Congress 2022

Wednesday - May 25th
Tuesday - May 24th

Start Time	Name	Session Type	Speakers
9:00 AM	Opening of day two
	SPAR South Africa		Brett Botten, CEO, SPAR South Africa
	Sustainability through a circular economy		Maayke-Aimée Damen, Director Circular Economy, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
	SPAR Norway		Ole Fjeldheim, CEO, SPAR Norway
	Panel: Progress and Development		George Chubinishvili, Board Member, SPAR Georgia Elona Hametaj, CEO, SPAR Albania Agon Gashi, CEO, SPAR Kosovo
	Circular Actions for a Green Transition		Martijn Lopes Cardozo, CEO, Circular Economy
11:05 AM	Coffee & Networking break	Break
11:35 AM	Ecommerce & Digital Progression at SPAR		Zsuzsa Hordai, Strategy Projects Manager, SPAR International
	Panel: Online & Digital Transformation at SPAR		Geeske Burema, Chief Commercial Officer, SPAR Netherlands David Kovačič, CEO, SPAR Slovenia Joseph Azzopardi, CEO, SPAR Malta
	More than progress - from Dutch online pioneer to leading global online food delivery marketplace		Jitse Groen, Founder and CEO, Just Eat Takeaway.com
	SPAR China		Mr K Hu, General Manager, SPAR Guangdong
1:00 PM	Lunch & Networking break	Break
2:05 PM	SPAR Croatia		Helmut Fenzl, CEO, SPAR Croatia
	Panel: Growing SPAR in Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA)		Kumar de Silva, CEO, SPAR Sri Lanka Turki Alsadhan, Managing Director, SPAR Saudi Arabia Darren Lança, CEO, SPAR Zimbabwe Hassan Alkiyami, COO, SPAR Qatar
	A Time for Change		Stefan Hyttfors, Futurist and Author
	Invitation to the 66th International SPAR Congress in South Africa		Brett Botten, CEO, SPAR South Africa
4:00 PM	Conclusion of the 65th International SPAR Congress		Graham O'Connor, President, SPAR International

Time Zone: (UTC+01:00) Amsterdam []

Start Time	Name	Session Type	Speakers
9:00 AM	Opening of the 65th International SPAR Congress		Graham O'Connor, President, SPAR International
	Welcome to Netherlands		Arthur van Dijk, Commissioner to the King of the Netherlands
	SPAR in the Netherlands		John van der Ent, CEO, SPAR Netherlands
	Keynote: The Global Economy - Analysis and forecast		Ira Kalish, Global Chief Economist, Deloitte
	SPAR Better Together - Progress with Purpose		Tobias Wasmuht, Managing Director, SPAR International
10:55 AM	Coffee & Networking break	Break
11:25 AM	SPAR Austria		Fritz Poppmeier, CEO, SPAR Austria
	SPAR Italy		Filippo Fabbri, Managing Director, SPAR Italy
	SPAR Ireland		Suzanne Weldon, Chief Marketing Officer, SPAR Ireland
	Progress with Purpose - A SPAR independent retailer’s journey		Peter Bolleman, Entrepeneur and SPAR Retailer
12:40 PM	Lunch & networking	Break
1:55 PM	SPAR UK		Louise Hoste, Managing Director, SPAR UK
	SPAR Switzerland		Rob Philipson, CEO, SPAR Switzerland
	SPAR Hungary		Gabriella Heizsler, CEO, SPAR Hungary
	SPAR Data Services for the benefit of all		Tom Rose, Head of Operations, SPAR International
	Opportunities in the Big Data Revolution		Victor Mayer-Schönberger, Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation, University of Oxford
3:20 PM	Coffee & networking break	Break
3:50 PM	SPAR Denmark		Esben Keller, Managing Director, SPAR Denmark
	Progress with Purpose - The growth of SPAR in Scotland		Colin Mclean, CEO, SPAR Scotland
	Keynote: Great Opportunities and Long for Change		René Boender, Innovator & Trend Teller
5:05 PM	Conclusion of day one

Time Zone: (UTC+01:00) Amsterdam []

Celebrating 90 years of the SPAR Brand

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