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Ten ways that excellent product managers set themselves apart
Over the past 18 years, I've learned many lessons about product management that weren't taught in school. Building and leading multiple product teams from scratch to successful exits has given me a clear perspective on what really matters.
Attend this session if you would like to learn more about the following:
- What sets excellent product managers apart in the hiring process?
- What are some of the hard truths about product management career paths that are not widely talked about?
- What will and won't change as AI becomes more widely adopted in product management?
- What types of…21 votes -
Redefining Success, Confidence & the Future of Product: Because your title isn’t your legacy—your impact is.
Looking for frameworks, metrics, ladders to climb? This is not that talk.
This is a real, human story about navigating career reinvention, growing through discomfort, and learning to lead with confidence without needing to have it all figured out. It’s about showing up in the messiness of mid-career transitions, shifting industries, chasing curiosity, and choosing to build a career that actually brings you joy.
You’ll hear how I embraced the unknown, stopped trying to “know it all,” and leaned into storytelling, community, and honesty to find clarity—without a linear path or a perfect plan.
Along the way, we’ll explore:
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What is it that you think you’re doing over there?!
Careers can last 40 or more years and span many industries, domains, and roles yet most people only think about their career when it’s time to find another job. Even worse, that’s the only time they invest in their career. What a great way to throw away millions of dollars in earnings and the equivalent in happiness!
In this talk, we’ll take a look at how you can think more proactively about your career and life aspirations and take a systematic, informed, hypothesis driven approach to pursuing your dreams. I’ll challenge you to a reality check of where you are…
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AI Meets Empathy: How to Build Products That Customers Love in the AI Era
Sanchi is a Product Leader at Atlassian, specializing in AI-driven developer tools that enhance productivity and streamline workflows. With over a decade of experience in product management, she has worked on scaling global technology products, driving AI adoption, and enhancing developer experiences.
Passionate about the intersection of AI, product strategy, and user experience, she believes that while AI enables smarter decision-making, true product success lies in balancing automation with human empathy. In this session, she will explore how product managers can leverage AI to drive customer engagement while ensuring trust, delight, and usability remain at the core of product experiences.
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Balancing Roadmaps and Bedtime Stories – The Life of a Parent and Product Manager
Product management is all about prioritization, stakeholder alignment, and navigating uncertainty—skills that feel strikingly familiar to anyone raising kids. As a parent and a product manager, I’ve found that the lessons from each role often apply to the other in surprising ways. In this talk, I’ll share how the frameworks we use to build great products can also help us manage the chaos of parenting—and vice versa. Whether it’s handling shifting priorities, leading with empathy, or embracing iterative learning, there’s a lot we can take from both worlds to be more effective and fulfilled in each. Let’s dive into the…
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Ace Your Product Manager Interview: Strategies from Both Sides of the Table
Carrie Chatelain (Coconut, Article) and Filip Machat (Microsoft, Amazon) have navigated both sides of the PM hiring process—applying, interviewing, and selecting top candidates. With hundreds of interviews under their belts (on both sides of the table), they know exactly what makes candidates stand out.
In this interactive session, Carrie and Filip will demystify the PM interview process at any level, from aspiring APMs to senior product leaders. You'll leave with insider strategies to tackle even the trickiest interview questions with confidence.
Topics include:
✔ How to walk into your interview prepared and ready to impress
✔ What questions to expect—and…18 votes -
The End of Product Managers (As We Know Them)
The traditional Product Manager role—the one you've watched dozens of YouTube videos about—is being rewritten by AI every week. Leaders like Mark Zuckerberg (Meta) and Marc Benioff (Salesforce) are openly declaring it: AI isn't merely automating tasks; it's erasing entire jobs to be done.
This disruption isn't limited to PMs. AI is disrupting the software development broadly, and quickly. Companies increasingly rely on fewer, AI-empowered super ICs to accomplish tasks once handled by entire teams. If AI can write code, deploy fully functional apps, rapidly analyze qualitative and quantitative data, and conduct "deep research" on users, competitors, and the market,…
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Staff vs. Group PM: Navigating the IC-to-Manager Leap
Curious about the differences between a Staff/Principle PM and a Group PM—and what it really takes to transition from IC to people manager?
In this session, we’ll break down the key skills, mindsets, and trade-offs of each path, so you can make an informed choice about your next career move.
Whether you’re debating a leadership track or already stepping into management, this conversation will give you clarity, practical insights, and real-world examples to help you thrive.
Don’t miss it!
Gabriel Hernandez
Group Product Manager @ Hootsuite11 votes -
From End User to User Advocate: Shaping Products from the Inside Out
Join Omar as he shares expert insights on carving out a successful career in Product Management, drawing from his extensive experience transitioning from early roles in customer service and quality assurance to senior product management positions across global markets. Learn how to navigate the journey and the strategies that help you succeed in the product management landscape.
Topics include:
• Career Path Exploration: Understanding different entry points into product management from non-technical backgrounds.
• Skill Transfer and Development: Identifying and enhancing transferable skills from non-technical jobs that are invaluable in product management.
• Overcoming Industry Challenges: Tackling common obstacles faced…11 votes -
From Soil to Screen: How Permaculture Can Shape Digital Experiences
Permaculture, derived from “permanent agriculture,” is an approach to land management that adopts patterns observed in flourishing natural ecosystems.
In this session we’ll look at how we can connect permaculture with the products we deliver. Permaculture provides ethics and principles that can be applied to design systems including farms, settlements, and our communities. Participants will build an understanding of these ethics and principles and learn how they can be applied to digital products, leading to sustainable, accessible and inclusive digital experiences.
Learning Outcomes:
- What is permaculture and its ethics
- The principles behind permaculture and how they can map…7 votes -
Beyond the Scoreboard: Driving Success as a Game PM
The gaming industry is one of the most dynamic and competitive markets, requiring product managers to navigate player expectations, business goals, and creative vision. In this session, we’ll break down the core principles of game product management, from pre-production to post-launch, and explore how to balance data-driven decision-making with player experience.
Drawing from years of experience in game product management, I’ll share insights on:
Defining and measuring success in game development.
Managing stakeholder alignment between developers, cross-functional teams and leadership.
Leveraging analytics to drive engagement and retention.
Navigating monetization strategies without compromising player trust.
Whether you’re new to game product…
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Transitioning from Corporate to Entrepreneurship – What I Wish I Knew
Overview:
Many professionals dream of leaving their corporate careers to start their own venture—but what does it really take? In this talk, I’ll share my personal journey from working in healthcare to launching Simple Analytics, a startup that helps small businesses build affordable data solutions.This session will provide practical insights on how to transition strategically, reduce risk, and validate an idea before going all in.
Key Takeaways:
Mindset Shifts: The biggest changes from being an employee to an entrepreneurTesting Your Idea: Validating demand without quitting your job
Time & Risk Management: How to balance a full-time job with…
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Unlocking Scalable Platform Products: Where User Needs Meet Business Goals
In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, platform products serve as the backbone of innovation, enabling organizations to scale efficiently. However, building successful platform products requires more than just technical excellence—it demands a deep understanding of user needs and alignment with organizational strategy. Without this foundation, even the most advanced platform efforts risk delivering limited value.
In this talk, we will explore the critical role of user research in shaping platform products and ensuring technical, product and design efforts lead to meaningful outcomes. We will discuss practical strategies for conducting research that informs product decisions and share real-world examples of how alignment…
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AI-Powered Security Automation for Agile Product Development
The Challenge
Security is often treated as a late-stage concern, leading to delays and rework.
Product managers must balance speed, innovation, and security without disrupting development.
Security teams may introduce last-minute requirements, forcing developers to redo work.The Solution: Embedding Security in Development
Automate security analysis within the development workflow.
Ensure security tasks are integrated into Agile processes from the start.
Use industry standards like OWASP ASVS, PCI-DSS, and GDPR to guide security decisions.
Make security a proactive step rather than a last-minute fix.How AI Can Help ?
Analyze use cases automatically and identify security risks in real time.…3 votes -
When Your Product is The Organization
For Product Leaders building an organization that is creating digital products, viewing your organization as a product in and of itself can create a powerful approach. Whether you are focused on a single product, portfolios or broader programs, building your organization with a product mindset brings better alignment, resiliency and results over the long-term.
By recursively using discovery and design techniques in an organizational context you can support your product organization’s ability to adapt in a world of never-ending change.
A change platform can help to sustainably & systematically guide your organization forward by crafting outcomes, a change map &…
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Products as Profit Engines: The Key to Value Creation and Market Success
At their core, businesses exist to create value—and products are the primary vehicle for transferring money from customers to the organization. But what makes a product successful in the market? How do you ensure that your product delivers real value while driving profitability?
This session will break down:
✅ The dual purpose of products: revenue generation and value delivery
✅ How businesses balance profit, customer needs, and market differentiation
✅ What makes a product truly valuable—solving pain points, quality, innovation, affordability, and customer experience
✅ The role of pricing and feature selection in maximizing market fitWe’ll explore how to…
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From Data to Dollars: How Conjoint Analysis Transformed a Telecom Loyalty Program
How do you determine which features customers truly value—and what they’re willing to pay for them? In this session, we’ll explore how Conjoint Analysis, a powerful research method, helped a leading South African telecommunications company design a loyalty program that maximized customer engagement and profitability.
Through real-world insights, we'll cover:
✅ How Conjoint Analysis reveals customer preferences and trade-offs
✅ The role of data-driven decision-making in product and pricing strategy
✅ Lessons learned from designing a high-impact loyalty program in a competitive marketWhether you're in product management, pricing strategy, or customer experience, this session will equip you with actionable…
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Trust Capital: Mastering the Currency of Your Product Management Career
You've heard the old saying. Product managers lead with zero authority, yet when a customer churns out, the PM is held accountable. So how do you handle challenges and objections that feel completely out of your control?
Join Hanson Do, a product manager in title, who over 9 years has also built experience in product marketing, QA, UX design, people management, and more, in a deep and honest conversation about one of the most important things that matter in your current (or future!) product management career: trust capital.
In this session you will learn the secrets to:
- Build a…2 votes -
From Zero to Million: How I got the first Million downloads on my Open-Source PHP package
Get introduced on my Open-Source Laravel localization project and what made it to achieve 1M downloads.
Learn about the experience of being a Open Source package maintainer, get advised (specially on what to do differently).
End the presentation inspired to do the same I did (or even better)!
I will start by explaining a little bit about the project and it’s differentials.
The second part will explain the process and the most important decisions and suggestions that I got from friends and co-workers (highlighting the importance of sharing your personal projects with people you thrust).
Third part will speak about…
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