18 – 19 Nov. 2015 Arena Sihlcity

Zurich, Switzerland

16 – 17 Nov.

2016ZurichSwitzerland

CallforSpeakers

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overview

April 5, 2016 – Submission of Abstract Start May 15, 2016 – Deadline for Abstract Submission

June 9, 2016 – Feedback for Intermediate Acceptance

July 15, 2016 – Deadline for Presentation Submission

August 10, 2016 – Final Acceptance

August 11, 2016 – Schedule Publishing November 14-15, 2016 – Pre-conference Workshops November 16-17, 2016 – Product Management Festival Conference

Key Dates

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let‘s talk about

• Product Manager - role profile • Product Management in a corporate environment - influence and negotiation • Product Manager’s Tools • Cross-platform agile development • Organizational models • B2B and B2C difference in interviews, feedbacks, test • Roadmap planning • Advanced stakeholder management • Measuring PM organization effectiveness • Lean Product Development • Building your Product Team • Data-driven PM, data usage beyond analytics • Product management in FinTech • When a offline Company goes online • Hardware products • How to launch/introduce new products • Why do some products get adopted faster than others? • Multinational product management • How mobile changed the product management role • How to use analytics to improve your product • Working with personas and story telling • How to integrate „design“ into product management • Product Management career paths • Pricing strategies

Topics Selection

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who?

• 322 attendees from 23 countries and 146 companies • Top countries by rank: CH, DE, UK, FR, NL, RU, US • 87% of participants would recommend the conference to their colleagues • 33 Speakers • Video Summary

2015 attendees

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who?Speakers

Shiva Rajaraman, VP Product

Michael Eckhardt, CEO

Timm Richter, CPO

Nilan Peiris, VP Growth

Building Products: The Principles of

Awesome

Crossing the Chasm with Your Product

Daily sorrows, ugly truths and our

glimpse of hope

Product = People

See all Speakers

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reasonsWhy be a Speaker?

Be in the Spotlight Share Your Knowledge

Promote Your Company

Meet Product Peers Improve Your Pitch Get Feedback

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timelineKey Dates

April 5, 2016Submission of Abstract Start

May 15, 2016 Deadline for Abstract Submission

June 9, 2016Feedback for Intermediate Acceptance

July 15, 2016Deadline for Presentation Submission

August 10, 2016Final Acceptance

August 11, 2016 Schedule Publishing

November 14-15, 2016Pre-conference

Workshops

November 16-17, 2016Product ManagementFestival

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what?Guidelines for Contributions

Submit an abstract to the Conference Board today. The abstract will be evaluated on the following criteria:

• Originality/Innovation • Relevance • Practical Orientation • Comprehension/Structure • Benefit for Attendees • Storyline

Rating Criteria

30 min Presentations

60 min Interactive Sessions

1-2 Day Workshops

30 min 60 minDay 1

Day 2

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what?

General Conditions

• Proposals submitted after the deadline will not be considered. Incomplete proposals or proposals that do not comply with the guidelines and/or topics will be returned to applicants. • All papers and presentations must be non-commercial . At no time is it permissible for presenters to use their time slot to advertise or promote a product, service, or company. • Remember, the information you enter is used for publishing purposes (e.g., web site and agenda, conference brochure); submissions must be in english .  • Do not include information in your abstract that will not be included in your presentation.  • Please inform us a month in advance which technical equipment you will require (video projector, flip charts, etc.). • Please note that all upcoming fees such as travel and accommodation will be the responsibility of the speaker/speaker’s company. 

Selection Criteria

• Does the abstract give the information: who, what, when, why, where? • Is the content related to the Product Management industry? • Does the abstract show that the paper has thorough data, clear results and a logical conclusion? • Does the abstract demonstrate that the content is an experience report or innovative and would advance the way how to develop a product? • Is the abstract understandable and clearly written?

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Who’s behind Product Management Festival

Conference Board

Raphael LeiteritzConference Co-Chair PMF & Lead Product ManagerGoogle

Claudio LehmannCo-founderyooture

Walter SchärerHead of Product & Customer ExperienceSwisscom Directories AG

Sven WengerHead of Channels & WorkbenchesUBS

Adrian ZwingliConference Co-Chair PMF & CEOSwissQ

Lars Krüger Head of Product Blockchain

Christoph Lange VP Brand Solutions Zalando

Ian ShuttlerHead of Product & Strategic MarketingTecan

Lucie McLeanHead of ProductBBC

Timm RichterCPOXing

Emily TateProduct ManagerTripCase

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Contact

Our address

Get in touch

Product Management Festivalc/o SwissQ Consulting AGFraumünsterstrasse 16CH-8001 Zürich

Tel +41 43 288 88 40Fax +41 43 288 88 39

info@ProductManagementFestival.comwww.ProductManagementFestival.com