The Analytics Hot Seat: Let's Agree to Disagree
The Analytics Hot Seat: Let's Agree to Disagree
📍 Manychat Barcelona Office (NN Pau Claris building, 4th floor)
📅 November 26th, 2026
🕕 18:30-22:00 (Doors open at 18:00)
💡About
Some of the most interesting conversations in Product Analytics are the ones that never make it into presentations.
The decisions made before anyone looked at the data. The experiments that didn't go as planned. The metrics everyone reports but nobody quite trusts. And those moments when the numbers say one thing, but your gut tells you another.
For the second edition of Product Analytics Talks, powered by Manychat, we're changing things up.
Welcome to The Analytics Hot Seat - an evening of bold opinions, honest stories, and conversations about the decisions that aren't always as straightforward as they seem.
This time, we're moving away from traditional presentations and bringing together experienced Product, Data, and AI practitioners for an open, interactive discussion.
Expect different perspectives, thought-provoking questions, real-world experiences, and perhaps a few opinions you strongly disagree with.
And this isn't just about hearing what the experts think. We want to hear from you, too.
🎤 What to expect
🔥 Bold Opinions & Real Discussions
Challenging assumptions, questioning established practices, and exploring the decisions Product and Data teams face every day.
💬 Honest Stories & Lessons Learned
The successes, mistakes, unexpected outcomes, and lessons that rarely make it into polished conference presentations.
🙋 An Interactive Experience
Thought-provoking questions, different perspectives, and opportunities for the audience to join the conversation.
🥂 Networking & Drinks
Meet fellow Product, Data, and AI professionals, exchange ideas, and make new connections within Barcelona's growing tech community.
🎙️ Meet the Hot Seat Panel
Three experienced practitioners. Different backgrounds. Plenty of opinions worth challenging.
Joining the conversation are Product, Data, and AI professionals bringing perspectives from hands-on engineering to data science leadership and company-wide data strategy.
Alex Litvinov — Senior AI/Data Engineer at Manychat
Bringing a hands-on engineering perspective to the discussion, from building data and AI solutions to the technical realities behind them.
Alexey Malinskiy — Data Science Manager at Avito
Bringing a data science leadership perspective on analytical decision-making, experimentation, and the challenges of turning data into business value.
Rory O'Driscoll — VP of Data at AirHelp
Bringing a strategic perspective on data leadership, organizational priorities, and the difficult trade-offs behind data-driven decisions.
Different experiences, different perspectives - and probably a few disagreements along the way. 🔥
🎯 Built for...
Product Managers & Product Leaders
Product & Data Analysts
Analytics Engineers
Data Scientists
AI Practitioners
Data & Analytics Leaders
Anyone passionate about making better product decisions
Whether you're building analytics systems, running experiments, leading product teams, or figuring out how AI is changing the way we work, we'd love to have you in the conversation.
🎟️ Registration
Attendance is free, but spots are limited.
We're keeping the meetup small and interactive so there's plenty of room for meaningful discussions and new connections.
Registration is subject to host approval. Once you sign up, we'll review registrations and send you a confirmation as soon as your spot is secured.
Bring your opinions, your curiosity, and maybe a story or two. We'll take care of the rest. 😉
👋 Who's behind the meetup?
Product Analytics Talks is a community initiative bringing Barcelona's Product, Data, and Analytics professionals together to exchange ideas, share real experience, and learn from one another.
Alexander Modestov — Head of Product Analytics at Manychat, with 15+ years of experience across product research, experimentation, ML, and analytics leadership. Currently exploring how AI agents can make analytical work more scalable.
Mikhail Merkurev — Lead Product Analyst at Manychat, with 9 years of experience across product analytics, experimentation, and KPI frameworks. Currently focused on AI agents and the future of analytics workflows.