ECR Asia Pacific Conference

The 10th Annual ECR Asia Pacific Conference

This annual ECR Asia Pacific Conference brings together major retailers and suppliers in the region to showcase the various ECR initiatives that have been successfully implemented.

Conference Details

The 10th Annual ECR Asia Pacific Conference will be held at the Raffles City Convention Centre, Swissotel, Singapore from 22 - 24 October 2007 with the theme Enhancing the Consumer Value.

We have invited several prominent speakers to share their experiences with the delegates. They include:

  • Mr Robert A. McDonald, Chief Operating Officer, The Procter & Gamble Company
  • Mr Robert Wilkinson, Deputy President, Coca Cola Europe
  • Ms Marianne Timmons, Vice President Supply Chain & Director of Business to Business, Wegmans Food Markets Inc. USA
  • Mr Keith Bartlett, Group IT & Logistic, AS Watson Group Hong Kong & Council Member of CCRRC-Asia
  • Ms Sonia Gupta, Senior Managing Consultant, IBM Consulting
  • Mr Ashok Charan, Regional Area Client Director, Asia Pacific, AC Nielsen Research (S) Pte Ltd
  • Mr Hiroshi Takano, President & Aquatic Photojournalist, Aqua Image Inc.
  • Ms Yuka Kanehara, Director, Izumiya Research Institute Co., Ltd
  • Ms Anna Lin, CEO, GS1 Hong Kong
  • Mr Tetsuya Hamabe, Director, Distribution & Logistics Policy Division Commerce & Distribution Policy Group, Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry, Japan
  • Mr Bertrand de Senneville, Administration & Operations Director, L'Oreal
  • Mr Ji Xiao An, Chairman, Beijing Hualian Hypermarket
  • Senior Directors of Accenture, IBM, L’Oreal, Loscam, Unilever, CHEP and LHT Holdings Ltd

The break-out sessions will feature best practices covering the GDSN, ECR Asia Pacific Award Winners: 4th, 5th and 6th positions, ECR Asia Pacific "Food Retail Formats in Asia: Understanding Format Success" by Mr Keith Bartlett, Group IT & Logistic Director, AS Watson Group Hong Kong & Council Member of CCRRC-Asia and Ms Sonia Gupta, Senior Managing Consultant, IBM Consulting, out-of-stock, Food Market & Culture in Japan and Shrinkage.

In addition, the ECR Asia Awards 2007 which was introduced in 2004 will be presented to the winners to encourage cooperation and collaboration among trading partners, to recognise efforts made in the ECR movement, and to stimulate sharing of best practices that would improve efficiency in the distribution chain.