Join us in Newport Beach
for Aptos Engage Direct!

We’re bringing the Engage experience to you! Aptos Engage Direct distills the best from our signature event into a single day of accessible, interactive learning and networking. Hosted in the heart of Newport Beach to maximize your value and minimize your commitments.

Aptos Engage Direct
Newport Beach

Date & time: Thursday, May 2, 2024 9:00 am

Location: Hyatt Regency Newport Beach – 1107 Jamboree Road, Newport Beach, CA 92660

Focused Learning

Get actionable insights and gain knowledge you can apply immediately. Engage Direct Newport Beach is packed with valuable content, including thought leadership, product education and more.

Local Networking

Connect with peers in your region, fostering relationships that can extend beyond the events and into your professional network. Engage Direct brings retails’ brightest minds together in your backyard.

Interactive Experience

Learn more, connect deeper and grow faster in our engaging one-day experience. Engage Direct Newport Beach’s interactive atmosphere provides ample opportunities for questions, discussions and insight.

Speakers

Jeremy Grunzweig
General Manager
Ian Auerbach
VP, Product Management
Nikki Baird
VP, Strategy
John Carney
VP, Architecture
Helen Fourtounis
VP, Merch & Omnichannel Strategy
Mike Hughes
VP, Customer Engagement
Jason James
CIO

Newport Beach Agenda

9:00am

Arrival and Check-in

9:15 – 10:00

Introductions & Group Roundtable Discussion

10:00 – 10:45

Product Strategy and Direction

10:45 – 11:15

Break

11:15 – 11:35

Case Study

11:35 – 12:15

Future of Omnichannel

12:15 – 1:15

Lunch

1:15 – 1:55

Future of Inventory

1:55 – 2:15

Case Study

2:15 – 2:50

Future of Customer Experience

2:50 – 3:15

Security & Compliance – How to Minimize Risk

3:15 – 3:45

Break

3:45 – 4:15

Future of the Store

4:15 – 5:45

Store Visit & Experience

5:45 – 8:00

Reception & Dinner

Agenda subject to change

Venue & Accommodations

Hyatt Regency Newport Beach

1107 Jamboree Road, Newport Beach, CA 92660

Hyatt Regency Newport Beach, a resort-style hotel adjacent to the Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve, is nestled among 26 acres featuring hundreds of palms and succulents. Renowned locally as “The Newporter,” as Hyatt Regency Newport Beach was previously named, the hotel’s team has been creating memories for over five decades for guests and locals alike. Access our three unique pools, an executive golf course and a rich history as a live music venue for the acclaimed Newport Beach Jazz Festival and Summer Concert Series.

Accommodations

For those traveling in for Engage Direct, we have a preferred hotel rate available. Hotel Rate is $279 per night plus a $40 resort fee and applicable taxes.

Please click here to book your hotel stay.

Parking

Hotel parking is available at $40 per night for self-parking or $47 per night for valet parking. Parking rates are subject to change without notice.