Niall Murphy is an entrepreneur, investor and technologist who has built pioneering businesses in internet and mobile internet networks, digital twins and traceability for consumer products, and e-commerce logistics, operating in Europe, the US and Africa. He has been named a World Economic Forum Global Innovator and a Fast Company World Changing Ideas award winner. Murphy founded and served as CEO of item traceability platform EVRYTHNG (acquired by Digimarc) and co-founded pan-European Wi-Fi network The Cloud (acquired by Sky). Most recently, he led the turnaround of American Eagle Outfitters Inc.’s e-commerce logistics venture, Quiet Platforms. Murphy serves on the advisory boards of blockchain network IOTA, space-based data center startup Lonestar and on-demand manufacturer DXM. His patents and inventions include originating the upgrade to the global barcode standard giving every product a web address, standardized by GS1.

Chris Walton is a leading expert and influencer in omnichannel retailing. An accomplished Senior Executive, Chris has high-level executive experience across nearly every discipline within retail. Currently he is the Co-CEO of Omni Talk, one of the fastest growing media companies in retail. He is also a Senior Contributor for Forbes, where his work has been read by over 4 million people, a regular keynote speaker, and he also sits on the Advisory Boards for Ownit AI, Buncha, Sezzle, Firework, and Mirakl. Prior to starting Omni Talk, Chris worked for Target, where he was the Vice President of the retailer’s Store of the Future project and also the Vice President of Merchandising for Home Furnishings on Target.com. Chris began his career at Gap, Inc. and holds a BA in Economics and History from Stanford University, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Anne Mezzenga is a top retail influencer and Co-CEO of Omni Talk, one of the fastest-growing media platforms in retail, where she provides expert commentary on the future of the retail industry and current trends. Anne also serves on boards for Firework, Buncha, Ownit, Lucky, Broadhead, Scrollmark, and Delivery Solutions. Prior to starting Omni Talk, Anne was an executive leading Target’s Store of the Future project and spent time in leadership positions at ad agencies Martin Williams and Fallon, as well as media outlets NBC Universal in New York and Minneapolis FOX affiliate KMSP. From 2014-2022 she also owned and ran operations and marketing for three boutique fitness facilities in the Twin Cities.

Baz is a Partner at Antler, a venture capital firm that is the world’s most active early-stage investor. He is particularly focused on building impactful innovation models to drive corporate-startup relationships.

Over the past 25 years, Baz has had first-hand experiences with innovation from the perspective of startups, consultants, VCs, and blue-chip corporations. He has been an active investor, advisor, CEO, or founding member of over 40 startups and brings expertise from several industries including retail, consumer goods, technology and healthcare.

Baz was previously the Global Managing Director of Unilever’s innovation business unit, The Foundry. He has served as CEO and Partner of a London-based retail/ consumer venture capital fund, was the founder of Accenture’s Global Medical Technology Practice and the EMEA Lead, and was a founding member of a Life Sciences IoT startup that scaled across Europe and the US.