​Maryland Product Symposium 2026

​Beyond the Vibes: Evidence-Based Product Management

​Thursday, October 22, 2026 · 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Eastern
Online · Free

​This is for the product person who hears "it worked for me" and quietly wonders: did it, though — and would it work anywhere else? Who values a good anecdote but knows an anecdote is data, not evidence. Who wants to know not just that something worked, but why — the mechanism underneath, the part you can actually repeat. If you think critically about your product, you deserve a symposium that thinks critically too.

​This is a day for that kind of knowledge: what people learned by actually doing the work, in their own context, with evidence they can show you. A real claim, the evidence behind it, and an honest account of what changed when reality pushed back.

​No vendors working the room. No frameworks without receipts. Just people showing their work.

​Register free. Three keynotes, live talks across three tracks, an interactive Connections Hour, and an on-demand library to revisit afterward.

​Have something worth teaching?

​Call for speakers is now open. If you've got a claim you can back with evidence — a test you ran, a bet that paid off, a lesson that cost you something — this is your stage. Register now and you'll be first to know when submissions open.

​Keynotes:

• ​AI-Powered Innovation: Building Better Products Through Evidence, Experimentation, and AI with Dr. James V. Green - Managing Director of Learning

• ​From Purpose to Proof: How Customer Evidence Built the Product We Never Planned -with Shanell Guardo - Founder & CEO - Kintech

• ​The Arrival of Product Engineering:
  What Mining Over 500,000 Conversations Taught Me About the Future of Product + Engineering with Bri Doyle - Product Manager Cisco

​Three tracks:

• ​Product Technology & Complex Product Development

• ​Product Management in Regulated Environments

• ​Product Growth, Marketing & Market Adoption

​Key dates:

• ​July 20 — Call for speakers opens

• ​Sep 07 — Proposals close (11:59 p.m. ET)

• ​Sept 21 — Full program published

• ​Oct 15 — On-demand preview + one-week countdown

• ​Oct 22 — Symposium

​Register today!