It is this time of the year… where you open LinkedIn and you think nothing else is happening than the NACS Show… as everyone is posting their arrivals, schedules, show floor setup, meetings, fun, …
For me today it was day1 of the show:
- NACS / EMA joint session for Industry Association Executives. A forum for the association from all US states to come together to network and to share latest policy developments. Focus topics this year were credit card fees, organized retails crime and our response as an industry as well as impact of the upcoming US election.
- Global Government Affairs Council. A platform, where NACS invites the executives of more than 20 likeminded associations from around the world to join for half a day of networking and learning from each other on policy developments, measures for or against it and their success factors.
The most pressing policy topics we discussed were: increasing retail crime, the future of nicotine, electrification of mobility and payment solutions.
🇦🇺 AACS (Australian Association of Convenience Stores) , 🇬🇧 Association of Convenience Stores , 🇳🇿 NZACS, 🇮🇪 Ibec , 🇬🇧 Retail NI, 🇦🇺 Australasian Convenience and Petroleum Marketers Association (ACAPMA) , 🇧🇷 SINDICOM , 🇳🇴 Hovedorganisasjonen Virke , 🇨🇦 CEMA , 🇵🇱 Popihn, 🇸🇪 Convenience Stores Sweden , 🇷🇺 GASAD , 🇿🇦 Fuel Retailers Association , 🇩🇪 Bundesverband Freier Tankstellen (bft) , 🇰🇷 Korean Oil Association, 🇨🇳 CCFA, 🇳🇱 NSO Retail
- NACS staff tour: our own sneak peek of where is what. An opportunity to see the behind the scenes before everything opens. And a good opportunity to faniliarize ourselves so that we can answer all the questions from our 25000 best friends…
- NACS/EMA Association Executives reception. A networking reception, bringing together our US state associations and the at the show participating global association heads for exetended networking.
Can’t wait for day 2 (and 3… and 4… )
🎶Vivaaaaaa Las Vegas🎶
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