- Doubling the number of expert speakers
- Doubling the number of workshops and interactive leadership panels focused on solving specific ecommerce challenges.
- Increasing agenda tracks from four in 2018 (Business Models, Channel Strategies, Content & Data Mgmt. and Technology) to six in 2019, with the addition of tracks on Customer Experience and Change Management.
- Adding new peer-to-peer roundtables that allow B2B executives to share their ecommerce experiences and discuss solutions to shared problems.
- Adding four pre-conference sponsored workshops—each run by top technology companies—that dive deeply into the core technologies helping the B2B industry advance ecommerce initiatives.
- Expanding meeting space to accommodate more than 1,200 B2B professionals, making B2B Next the largest business ecommerce event in the world.
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Playing to Win in a Digital-First Business Economy
A digital-first B2B economy is no longer a lofty idea that belongs in the future. It’s happening right now and B2B professionals have no higher priority than positioning their companies to win the high-stakes ecommerce race. B2B Next is the premier conference for B2B executives embracing the ecommerce opportunity.
In 2018, sales originating on B2B ecommerce websites soared past the trillion dollar milestone, growing 11% to $1.1 trillion, according to the 2019 U.S. B2B Ecommerce Market Report from Digital Commerce 360. Adding in EDI transactions brings total electronic transactions to more than half of the nearly $15 trillion U.S. B2B market.
Such rapid transformation of the largest and most complex part of the American economy is certain to produce winners and losers. B2B Next is designed to help B2B executives navigate the ecommerce imperative and prosper. The second annual B2B Next Conference & Exhibition coming to Chicago Sept. 30-Oct. 2 has one goal: To equip B2B executives with actionable plans to win the ecommerce race.
2019 B2B Next: Expanding on Last Year’s Success
At its inaugural event in 2018, B2B Next received rave reviews from many of the more than 700 executives who attended from B2B companies of all sizes and from multiple industries. They experienced a new type of business ecommerce event based on interactive learning with peers and industry experts, practical how-to tips, and objective intelligence on digital strategies and technologies—all designed to enable attendees to accelerate their corporate ecommerce initiatives.
For 2019, B2B Next builds on this success by extending the conference from two to three days and greatly expanding its content by:
Conference Agenda
B2B Next features a conference agenda crafted by co-founder Andy Hoar, one of the world’s leading authorities on B2B ecommerce, and the editorial team of B2BecNews, a leader in B2B ecommerce news and analysis. The agenda is designed to deliver actionable insights from experienced B2B executives, case studies from leading companies, interactive workshops and peer-to-peer roundtable discussions. Attendees will benefit from a highly-instructive program that will equip them with strategies to transform their companies into leaders in a digital-first economy.
B2B Next’s Agenda Features:
2019 B2B Next Speakers
Each of B2B Next’s 70+ general session, case study presenters, workshop speakers and peer-to-peer roundtable leaders is a leading authority on the topic they will address. The conference will begin with a keynote address from a recognized visionary in the digital commerce world, Patty McCord,, former chief talent officer at Netflix., who served as Chief Talent Officer at Netflix for 14 years. Patty is one of the world's leading experts on high-performing cultures and helped author the Netflix Culture Deck, which has been viewed more than 15 million times online and is a document that Sheryl Sandberg once called "maybe the most important document ever to come out of Silicon Valley." Patty will discuss how building a culture of freedom and responsibility strips away the constraints that can thwart high-performers so your teams can be lean, nimble, motivated and happy.
In addition, B2B Next’s host and event co-founder, Andy Hoar, not only authored the definitive work on B2B ecommerce but is one of the most sought-after speakers in the B2B space.
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The digital transformation of business profoundly affects every type of industry and multiple business disciplines. That is why the B2B Next conference agenda has been expanded to include sessions devoted to addressing the different ecommerce challenges of manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers and resellers. Playing to win in ecommerce requires participation and alignment from each arm of your business—executive, marketing, finance and tech teams—and they must all be equipped with the knowledge they need to transform your company into a digital-first business. The B2B Next agenda is packed with content to satisfy the separate informational needs of all the key members of your team so that your company can take a comprehensive approach to ecommerce.
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