Building Tech Inside a Legacy Enterprise
Rewriting what a retail company looks like from the inside out, Loblaw Digital is helping transform one of Canada’s largest 100-year-old enterprises into a modern, AI-native organization at scale.
AI is becoming the operating layer across the business—embedded in digital products, supply chain systems, healthcare, and e-commerce—moving decision-making from static systems to real-time, data-driven execution. This includes launching the PC Express app in ChatGPT for AI-powered shopping experiences, as well as building advanced internal capabilities that power complex retail operations at scale.
✨ Featuring:
Opening Remarks from Charu Pujari, SVP of Engineering & AI at Loblaw Digital.
Code to Cart Panel with the teams powering what’s next, Lauren Steinberg, Chief Digital Officer, Charu Pujari, SVP of Engineering & AI, Aaron Cheng, VP of Digital Health, Chrissy Monroe, Sr. Director of Strategic Partnerships and Innovation, & moderated by Liam Thurston, Sr. Director of Personalization.
From Code to Conversation: Meet the teams, ask questions, and go deeper with the people building it—and connect with our Talent team.
This isn’t a high-level story about transformation—it’s a look at the real systems, teams, and trade-offs behind modernizing retail at scale.
🗓️ Agenda
9:30AM - Doors Open, Networking
10:00AM - Welcome, Speeches, Panel, Q&A
11:30-12PM - Networking
See you there!
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