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1. Coaching: the secret to becoming a great PM

   It can feel like you have to know everything to be an effective PM - the industry, discovery, delivery, product ops, institutional knowledge, and a growing list of technologies. But you don’t have to know it all.

   One of the best ways to get better at building products is to coach your team. Coaching will help you multiply your effectiveness by building trust, empowering your team, and aligning your stakeholders.

   We will go over some coaching theory and spend time coaching in pairs so you can go back to work ready to put these skills into practice. No prior coaching experience is required.

   About the facilitator:
   Ivana Ciric is a Product Practice Director at Thoughtworks Canada with experience in B2B, B2C and internal platform products across industries such as Banking, Consumer electronics, Automotive, and more. She is dedicated to building better products and empowering others to become better product builders. She has developed curriculum and taught intensive courses on Product Management, Coaching, and Digital Wellbeing. As a coach and educator, she fosters responsible product development and helps individuals and organizations to find a healthy balance in their digital lives.

   It can feel like you have to know everything to be an effective PM - the industry, discovery, delivery, product ops, institutional knowledge, and a growing list of technologies. But you don’t have to know it all.

   One of the best ways to get better at building products is to coach your team. Coaching will help you multiply your effectiveness by building trust, empowering your team, and aligning your stakeholders.

   We will go over some coaching theory and spend time coaching in pairs so you can go back to work ready to put these skills into practice. No prior coaching… more

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2. Networking SUCKS! How to be successful in Product Management as an Introvert

   I will walk through the my experiences on how I became a product manager and succeeded as an introvert. The focus will be on:

   ● The ways to get noticed without getting too much out of your comfort zone
   ● What not to do to dimmish yourself
   ● Leaning into the connection you have

   We will explore in the discussion what has worked, hasn't worked, and what I probably did wrong.

   Hopefully with this session you will walk away with some actionable items on how to bolster your image within your organization and get recognized.

   About the Presenter:
   Anthony Lee has is the Director of Product Management at UniversalDouglas. He has been with the same company through 2 acquisitions, 6 CEOs, and many staffing cuts/changes. With each change utilized subtle connections to show worth, stick around, and get promoted.

   I will walk through the my experiences on how I became a product manager and succeeded as an introvert. The focus will be on:

   ● The ways to get noticed without getting too much out of your comfort zone
   ● What not to do to dimmish yourself
   ● Leaning into the connection you have

   We will explore in the discussion what has worked, hasn't worked, and what I probably did wrong.

   Hopefully with this session you will walk away with some actionable items on how to bolster your image within your organization and get recognized.

   About the Presenter:
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3. Find the needle in the haystack: how to hire top PdM talent

   Hiring top Product talent is hard, even (and maybe especially) right now when you get 100's of resumes in response to a job posting. Too many people rely on either an ad-hoc process, or a process built for hiring people in a different department (or some of both) and that can negatively impact the team for years to come.

   Together, we will answer some of the following questions:

   • How should we start the hiring process? Will any job description do? How do we make sure we are attracting the diversity of applicants that you need? What are really the "must haves" for the job? Do they include domain knowledge, or not? What about the level of technical skills?

   • How will we select people to interview? The hiring manager probably doesn't have time to go through all the resumes, so how can we effectively work together to screen resumes consistently and ensure top candidates are considered?

   • What will our interview process be? How do we keep it as short as possible, and yet make sure that cross-functional stakeholders have a say? Who makes the final decision, and how (what are the criteria)? How do we ensure that unconscious interviewer bias doesn't negatively impact the process?

   At the end of this workshop, you will have at least the beginning of a job description, and a well defined plan for filtering and interviewing candidates. If your team is looking to hire right now, this will set you up for success.

   Hiring top Product talent is hard, even (and maybe especially) right now when you get 100's of resumes in response to a job posting. Too many people rely on either an ad-hoc process, or a process built for hiring people in a different department (or some of both) and that can negatively impact the team for years to come.

   Together, we will answer some of the following questions:

   • How should we start the hiring process? Will any job description do? How do we make sure we are attracting the diversity of applicants that you need? What are really the "must… more

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4. Get to know your users AND prioritize your roadmap with a single survey

   Surveys are an accessible method for individuals or teams of all sizes, and can offer reliable, quick, and insightful findings. Surveys can give you much more than just customer satisfaction with your product, they can help you prioritize your roadmap and even gain a foundational understanding of your users and their needs.

   While surveys are powerful, it’s easy to misuse them and get unreliable findings. We offer a kit of practical solutions when running surveys, without compromising the depth or complexity of insights. With this workshop you’ll learn:

   • How to answer multiple product questions in a single survey
   • How to ask the right questions to your users for reliable data
   • Understand who your best users are and how to target them through segmentation
   • How to reduce analysis time through survey design

   Bio: We, Freya Bauer and Danka Ha, regularly run surveys as part of our research roles at Later.com addressing everything from small product evaluations to surveys that have shaped company strategy. We ran a large scale and comprehensive survey that tackled multiple research goals, and gave our company the foundational understanding of a new target audience, shaped product direction, and informed marketing strategy. We have been building survey practices that are scalable and adopted by different teams across Later.

   Surveys are an accessible method for individuals or teams of all sizes, and can offer reliable, quick, and insightful findings. Surveys can give you much more than just customer satisfaction with your product, they can help you prioritize your roadmap and even gain a foundational understanding of your users and their needs.

   While surveys are powerful, it’s easy to misuse them and get unreliable findings. We offer a kit of practical solutions when running surveys, without compromising the depth or complexity of insights. With this workshop you’ll learn:

   • How to answer multiple product questions in a single survey
   • How to… more
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5. Vendor Evaluation Workshop for Product Managers

   Are you looking to improve your skills and knowledge in vendor evaluation for technology products?

   Look no further! I am excited to announce a workshop specifically designed for product managers working in technology, where we will delve into the importance of vendor evaluation and provide practical strategies for effectively assessing and selecting vendors for your products.

   During this workshop, you will learn about:

   • The key factors to consider when evaluating vendors
   • How to assess vendor capabilities and their importance
   • Best practices for negotiating and managing vendor contracts
   • Strategies for building and maintaining strong vendor relationships

   Our workshop will be led by a senior product manager who has a wealth of knowledge and experience in vendor evaluation. You will have the opportunity to share ideas to make this an interactive and high value workshop.

   Don't miss out on this opportunity to take your vendor evaluation skills to the next level! Up vote to show your interest!

   Bio: Jesse Wielgan is a Senior Product Manager with Best Buy Canada. 25 years of experience in Store Operations, Retail Operations, and Technology. Jesse has lead numerous Vendor Evaluations as both a Business Stakeholder and representing Technology as a Product Manager. Domains include Store Retail Technology, Merchandising, Inventory Management, Store Multichannel Order Fulfillment, Purchase/Point of Sale, and Supply Chain/WMS.

   Are you looking to improve your skills and knowledge in vendor evaluation for technology products?

   Look no further! I am excited to announce a workshop specifically designed for product managers working in technology, where we will delve into the importance of vendor evaluation and provide practical strategies for effectively assessing and selecting vendors for your products.

   During this workshop, you will learn about:

   • The key factors to consider when evaluating vendors
   • How to assess vendor capabilities and their importance
   • Best practices for negotiating and managing vendor contracts
   • Strategies for building and maintaining strong vendor relationships

   Our workshop will be led… more

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6. Advancing our craft

   I would love to spend time with the brilliant minds in this community talking about advancing our craft.

   I've spent almost a decade trying to do just that in Vancouver. At startups, Hootsuite, Bench, and consulting.

   I 've long held the belief that we have a unique opportunity to leverage Vancouver's generally progressive, adventurous, and collaborative attitudes to build the world's best teams.

   With the current state of employment, many are merely looking for work; and yet, it's also an opportunity and constraint for those who are searching or already employed to think about "how do we do what we do better?"

   I'm proposing it as a workshop, because they are always my favourite time at ProductCamp. The goal here is to come away with one or two key connections to like-minded folks as well as one or two key takeaways about how/where/what we can do to be part of advancing our craft through a guided workshop.

   I would love to spend time with the brilliant minds in this community talking about advancing our craft.

   I've spent almost a decade trying to do just that in Vancouver. At startups, Hootsuite, Bench, and consulting.

   I 've long held the belief that we have a unique opportunity to leverage Vancouver's generally progressive, adventurous, and collaborative attitudes to build the world's best teams.

   With the current state of employment, many are merely looking for work; and yet, it's also an opportunity and constraint for those who are searching or already employed to think about "how do we do what we… more

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7. Why Every Product Should Switch to Value Based Pricing -- and How to Make it Happen

   Products using Value Based Pricing outperform seat-based subscriptions and all other pricing models -- yet few companies make the switch. In this interactive session, you'll learn:

   • How to know if your product's pricing is truly value based (it likely isn't)
   • Why innovating your pricing is more important than adding new features
   • How to discover your customers' values so you can innovate effectively
   • How to convince execs to make the switch -- and become a PM hero

   Guarantee: You'll learn new ways to quickly & safely boost your profit

   Bio: Alan Albert has co-founded 3 startups, selling one to Apple, and led the creation of multiple award-winning products, generating over $1 billion in revenue. Alan now leads MarketFit.com, coaching and training CEOs, Product Leaders and Teams in high-growth organizations from small business through unicorn, worldwide.

   Products using Value Based Pricing outperform seat-based subscriptions and all other pricing models -- yet few companies make the switch. In this interactive session, you'll learn:

   • How to know if your product's pricing is truly value based (it likely isn't)
   • Why innovating your pricing is more important than adding new features
   • How to discover your customers' values so you can innovate effectively
   • How to convince execs to make the switch -- and become a PM hero

   Guarantee: You'll learn new ways to quickly & safely boost your profit

   Bio: Alan Albert has co-founded 3 startups, selling… more

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8. Compensation - How to earn your value

   This workshop will involve a short presentation on the current state of Product Management Compensation in BC, followed by 2 breakout sessions. The breakout groups will discuss the best ways to research Product Compensation, Salary Transparency in your company, How to discuss compensation during the Interview process and How to talk to your leader about Compensation.

   Each Breakout group will be provided with an Icebreaker & Tips sheet to accelerate the conversation. Groups will organically form, and participants will have the opportunity to select their favourite topics. All current/aspiring Product Manager and hiring Managers are welcome!

   Ryan is a Sr. Product Manager at Indebted, a data-driven debt collection platform. He has a keen interest in compensation transparency and is currently working on a side project called “The $250K Canadian PM” where he interviews high-earning product managers breaking down their path to success in an upcoming blog post.

   This workshop will involve a short presentation on the current state of Product Management Compensation in BC, followed by 2 breakout sessions. The breakout groups will discuss the best ways to research Product Compensation, Salary Transparency in your company, How to discuss compensation during the Interview process and How to talk to your leader about Compensation.

   Each Breakout group will be provided with an Icebreaker & Tips sheet to accelerate the conversation. Groups will organically form, and participants will have the opportunity to select their favourite topics. All current/aspiring Product Manager and hiring Managers are welcome!

   Ryan is a Sr.… more

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9. AI/ML Product Leaders Breakout Sessions

   We have assembled an amazing group of facilitators where each group will have at
   least one experienced AI/ML PM to help guide the discussions during the breakout
   sessions.

   The format will be the following:

   1. Short presentation and introduction to the first breakout session
   2. Breakout Session 1: Responsible AI - how to implement and maintain it
   3. Short intro to ChatGPT
   4. Breakout Session 2: Chat GPT - ideation on what we can expect to emerge in the next 2-years
   5. Recap

   The breakout sessions will be 4-6(ish) people per group to discuss the topics and meet
   each other. We will change groups for the second breakout session so you can meet
   more people.

   While everyone is welcome, the target audience for this session is semi-technical (or
   technical) AI/ML product managers with a few years of experience who have already
   taken some AI/ML courses and want to network and share learnings. Who knows if
   there will be enough of us AI/ML PMs for a session - let's see what the votes decide.
   Facilitators include the following people:

   Paul Save is a Group Product Manager, Fulfillment Systems and Optimization at Best
   Buy and the founder of Cascadia Data Science Institute (datascienceinstitute.ai) which
   is a professional network of AI/ML Product Managers, researchers, and practitioners.

   He is also an expert on the Mirror Committee "ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 - Artificial
   intelligence" to help establish international standards for AI. He entered his first Kaggle
   (machine learning) competition in 2016 and has been a PM on data science projects in
   various industries. He has spoken on machine learning at events such as ProductCamp
   Vancouver/Seattle/PDX, Central 1 Momentum, and AWS Initiate.

   Benita Raichandani is a Senior Product Manager in the Machine Learning organization
   at Workday. She specializes in managing and scaling the data needed to build machine
   learning and data science features. Her journey in the big data space started over 11
   years ago for her financial customers. Since then she has worked in a variety of
   industries and roles and is currently also serving on the board of ProductBC.

   Nene Azu is a Product Manager at Borealis AI (RBC’s AI Research Lab). He specializes
   in building lending AI models for the Bank and owns retail, auto & small business
   product strategies. Nene has over half a decade of experience in personal &
   commercial banking as well as AI fintech product management. Nene holds a BSc in
   Economics, Math & Stats from the University of British Columbia.

   Calvin Gerus is the Director of Product at Borealis AI, positioned at the intersection of
   ML and the future of banking; he is excited about bringing this technology to the
   financial industry. With over ten years of experience leading high-performing teams
   skilled in the craftmanship of going from a great opportunity to a great product, he is a
   seasoned leader who values exploring some of the most challenging problems.

   Ryan Smith is a product leader who has built AI products as founder and CEO of FTSY
   (computer vision/footwear), PM at Shopify, and currently PM with Delphia. Ryan's early
   passion for data modeling started in Physics and continued through an MBA at UBC.

   Saif Khan entered ML through a 1 year fellowship in AI/ML from Sutardja Center of
   Entrepreneurship and Technology, UC Berkeley. He then joined skit.ai as a PM where
   he led development of AI voice agents to disrupt the debt collections industry for the
   Indian and US markets. He brings 3+ years of PM experience to Nylas where he
   creates APIs to improve workflow and harness communication data.

   Samuel Segun is an AI/ML product manager with experience leading B2B and B2C
   product teams, machine learning developers, and data scientists to operationalize
   Responsible AI. He earned a Ph.D. degree in computational ethics from the University
   of Johannesburg, where he served as an adjunct assistant professor. He has also led
   responsible AI research projects at the Stellenbosch University School for Data Science
   and Computational Thinking. Samuel currently leads the United Nations Interregional
   Crime and Justice Research Institute as its AI Innovation and Technology Policy
   Consultant, a role requiring the development of AI tools/products to assist INTERPOL
   in anti-money laundry and fraud investigation.

   Polly Allen has worked in tech for over 20 years, and has worn many hats at companies
   of all sizes - from software engineer at a 5-person startup to Director of Product at a
   $10B company. She holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc in Computer Science from UVic and MIT,
   and an MBA from UBC. In 2022 she left her role at Amazon to found
   www.aicareerboost.com, an AI-focused career accelerator for women, with the goal of
   increasing diversity in business leadership in tech and AI.

   Amin is the Product Manager at Novarc Technologies specialized in developing autonomous welding solutions. He has more than 12 years of research and engineering experience in a variety of topics including artificial intelligence, data, IoT, and robotics. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of British Columbia (UBC) where he published numerous articles on topics including efficient execution of AI applications on edge devices. Before leading product efforts at Novarc, Amin worked closely with several technology startups wearing multiple hats developing hardware and software solutions.

   We have assembled an amazing group of facilitators where each group will have at
   least one experienced AI/ML PM to help guide the discussions during the breakout
   sessions.

   The format will be the following:

   1. Short presentation and introduction to the first breakout session
   2. Breakout Session 1: Responsible AI - how to implement and maintain it
   3. Short intro to ChatGPT
   4. Breakout Session 2: Chat GPT - ideation on what we can expect to emerge in the next 2-years
   5. Recap

   The breakout sessions will be 4-6(ish) people per group to discuss the topics and meet
   each other. We will change groups for… more

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10. Choose the best beachhead market for your product, project, or startup - workshop

    How do you assess multiple opportunities to choose an ideal beachhead market for your product, project, or your startup?

    Chang Han is an investor, entrepreneur, consultant, and university instructor and has worked with hundreds of startups and SME's. He will provide a real-life example of an innovative hardware product that had too many promising market opportunities but too few biz dev, sales, engineering, and operational support staff. The potential ensuing market launch paralysis was overcome by applying a multi-factor product launch projection analysis that can be used for any hardware, or software product launch, or even for an entire startup.

    After introducing the multi-factor product launch projection analysis tool, it will be shared with you to work with, and the workshop will support attendees working through its application for the products and startups attendees are currently working on.

    How do you assess multiple opportunities to choose an ideal beachhead market for your product, project, or your startup?

    Chang Han is an investor, entrepreneur, consultant, and university instructor and has worked with hundreds of startups and SME's. He will provide a real-life example of an innovative hardware product that had too many promising market opportunities but too few biz dev, sales, engineering, and operational support staff. The potential ensuing market launch paralysis was overcome by applying a multi-factor product launch projection analysis that can be used for any hardware, or software product launch, or even for an entire startup.

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11. Co-Creation and Inclusive Design in Product Teams

    What does co-creation and inclusive design look like in your product and design team?

    In this workshop, I will focus on the idea of generative collaboration and how, through an inclusive mentality, we can approach design in a way that is founded on a culture of respect and optimistic curiosity.

    This workshop will be led through a series of activities including:
    - innovation personas and co-creation
    - story of you and designer types
    - collective reflection

    The purpose of this workshop is to set intention around inclusive design as a collective responsibility that requires empathetic listening and building to think - taking action on ideas helps generate new ones.

    My hope is that through this workshop, Product Managers and Designers can reflect on their own practices, question their assumptions and develop new insights based on their learnings to develop products rooted in human-centred design.

    About Me: I am the Digital Marketing Manager for LWTL Media, a startup that focuses on building products that foster pathways to a stronger, more inclusive future. I hold a certificate in Social Impact Strategy from the University of Pennsylvania and am currently completing my certification in Design Thinking from the Stuart Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania

    What does co-creation and inclusive design look like in your product and design team?

    In this workshop, I will focus on the idea of generative collaboration and how, through an inclusive mentality, we can approach design in a way that is founded on a culture of respect and optimistic curiosity.

    This workshop will be led through a series of activities including:
    - innovation personas and co-creation
    - story of you and designer types
    - collective reflection

    The purpose of this workshop is to set intention around inclusive design as a collective responsibility that requires empathetic listening and building to think… more

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