Interactive forum with speakers from Hilton, Discover, Verifone and others will be held on Sept. 12, 2017 in Chicago.

Retail sales as a percentage of GDP exceed 50% for the largest economies in the world, and increasingly the future growth of the retail sector will be tied to the development and adoption of new commerce technologies including shopping bots, mobile wallets, and artificial intelligence. The upcoming CardLinx Retail Tech Forum will explore the growing importance and influence of these technologies on the retail experience, as merchants and brands navigate the latest trending technologies: card-linking, social media, big data, cloud computing, geo-location, smartphone apps, and online-to-offline (O2O) commerce. Trailblazers in retail tech will be on hand to share their latest insights, strategies and partnerships that are propelling retail tech into the future. Register here to join the conversation: https://goo.gl/6bTx4m

Keynote speakers include:

• Hilton Worldwide: Joey Lewis, Director Financial Partnerships Strategic Initiatives
• Microsoft: Eduardo Indacochea, General Manager of Post-Sales Monetization
• Verifone: Imran Hajimusa, Vice President of Business & Technology

The CardLinx Association hosts collaborative, interactive forums around the world where all participants have access the to the leading minds in the retail, fintech, payments, and digital advertising industries. As a non-profit organization, the mission of the association is to increase interoperability and promote the growth of online-to-offline commerce and card-linking by fostering cross-industry collaboration, developing industry services and instituting common standards. Membership is open to all companies in or seeking to enter the card-linking and O2O ecosystems. Learn more at www.cardlinx.org