NACDS announces Total Store Expo ‘Insight Sessions’ lineup
ARLINGTON, Va. — With the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Total Store Expo less than three months away, NACDS has announced its lineup of educational Insight Sessions, which will offer presentations by experts on a variety of key issues and priorities including healthcare, business and logistics.
The NACDS Total Store Expo will take place from Aug. 22 to 25 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.
The sessions will take place on Sunday and Monday during the four-day trade show and strategic exchange. Each Insight Session is crafted to ensure that attendees are receiving helpful information to conduct business on a day-to-day basis on a variety of topics including the Affordable Care Act, business planning and logistics, consumer and market trends, innovation, genomics and digital solutions, NACDS stated.
To date, 21 Insight Sessions have been announced for the NACDS Total Store Expo:
Bending the Chain: The Surprising Challenge of Integrating Purchasing and Logistics
Consumer Trends in Health and Wellness
Medication Adherence and the Role of Motivational Interviewing
Pharmaceutical Trends, Issues and Forecasts
Quality Improvement: Business Opportunities Beyond Medicare
Telehealth: Enabling Access to Healthcare Services
The 2015-16 Flu Season and Vaccination Updates
The Future of Retail has Arrived. Ready or Not?
What is “New” Versus What is Innovative
Winning with Digital Marketing
Beauty and the Millennials
Current Trends in DEA Compliance
Improving Transitions in Care: Role for Pharmacies
King v. Burwell Decision: Impact on Pharmacies
Lessons Learned in Complying with the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA)
Precision Medicine: Integrating Genomics into Pharmacy Practice
Supply Chain Optimization: Partnerships between Retailers and CPG Suppliers Lead to Green
The Collision of Digital Health, the Consumer and Wearables
The Impact of Population Shifts on Retail and CPG in the U.S.
Tobacco Cessation Programs in Community Pharmacy
Welcome to Retail’s Emotional Economy – Analog, Digital, Sensory and Sound – How it all Comes Together for Emotional Retail
“The NACDS Total Store Expo provides the most cutting-edge programming for retailers and suppliers — and this year’s Insight Sessions are no exception,” NACDS president and CEO Steve Anderson said. “Each session is developed with all attendees in mind, across all segments of the rapidly-changing industry. Whether its consumer goods, retail, pharmacy, supply chain and logistics there is a session for every attendee that will provide forward-thinking knowledge for effective business planning.”
The Insight Sessions are also accessible — along with a host of other resources and information — on the NACDS Events mobile app. The app offers navigational tools and resources to enhance the attendee and exhibitor experience at the NACDS Total Store Expo. The 2015 NACDS Total Store Expo dashboard within the app provides attendees the tools to create a personalized schedule for the meeting, browse speakers and bookmark sessions of interest, search for exhibitors, reference resources in the local area, and access social media to keep up with updates about the meeting.
The NACDS Events app can be downloaded in both the Apple and Google Play app stores for iOS and Android devices. Users can also scan a QR code that will direct them to their phone's app store. An NACDS-TV video also offers a tutorial on how to download the app. Once the mobile app is downloaded, subscribers are directed to download the 2015 NACDS Total Store Expo dashboard.
