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WPG Conference Schedule

Tuesday June 2, 2026
Time	Session	Location	Presenting	Participants
7:00am – 8:00am	BREAKFAST Fiercely Competitive Breakfast	Centennial South Regency	/	Hotel Attendees Only.
8:00am – 8:30am	Daily Opening	Centennial South	Dave Chatrybok	Store Management, Operations, Merchandising, Executive Management, Directors, Senior Managers, Category Managers
8:30am – 8:40am	TRANSITION	/	/	/
8:40am – 9:55am	Breakout Session #5 (75mins) SCO: Execute with Confidence, Improve with Consistency SCO: Looking Back, Moving Forward Labour & Payroll Operating Standard	Wellington AB Carlton Embassy AB Embassy CD	Jennifer Wilkinson, Tyler Wilson, Stephen Parsons, Peter JirJis Matthew LeClair Jarek Wroblewski, Darcie Gault Andrey Kharitonov, Rasa Kanagaiah	Store Management, Operations, Executive Management, Directors, Senior Managers, Category Managers Staff are invited to attend if relevant to position.
9:55am – 10:05am	TRANSITION / BREAK	/	/	/
10:05am – 11:20am	Breakout Session #6 (75mins) SCO: Execute with Confidence, Improve with Consistency SCO: Looking Back, Moving Forward Labour & Payroll Operating Standard	Wellington AB Carlton Embassy AB Embassy CD	Jennifer Wilkinson, Tyler Wilson, Stephen Parsons, Peter JirJis Matthew LeClair Jarek Wroblewski, Darcie Gault Andrey Kharitonov, Rasa Kanagaiah	Store Management, Operations, Executive Management, Directors, Senior Managers, Category Managers Staff are invited to attend if relevant to position.
11:20am – 11:25am	TRANSITION	/	/	/
11:25am – 11:45am	Healthy Horizons Foundation Presentation	Centennial South	Nicole McDonald, Andrew Thunder	Store Management, Operations, Executive Management, Directors, Senior Managers.
11:45am – 12:45pm	LUNCH	Centennial South	/	/
12:45pm – 1:30pm	The Future of AI at North West	Centennial South	Vineet Gupta	Store Management, Operations, Executive Management, Directors.
1:30pm – 1:45pm	TRANSITION/BREAK	/	/	/
1:45pm – 3:30pm	General Merchandising 1:1 Session See separate schedule. 15minutes per Category. Groups of 6-7 Store Managers.	Centennial 1 & 6 Centennial 3/4 Embassy EF	Category Managers, See Separate Tab	Store Management, Operations, Executive Management, Directors.
3:15pm – 3:30pm	BREAK	/	/	/
3:30pm – 5:15pm	General Merchandising 1:1 Session See separate schedule. 15 minutes per Category. Groups of 6-7 Store Managers.	Centennial 1 & 6 Centennial 3/4 Embassy EF	Category Managers, See Separate Tab	Store Management, Operations, Executive Management, Directors, Senior Managers, Category Teams.
6:00pm – 9:00pm	DISTRICT DINNERS	/	/	Store Management, Operations, Invitees