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Global
Product Leadership Festival 2026

Every team is experimenting with AI. Very few know how to build sustained advantage with it.

The Product Leadership Festival brings together practitioners, product leaders, designers and innovators to discuss what is actually working — across three focused weeks on AI Product Design, AI Product Management, and AI Product Leadership.

SPEAKERS

Featured Speakers

Founder
TensorN
Aarati Mankar
Senior Vice President
Axis Bank
Abhijit Dey
SVP Product Management
Apollo 24|7
Ajay Bansal
Principal Product Manager - Enterprise AI
Microsoft AI
Amit Pandey
VP, Head of Product Design
Taxwell
Andy Vitale
Head of Engineering & Product
Duke Energy Corporation
Anil Prasad
Head of Product Design
AWS
Bonnie Sampson
VP of Product Design
Flipkart
Gaurav Mathur
VP of AI Software Products
Project Management Institute
Karthik Iyappan
Gunasekaran
Founder & CPO
SapMen C
Keyur Shinde
Senior Vice President
Blackstraw
Kumar Subramanyan
Principal Product Manager
Microsoft
Kunal Parekh
SVP, Agentic Platform and Products
Resilinc
Lokesh Verma
VP - Senior Product Manager
Apex Group
Partha Misra
Sr. Director
Sysco
Pritam Debnath
Vice President of Product Management
Way.com, India
Rangarakesh
Kanchamreddy
Chief Product Officer
Regrid
Sahana Anantha Murthy
Director of Product
LinkedIn
Saurabh Agarwal
Head of Product
Walmart
Shivang Patel
Chief Product Officer
Ginesys
Sreeram Narayan
Senior Vice President
OneTrust
Sriram Iyer
Vice President of Product Management
Wonder
Tapojoy Chatterjee
Product Management Coach, Author & Speaker
herbig.co
Tim Herbig
Creative Director and Strategist
Locomotive®
Dust Leblanc
Mother of Social Dragons
Dot Lung
Director and New Media Artist
Ouchhh Studio
Ferdi Alici
PLF Ambassador

Azaruddin T
Head of Product Information

Chirashree Ghosh,
Senior Product Manager

Karan Shukla,
Senior Product Manager
PLF Pune – Chapter Lead

Nitin Arora,
Director, Product Management

Sandeep Gururaj,
Senior Product Manager

Sathish V,

Fractional Head of Product – AI

Past Speakers

30+ Industry Leaders

Announcements coming soon.

Nir Eyal

Author, Hooked & Indistractable

Gibson Biddle

Former VP of Product, Netflix

Phil Libin

Founder & Former CEO, Evernote

Barry O'Reilly

Author, Unlearn & Lean Enterprise

Ash Maurya

Creator, Lean Canvas

Stephen Gates

Global Design & AI Product Leader

Tim Herbig

Product Management Author & Advisor

Rich Mironov

Product Management Pioneer

Stephanie Mango

President

Eric Weber

Chief Technology Officer

Jill Soley

Co-Founder

Jeffrey Wartgow

Vice President PM CX Service

Dattatreya Gaur

CEO Software

Melanie Achard

Go To Market Strategy

Robert David

Executive Director

Kevin Brennan

Sr Director of Product Management

Anand Shrivastava

Founder & CPO

Anudeep Maity

DGM of Product Management

Chaitali Deb Purkayastha

Associate Director

Dhammachintak Neel

Product Leader

Christie Lenneville

Vice President of User Experience

Amancio Bouza

Founder

Nathan Gold

Chief Coach

Jeffrey Wartgow

GTM Expert Advisor

Karthik Dinne

Head of Product

Karthik Madhava

Senior Product Manager

Lokesh Tripathi

VP of Product Management

Niranjan Maski

Principal Product Manager

Festival Overview

Session Formats

Masterclass

Deep-dive learning led by practitioners covering frameworks, playbooks, tools, and proven strategies.

Fireside Chat

Honest conversations with senior product leaders, founders, investors, and AI executives.

AMA (Ask Me Anything)

Live audience interaction where attendees ask practical questions directly to experts.

Panel Discussion

Multiple industry leaders discussing trends, opportunities, challenges, and predictions.

Case Study

Real-world AI product successes, failures, and the lessons behind them.

Product Demo

Live demonstrations of AI-powered products, workflows, and design systems.

Executive Roundtable

Strategic discussion between senior leaders on the future of AI, products, leadership, and innovation.

Festival Journey

3 Weeks, 3 Themes,
9 Days, 27 Sessions

Each week is a focused deep-dive into a different dimension of AI-driven product work.

01
WEEK 01

AI Product Design

Designing AI-First Experiences

9 sessions Live QA 11th - 13th August

07:00 PM – 07:45 PM
Building AI-First Products from the Ground Up Speaker: Karthik Iyappan Gunasekaran, VP of AI Software Products, PMI
45 mins MASTERCLASS
07:50 PM – 08:35 PM
Design Leadership in the AI Era Speaker: Andy Vitale, VP, Head of Product Design & AI Center of Excellence, Taxwell |
Gaurav Mathur, VP of Product Design, Flipkart
45 mins FIRESIDE CHAT
08:45 PM – 09:30 PM
Building a Design Portfolio for AI Products Speaker: Anil Prasad, Head of Engineering & Product, Duke Energy Corporation
45 mins AMA
07:00 PM – 07:45 PM
Designing AI-Native User Experiences Speaker: Pritam Debnath, Sr. Director, Sysco
45 mins MASTERCLASS
07:50 PM – 08:35 PM
AI Design Systems in Action Speaker: Amit Pandey, Principal Product Manager, Enterprise AI Microsoft AI
45 mins PRODUCT DEMO
08:45 PM – 09:30 PM
UX Challenges in the Age of AI Speaker: Bonnie Sampson, Head of Product Design, AWS
45 mins AMA
07:00 PM – 07:45 PM
Future Design Trends Speaker: Tim Herbig, Coach, Author & Speaker, herbig.co | Rangarakesh Kanchamreddy, Vice President of
Product Management, Way | Shivang Patel, Head of Product, Walmart
45 mins PANEL DISCUSSION
07:50 PM – 08:35 PM
Building the Next Generation of AI Products Speaker: Tim Herbig, Coach, Author & Speaker, herbig.co | Rangarakesh Kanchamreddy, Vice President of
Product Management, Way
45 mins FIRESIDE CHAT
08:45 PM – 09:30 PM
Career Advice for AI Product Leaders Speaker: Tapojoy Chatterjee, VP Product, Wonder
45 mins AMA
02
WEEK 02

AI Product Management

Building & Scaling AI Products

6 sessions Live QA 18th - 20th August

07:00 PM – 07:45 PM
Leading AI Product Teams Speaker: Anil Prasad, Head of Engineering & Product, Duke Energy Corporation | Kumar Subramanyan,
Senior Vice President, CPG Products, Blackstraw
45 mins FIRESIDE CHAT
07:50 PM – 08:35 PM
Building Products, Teams and Careers in the Agentic Era Speaker: Sriram Iyer,Senior Vice President, OneTrust
45 mins AMA
07:00 PM – 07:45 PM
From Customer Problem to Production AI Product Speaker: Kunal Parekh, Principal Product Manager, Microsoft
45 mins MASTERCLASS
07:50 PM – 08:35 PM
The Future of AI Product Management Speaker: Ajay Bansal, SVP Of Product, Apollo 24|7
45 mins AMA
07:00 PM – 07:45 PM
AI Product Metrics That Matter Speaker:Partha Misra, VP - Senior Product Manager, Apex Group Ltd |
Abhijit Dey, Senior Vice President, Axis Bank | Ajay Bansal , SVP Of Product, Apollo 24|7
45 mins PANEL DISCUSSION
07:50 PM – 08:35 PM
Monetizing AI Products Speaker:Anil Prasad, Head of Engineering & Product, Duke Energy Corporation
45 mins MASTERCLASS
03
WEEK 03

AI Product Leadership

Leading AI-First Organizations

6 sessions Live QA 25th - 27th August

07:00 PM – 07:45 PM
Leading High-Performance AI Teams Speaker: Sreeram Narayan, Chief Product Officer, Ginesys | Saurabh Agarwal, Director of Product, LinkedIn
45 mins FIRESIDE CHAT
07:50 PM – 08:35 PM
Leadership Challenges in the AI Era Speaker: Sreeram Narayan, Chief Product Officer, Ginesys
45 mins AMA
07:00 PM – 07:45 PM
How Enterprises Are Adopting AI Speaker: Lokesh Verma, SVP, Agentic Platform and Products, Resilinc | Vicky Biswas, Founder, myCPTO |
Sahana Anantha Murthy, Chief Product Officer, Regrid
45 mins LEADERSHIP PANEL
07:50 PM – 08:35 PM
AI Noise vs. AI Value: What Should Product Leaders Actually Build? Speaker: Sahana Anantha Murthy, Chief Product Officer, Regrid
45 mins AMA
07:00 PM – 07:45 PM
AI Transformation at Scale Speaker: Abhijit Dey, Senior Vice President, Axis Bank
45 mins CASE STUDY
07:50 PM – 08:35 PM
What the Next Decade Looks Like Speaker: Amit Pandey, Principal Product Manager, Enterprise AI, Microsoft | Aarati Mankar, Founder, TensorN |
Keyur Shinde, Founder & CPO, SapMen C | Kunal Parekh, Principal Product Manager, Microsoft
45 mins EXECUTIVE ROUNDTABLE

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Who Attends

Built For Product People

Product Managers

Understand how AI changes product development.

Product Designers

Design experiences built around intelligence.

Product Leaders

Build AI-ready organisations.

Founders

Discover opportunities to create AI-first businesses.

Engineers

Gain a product perspective on AI innovation.

Innovation Teams

Develop frameworks for AI adoption.

What Attendees Say

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FAQ

Questions Answered

Yes. All sessions are conducted live online — not pre-recorded. You’ll be in the room with the speaker and fellow participants in real time.

Yes. Registered participants receive access to all recordings after the festival gets over.

Every session includes a dedicated live Q&A. Come with your most pressing questions.

Yes. All participants receive a certificate issued by Product Leaders Forum upon completing the festival.

Yes. Participants get access to the festival community — a space to connect with fellow product professionals across all three weeks.

Registration details will be announced soon. Sign up to be notified when tickets open.

Memories from Past Editions

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Product Leadership
Festival 2026

Three weeks. Nine curated learning days. Twenty-seven high-impact sessions.
Designed for professionals ready to lead the next wave of innovation in AI Product Design, Management, and Leadership.

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