Speaking Engagements
SIMA Super Summit
The New Retail Playbook: How to Win When the Rules Have Changed
The SIMA Super Summit is a dynamic gathering of surf industry leaders and innovators across business, culture and sport. In a time of disruption, digital acceleration, and shifting global landscapes, this summit is designed to spark collaboration, elevate sustainability and drive forward-thinking strategies for long-term growth.
Join Kevin Kelley for his keynote speech on unveiling the new playbook for retailers: one built on human connection, cultural meaning, and social experiences that no screen can replace.
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NRF 2026: Retail's Big Show
Revitalizing Customer Experience with Community-Centric Strategies
Retail success stories are written by companies that are simultaneously crushing it in the now and primed for what's next. NRF 2026 calls it The Next Now.
Join Kevin Kelley and Shannon DeVito, senior director of book strategy and customer experience with Barnes & Noble, for a fireside chat exploring the impact of retail on community and creating store environments that tap into discover, delight, escape, and social bliss.
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Past Speaking Engagements
Teaching Urban Retail At Harvard GSD
Urban Retail: Essential Planning, Design, and Management Practices: Harvard University Graduate School of Design Executive Education Program
CEUs: 21 AIA/CES (HSW) | 21 AICP/CM | 21 LA/CES (HSW)
Terry Shook, FAIA, along with Robert J. Gibbs, AICP, ASLA, Stefanos Polyzoides (of the acclaimed architectural and urbanist firm of Moule & Polyzoides), Dave Williams (Director of Architecture, of Caruso, a developer of many successful and beloved mixed use environments) and Matt Winn (formerly Chief Operating Officer of Global Retail with Cushman & Wakefield) will be at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design this July to teach a 3-day course that includes presentations and interactive discussions offering a rich cross section of the planning practices and opportunities of our time. The program will examine the planning approaches, retail design and merchandising principles necessary for the creation of place-based commerce. This includes tactics used by premier retail and mixed-use developers, considering how they can be applied to a variety of urban settings. It will show how the practical science of analyzing and adjusting all elements known to affect a shopper's mood in the marketplace can inform design and development principles for reviving retail in declining downtowns and for establishing viable commerce in new ones.
2025 Technology & Entrepreneurship Summit
Entrepreneurship Keynote
The Technology & Entrepreneurship Summit brings together entrepreneurs, industry professionals, students, and community members to explore the evolving landscape of technology and business. The summit is hosted by the Northern Innovation and Startup Center, in collaboration with the Aberdeen Development Corporation.
Join Kevin Kelley (Wednesday, September 24 at 9:00AM) for his keynote speech on entrepreneurship and his insights on how to design spaces that encourage innovation, relevance, and long-term success.
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PCBC 2025
Main Stage Keynote
A convention hallmark, PCBC's keynote sessions feature legendary thinkers and doers in the fields of business, strategy, performance, entertainment, leadership, and motivation.
Join Kevin Kelley (Wednesday, June 11 at 3:00PM) for his keynote speech on behavioral design with insights on how physical environments affect the minds of consumers. He will join a panel discussion with economy expert Christopher Thornberg (Founder, Beacon Economics) and consumer sentiment expert J. Walker Smith (Chief Knowledge Officer, Kantar Consulting) for an illuminating interrelated discussion.
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