Agenda
The MIT Product Conference is a student-led event at MIT Sloan School of Management. At this year's inaugural product conference, cross- functional leaders will come together for engaging dialogue on the changing landscape of product management, product leadership of the future, and how to enter and advance in the industry
The conference will also feature a Google sponsored hackathon and opportunities to connect with speakers and 400+ attendees (including students from MIT, HBS, Wharton, Duke, Kellogg Northeastern, Babson, etc, and will be held at MIT’s Kresge Auditorium on February 24, 2023
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM - Registration/Breakfast
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM - Keynote
Opening remarks by Conference Co-Chairs
Speakers: Caterina Castellano, Francis James, and Rishabh Goyal
9:15 AM - 9:55 AM - Fireside Keynote
1 to 100, Building and Scaling Impactful Products
Speaker - Hugo Barra (CEO, Detect I Ex-Meta, Ex-Google)
Moderator - David Lakatos (CPO, FormLabs)
10:00 AM - 10:40 AM - Fireside Chat
Product and Society: Building Mindful Products
Speakers - Dave Dame (Director of Accessibility, Microsoft), Dev Bala (ex-CPO, Sentropy)
Moderator - Sahil Joshi (Principal Lead, Google)
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM- Coffee Break
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM - Panel
0 to 1: Optimizing Your Product Journey from Ideation to Launch
Speakers - Dávid Lakatos (CPO, Formlabs), Robin Chase (Co-Founder & Ex- CEO, ZipCar), Mick Mountz (Founder & CEO, Amazon Robotics)
Moderator - JJ Rorie (CEO, Great Product Management)
11:55 AM - 12:55 PM - Showcase
Google Product Hackathon Showcase
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM- Lunch and Networking
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM - Showcase
Announcement of Google Hackathon winners
2:15PM - 2:55 PM - Fireside Chat
Incubating New Business Ideas in a Corporate Environment
Speaker - Nancy Wang (Director of Product, AWS)
Moderator - Ryan Mason (Principal, BCGX)
3:00 PM - 3:40 PM - Panel
The nuances of Product Management for B2B Products
Speakers - Alexzandra Caldwell-Wenman (Snr. Director Of Product Tableau),
Deba Sahoo (SVP, Head of Product, Fidelity Investments)
Moderator: JJ Rorie (CEO, Great Product Management)
3:40 PM - 3:55 PM - Coffee Break
4:00 PM - 4:40 PM - Panel
The Key to KPIs: Measuring Product Success
Speakers - Suresh Vittal (CPO, Alteryx), Lee Weiner (CIO, Rapid7), Erik Holm (VP of PM, NewStore)
Moderator: Prof. Vivek Farias (Professor, MIT Sloan)
4:45 PM - 5:35 PM - Panel
Transitioning Into a PM Role
Speakers - Phill Deresa (Group PM Data & Analytics, Atlassian), Kie Watanabe (Group PM Payments, Hubspot), Eliseo Miranda (Group PM Autonomy, Gatik)
Moderator: John Ellsworth (BPMA)
5:40 PM - 5:55 PM - Keynote
Closing remarks by PM Club Co-Presidents
Speakers: Caroline Liegey and Priya Bhasin
5:55 PM - 7:25 PM - Networking