Rajesh Agrawal, Deputy Mayor of London for Business

Ella Berthoud, Bibliotherapist at The School of Life

Tammy Smulders, President of Vice Fashion & Luxury Group

Steve Hatch, Vice President Northern Europe of Facebook

Harlan Bratcher, Global Business Development Head of JD Fashion/JD.com

Steve Woodward, President & Chief Merchant of Crate&Barrel

CEO Rountable 'One Channel': Simone Dominici Senior Advisor at PwC; Dr Stephan Fanderl, CEO of Karstadt; Govind Shrikhande, Managing Director of Shoppers Stop and Gustaf Öhrn, CEO of Ahlens

CEO Rountable 'Partnership Models in the Digital Age': Thierry Cheval, L'Oréal Luxe Global Retail & Digital Director; Bülent Basaran, CEO of Boyner; Hans-Christian Meyer, CEO of Tiger of Sweden; Donnie Tantoco, President of Rustan Commercial Corp. and Christoph Schwarzl and Tobias Humpert, Managing Partners at h+p

Anne Pitcher, Managing Director of Selfridges

Michele Scannavini, President of ICE Italian Trade Agency

Raymond Cloosterman, CEO of Rituals

Neil Clifford, CEO of Kurt Geiger

Sebastian Manes, Buying & Merchandising Director at Selfridges

Louise Singlehurst, Managing Director European Luxury Goods at Goldman Sachs

Sir Terry Morgan, CBE, Chairman of Crossrail

Tony Chi, Founder of tonychi

Workshop 'The World of Beauty - What's Next?': Tania Bryer, Moderator; Sali Hughes, Journalist & Beauty Editor on The Guardian; Yosuke Maezawa, President of E'quipe; Marcia Kilgore, Founder & CEO of Beauty Pie; Deborah Joseph, Editor-in-Chief of Glamour UK and Inge Theron, Founder of Face Gym

Workshop 'Unparalleled Service & Innovation: John Mahony, Moderator; Toby Astor, Global E-Commerce Director at Jaguar Land Rover; Paul Fletcher, Head of Marketing at Coutts; Kelly Hoppen, MBE, Designer & Founder of Kelly Hoppen Interiors; Adam bryant, Executive Chairman of The London Block Exchange and Thomas Kochs, Managing Director of Corinthia Hotel London

Lord Rose, Chairman of Ocado Group

Alannah Weston, Deputy Chairman of Selfridges Group

GDSS 2018 - QEII Centre London

Audience of GDSS 2018

GDSS 2018 Official Dinner & Awards Ceremony at V&A

GDSS Awards 2019

'World's Best Business Partner to Department Stores' Award - Marco Bizzarri, Gucci (Award winner) and Sehun Park, Member of GDSS Jury

'Best Department Store in the World' Award: Thierry Cheval, Jury Chairman; Paolo De Cesare, Printemps (finalist); Anne Pitcher, Selfridges (winner); Pierluigi Cocchini, Rinascente (finalist)