Speakers
Kieran Boyce
Retail Fulfillment & Digital Operations Lead,
MECCA
Mick Bunt
Director | 3PO
Joel Randal
Operations Director | Culture Kings
Guy Nappa
COO | Oz Hair & Beauty
Toni Baston
Head of Seller | Woolworths MarketPlus
Abi Bennett
COO | Starshipit
Shane Alexander
Head of Transport & Customer Delivery Experience | King Living
Carlos Varela
Ecommerce Supply Chain Manager | Colgate-Palmolive
Hakan Steele
Partnership & Sales Manager | StarShipIT
Adrian Araujo
Regional Vice President | Snowflake
Lou Milicevic
Managing Director | Asendia
Alexander Babich
Managing Director | Kulani Kinis
Sanjay Prakash
AI Practice Lead APAC | Microsoft
Michael Jackson
CEO & Director | NARTA
Welcome to Retail Operations Leaders’ Velocity Summit 2026
The Retail Operations Leaders: Velocity Summit is the inaugural forum designed for senior operations professionals tasked with delivering performance in an increasingly complex retail environment.
Bringing together leaders from across the ecosystem, the summit provides a space to sense-check the latest advancements and innovations, while grounding discussion in what is demonstrably working.
The focus is clear:
– Practical insight from experienced operators
– Emerging case studies driving measurable supply chain improvement
– A forward view on how retailers must evolve to remain competitive
The agenda also spotlights Australia’s leading supply chain entrepreneurs, offering a perspective from those actively reshaping the infrastructure behind modern retail.
This is where operational leadership meets real-world execution.
Key session themes include
The agentic operator - the five year trajectory
Under the hood with Australia's leading retail operators
Measuring what actually moves the needle
Autonomous Ops:
What happens when no one is driving?
Returns, Waste and the Economics of Reverse Logistics
Platform dependency and the erosion of operational control
Forecasting in an unstable world
Summit Partners
Industry Supporting Partner
Plenary Speaking Partners
It's all happening here
The Grounds of Alexandria, Sydney
7a/2 Huntley St, Alexandria NSW 2015