Retail CIO Connect 2026 is an exclusive, invite-only forum designed for senior IT and technology leaders from the UK’s top retailers. The event provides a collaborative space for CIOs and CTOs to share real-world lessons, navigate industry challenges, and shape the next generation of retail technology leadership.

The event has a number of key themes:

• Turning AI Into ROI: Moving beyond experimentation with AI and Generative AI.
  

• Designing the Future Retail Experience: Exploring hyper-personalised shopping journeys across both digital and physical channels.

• Modernising Legacy Systems: Strategies for CIOs to simplify complex, older IT infrastructures.

• Building Cyber Resilience: Strengthening retail cybersecurity frameworks, mitigating digital risks, and embedding a proactive culture of technical vigilance across all operations.

• Shaping the Future of Retail Technology Leadership: Redefining next-generation priorities to drive customer-centric, AI-enabled, and innovation-led growth.

While at the event, we will be meeting with a number of attendees to discuss their Agentic AI goals. If you would like to meet our team, click the button above.