Accelerate is dedicated to one thing: practical advice from top speakers that can be immediately applied to your organization. This year’s program has a mix of industry leaders sharing best practices, practical workshop sessions, and expert panelists discussing issues affecting their businesses and how they’re tackling them.
Monday
3:00 PM
9:00 PM
Registration
6:30 PM
9:00 PM
Opening reception in The Langham's Grana restaurant. Join senior executives for a one-of-a-kind opportunity to network and discuss key issues affecting groups and their independent members.
Tuesday
7:00 AM
8:00 AM
Breakfast
8:00 AM
8:25 AM
Welcome
8:30 AM
9:00 AM
Making it Rain - Mike Shumard, Executive Vice President, Sphere 1
9:05 AM
9:35 AM
Inclusive Leadership: Developing the IDCO Women’s Leadership Group - Melissa Woodley, Director of Co-op Operations, IDCO
9:40 AM
10:10 AM
Strategic On-Boarding - Kevin Chow, President & CEO, Triple S
10:10 AM
10:30 AM
Break
10:30 AM
11:15 AM
Super Charging Your Board Workshop - Adam Schwartz, Founder, The Cooperative Way
11:20 AM
12:00 PM
Panel: The Board's Perspective
12:00 PM
12:45 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM
1:45 PM
Have I Ever - Kevin Cox, Chief Product Officer, LBMX Inc.
1:50 PM
2:35 PM
Panel: Two Perspectives - Europe and North America
2:40 PM
2:55 PM
Unpacking Member Value: Part 1 - Trent Bartlett, Board Chairman, Travellers Choice
3:00 PM
3:30 PM
Break
3:30 PM
10:00 PM
Fenway Experience
Wednesday
7:00 AM
8:00 AM
Breakfast
8:00 AM
8:25 AM
Welcome to Day Two!
8:30 AM
9:30 AM
Keynote: Going and Coming - How Business Turnover Will Impact Our Main Streets in the Future - Gina Schaefer, Speaker, Author, Co-Founder, ACE Hardware
9:35 AM
10:05 AM
Employee Owned Business - David Hammer, Executive Director, The ICA Group
10:05 AM
10:30 AM
Break
10:30 AM
12:00 PM
Unpacking Member Value: Workgroups - Trent Bartlett, Chairman, Travellers Choice
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM
1:25 PM
Unpacking Member Value: Learnings - Trent Bartlett, Chairman, Travellers Choice
1:30 PM
2:00 PM
Unleashing Creativity - Suzanne Walsh, Director, Business Development, Sexton Group Ltd.
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
Navigating the AI Revolution: Three Ways Buying Groups Should Be Using AI - Ana Markhel, Product Manager AI | ML, LBMX Inc.
2:30 PM
2:40 PM
Break
2:45 PM
3:30 PM
Fireside Chat: Don Anderson, Former President & CEO, IPC & Jack Bailey, Attorney & Business Consultant
