Conference on Trust in Retailing

Tentative Conference Schedule:

Wednesday, February 18th

5:30 p.m. Opening Keynote
Louis Stern, John D. Gray Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Marketing, Dorinda and Mark Winkelman Distinguished Scholar at the Wharton School and Co-Director of the Jay H. Baker Retailing Initiative

6:30 p.m. Cocktails and Hors D’Oeuvres

Thursday, February 19th

7:00 a.m. Breakfast

8:30 a.m. Keynote Address
Samuel Zell, Chairman and Director, Equity Group Investments

9:30 a.m. Morning Panel
“Building and Maintaining Trust in the Retail Industry”
Moderator: Russell Hardin, Professor of Politics, New York University
Loring Knoblauch, President and CEO, Underwriters Laboratories
David Bernauer, Chairman and CEO, Walgreens
Michael Krasny, Former CEO of CDW

11:30 p.m. Lunch

12:30 p.m. Afternoon Panel
"Strategies for Rebuilding Damaged or Lost Trust”
Moderator: Carol Heimer, Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University
Ed Brennan, Retired Chairman, President, and CEO, Sears, Roebuck and Co.
John Rowe, Chairman and CEO, Exelon Corporation

2:30 p.m. Break

3:00 p.m. Closing Keynote
Daniel Diermeier, IBM Distinguished Professor of Regulation and Competitive Practice, Northwestern University

3:30 p.m. Cocktail Reception