3.55-4.10 – Meeting Slot 6

4.15-4.30 – Meeting Slot 7

4.35-4.50 – Meeting Slot 8

Veterinary leaders are facing a triple bind: talent recruitment, declining footfall, and tech growing pains. In this interactive session, hear how top-performing practices are solving for scale—redesigning workflows, rethinking roles, and leveraging technology to boost revenue per DVM, reduce churn, and build more resilient, high-performing operations from the inside out.

The best campaigns don’t guess—they adapt.

Discover how leading pet brands use real-time consumer insight to guide creator strategy, stretch budgets, and break through the noise. across Instagram, YouTube, and beyond.

Listen better, spend smarter, and turn scrolls into serious traction.

In today’s pet industry, brand isn’t enough. This session explores how proprietary innovation—whether product science, tech platforms, or service protocols—can drive valuation and strategic interest.

Learn what acquirers are really looking for, how to protect your edge, and how to position IP as a core asset, not an afterthought.

Successful exits start long before the deal. In this breakout, M&A insiders reveal how to position for acquisition—from shaping financials and forecasting performance to managing risk, brand narrative, and buyer alignment.

Learn what truly drives valuation and how run a process that protects your upside and delivers results.

For brand leaders, CMOs, and founders looking to drive deeper loyalty, this breakout explores how to craft a resonant brand story and identify your true whitespace.

Gain practical insight into how your customers discover, evaluate, and commit to brands—and what it takes to stand out in a crowded market.

From rising shipping costs to sourcing volatility, pet brands are under pressure. This breakout reveals how to build true operational resilience—through smarter supply chain diversification, logistics optimization, and leveraging data to mitigate risk.

Walk away with actionable strategies to protect margin, reduce disruption, and scale confidently in uncertain times.

C-suite executives from across the pet care ecosystem, leading veterinarians, insurers, retailers, investors as well as multinational pet care corporations, and the rest, gather to connect, partner and do business at Pet Connect.

• Meetings are 15 minutes in length

• Pet Connect attendees will use the Swap card event app to schedule meetings with fellow attendees.

• Access to the app will be provided 2 weeks prior to the event for attendees and 3 weeks prior for event partners.

12.30-12.45 - Meeting Slot 1

12.50-1.05 – Meeting Slot 2

1.10-1.25 – Meeting Slot 3

1.30-1.45 – Meeting Slot 4

1.50-2.05 – Meeting Slot 5

Harness the opportunity of a rapidly evolving pet market. From choosing the right channels—distribution vs. retail—to real-world marketing wins and customer education strategies, this session delivers sharp insights and actionable focus points for presenting new offerings to today’s pet parents.