit 8-9
- 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM
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Moving Break
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- Location
- Osceola Ballroom Foyer
- 3:45 PM – 4:30 PM
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Creating an Inclusive Retail AP Team, Culture and Community
Join us to learn how to create an asset protection environment that fosters a sense of belonging for all employees, protects your merchandise and employees, and creates a welcoming and inclusive shopping experience for all. Our speakers will cover best practices and practical strategies for making inclusive choices about team composition and promoting equity and community trust through clear policies and procedures.
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Vice President, Asset Protection, Operations & Safety
Macy's Inc.
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VP, Global Asset Protection and Corp. Security
Lululemon Athletica, Inc.
- Location
- Aurora Ballroom
- 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
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Expo Experience Reception
Join other conference attendees for this great networking opportunity.
Sponsored by Axis Communications
- Location
- Aurora Exhibit Hall 1-2
- 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
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Break Stuff Room (Networking Event)
Stop into the Break Stuff Room, sit back and relax for a few minutes and witness just how easy it is for bad actors to break your storefront’s glass and how it can be prevented. Stick around after the reception and enjoy one last refreshment while networking with colleagues.
Sponsored by Safe Haven Defense
- Location
- Aurora Exhibit Hall 3
- 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM
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Registration and Information Desk Open
Pick up your registration materials here, along with answers to all your questions.
- Location
- Aurora Ballroom Foyer
- 7:15 AM – 8:15 AM
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Crimes Against Business Committee Meeting - Invite Only
Open only to RILA Crimes Against Business Committee members and strategic partners. If your company is a RILA member retailer and you do not have representation on the Committee, please reach out to Lisa LaBruno at Lisa.labruno@rila.org to learn how to get engaged.
- Location
- Crest 3
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7:45 AM – 8:30 AM
2 Concurrent Events
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Breakfast
Please join us for breakfast and networking before the day begins.
- Location
- Aurora Ballroom Foyer
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Women in Asset Protection Breakfast
Please join us for a separate breakfast for the Women in Asset Protection before the day begins.
Sponsored by Zebra Technologies
- Location
- Rockies Square
- 8:30 AM – 9:15 AM
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Collaborating and Engineering Stores to Foster Vibrant Communities
Retailers are deploying new strategies and tactics to deter crime and reduce violence. Join two leading asset protection voices as they share their approaches to collaboration and store engineering to foster vibrant communities.
- Speakers
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Vice President, Asset Protection & Safety
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
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Vice President, Asset Protection
Meijer, Inc.
- Location
- Aurora Ballroom
- 9:15 AM – 9:35 AM
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Deploying Body Worn Cameras in the US Effectively
Retailers face a critical challenge in keeping store associates and customers safe from violence. Join a leading retailer who has deployed body worn cameras in the United States sharing insights and key lessons learned from that experience.
- Speakers
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Director, Asset Protection & Risk Management
Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI)
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Divisional Vice President, Asset Protection & Risk Management
Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI)
- Location
- Aurora Ballroom
- 9:35 AM – 10:00 AM
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Fostering an Active and Accountable Safety Culture
Creating a safety culture is a perennial challenge for retailers with large workforces. This session will offer a candid assessment of what it takes to create an accountable safety culture with clear ROI for the business.
- Speaker
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Director, Safety & HazMat
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
- Location
- Aurora Ballroom
- 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
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Business Break
Enjoy a brief break to grab some snacks and refreshments.
Sponsored by Telaid
- Location
- Aurora Ballroom Foyer
- 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
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Ask an Asset Protection Leader -- Walgreens (Retailer-Only)
Each “Ask an Asset Protection Leader” session features a senior retail asset protection executive and offers the unique opportunity for Q&A and discussion with some of the most notable asset protection leaders in the industry. These sessions are open only to retailers and are limited to 25 participants. The topics are up to you! Ask your most burning questions on asset protection issues, industry trends, career development, and more!
This session is only available to retail and consumer product manufacturer attendees. Limited to 25 eligible attendees.
- Speaker
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Group Vice President of Asset Protection and Comprehensive Loss
Walgreen Co.
- Location
- Summit 10
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10:30 AM – 11:15 AM
4 Concurrent Events
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A Different Kind of Shrink: Losing BIPOC Customers Due to Bias in LP Policies
According to Sephora’s landmark Racial Bias in Retail Study, most U.S. BIPOC shoppers do not voice concerns about negative shopping experiences directly to retailers, creating missed opportunities for feedback and improvement, and impacting future sales as shoppers take their business elsewhere. Three in five BIPOC shoppers are unlikely to visit that specific location again (57%) and two in five BIPOC shoppers are unlikely to visit to any store location (43%). That is a different kind of "shrink." Moderated by Open to All, panelists will share how they are transforming their approach to loss prevention leading to enhanced client experience, decreased racial bias incidents, reduced retail shrinkage, and improved sales.
- Speakers
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District Loss Prevention Manager
Sephora USA, LLC
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Deputy Director
Open to All
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Security and Compliance Manager - Americas
H&M
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SVP, Asset Protection
Burlington Stores, Inc.
- Location
- Summit 6-7
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CCTV Reimaged: Doing More With the Same . . .
Learn how Dollar Tree is maximizing the use of their existing CCTV systems with a technology that is patterned after POS EBR video recorded transactions. This session will highlight the additional multi-purpose uses and financial benefits of dashboarding exceptions for video reporting, monitoring, verification along with real-time notifications for 24/7 perimeter/interior door activity.
- Speakers
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Vice President Asset Protection
Dollar Tree, Inc.
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Principal, Asset Protection
Solink Corporation
- Location
- Summit 4-5
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Get Informed About the New INFORM Act
The INFORM Consumers Act requires online marketplaces to take major initiative to know their third-party sellers while also imposing significant liability for failing to take appropriate action against bad actors. The Federal Trade Commission and state enforcers are charged with enforcing the Act, but AP executives have an important role to play. Join us for a robust discussion on how the new law works and ways in which AP executives can facilitate its enforcement.
- Speakers
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Partner
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
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Senior Executive Vice President & General Counsel
RILA
- Location
- Summit 2-3
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Retail Partnering with Law Enforcement: Cooperation in Action
Follow a prosecution of ORC from the inception of the investigation through to the indictment. Learn how private retail partners joined local, state and national law enforcement in disrupting the means, market and money of a $50 million ORC organization in a cooperative effort that resulted in millions in seizures and asset forfeiture.
- Speakers
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Assistant State's Attorney, Supervisor of Computer and Internet Crimes
WIll County, Illinois
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Assistant State's Attorney, Forfeiture and Financial Crimes
WIll County, Illinois
- Location
- Summit 8-9
- 11:15 AM – 1:30 PM
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Expo Experience Lunch
Join us for a buffet style lunch and networking in the Expo Experience.
- Location
- Aurora Exhibit Hall 1-2
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11:15 AM – 6:00 PM
2 Concurrent Events
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Break Stuff Room (Networking Event)
Don’t miss spending a few minutes in the Break Stuff Room to not just relax but to also witness just how easy it is for bad actors to break your storefront’s glass and how it can be prevented.
Sponsored by Safe Haven Defense
- Location
- Aurora Exhibit Hall 3
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Expo Experience Open
The Expo Experience opens now! Join us to network with and learn from the service providers helping retailers meet their asset protection challenges and improve their results!
The Expo Experience runs from 11:30 a.m.- 6:00 p.m. today.
- Location
- Aurora Exhibit Hall 1-2
- 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
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Asset Protection Leaders Council Meeting - Invite Only
Open only to RILA Asset Protection Leaders Council members and strategic partners. If your company is a RILA member retailer and you do not have representation on the Committee, please reach out to Lisa LaBruno at Lisa.labruno@rila.org to learn how to get engaged.
- Location
- Crest 3
- 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM
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Asset Protection Leadership Insights
A panel of Asset Protection pyramid heads will share their personal leadership journeys, including how the role of AP leader is evolving, how they navigate demanding asset protection challenges, how changes in the retail business have impacted their teams, and offer their best advice to aspiring asset protection leaders.
- Moderator
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Regional Director of Loss Prevention
DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc.
- Speakers
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Senior Director of Asset Protection
Foot Locker, Inc.
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Vice President, Asset Protection
Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
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Director, Asset Protection, Crisis & Business Continuity
Aldi Inc.
- Location
- Aurora Ballroom
- 2:15 PM – 2:45 PM
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Business Break
Enjoy snacks and refreshments while you check emails, make calls and network.
- Location
- Aurora Ballroom Foyer
- 2:45 PM – 3:15 PM
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Ask an Asset Protection Leader -- Bath & Body Works (Retailer-Only)
Each “Ask an Asset Protection Leader” session features a senior retail asset protection executive and offers the unique opportunity for Q&A and discussion with some of the most notable asset protection leaders in the industry. These sessions are open only to retailers and are limited to 25 participants. The topics are up to you! Ask your most burning questions on asset protection issues, industry trends, career development, and more!
This session is only available to retail and consumer product manufacturer attendees. Limited to 25 eligible attendees.
- Speaker
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Vice President, Asset Protection
Bath & Body Works, Inc.
- Location
- Summit 10
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2:45 PM – 3:30 PM
4 Concurrent Events
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Combat ORC with Collaboration—ACCESS Taskforce
When asset protection professionals collaborate, they help define trends, build prosecutable cases against ORC, prevent future violent crimes, and take their seat in the boardroom with a proven ROI. LVT partnered with retailers, local governments, local law enforcement, and the Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC) to create the ACCESS Taskforce, or the Alliance of Companies and Communities to Enhance Safety and Security, to make communities safer by reducing ORC. Participants in the ACCESS Taskforce will discuss the effects, the recent data, and how the technology has made a difference in the number of parking lot incidents and crime throughout their communities.
- Speakers
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Chief of Police
City of Opelika Police Department
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Head of Retail - Go To Market
LiveView Technologies
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Director, Security and Investigations
Advance Auto Parts, Inc.
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Police Chief
Paducah Police Department
- Location
- Summit 4-5
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Emerging Technology to Mitigate Worker Injuries
Policies, procedures, and training are essential to building a strong safety culture across your organization. But technology has taken on an increasingly important role in reducing workplace injuries. In this “rapid-fire” session, retailers with industry leading safety programs will share an overview of promising technologies that are keeping their people safe.
- Speakers
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Director Enterprise Safety
Best Buy Co., Inc.
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U.S. Safety & Security Manager
IKEA North America Services, LLC
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Director, DC Loss Prevention & Safety
The Michaels Companies, Inc.
- Location
- Summit 8-9
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Employing GPS Technology to Stem Major Crimes Activity
During this session, you’ll hear from retailers who are deploying GPS tracking technology as a complementary approach to their existing LP solutions and learn how this easy-to-deploy and manage solution provides cost-effective, flexible, and intelligent protection for their stores. GPS is a well-known technology, but when used by retailers in conjunction with direct law enforcement agency support, the platform becomes a powerful tool that leads to safer stores, and high success rates both in recovering stolen assets, making apprehensions under challenging conditions, and deterring future crime by putting criminals behind bars.
- Speakers
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Vice President, US Retail, Canada and International Markets
3SI Security Systems
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Senior Manager, Omnichannel Investigations
GameStop Corp.
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Sergeant
Colorado Springs Police Department
- Location
- Summit 2-3
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Leveraging OSINT to Inform Security and Loss Prevention Strategies
Join Open-Source Intelligence retail investigators and law enforcement in a panel discussion exploring how to leverage publicly available information to identify threats and risks, investigate fraud and threat actors, prepare an actionable case for law enforcement, and reduce losses in your retail business.
- Speakers
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Director, Retail Crime and Fraud
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
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Detective and Task Force Officer, FBI Southern Colorado Safe Streets Task Force
Colorado Springs Police Department
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Senior Manager, AP Investigations
The Home Depot, Inc.
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VP of Marketing
Skopenow. Inc.
- Location
- Summit 6-7
- 3:45 PM – 4:15 PM
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Conversation with Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser
Join a fireside chat with Colorado’s Attorney General to learn more about the work of his office to improve the criminal justice system and protect public safety. The conversation will also dive into his leadership in combating organized retail crime and the progress being made through Colorado’s statewide retail theft taskforce.
- Speakers
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Senior Executive Vice President, State Affairs & Communications
RILA
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Colorado Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General Colorado
- Location
- Aurora Ballroom
- 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM
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Federal Government Response to ORC and eCommerce Fraud
This presentation will outline how the Department of Homeland Security is partnering with retailers to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle organized retail criminal organizations and prevent eCommerce fraud.
- Speaker
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HSI Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
US Department of Homeland Security
- Location
- Aurora Ballroom
- 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
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Expo Experience Reception
Join other conference attendees for this great networking opportunity.
Sponsored by Flock Safety
- Location
- Aurora Exhibit Hall 1-2
- 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM
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Breakfast
Please join us for breakfast and networking before the day begins.
- Location
- Aurora Ballroom Foyer
- 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM
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Registration and Information Desk Open
Here with answers to all your questions.
- Location
- Aurora Ballroom Foyer
- 8:30 AM – 9:05 AM
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Transforming Asset Protection into a Customer-Centric Organization
This session will examine the quickly changing retail landscape and how asset protection must be agile in adapting to new ways retailers are engaging customers. Learn from the world's largest retailer how they have transformed asset protection into an organization that protects against loss while creating a value proposition for the omnichannel customer.
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Senior Director, Asset Protection
Walmart Inc.
- Location
- Aurora Ballroom
- 9:05 AM – 9:50 AM
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Breaking the Spell of High Conflict to Shape a Resilient Future
Conflict, whether political or personal, can escalate and become toxic, as we keep seeing in the news, on social media, in politics. At this level, known as "high conflict," we start sorting the world into good and evil, us and them. Things become suddenly very clear. Our brains behave differently. We tend to exaggerate the differences between ourselves and the other political party or racial or religious group (or sibling or co-worker), without realizing we are doing it. We believe the other side cannot change, even when it can. Eventually, everyone suffers, to varying degrees. To try to understand how people get bewitched by high conflict--and how they get out--Amanda spent four years following a politician in California, a former gang leader in Chicago, a divided synagogue in New York City and other conflict survivors all over the world. She discovered that the secret is not to get out of conflict; conflict itself is essential, and it can be healthy and good. The key is to get out of high conflict. From the stories and the science of conflict, Amanda has identified the "fire-starter" forces that tend to cause high conflict--as well as the practical but counterintuitive rules of "good conflict." This work is surprising and ultimately hopeful, and it has transformed how Amanda operates as a journalist.
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Investigative Journalist & Best Selling Author
AmandaRipley.com
- Location
- Aurora Ballroom
- 9:50 AM – 10:00 AM
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Conference Closing remarks
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- Location
- Aurora Ballroom
- 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
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Book Signing with Amanda Ripley
Join Amanda Ripley following her general session in Rockies Square for a signing of "High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out."
- Location
- Rockies Square
- 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Post-Conference Workshop: Looking Outside the Box
With the increasing volume of theft throughout the country, we need to stay on top on new ways, mixed with old ways, to help identify the bad actors. There are many ways for bad actors to move their product over numerous platforms. This class will look at ways of identifying these actors by 'looking outside the box' of our normal searches, identify sources and databases that can assist in identification, and look at new search techniques for social media.
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Private Investigator
JAG Investigations
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- Summit 6-7
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