Description

Speaking Opportunity: Moderate or participate in a 25-minute panel with 2–3 additional speakers (up to 1 other sponsor and up to 2 experts or retailers).

Time/Date: Monday, January 12, 2026 at 4:00 pm

Location: Lavan, AIR Stage. Seating for approximately 400. 

RETHINK Retail Gala: After the speaking sessions, your tickets allow your team to engage in drinks and discussions throughout the evening (7pm to 11pm) with the audience.  Your team can also invite qualified retailers and brand executives to join the party. Attendance at the Gala is expected to be 600 attendees. 

Qualified attendees: Attendance is reserved for senior director-level and above at established retailers and brands, with priority given to enterprise organizations. Vendors are not permitted unless they are attending through a sponsorship.

Additional benefits include:

• Content Promotion: Speaking segment captured and included in a fully produced AiR recap video (shared via RETHINK Retail channels): See example. 
• Social Media Coverage: spotlighting your company before, during and after the event in our event promotions.
• Visibility & Branding: Logo and branding on digital promotions (e.g., event landing page, social media promotions) and onsite featured on the digital logo wall (large projection). 
• Tickets Included: 4 tickets. (Includes sponsor’s speaker)
• Access to Guests List (opt-in required): Event’s full guest list includes Name, Company Name, Title, Email, and LinkedIn URL if provided. 

Want more info? Read the RETHINK Retail Audience Fact Sheet

Visit the event page. 

Sponsor to provide:

Logos 2 | DUE: ASAP | SUBMIT LOGOS HERE 

• 1 full-color logo as high-resolution vector file. .eps, .ai or .pdf files preferred.
• 1 single-color (black or white) logo as high-resolution vector file. .eps, .ai or .pdf files preferred.

GOOD TO KNOW:
This event will occur within walking distance of Javits Center at an event space called Lavan Midtown (address: 641 W 42nd St), which is about 8 blocks north of the Javits Center—an easy ~10–12 minute walk straight up 11th Ave from Javits to 42nd St.