Speakers

Across all three days of RetailVision Europe, our attendees will benefit from industry insight sessions focusing on current retail trends and showing you how to best grow your business.

Our speaker line-up currently includes:

Bob Snyder, Editor in Chief, The Distribution Channel



Bob Snyder is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of THE DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL, publishers of CONSUMER I.T., print and electronic publications for high-volume buyers of consumer I.T. in Europe. A well-known commentator on European I.T. industry, Bob has been a guest speaker on I.T. distribution for such firms as Lucent, NEC, Toshiba, AMD, Intel, EIA, Hannover Fairs, Hewlett-Packard, SUN, and many others. He is currently Vice-President of the ITCA with more than 6000 channel members worldwide. CONSUMER I.T. is owned and published by The Distribution Channel Ltd., content providers to the channel and publishers of the weekly e-newsletters IT Solution Providers (networking channels), On CE (consumer electronics channels), rAVe Europe (Pro Audio Video channels), and ECI (European Custom Installer for Home Theater & Home Automation).

Dr. Rudolf Aunkofer, Global Research Director IT, GfK Retail & Technology



Rudolf Aunkofer is Global Research Director IT at GfK Retail and Technology GmbH. He is responsible for GfK’s IT Tracking Activities across the different geographies with focus on EMEA, CEE & CIS.  Prior to joining GfK, Rudolf Aunkofer worked in sales management for Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG and in product management for AEG Hausgeräte GmbH.

Rudolf Aunkofer is the author of many articles related to Information Technology in Germany and Europe and also lectures on this subject.  He is author of the book entitled “Future Concept Multimedia”. Rudolf Aunkofer received his Ph.D. in Management Science and teaches Management & Corporate Planning.


Robert Gregory, Research Director, PlanetRetail



Robert Gregory has over a decade's experience in retail research, working for a number of high profile international companies. His current role is as Research Director for London-based Planet Retail where he focuses on the electronics sector globally, as well as the modern grocery sector in Asia. Robert is a keen traveler having visited the region regularly to speak at events and see the latest retail initiatives. He is also a regular contributor to a number of publications globally, including Retail Week.

Ranjit Atwal, Principal Analyst, Gartner


Ranjit Atwal is a principal analyst in Gartner's Technology & Service Provider Research group. As manager of the World-wide PC market  Ranjit is responsible for keeping abreast off all major developments in and around the PC Eco-system and then unterpretting the impact on the PC market itself. The impact of the iPad is a classic example. His area of expertise is the World wide and EMEA Professional and consumer market, with a focus on the new form factors, impact of virtualisation technologies, vendors, and market trends and dynamics.