AI-Driven Retail Workplaces Masterclass
Join Us for an Exclusive Executive Dinner & Discussion
From Shelf to Strategy: Reimagining Retail Workplaces with AI Endpoints and Edge Intelligence
The Ortus Club, together with HCLTech, Dell, and Intel, invites senior retail and technology leaders in London to an intimate dinner and roundtable discussion. Over a carefully curated meal, you will join a select group of peers to explore how AI-powered endpoints and edge intelligence are reshaping the retail workplace — sharing challenges, comparing strategies, and exchanging ideas in a relaxed, off-the-record setting.
The Topic
From Shelf to Strategy: Reimagining Retail Workplaces with AI Endpoints and Edge Intelligence
Retail environments are becoming increasingly dynamic, distributed, and data-intensive. As customer expectations evolve and operational pressures mount, the workplace itself is being reimagined — through AI-powered endpoints, connected devices, and edge intelligence that puts real-time insight closer to where decisions are made. From shop floors and fulfilment hubs to frontline associates and smart infrastructure, the potential is significant. But so is the complexity.
Organisations are navigating fragmented infrastructure, legacy systems, cybersecurity concerns, and mounting pressure to maintain operational resilience — all while keeping pace with innovation. The central challenge is no longer simply whether to adopt edge intelligence, but how to do so in a way that is secure, scalable, and genuinely meaningful for both workforce productivity and customer experience.
As AI endpoints and edge ecosystems continue to mature, a bigger question is taking shape: can the retail workplace evolve from a purely operational environment into a continuously learning, responsive ecosystem? And if so, what will it take to get there?
Discussion questions will include:
Where are retailers encountering the greatest operational, security, and infrastructure challenges when deploying AI-powered endpoints and edge intelligence across distributed workplace environments?
What strategies are proving most effective in integrating edge intelligence with existing retail operations while balancing workforce adoption, real-time decision-making, and customer experience expectations?
As AI endpoints and edge ecosystems continue to mature, how might the retail workplace evolve over the next few years in terms of automation, employee enablement, and adaptive in-store experiences?
The Evening
6:30 PM — Arrival and reception. Guests are welcomed with drinks and the opportunity to connect informally before dinner.
7:00 PM — Welcome by The Ortus Club.
7:10 PM — A short address by HCLTech, Dell, and Intel to frame the evening's discussion.
7:15 PM — The moderated discussion begins, continuing through dinner as the group explores the evening's core themes together.
8:15 PM — The discussion is drawn to a close.
Who Should Be in the Room
This dinner is designed for senior leaders at the forefront of retail technology, operations, and digital transformation. We are bringing together executives who are actively grappling with how to deploy, manage, and scale AI-powered endpoints and edge intelligence across complex, distributed retail environments.
Relevant roles include: Chief Information Officers, Chief Technology Officers, VPs of IT, Heads of Technology, Directors of IT and Digital, and other senior decision-makers shaping the future of retail operations and workplace technology.
Confirmed Attendees Include
TBC
How to Join
This is an invitation-only event. If you have received an invitation, please confirm your attendance at your earliest convenience. If you are interested in requesting a seat, get in touch with The Ortus Club directly.
A calendar invite with full event details — including the venue address and any additional information — will be sent upon confirmation.
The Hosts
HCLTech is a global technology company that helps enterprises reimagine their businesses for the digital age. With deep expertise across cloud, cybersecurity, AI, and intelligent operations, HCLTech partners with retailers and technology organisations to drive end-to-end transformation — from infrastructure modernisation to frontline workforce enablement.
Dell Technologies helps organisations build their digital future with infrastructure, devices, and edge solutions designed for a distributed world. In retail, Dell's portfolio of AI-capable endpoints and edge platforms enables real-time data processing and decision-making at the point of work — whether on the shop floor, in the fulfilment centre, or across a multi-site estate.
Intel provides the foundational hardware and software technologies that power AI workloads at the edge. Intel's platform innovations — from processors to AI accelerators — enable retailers to bring intelligence closer to where it matters most, supporting faster, more adaptive, and more efficient operations across the modern retail environment.
The Organisers
The Ortus Club runs executive knowledge-sharing events worldwide, bringing senior leaders together for curated, off-the-record discussions in a relaxed, peer-to-peer setting.