Morning of Young Minds

Last year, we brought to the stage a curated morning of reverse mentoring for retail’s most senior leaders. In 2024, it’s back, but this time, thanks to our collaboration with The Grocer, we will be hearing from the young minds in FMCG as well as retail.

Think you know Gen Z? Think again. Think Gen Alpha is too young to worry about? Wrong. They’re shaping our future. And we need to listen. Your customer of tomorrow, your workforce of the future, the voters and influencers shaping the political, economical and environmental landscape that you’re navigating.

Every speaker on stage during our Morning of Young Minds will be Gen Z or Gen Alpha. These bold, brilliant and curious speakers will challenge us to think differently about the world and how we live, think, work and shop.

See the dedicated Young Minds programme below from last year for a flavour on what's in store for you.

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YOUNG MINDS KEYNOTE: Grace Beverley, Chief Executive, TALA

Main Stage

09:35 – 09:55
- Main Stage
- Young Minds
Grace Beverley is the founder and Chief Executive of sustainably made activewear brand TALA and fitness tech brand Shreddy. Her business success speaks for itself: in its first year TALA amassed a fol ...

Grace Beverley, Founder and CEO - TALA
YOUNG MINDS: Think you know what the next generation wants? Think again.

Main Stage

09:55 – 10:25
- Main Stage
- Young Minds
A brand is what consumers tell each other it is, so how do brands retain their intended narrative? In this session, young consumers will discuss current needs and trends from a variety of perspectives ...

Natalie Narh - New Comma

Joe Yates, Director - MOOT

Amber Dunsby, Gen Z student and Digital Native
YOUNG MINDS: Younger generations need to feel part of a brand and retailers can’t afford to ignore it

Main Stage

11:10 – 11:40
- Main Stage
- Young Minds
Merely selling to the next generations is not enough. More than ever before, young consumers want to feel part of something. In this session we hear from young retail entrepreneurs who have done just ...

Kyle Frank, Founder & formulator - Frank's Remedies®

Deborah Igunma, Fellow - Interact
YOUNG MINDS: The future of retail tech? Here’s what the true digital natives think…

Tech & Digital Stage

10:45 – 11:15
- Tech & Digital
- Young Minds
The world of retail tech continues to explode with new solutions and ways of thinking. AR, VR, Web3 – the innovations keep on coming. And there is no one better to cut through the noise than the peopl ...

Mabintou Kolley, Senior Product Designer, SANS Institute and Founder - Hummmble

Peyton Pocock, Technical Marketing Specialist, Hundo - Co-founder, NexCollective

Albert Marealle, Social Media Coordinator and Graphic Designer - hundo
YOUNG MINDS: Define and disrupt - The metaverse is inevitable and the time to act is now

Tech & Digital Stage

11:20 – 11:40
- Tech & Digital
- Young Minds
New research from Kantar Worldpanel tells us that one in five people are entering the metaverse, and the ramp-up of adoption will come more quickly than expected. Identifying the value of the metavers ...

Scarlet McNicol, Fashion Client Executive - Kantar
YOUNG MINDS: Why young people think employers need to bridge the generational gap

People & Wellbeing Stage

10:45 – 11:15
- People & Wellbeing
- Young Minds
A diverse working environment brings diversity of thought, greater creativity, better decision-making and more successful businesses. And that diversity extends to diversity of age, too. Younger gener ...

Celine Erorh, Founder - Celutions UK

Shomi Williams, Founder and Psychological Therapist - Lafiya Health

Harry Lloyd, Talent Acquisition & D,E,&I Assistant - Billion Dollar Boy
YOUNG MINDS: Through my lens of an intersectional lived experience – advice on how we can all create a more equitable world to live and work in

Main Stage

10:45 – 11:05
- Main Stage
- Young Minds
There’s been much discussion about collecting data around diversity and ticking boxes but labelling people, though often well-meaning, can ignore the subtleties of human experience. Enter the concept ...

Kenny Ethan-Jones, Former Model, Writer, Advocate and Consultant
Morning of Young Minds Explained

09:00 – 11:45
- Main Stage
- Consumer
- Tech & Digital
- People & Wellbeing
- Future Leaders
- Young Minds
Brand new to Retail Week LIVE 2023, we’re bringing to the stage a curated morning of reverse mentoring for retail’s most senior leaders. Think you know Gen Z? Think again. Think Gen Alpha is too young ...