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

Philipp Nieland, Co-Founder, Nikulipe; Co-Founder, PPRO

Dave Fleming, Founder, Stealth

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

For more information on PNE and SNE, please visit our websites:

https://productnetwork.eu

https://startupnetwork.eu

Contact

For any questions on this event, please reach out to:[email protected]