The London Chief Product Officer Conference 2026
The London Chief Product Officer Conference is an exclusive event that will gather 80 of Europe's Product Executives, for a morning of networking, collaborating and learning.
Where: The Stepstone Group, London (Blue Fin, 110 Southwark Street, London, SE1 0TA)
When: Thursday, 29th of October, 2026, 8:30am-1:00pm
Who: 80 Chiefs, Directors, Heads, and VPs of Product, from companies with at least 50 employees / £7.5m ARR
Theme: Product Leadership in the AI Era
Hosted by: Product Network Europe and The Stepstone Group
Sponsored by: thoughtbot, ThoughtSpot
This event follows the success of The European CPO Conference 2026, which happened in January. Product Network Europe also manages a thriving group of 500 product leaders, called CPO Network Europe.
Agenda
8:30am-9:15am: Registration & Networking
9:15am-9:30am: Introduction
9:30am-10:00am: Fireside Chat, including Q&A
This panel will explore the critical role of product leadership in an AI-driven world. The panel conversation can cover how to identify high-impact AI opportunities, getting product roadmaps AI-ready, and building the product organisation’s capabilities needed for the future.
Panellists:
Sally Foote, Chief Product & Technology Officer, Ecosurety
Gabriel Grigorescu, Senior Product Portfolio Director, The Stepstone Group
10:00am-11:00am: Roundtable Talks #1 - AI Challenges for Product Leaders
Interactive Sessions of 8 people per table, addressing product leadership challenges they encounter in their work, and helping peers with potential solutions. Each table is moderated by a product leader.
Bethan Ashley, Head of Product, EMEA, thoughtbot
Topic: Has Product become the bottleneck? How do we become an AI-native product organisation?Timo Ungerer, Product Director, The Stepstone Group
Topic: Trust and responsibility in AI-driven matchingMadalina Sauca, Product Portfolio Director, The Stepstone Group
Topic: Prioritising AI across a portfolioOpen Table
Topic: AI: Shifting from Engineering Delivery to Product Outcome"Open Table
Topic: AI: Organizational Fatigue from the Relentless Pace of Change"Open Table
Topic: AI & Product: Building Defensible Competitive Advantage"
11:00am-12:00am: Roundtable Talks #2 - Product Leadership in 2026
Bethan Ashley, Head of Product, EMEA, thoughtbot
Topic: Recognising the product function as a revenue generating function - Moving to P&L, revenue generating & growthGemma McCarthy-Maidment, Chief Product Officer, ESG Book
Topic: Scaling for Success: Bridging the Gap Between Product Innovation, Investors, and Commercial StrategyGary Gallagher, Director of Products, Sciensus
Topic: Lean product orgs: delivering today, investing for tomorrowVazgen Badalyan, Founder, Evidenso; Fractional CPO
Topic: Role of Human in the Future of Product ManagementMaya Hodroj, Senior Director of Product Management | Proptech and Payments, Redpin
Topic: Building a Scalable Product Organization in 2026Leonor Cogneau, Executive Product Leader
Topic: Building a product operating model from scratch and scaling product organizations across different culturesMaud Larpent, Executive Product Leader
Topic: Evolving the Operating Model: Shifting from Feature Delivery to Outcome-Driven Execution.
12:00pm-1:00pm: Networking, with pre-arranged meetings facilitated by a networking app
About Product Network Europe
Product Network Europe is an Irish company that has hosted over 280 tech & innovation Conferences across 50 European Cities since 2021. Our most notable events include:
The European Chief Product Officer Conference 2026 (full-day event)
The Dublin AI Conference 2026 (full-house event)
The Amsterdam AI Conference 2026 (full-house event)
The London AI Startup Conference 2025 (morning event in Google’s London HQ)
The Zurich AI Summit 2025 (full-house event)
The European AI Conference 2024 (full-day event in Google’s EMEA HQ)
The European Chief Product Officer Conference 2023 (full-day event)
The London Chief Product Officer Conference 2023 (evening event)
The European Startup Conference 2022 (speakers included Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak)
Our hundreds of previous speakers include:
Steve Wozniak, Co-Founder of Apple
Sabeer Bhatia, Co-Founder of Hotmail
Marija Nakevska, Chief Product Officer at Pleo
Piero Sierra, Chief Product Officer of Skyscanner
Katya Denike, Chief Product Officer at Holland & Barrett
James Colgan, Former Chief Product Officer at Spendesk
Rhiannon White, Current CEO and Former CPO of Clue
Daniel Gebler, Founder & CTO at Picnic Technologies
Rohan Garg, Former Chief Product Officer at idealo
Spenser Skates, Co-Founder & CEO of Amplitude
Nathalie Roos, CEO of Lipton Teas and Infusions
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For any questions on this event, please reach out to:
adam@startupnetwork.eu