The European Product Conference 2026
The European Product Conference 2026 is a highly curated event, gathering 80 Product Leaders for a full day of discussion, learning, and networking. Its theme is "The AI Product Imperative: Roadmapping Smart Features, Delivering ROI & Navigating Regulation".
Confirmed Roundtable Moderators (Agenda)
Product Track Roundtable Moderators:
Alan Clarke, Chief of Product and Trading, Flutter
Ryan Jude Soosayraj, VP at Mindset AI
John Martin, Chief Product Officer at Flagstone
Fionn Delahunty, Head of Product at Synthflow AI
Dervilla Mullan, VP of Product at Sprout Social
Kevin Stembridge, Head of Strategy at Körber Pharma
Gus Iwanaga, VP of Product - Commerce at commercetools
Jeferson Zanim, Chief Product Officer at Mater Private Network
Somnath Biswas, Head of AI Products, The AA
Florence Jumpp, Chief Product Officer, Bite
Haidee McMahon, CPO | Head of Labs, EIDA Solutions
Mark Brophy, AI Product Leader; Ex-Product Leader at Genesys, TripAdvisor and Ding
Product Management sessions will feature focused conversations on AI product strategy, roadmapping & defining success metrics. Attendees will be grouped by criteria such as seniority, company size, industry, and product stage.
European AI Conference
This event is hosted as a dedicated track within the larger European AI Conference 2026, allowing product attendees to enjoy an intimate, peer-level summit while also having the opportunity to network with hundreds of Europe’s top AI Builders, Enterprise Strategists & VCs during networking sessions.
Confirmed Panellists and Roundtable Moderators from other tracks:
Brian McGeough, Chief Information Officer, Creditsafe
Manuela Locarno Ajayi, SVP and Board Member, TomTom
Alan Smeaton, Professor of Computing, Dublin City University
Siddhant Mohapatra, Head of Global Data & Analytics - AI, Trust & Safety, Ads, Vendor Management, Legal, Ops, Pinterest
Emanuele Sparvoli, Senior Director of IT, Fin
Nitin Sinha, Director, Principal AI Architect - Forward Deployed Engineering - Applied AI, Service Now
Barry Duffy, VP Digital & Data, FINEOS
Shay Weiss, Director of Engineering & AI Transformation, Walgreens Boots Alliance
Tiago Nascimento, Head of IT Delivery, HCLTech
Grainne Maycock, Chief Revenue Officer, Acolad Group
Denis Vukosav, VP of Technology - AI Strategy & Transformation, State Street
Satyanarayana Vuppala, Head of Gen AI Security, Dun & Bradstreet
Stanislava Trajlov, Head of Data, Vhi
Liam Cronin, Director of Innovation, University College Dublin
Jean Arnaud, Director of AI Programmes, ESMT Berlin
Niamh Collins, Centre Director, The Guinness Enterprise Centre
Eoghan Powell, Innovation Centre Director, WorkIQ
Ronan Cunningham, Director, DCU:Innovate
Eamon Curtin, Director Start-Ups & Entrepreneurship / IGNITE Programme Director, University College Cork
Mary Rodgers, CEO, Portershed
Martina Fitzgerald, CEO, Scale Ireland
Frank Brennan, CEO, Republic of Work
Niamh Sterling, All-Island Director, HBAN
Barry Brennan, Venture Partner, Elkstone
Faye Walsh Drouillard, Founder & Managing Partner, WakeUp Capital
Gil Azevedo, Executive Director, Unicorn Factory Lisboa
About Product Network Europe
Product Network Europe / Startup Network Europe is an Irish Company that has hosted over 280 Corporate, Mid-Market, and Startup Conferences across 50 European Cities since 2021. Their most notable events include:
The European Chief Product Officer Conference 2026 (full-day event)
The Dublin AI Conference 2026 (evening event)
The London AI Startup Conference 2025 (full-day event at Google’s London HQ)
The European AI Conference 2024 (full-day event at Google’s EMEA HQ)
The London Chief Product Officer Conference 2023 (evening event)
The European Startup Conference 2022 (speakers included Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak)
Previous Speakers
Product Leaders
Rhiannon White, Chief Product Officer, Clue
Marija Nakevska, Chief Product Officer, Pleo
Piero Sierra, Chief Product Officer, Skyscanner
James Colgan, Chief Product Officer, Spendesk
Katya Denike, Chief Product Officer, Holland & Barrett
Corporate Leaders
Steve Wozniak, Co-Founder, Apple
Benjamin Faes, CEO, RWS Group
Nathalie Roos, CEO, Lipton Teas and Infusions
Jörg Koletzki, Chief Information Officer, AerCap
Brian McGeough, Chief Information Officer, Creditsafe
Dr. Ingo Stürmer, CTO, Volvo Autonomous Solutions
Peter Wanda, CDAO Shared Services, Zurich Insurance
Katarzyna Stoltmann, Head of Data Science & AI, AstraZeneca
Louise Dennehy, Chief Information Officer, Central Bank of Ireland
Susie O'Donoghue, Global Head of Data & AI, William Grant & Sons
Political & Ecosystem Leaders
Minister Emer Higgins T.D.
Roxanne Varza, Director, STATION F
Lord Mayor of Dublin Councillor Ray McAdam
Gerard de Graaf, EU Ambassador to Silicon Valley
Brigitte Baumann Gervais, President Emeritus, EBAN
Neeta Patel CBE, CEO, The Centre for Entrepreneurs
Gilles Babinet, Co-Chair, The National Digital Council of France
Markus Blume, Bavarian Minister of Sciences and the Arts, Member of the Bavarian State Parliament
Unicorn Founders
Sabeer Bhatia, Co-Founder, Hotmail
Joel Perlman, Co-Founder, OakNorth Bank
Razvan Ranca, Co-Founder & CTO, Tractable
Dmitry Gurski, Co-Founder & CEO, Flo Health
James Eddison, Co-Founder, Octopus Energy
Spenser Skates, Co-Founder & CEO, Amplitude
Jan Goetz, Co-Founder, IQM Quantum Computers
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Contact
For any questions on this event, please reach out to:
adam@startupnetwork.eu